A holiday crowd estimated to be well over 2,000 watched the all-powerful Association Sportive Fran-caisse, S. F. A. League champions for the past three seasons, being held to a all tie by Tung Hwa at the Canidrome yesterday morning in a friendly encounter.
The French played without the valuable services of three of Shanghai's outstanding exponents in Gary Boissezon (goalkeeper), Louis Marcal (fullback), and Bobby Favacho. Boissezon will marry this winter and the happy couple will make their honeymoon on a round-the-world trip. Marcal has retired from the game while Favacho has joined the ranks of the Shanghai Recreation. Club.
In view of the absence of three star players, the A. S. F. managed to get hold of Goalkeeper Bocevitch and Chooklantzeff from the Sokol Football Club, ex-senior team, and Metals from the French Army, a second division entrant. In yesterday's tussle Bocevitch appeared shaky and did not have enough confidence in himself. Chooklantzeff was at no time up to Favacho's standard while Metals had to concede the centre berth to Blondy Roboustoff and take up a position at inside right which was rather unfamiliar to him.
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