The Archive · 1937

Keen Rivalry Between Two Camps

Feeling runs high in rival camp: to-day. the day of the Thanksgiving game when the bulldog battle between the 4th and 6th Marines will determine the superiority of the detachments here, For the first time in many years civilians will not take the field, and this historic and tradi* tional day here in Shanghai will see two opposing Marine squads fighting for the football honours of the year t the Canidrome, beginning at 2 p.m.

Football fans in Shanghai who have watched the preliminary prac-liees are confident that the local standby. who year in and year out successfully vanquished their old time foes of the gridiron, the Civilians, will for once be on the wrong end of the score. The performance of the 6th on the field is their answer to that opinion.

The small squad of the 6th boasts such names as "Lou" Robertshaw, Hoi sowetz, Williams and Van Orman, ex-college players who thrilled university crowds with the brilliancy of their pla:

Lou" Robertshaw is their great hope He was captain of the Anna polis Naval Academy one year. and in his last term at the institution was chosen for the All-American team. "Lou" has great staying power and will undoubtedly be used through

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