RIOT AT FOOTBALL MATCH

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20493, 11 August 1936, Page 7

RIOT AT FOOTBALL MATCH

SECRET INQUIRY IN BERLIN ANTICS OF ENRAGED PERUVIANS ATTACKS ON REFEREE AND PLAYERS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyr 1 g b t (Received August 10, 8.45 p.m.) LONDON,August 10. The Berlin correspondent of “The Daily Sketch” says that the International Football Federation secretly investigated the amazing scenes in a soccer match between Austria and Peru, following a Peruvian defender ignoring the ball, and kicking an opponent who went off but returned. The Peruvians, declaring that another player had been sent on as a substitute, assembled in the mid-field, shouting and gesticulating. Dr. Bauwens, a German referee, went on the field, and attempted to smooth over matters. A thousand Peruvian spectators, shrieking and waving flags, leaped over the barriers and rushed on the field. They kicked and punched the Austrian players. A Peruvian put his hand in his hip-pocket, apparently to draw a revolver, but Dr. Bauwens seized and overpowered him. Some of the delegates to the Federation demand that the Peruvians be suspended, and asked to leave Germany.