RUGBY IN FRANCE
THE VIDAL CASE
EXPULSION ANNULLED.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
PARIS, July 31. (Received August 1, at 10 a.m.)
M. Vidal’s expulsion has been annulled, —A. and N.Z. Cable.
[A sensation was caused in Paris _ m February in sporting circles regarding allegations of professionalism made against French amateur athletes in all brandies of sport. It culminated when M. Gaston Vidal. Under-Secretary of State for Technical Instruction and ’Physical Education, in the coarse of an interview, which was published 'broadcast, stated that professionalism was raging in many Rugby learns in the South of France. The Rugby Federation, after having, through its president, denied the rumor, actually called at its bar of justice the French Minister. M. Vidal, of course, refused to reply to the, convocation, despite his being a member of the. federation and a former wellknown Rugby player. The upshot of the matter was ‘that *M. Vidal was expelled from the Rugby Union.]
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Evening Star, Issue 18035, 1 August 1922, Page 4
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