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» * * t »It would not be surprising, if, 10 years from now, soccer had the edge over baseball in popular favor. The trend seems to be in that lt;1 fraction.Tiu* answer is the action soccer affords the players and spec-tutors alike, as compared to some of the American-born sportl.1 ht* hitxtie and hustle of American life demands something more vibrant than baseball. Soccer and hockey both cater to that desire. Hast ball, fine sport that it is, is slinc. The play in the major leagues the past five gears has been dull and drab. It has not me,%ie the entertainment it used to. The future promises lift! ■ improvement so it must be concluded that Americans, uillj within a fciv gears, look to some other field for amusement.Soccer seems to offer the most. The game is, while of foreign birth, much better Birted to the American taste than baseball. It applies action and thr'Jls. There is no dragging halt between plays.Soccer is growing and the public has yet to realize its value assports entertainment, tlmt is, the American public. The game hasbecome popularized in most of the other civilized countries of the world.The local soccer situation hears out the statement that soccer is last coming to the {rout, la very Sunday there are manv soccer players anxious to break into the lineups of the Thistles, Canton Spanish and Spanish American clubs, more, in fact, than can heused• • • • •
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Canton Daily News
Canton, Ohio, US
Sun, Oct 31, 1926
Page 22
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