Undaunted by Rain 2,000 People See Exciting Match at. Canidrome End 2-2
Waseda 2 Combined Shanghai 2
BOUT two thousand soccer enthusiasts, braving the continuous, downpour,. turned up. al the' Canidrome "on May 1 to watch the combined Shanghai XI force a two-all draw with the" Waseda University team after trailing two goals to one at: the interval.
Although thoroughly drenched and covered with mud the teams put up a thrilling battle, and a draw was a very fair indication of the run of play.
The local combination tallied first tnrouah Taylor and t was only neat end of the half that the Japanese Were able to, score. his they did twice in quick succession to take lead at the interval. After twenty-three minutes of hard play Shanghai snatched a.chance to drive in the equalizer and share honours with their redoubtable opponents, The Mela at the Canidrome was in Ing); a terrible mess and great credit must be given the players for showing up s0 well under the very trying condi-tons. The two. most conspicuous. players in yesterday's game were both the goalkeepers. R. Sano, Waseda's. goalkeeper and captain, was unable to play due to sickness, and his post was taken up by'S. Fuwa. "The latter amazed the spectators with his un~ canny anticipating, and some of his: saves were masterpieces. The local side would certainly have taken the Teed in the first half if it had not beth for Fuwa's brilliant performance in that period. Y. 2 Chang, Shang-1's custodian, was given his chance shine In the next half and he lived to the fullest expectations.
Japanese Inter-Collegiate Champions again impressed with their great team-work, and their fast, tricky Sribbles on sacherous surface were certainly an accomplishment.
The combined Shanghai XI obviously falled in one important factor, in that its understanding was extremely poor. Too much could not bbe expected, though, of a team that] had never played together as a unit. The front line especially falled to Impress and threw away & good many hanes In the initial period.
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