The most important football match of the season drew the largest crowd of the season to the Race Course on Saturday afternoon when the S.M.P., last season's champions came out of their drowsiness to score a well earned win over their much fancied opponents—the S.F.X. The policemen, on the whole, were worthy of their victory, as almost every player gave his best in a game that may yet have its effect on the final issue in the First Division. Crook, who was given his first captaincy of the team, proved his worth in the match by keeping Jimmy Ward well in check with the result that the S.F.X. centre-forward who, up to then, had scored nineteen goals in six games, could do nothing to help his side. Victal and Woodley proved to be the better back combination on the field and gave sterling perfor ces, às did the wing halves, Stangaard and Roliz In the forward ne, Sammy Greenberg proved a good leader and kept the line on the move continual-
The disappointment of the Police forward line was Willie Ward, who m*ssed several opportunities to score when put through by his colleagues. He missed no less than four times in the first half—a record for a player who known for his consistent good play. C. Chooklantzeff again demonstrated that he was the city's most dangerous left wing. His speed and opportunism were well displayed, particularly when it is taken into consideration that he was up against the League's best back in the person of George Collet.
The victory was made sweeter by the fact that the Saints fielded their strongest line-up, ith Honniball ack on the team. Yet hing went wrong in the forwi line and F, Edwards and Ivanow were nearly half as good as they were in their other games.
With Jimmy Ward bottled up, Petterrsson and Freddy Foyn tried hard to break through, but both found the Police defence ready to meet any emergency. In the defence, Meyer Greenberg, was the hardest worker and spoiled many a Police movement.
The French Forces created a minor sensation when they defeated P.T.H.
the odd goal in three on Saturday. Taking the game on the whole, neither side deserved to win, for both were playing mediocre football and only the French rally in the second half, with Heloyan more brilliant than ever, saved it from being ode of the most uninteresting matches el son. og]. M96. said about PTH before the Pegonine a the season, but they have shown up poorly, winning but two matches out of six, and their chances—even to be among the first three—appear slim now All the Skottowe Cup matches were washed out by the rain, but the series will be renewed this weekend. The winners of the two encounters should be Lusitano and JRC. Both have drawn weak opponents in their games. Altho the French Police boast of several old A.S.F. players, one doubts if they can overcome the Jewish defence. Roboostoff, playing for the lawkeepers, is not the man who thrilled Shanghai with pretty football some years ago and has none of the support given him by the former A.S.F. players, With the International Cup series only ten days away, it would be in teresting to see how the teams are being elected. So far it is known that seventeen players have been chosen as candidates for Russia. They Bocevich, Golkin, Nastavin, o, Tivoniuk, Savine, Pian-Velgus, C. Chooklantzeff, Novgorodoff, Karolitch, Roboostoff, Kapustin, Ivanow, Antipieff and Gallunas. Three of them are from Sokol, three from P.T.H., one from S.F.X, three from S.M.P., three from RAD. three from French Police, and one from S.R.C. The following team appears to be the strongest: Bocevich, Golkin, Nastavin, Tivoniuk, Caro, Savine (F.M.P), lvanow Kapustin, Roboostoff or rolitch, Novgorodoff and C. Chooklantzeff.
Noteworthy indeed was the performance of George Swan who rolled a single of 150, tying Freddy Foyn's high effort at the American Club. Swan had a total of three strikes and three spares in his game. He would have beaten the mark had he not obtained a bad three count on his last spare. His triple of 355 was the highest yesterday.
The bowling, apart from Swan's single, did not reach exceptional heights, although many men bowlers passed the 300-triple mark.
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