“LOSE LIKE SPORTSMEN!"
ENCOURAGING CABLE TO THE ENGLISH LEAGUE, [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright! [United Press Association.* (Received 9.30 a.m.) London, July 2. Enormous interest is being taken in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the League’s third test match in Australia. The president has,sent the team the following: “Confidently anticipate that the best traditions of Northern Union football will be upheld. Expend every atom of energy and skill you possess to secure the victory; failing which, lose like sportsmen.” WON’T PLAY ON SATURDAY. FIVE BEST MEN INJURED. (Received 9.20 a.m.) Sydney, July 3. The managers of the English Rugby team refuse to playpen Saturday owing to five of the best players being injured and unable to take the field.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 61, 3 July 1914, Page 5
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116“LOSE LIKE SPORTSMEN!" Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 61, 3 July 1914, Page 5
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