Shanghai, Mar. 2.
Wit seeedy_ Mateus Gaan within an ace of netting a double hat-trick, only an off-side goal preventing im from achieving wh must indeed be a rare feat in the annals of local Jugal had little trouble in subduing France by 5-1 yes~ terday afternoon at the Cin drome in the International Cup final, The winners have now held the trophy for three seasons in succession—a just reward to a team which has n (o great heights this season, at the peak of which they whipped the Chinese aggregation by 9-1 in a sensational game in the senti-final of the same Marcus Gaan's turn to lake the Vght and this centre forward the most of the chaneey that came his way to string up five-goals in a row. This one-man scoring spree was responsible for presenting Pot tugal will a Sal Tead at the interval.
Thowxh the score appears to indillierwise, the defeated team was by no means entirely out of the pic~ fire," On the contrary, the play was decidedly In their favour In the initial period but it was the weakness of their forwards" which "spelt. their downfall, "With the exception Bossuet, the French attack was de-vold ut any dangerous marksman and many were the chanees which were thrown away at the goalmouth, Mores Gaon probably had a bit note freedom than he was entitled George Collet, the French right ack had his hands full_in keeping both Barradas and Vasco Souza under his eye. While succeeding in bottling these two. Portuguese forwards, Collet found the lightning dashes of Gaan too much to cope with without W.D.P.S. Triumph 5-1
Over Cathedral School Shanghai, Mar. 2.
Storming into their opponents with thrusting, - whirlwind "attack. that carried all before It in the opening stages of the game. the western District Public School junior soccer team Aefeated the Cathedral School juniors by the decisive margin of five goals to o match played on the latter's ground yesterday. Battered and bewildered by the unexpectedness and the speed of the sudden "blitz rely," the Cathedral schoolboys
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