1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

all on each occasion, and the Dutchman was altogether too quick for him. Finland’sdefence was hard put to it the whole of the time and, towards the close,the only question was as the number of goals the Dutch forwards would be ableto make. Vos (2) an de Groot succeeded in bringing the total up to 9, and itwas only the referee’s whistle, proclaiming the finish of the game, that saved Syrjäläinen’sgoal from further visits.Finland played a great deal worse than it had done against Great Britain, andno one in the Dutch team had to exert himself very much in order to gain awell-deserved third prize for his country.Consolation Series.FIRST ROUND.AUSTRIA v. NORWAY. 1—0Traneberg, Monday, 1 July, 11 a.m.As had been expected, Austria had to bring up its reserves for this match tofill places in goal, the left and right inner forwards, and the centre half-back positions,while Norway had changed only one man, the left half-back. Under ordinarycircumstances, Norway would have been an easy prey for Austria, but, as it was,the difference was the least possible, I goal.The attack varied rapidly during the first quarter. of an hour but then camethe goal which was to be the only one made during the match and, therefore, thedeciding one, the Austrian inner left finding the comer of the net with a chance ball.Norway had quite as much of the game in the open as the Austrians, but thework of the latter in front of goal made their attack considerably more dangerous.They had no lack of opportunities to increase their lead, but every chance wasthrown away, or else Pedersen managed to save the Norwegian goal. The first20 minutes of the last half were entirely Austria’s, but after one of the Austrianforwards had been carried off the field injured, things took a fresh turn, and if theNorwegians had kicked straighter they would certainly have equalized. They, too,soon lost one of their attacking force, Reinholt, who hurt his foot. The gamenow went a bit lamely, and time was called with the figures unaltered.Austria showed superior skill, and deserved to win by a greater majority. Inthis match, however, Norway played better than it had done against Denmark.GERMANY v. RUSSIA. 16—0.Råsunda, Monday, 1 July, 5 p.m.For this match, Germany put into the field an almost entirely new team whichwas, perhaps, the least bit better than the one that had lost to Austria. Considerationmust, of course, be paid to the fact that Russia was not able to offer anyserious resistance, as the speady, ready-witted German forwards pierced the Russiandefence as easily as a sail-maker’s needle does the canvas.A description of the match would become a somewhat tedious enumeration ofthe goals made by Germany, which numbered no less than 8 during each period.The Russian defence was continually strengthened by the forwards, who seldomor never received the ball from their half-backs, and who therefore had to do whatthey could themselves, to prepare the way for an attack.Fuchs, Förderer and Oberle made the goals for their team, turn and turn about.496