Reading Observer 04-1916

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FOOTBALL

the course

Commonwealth

LOFTHOUS~

AND GOODMAN
JOIN THE ARMY.

Will

and Mr Bon&), Law to
go hke b a colleagues
It a obv oua tha.t
could not ~o spectfi
the DOmtUlODl! he

CREDITABLE DRAW WITH
PALACE.

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EIGHTEEN PLAYERS IN THE ARMY The chief news t.hia w~ 111 that. J Lofthoose
and G G<>odman have JOIned tho .Anny, b=gtng
Ihe Reading Foolbtll Club. quota to the
Colofrn up to 18 This 1111 a ma.gn.ificenb record
and "ne 01 wh ch ~he Club and Itt ,upportera may
well be proud i Bolla Lofthouso and Goodman
would have lomed the Army lOme tIme ago but
Lofthouse W'\8 reJeCted while Goodinan W&I ac.oept.!i for ISeTVlC9 1D a. mUnitIOn factory Ap
p endila 18 the 11111 list of old Reading play,,,, who
are n ow do n~ duty far theIr King &na Country J
Bm t ho J D ekensou (killed) G HMler R. I
SI&tter R. Green D Wllb. S Crawford R G
C P rdield., J BMley, A. Fosler F Ban.holom.w
A Seoo W Wilson L Baker C Steven,
(vounded) E Hanney J Lofthou .. and G Good
man
J..en Baker haa obtamed s. COmml8Sl0n a
yuH deserved honour which IS likely to faU to the
lot of H unney and Badey shortly

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Lord Crewe
w th no netructlons except general
keep the1£' eyes and theill') ;mindl5
so fa.r as poSSIble m explormg

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S,\.TURD.AYS GAMETt vas lUlfortnnate that Re&ding had to take the
fie Ju short of Goodma.n Forrester a.nd Cartmell on
Sah.:rday otberw Be the PaJa.ce would never have
escaped defeat
As It was Re&ding should .have
w on for L IfthotlS8 ha.d tJU.ee wonderful chances of
ma.kmg the game ufe In the firat half but un
accountably nusred on each occasion Per contra
the Palace by the agency of Sanders] se zed theIr

be nted
brought
before Gel'
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Crewe po
out tha.t
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Commerc &1 expans on WIth
WIth an audac ty and w th a
no parallel m tho past
'Ihere
co:m.o01lllies for wh ch we dare Dot n future
who have ma.de 80 evil a use ,)f
t.hem n the past and cues n
ne,cossMY to sB.cnfice commerc aJ
a.vo dl1Jlce of a greater danger
AFRAID TO SQUEAK
McK fnna's Budget has had a.s fa.vourabLe
a receptIOn
8ny Budget lmpos ng heavy new
taxat on can expect The rn Lway and tnl\tcb taxes
have come In for t.he g£'eatest volume of cnt 0 15m
A dt\puta.tlO~ of ma.tch mam fact rers was receLved
by Mr Mc~enn a 0 Tt esday n regard to certa n
proposed ~endments n the Fma.nce B 11 for the
purpose ?f I meetmg d ffieult cs m the colJectlon
and work n~ of the tax a nd on \Vednesday an
agreement vas reached l nder Whlcll thc n anufac
t lIocrs w thdrew tbe r OPI 08 L on to t.he Chancellor
of thq. Exchequer s proposa.ls
lho Morn ng
Post I" Silt r enl 1 pall the reI esenLat ves of
wealth a nd ca.p tal n Pari a.me t. vh om t. com
pares to m ce ainud so much a.<J to squeak be
cau.IIe they Have r a. sed b t an ns go fical t protest
agaLDst the mcreased ncome ta.x and excess profits

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~ FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS MOVEMENT
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Ihe subJ e~ t of recru t ng m aU the mm Beat OD S
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their lead o.pd Wlth the l\oadjng forwarda ali .1
Ilea the game threatmted to peter out m an un
mtereslmg and unsatisfactory from a Readmg
stan.dpQmt fa.sh on
We were saved this dis
appomtment however by a ludiClonl Ie a.rrange
ment of the Reading forwarda when CaSllldy went
centre fOIWard Vlo& Loftb()'U8 for Reading 1m
mediately Improved and tho Pal.ce dilfend......ere
oevereIy tued Such p - a. Readmg eurted
could only end one way and the expected hap"
pened when Lofthouse pro6tmg by a Dice l?afll Grove
from Pi.nfield m.a.de flame &mends for h IS preVIOUS
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fadtIr6S by cleverly hooking the baJl P&.IIt Sapper EvCll.!
John",.. who guarded Ihe "alace goal.
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READING S WEAKNESS The run of the game clearly d6Illonlltrated Read
ing 15 urgent need of a centre forw-.rd. .A.a an m
dividuBI Lo~ho\lS6 s splendid M an opportunnteven though: he failed lD this respect on Saturdayhe s IDa4P.lificent but a.s a. centre fonvard Wb088
n:u.gslOn It IS to weld the five forwards together and
to alternately set the extreme wmgera m motion
ho cannot be te.nned a 6llecesa
CODBldenng that
he 18 not and docs not pretend to be an. maida. for
wa.rd t.IiliIlS not !Ul'pn&lDg and all the more credit
1& due to him for cmd&a.vounng to 1ill & poeItion for

Publ sber

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between the Frencb
Hughes the Prime

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one oppoI"!-un ty and Reading croaaeC1 over ~ goal
to the bad The Vl8lton fonght hard 10 maultam

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Kelly 2&-35 CitT" ",ad. ' o,nd Z6
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they

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wlaich the Club 18 UDable t.o obta.in .. oettet man..
As .Iated last week It was conlident1y hop<d that
Forreater who did so well ..t P&l'k Royal the pre
nyns week, woold lead 'the attack bul at the la.st
tnplute be was oliligud to diaappomt the Club I

hear great DOwa re the cent ....forward ogamlt Croy
don Common on Good Fnday for I hear lt on n
I able authonty that Han-v Hampton Ihe fomOUB
A ston Villa. forward . will don tOO BIICUlteera
colotml on tha.t da.y The last tlme Hampton ap
pea.red on Elm P!U'\ W&llD that memorable Eughsh
Cup t e m whIch Oaldwell &Ild Hanney made thetr

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kept up

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of ItS tlltcrdependcnt problems such as the number
of men whether smgle or marl ed who ca n be
spared from l mun t lOn work and v tal mdustr es
has been engagmg the ~arnest attent on'of t~e Gov
ernment I 'lho people who clamour fOI the cuttmg
of the Gordian knot by the mmcd ate adopt on 01
Ul vanal eompulB on ether w 11 not or cwmot ~ee
the elementsl n the problem wh ch make the most
careful exa m natIOn a.nd cons dera.t. on essen tIal
They are do ng nfin te harm by del bOl atcly creaL
ng an a.tmosphere of mutual 8USp c on amongst a.ll
those who have to bear the heav eJit brul t of the
V:l.r s sa.cr Sces whether in call to mIl tary serv ce
or other nat onal work so tha.t tl 0 v ct ms of the r
pen cIa s art!! are mclmed each to suspect h lB
nc gbbo r of

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It ng the h rden on t.o other

shoulders and to accuse the Government of con
n vmg c.t u ~ lSt ce It IS qu te an bsurd bel ef
It thelle m lIch c ma.kers l'ea.lly bel en
t. t.hat
under a sYlStem ot onscr pt n there re no s-nev
ances about exempt on ~ and a bout the nequal ty of
sacnfices reqJlired. 1 art cula.rly fool sh if th6 ad
vacates of Consl.: pl. n really deSire to reconcile
the na.tlOn tlo It l:lJ\d dem ~cr(JU e f 1t should he
fo md necessary m the 61 d t o u tend t he limIts
of the measure of compuls on alretwly aoopt-ed HI
the poh cy of looking up .. Ibe ~{orn bg Post
for example does the demand for ConscnptlOD.
I WIth the demand for removmg war bur.d\; I lrom
capital and :wenJ.t.h
OrganIZed I abom In tOIS
country wliiCh a.s Lord Balfo
of Burla gh
frankly avowed In the Houee of Lords the other
da.y bas t~en up a 'Very pat130t c a.tL t nde m
Ih... Irymg tImes "extremel}, I able to be ap
prehAnsive tha.to mIl t~ry compule on IS deSIred and
agItated for by react onary poht Cl aDS In order 1.00 1 1 ~~~'h:;"rt:
bnng Labour mto a condt on of 8ublecLlOn
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DON'T CRUSH.
SUCCESSFUL' PALACE REVU£

THE HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE

reputation. Readiug
staggored humatllty , by
.... ltllUJ1.g by .. goal to nothing
THE PROMISE OF PINFIELD I
I t W aH a tre3.t to seo Reggte PinBeld l)a.ek 10 h s
old place tbough he seems qUite unable t.o recover
th&I wonderful speed and oIcill r,ntb 'whIch h ...att
'" ant to del ght u~ preVloaa to lli.a 1Ujlfortunate &CCl
dent A mor.. fascinal.ing play., Ihan PinJield
never dazzled the eye. of tbe Elm Pa.rk <:roWd and
t s a grea.t p ty that hia IIplendid openmg mO'Vomente are almollt mvana.bty rtUDed by mdifferent
fin shmg
00 Batmda.y ho lUlf..lated several de I
J ghtful rAlda on tbe opposmg c~e1 only to finish
up Wllh an ilI)udgod centro which nufiill.d
whole movement One of Pinfleld.8
mg ... a tendon., to centro too Iorcel'w~r,
often eeems that he cannot
.. hether to •• oot Or to centre
of both • mtroduced the ball
cen tre bot wlth the vel oclty

FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS RELATIVES

been imparted if the intent on ha.d

the boll Ih,o~h tko bock of the net
Pin6.eld lDvartably made ground when he second
the ball and this bemg 60 much may be forgIven

~SIDY 1m

CARR=::

Carr did "i 10\ of u8eful work at outside nght
but. he was :lIot a.s nIcely fed &I!II one could have
w !hed C0tPl the n ght ha.lf lIS bv no means an
art at c player and though he succeeds m BIIlu¥ng
up the wmg opposed to him he 19 not clever
enough to su~port the forwards m front
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1i\lquently Carr Dearly alway. hed to fet~h hiS ball
particul....ly i'" hio pmn.. a youlhlul exponent
named W ootbn was overweighted Before pa.881Ug
lIudpent on Wooton I should lIke to see him l'lay
~a.1D for unle8.11 I am greatl:y mista.ken he 111 a
bOrn footbaJler He ma.y Dot ha.ve beeD a. mccess
on Saturday but when lie did get the ball h e con
trolled It m a fa.ahlon which stram,r:d hIm &8 some
C"'ldy
\bing con81derably betler th",. dnd
who I ha.ve Ifrequently deacnbed as the cleverest
footb ..Uer that ever Bet foot on Elm Park wsa not
at h s best but even at his wprst be 111 a. fasclDBting
pJayer to watch. He ia diftiCult to pIaV' to and he
eeem. to get on WIth Tom Stevenll better t.han
anyone

BLATTER S GRUELLlJ'(}-

Quite the features ot Ithe game Were the
between Heber Slatter and tho Palaco nght
Driver GIlboy ond S&PP'lr Band..... ThIS wit,g~...
ma.de qUIte a. name for itself tbi. Muon
was the mam factor m Readinsc'1 tremendoua. reVOrIO m the fint match against ibe Palace. Gilbor
1ll particular proved exceptionally akilfuJ m hi.
con\rol of tho ball bu be fonnd hi. match m
Sl&tte. Slatter won the day b. the tenacioUi
nature of hi. dioplay Of Itun.. Gilbor and sanden
Rot. away bat before they oould get the ball moo
lhe .ee.n.tre Slatter wu huszmg a.bout a.gam and
be ......ly alwaY' managed to r.lul.. their final
eJforta abo.rtlVe. Readi.Jig.gam had the vaJuab e
tervtcea of COrpMal Reed &t centre-half and the
old Weat BromWlch pl&yer f"",ly ..on tbe heart of
tit. crow8 by tho thoroughnesl of hit methbdJ
,coull worked bard and It.aekled ...n but onme or
his work waa acarcely creditable &Dd a lea lement
refer.. would probably liavo aaked him to leave tbe
field.
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Y1NG UNDER DIFFlCULTlu:J Hader W8I fN' from well and Ilia

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fer.:~rt:u:~ CIIIl
th8rof.ol'O be ...ell nnc!enl~od"
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taa1t: ho...ver Hoder
ipOln'!"~'. and m tho oeoon.d half

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IS row exc ting some commel t a d I h
beard peorle say that ther wo Id
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