Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-25
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the three miles in the exceptionally
I fast time OF lt.H3 2-5. il within n few
! seconds OF the record for that distance
| IN the intervarsity sports. They Will
| have 20 improve considerably on some
I of the items In order to come on level
terms with on defeat Yale and Harvard
this summer.
WALES VS.. ENGLAND.
Wales last years soclSer champions
are on the down grade this season. She
suffered defect ut the feet Of Scotland
at Dundee by two goals 10 one against
her The match with England was
played on WreNham (N. Wales race
course In the presence of 10000 spectA-
tors Soon after the start Wales lost
Rowe, her goalkeeper, considered today
The finest custodian In the world, and
before half time one OF her backs was
''hors de combat This weakness told
and England took advantage Of It final
ly winning by goals to l. Wales was
unfortunate and finished with only
eight men
FRANCE VS.. ENGLAND.
This international under "socker''
rules, was played In Paris In the pres
ence or large concourse of spectators.
England was represented by fairly
strong eleven, drawn from the amateur
element including several prominent
amateurs who play in the ranks Of the
big leagues. The Frenchmen had their
strongest side out and played up man
fully but nevertheless were helpless
against the fine combination of the
Englishmen. The latter were too fast
for the Frenchles and they gave a de
lightful exhibition OF 'socker' fairly
astounding the natives of sunny France
with their progress. The Englishman
were fine Individually, while their team
work was perfection, the passing being
we'll timed and machluelike In it's pre-
cision. Finally 'perlidious Albion" ran
out easy winners by II goals to 0.
SCOTLAND VS.. ENGLAND.
The blue ribbon" event OF interna-
tional football is the annual contest be-
tween Scotland and England under
''socker' rules especially so when the
game is played on Scottish soil Strange
TO relate nothing of such like enthusI-
asm is engendered when the annual"
Is played in England as seldom has the
gate" exceeded $4,000 when played on
English soil The great Scottish record
breaking crowd is the annual contest
with England but in England on the
other hand the chief attraction is the
final English cup Many league clubs
in England especially Newcastle, Liv-
tI Ilvpi IsNS4 tOIls ASlOn V INA anu CHel-
sea have home gates" that have eX-
ceeded any International played on
English soil, but when the match with
England is played on Scottish SOIL the
football fever i'm the 'land o cakes" is
at white heat, The previous record for
a football attendance was HOSP at the
final English cup, 1901. when a London
team, Tottenham Hotspur, after re-
play succeeded in capturing the cup.
Three years later another huge crowd
of 1851 witnessed the final while in
the same year 100000 witnessed the in
ternational Scotland VS.. England at
Glasgow. This year at the match under
notice all records for attendances has
been smashed to smithereens as over
1877 900 paid for admission while as the
roofs and chimneys of the houses adj
joining the enclosure were literally
packed with human beings it is esti-
mated that fully 10000 people Witness
ed the game The enclosure of the
Queens Park at Hampden, Glas-
gov IL the finest and best equipped
football ground in the world. The en-
bankments-huge terraces-are of solid
eurth. while the seats in the grand
stand are all solidly built. The match
was timed for $3.50 p. M, but the Glas-
gov municipal cars began running 10
| the ground at 1880. Before / o'clock
| the thoroughfares where the cars stop
| pea ItStlllDltfu Runway SIulIiSS Oll an
| excursion day. but the city's system Of
municipal cars is unsurpassed and
there was no hitch. The ground at
Hampden is well supplied with en-
, frances the so turnstiles letting in at
the ratio of 1000 per minute and for a
period were taxed TO the very utmost.
Severe crushing took place in parts
OF the ground and those in front in
order to escape the pressure behind,
broke over the barricades and swarm
ed on to the playing pitch. Matters be-
gan TO look very serious and timid spec
tators with thought of the Ibrouse dis
aster-the international of 1902-in their
minds, were filled with anxiety,
The banking at Hampton park, how
ever, is composed of solid earth, so thai