Monday, Dec. 17, 1923
A New Entente
"We are glad to meet you in sport and forget politics," said the German captain. "Sport makes brothers of us all," warmly responded the French captain.
The occasion was a football game between German and French civilians. Both teams evinced great sportsmanship and there was no unusually rough play. The French won the match 5--0, their team being faster and cleverer than the Germans, who were heavy and powerful. After the match the two teams exchanged hearty "hoch's" and "vive's."
Said the German captain: "I wish the representatives of German athletic clubs had been permitted to compete in the 1924 Olympic games in Paris. It would have done more to bring the countries together than all the conferences in the world."
Another match was arranged for Christmas Day at Coblenz.