the world, matching its skill on the common playground. 'The situation is one which has its own peculiar' difficulties, since language differences and shades of interpretation of the rules of the game in different countries have to be taken into consideration. In the various divisions of the Shanghai Football League there fare teams from Britain, China, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, and from the local Russian and Jewish communities, to say nothing of the purely club sides which draw their material from their membership, irrespective of nationality. The only parallel to the problem of. control which the Shanghai Football Association has to solve is to be found in the great international tournaments, such as the Olympic Games. In all countries following the soceer code there is '8 native, board of control which exercises complete authority, and, therefore, the international Aspect of the problem does not exist. And it should not be forgotten that misunderstandional fracas, such as marred Sunday's programme, have been matched ai Olympiad. Shanghai has an additional problem in its volunteer referees, There must be some guarantee that a referee will not be subject to insult and assault brought about by disagreement with his decisions. It is to be hoped that this can be secured without too serious a split in the local football world; but if it cannot. then drastic action should be supported by all sportsmen. ce War's Progress (Confined from page 266)
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