This was the fastest game of the afternoon, and the Mix Max avenged recent defeat by winning four The American team capped by the loss of ylor, and took Rothe as a sub-
Liddelt taking his place in the Mix Max team, Both sides seemed to be on their toes all through the match until the final bell rang, and there was no Lil balanced period of play through-Both teams were pi with heir heads, each move being imweediately responded to by the whole ide, and equally careful efforts were stantly made to counteract the move. There were very few occasions when players were out of their places, and none of those dreary scrums with everyone standing-on the ball, It was pleasant to sce Liddelt playing in a balance team, as he seemed intuitively to realize his place and only left it when told to do so his captain, His combination ith Hayes was good, and when the long passing shots came up from the Mix Max defence, both players were away like a flash, 'A feature of the game was the corresponding understanding tween Franklin and Allman, and all forwards must have been readi Saturday morning's "North China" 4 they clung to their opposing backs th a whole hearted but embarrassing affection, and Rodger had the time of his life evading their unwelcome attentions. MeMichael too was frequently forced into long range bombardment of the opponts goals due to Allman's clinging The American Troop players (alnly did not know when they were beaten and kept up their attack untiring energy, It was a pleasure see them attempt to recover difficult situation, and the Light Horse will do well to. mark this fact next Saturday ning rushes up the field are bound to keep the Light Horse backs on the qui vice. It was interest ree how well the wird communication was working between Rott and MeMichacl, as it could only have been due (0 an invention of this nature that they could so unhesitatingly interchange and turn Gefence into a attack, Bott appears to be that most desirable and most Giffieult man to find, a natural born. ight Horse v, Cowboys 'The Cov: boys ave their opponents another thrashing, beating the Light Horse by five goals to three and apart from the goal score they' seem. ed to dominate the whole game.
Alli their ponies were under perfect or trol, full of go and able to ride well, Their combination was ood, and their backs kept them well fed, so that they had really more opportunity of getting goals than the score indicates.
Sprague has come on wonderfully, this year and is extremely dangerous when he is unmarked.
It is difficult to find any flaw in this team's play as it is obviously carefully thought out and each move is made with understanding. The only minor fault, which has nothing to do with the team, is that rather annoying trick of Burdick's, which Tam sure is unconscious, of pulling across the line of the ball after hitting it The Light {forse on the contrary seemed to be thoroughly disorganiz~ ed, and though it is diffeult to put one's finger on the exact spot T think it is due to the mistaken tactics of their backs, They did not seem to work with understanding, end there wore times when Robinson appeared to be too far up in the game. Consequently, when the direction was changed, Pollock frequently found himself alone, with his opponents buzzing round him like a swarm of bees Though he is normally quite a good hitter, ko could not bridge the distance' to place is forwards on the offensive again. The result of this wag that both forwards sensing the situation started coming further back, which im: mediately turned the game into a defensive one, thereby slowing it up and foreing the Light Horse team to hit backhand shots instead of fore-hind, Apvices have been received Shanghai to the effect that the National Track and Field Meeting which was arranged to be held in Hiangehow on October 1 has been Postponed until April 1, 1930.
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