The Archive · 1940

Pointers for Punter

Stable Gossip from On and Off the Track Amazing How Public Well-Informed

By Shanghai, Oct 9. was amazing how the public withstanding the fact that it as so well informed that not was the first race recti the season last Saturday the highest dividend of the day was thirty brackets—$37.20 to be exact, while average the dividends did not exceed $21.60, Surely, it is not through the training lists that are published hi-weekly that they figure out the winners, the Or is it?" wien Mute ata Shanghai Football Saints Rally Pisce sorts a at editaa tellee ahaa Shanghai, Oct, 1 Staging a rally in the second hat the SFX. defeated the Association isis earned Se Sasa a Race Soap machan teh eear cee cee Hae ta nA a ath events, However with "the ian semana ate Hie scene dee Sportive Francaise yesterday atter-noon before a. small crowd at the Canidcome in the frst oficial. game the year by the score of 3-1, At the interval the score was deadlocked Jol, but it wasn't until the 25th minue of the first half that "the SEX. managed to level the score. Continuous rain spelted the game, for the sloppy field and the heavy ball made control extremely dimeult. while the heavier ASF. players found it exceedingly hard to keep on the run, "The Saints, on the contrary. adapted themselves perfectly and Were just og fast as if it had been dry. Cecil Edwards, brother of the belter known Francis, played on the eft. wing for the winners and his speed had ihe French defence eaten and again, His viseaevis on the Freddy Foyn, was. als were well taken the mainstay the A.8.F. defence and had it not for him the score would have ben much "hjguer. The French forward line showed up poorly, with Mihailo the "only player who tried hard throughout the Kame. cre rans ate FX, 1, Uszonkort, Garwood, Boron, Halford, it, Greenber P. Euwvards, Foy, Demir, Pottiason, aollich wae wivern,. Galle, J Aaa ra, Robooste, Bostuet: Sin en sues cine Mas shat tin sto, mee

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