The Scottish team disappointed their friends in the League Inter-ational, and perhaps a draw would have been a fairer result, An unrteady defence was at the root of the disaster. A little more steadiness in the front of the goal would have checkmated the English forwards, Tt was @ capital fight all over.
The League
snd relegation system has added The fon of the promotion interest to the Scottish Football League competition. But, hitherto, effect has been largely like the teil wagging the dog. The real contest has been the struggle among the lowly-placed teams to escape relegation. This season a different uepect has been put on the fight for the championship, especially a result of last week's 4-1 defeat of Rangers by the Hibernians and Airdrieonians' 7-1 win over Third Lanark. Since the last-named topped the League in 1903-4, no Club has broken poly of the championship wers and Celtic. Now Airdrieonians ly disputing the honour with Rangers, and the Hiberniaas, who were champions away back in 1602-3, are the third club in the Among the latest surprises were the defeat of Hibs by Partick Thistle only three days after their victory over Rangers, and Celtic's. collapse before Cowdenbeath.
Among the bottom clubs a feverish struggle for safety is in progress. Queen's unfortunately, "are slipping back, and it looks as if they will once more be relegated to the Second Division in the company of puir auld Ayr.
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