LOCARNO SPIRIT.
French and Germans Compete at Rugby. COMPLIMENTS EXCHANGED. 'Received 11.30 a.nO PARIS, April 17. A Franco-Crerman Rupby foothal! match, the first ever played, attracted t crowd of iVOOO. It resulted in the victory of supple ness and nimblenes* over weiph; anc chmisine«s. The Military Band which ««<• to plaj would not attend, as the handrnastei refused M. Briand's rrque?t iha: thej should piny the German Republicar anthem as well as the Mar^eillaiM". The Locarno spirit prevailc'-i through out the match. The French capta-r presented a ilacr to the fJerman i-aj-tar and the latter responded with .1 ht>\; quet. A sli-ht t-..oinc of :ho r.orn-.an* «>■••< on.- of the stand- res-ulted in th« offender* U-ing [".inched 1-y their i< !!•■>« Frenchmen.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 7
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119LOCARNO SPIRIT. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 7
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