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rj2 i*73 We had ninety-nine entries for the épée aud ninety-five for the sabre individual competitions, which made it necessary to eliminate five men out of eight in the preliminary pools, and three out of five in the second round. This could be avoided by limiting the entries from each country to eight instead of twelve—quite a sufficiently representative number. Again, FOOTBALL. the total in each pool need not be limited to eight, and final pools should I. —ASSOCIATION, consist of nine, so that three swordsmen may qualify from each of three semi-final pools. When the time available is sufficiently long it is also FIRST ROUND. advisable to avoid asking any competitor to fight with both épée and sabre Hungary and Bohemia hid to scratch, owing to political trouble in on the same day. the Balkans, and the eight original entries were thus reduced to six. With regard to the weapons used, the modern " pommeau " of the épée needs very careful consideration by any committee drawing up the (1) DENMARK BEAT FRANCE (B) BY 9 TO o. measurements allowable for future contests ; and the same caution should DENMARK. be observed with regard to the weight of the sabres, for both the Hungarian L. Drescher (Copenhagen F.C.), goal ; and the Italian sabres used in 1908 were much lighter than usual, and the C. Buchwald (Academicals), H. Hansen (93 Club), backs • Hungarian sabre-play was the most brilliant feature of the Olympic H. L. Bohr (Academicals), competitions. K. Middelboe (Copenhagen F.C.) (capt.), The duties of the Director of Combats and of the jury generally N. Middelboe (Copenhagen F.C.), half-hacks ; N. O. Nielsen (Copenhagen F.C.), were stated in the original Fencing Rules, and have been amplified in the A. W. Lindgreen (93 Club), form in which they are published in this volume. They need very careful S. E. Nielsen (Frem F.C.), consideration in future meetings, and should be definitely codified and V. Wolffhagen (Copenhagen F.C.), M. Andersen (Frem F.C.), forwards. accepted some time before competitions begin. FRANCE (B TEAM). F. Desrousseaux (U.S. Tourquennoise), goal ; J. Verlet (C.A. de Paris) (capt,), Ch. Bilot (C.A. de Paris), backs ; S. Dastarac (Gallia Club), R. Gressier (R.C. de Calais), J. Vialaret (C.R. de Paris), half-backs ; P. Six (Olympique de Lillois), A. Jenicot (R.C. de Roubaix), H. Holgard (Amiens A.C.), P. Marthaux (U.S. Boulonnaise), A. Filez (U.S. Tourquennoise), forwards. Referee : Mr. T. Kyle (Berks and Bucks). Linesmen : Messrs. E. C. Jarvis (Hampshire) and L. F. Morrison (Herts). On the afternoon of October 19, after twelve minutes, N. Middelboe scored the first goal for the Danes. Five minutes later Wolffhagen kicked the second, and soon afterwards the third. Bohr made it four to love by half-time. Bohr and N. Middelboe again increased the total after the interval, and the Danes kept on shooting till the finish, when they won by 9 to o. The French were not able to play their best team, and only troubled the Danish goalkeeper two or three times during the game. The turf in the centre of the Stadium was slippery, and the weather both misty and uncomfortable. Source : Bibliothèque du CIO / IOC Library i7S 174 defence. Their goalkeeper did many clever things, and it was not his (2) UNITED KINGDOM BEAT SWEDEN BY 12 TO T. fault that his side was so severely beaten. The Swedes ought to have UNITED KINGDOM. scored the first goal of the match, for from a long kick to the left wing H. P. Bailey (Leicester Fosse), goal ; Ansen took the ball up the ground at a great pace, passing beautifully to W. S. Corbett (Birmingham), H. Smith (Oxford City), backs ; Bergstroem, who, coming with a rush, had the misfortune to hit the post K. R. G. Hunt (Wolverhampton Wanderers), with his shot. Goals were then scored so quickly for the home team by F. W. Chapman (South Nottinghamshire), Stapley, Woodward, Berry, and Chapman that the Swedes seemed in R. M. Hawkes (Luton), half-backs ; A. Berry (Oxford University), danger of going to pieces, but they rallied with great pluck. Taking V. J. Woodward (Tottenham Hotspur), advantage of the absence of Hawkes, who was among the forwards, H. Stapley (Glossop), the right wing ran up very quickly, and, easily eluding Smith, Almkvist C. Purnell (Clapton), H. P. Hardman (Northern Nomads), forwards. passed straight to the unmarked centre, only to see him shoot wildlyi Before half-time the score of the home team had been increased by SWEDEN. Oscar Bengtson (Bothenburg), goal ; Purnell (twice) and Woodward. For nearly half an hour after the A. Fjaestad (Stockholm), interval the Swedes held their own, and not only prevented the home T. Malm (Stockholm), backs ; team from scorings but missed several good chances. At last, after they Sven Olsson (Gothenburg), H. Lindman (Uppsala), made a long and determined attack, they were rewarded with success, O. Olsson (Eskinlstuna), half-backs ; Bergstroem sending the ball into the net off Chapman. This was their S. Almkvist (Uppsala), last effort, and goals were scored in quick succession against them by G. Bergstroem (Gottenburg), K. Gustafson (Koepings), Purnell (two), Hawkes (two), and Stapley. S. Olsson (Stockholm), SEMI-FINAL ROUND. K. Ansen (Stockholm), forwards. (1) DENMARK BEAT FRANCE (A) BV 17 TO L Referee : Mr. J. T. Ibbotson (Derbyshire). Linesmen : Mr. M. C. Frowde (Dorset) and Lieut. W. C. Clover (Army). FRANCE (A TEAM). M. Tillette (U.S. Boulonnaise), goal ; On the afternoon of October 20 this match was played on the grass in J. Dubly (R.C. dè Roubaix), the middle of the Stadium, the English team being amateurs chosen by the V. Wibaut (Olympique Lillois), backs ; G. Bayrou (Gallia C. de Paris), Football Association. The Swedes were beaten by 12 goals to one, but the , L. Schubart (Olympique Lillois), difference would have been by no means as great if their forwards had been C. Rénaux (R.C. de Roubaix), hâlf-backs ; able to keep cool when in front of goal instead of shooting wildly. This excite R. Tenouilliere (Red Star A.C. de Paris), G. Cypres (C.A. de Paris), ment was doubtless due to a want of experience, and nothing but time A. Francois (R.C. de Roubaix), can cure it. Except when they were near goal, the forwards were good, G. Albert (C.A. de Paris), being very fast and not to be put off their game by charging or bustling. E. Sartorius (R.C. de Roubaix), forwards. S. Olsson and the two outsides, Ansen and Almkvist, were especially "" DENMARK. good. Circumstances were favourable to them, for as Hawkes was L. Drescher (Copenhagen F.C.), goal ; C. Buchwald (Academicals), generally out of his place the right wing often had to deal with no one but H. Hansen (93 Club), backs ; Smith, who, besides being slower than he vyas, cannot kick unless the ball H. L. Bohr (Academicals), is coming straight to him. Hunt and Chapman played a sound game, K. Middelboe (Copenhagen F.C.), N. Middelboe (Copenhagen F.C.), hâlf-backs ; but as a rule a rush by the Swedes did not come to an end until the shpt J. Dandill {93 Club), had been taken. Although the home forwards did not play particularly A. W. Lindgreen (93 Club), well, it was soon seen that the Swedish backs and half-backs were no S. E. Nielsen (Frem F.C.), V. Wolffhagen (Copenhagen F.C.), match for them, and when Woodward and Berry began to interchange B. V. R. Rasmussen, forwards. places, the back and half-back opposed to them were bewildered. Like Referee : Mr. T. P. Campbell. Linesmen : F. Lockwood (Kent) and A. C. the home team, the Swedes were very much stronger in attack than in Hines (Notts). Source : Bibliothèque du CIO / IOC Library 176 In the absence of the three selected half-backs, and with a goalkeeper who was occasionally brilliant but generally most indifferent, this eleven proved to be even weaker in defence than the second team. Ihe forwards were not bad individually, but had little idea of combination, and passed much too hard. Nor did the half-backs know how to feed them, so that they never had a chance of carrying out a serious attack, although they often took the ball'into Danish quarters. As a full back Wibaut had many strong points, and could kick well. 1 he match was merely a re petition of Denmark v. France (B), with the exception that the French goalkeeper was greatly inferior to Desrousseaux, and that the Danish defence, which had not been tested on Monday, was found to be sadly wanting. In both matches the Frenchmen, particularly the backs and half-backs, were by far too much given to waiting on an opponent who had the ball instead of going for him. Of the actual play there is little to be said. Denmark at once attacked, and in about five minutes Nielsen scored three goals. Then for the first time ï ranee became aggressive, but although the two Danish backs and the goalkeeper each made a bad mistake which ought to have proved fatal, the trench forwards made no attempt whatever to seize their chances. Another bad mistake by one of GYMNASTICS.—DISPLAY BY THE DANISH LADIES. the Danish backs had not so fortunate an ending for his side, for Sartorius, coming clear, and running on without hesitation, shot well and at the right time, and gave the Frenchmen their only goal. Before half-time Lindgreen (twice) and Nielsen added to the Danish score. In the second half the Frenchmen occasionally made inroads into Danish territory, but could never push their attacks home, while goals were scored for Denmark by Nielsen (six), Wolffhagen (four), and N.