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Trivia
- The Celtic party travel from the “dry” USA to Canada where Hiram Walker’s Epicure Highland Whisky is advertised in 13oz Flasks at $1.60 and 26oz bottles at $3.0. Admission to the Baseball Stadium for the Celtic game starts at 50 Cents. So a Celtic fan in Montreal could buy a new green dress-shirt from Simpson’s, a flask of Epicure whisky and go the the ball game, all for only a $5 bill and a 5-Cent Nickel coin. [See Match Pictures]
- This match will best be remembered for the five goals scored by Peter Scarff–who was standing in for McGrory at centre-forward–and the fact that because of a shortage of kit he played the game in a pale green dress-shirt, borrowed from a spectator, in lieu of a hoops top. Charlie Napier and Willie Hughes scored the other goals.
- It was thought that the Portuguese-American Gonsalves who scored for the Yankees would play for Carsteel and then sign for Celtic.
- Charlie Napier is reported in the Canadian press to have won a wrist-watch in a dancing competition [See Match Pictures] and this incident is recounted in Jimmy McGrory‘s diary of the tour. Could his prowess on the dance-floor rather than the football pitch be the origin of his “happy feet” nickname?
- Most famous of the players lining up for Carsteel against Celtic was Sam Chedzgoy (ex-Everton and England), who in 1926 forced a change in the laws of the game, when he almost scored by dribbling the ball in from a corner kick. Also in opposition is Clydebank boy David “Dave” McEachran, ex-Clydebank and Preston North End.
- Erno Schwarz the ex-Ferencvárosi and Hungarian international player is another famous member of the Carsteel team who would go on to sign for Rangers, though he never played for them, but did go on to have a huge influence in the game of soccer in the USA.
- FLORIDA LUMBER CAMPS. Allegation of Convict Labour made in parliament. Mr. Leach (Soc., Bradford, Central), in a written question, asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention had been drawn to the conditions of labour in the lumber camps and timber-raising areas of Florida, United States of America, where convict labour is leased by the Government to contractors for twenty dollars (£4) a month, and whether he will take steps to prohibit the importation of wood from this area, and consider the advisability of asking the permission of the US Government to send out a committee of investigation to inquire into the matter. Mr W. Graham replied yesterday:— “My attention has not been drawn previously to this matter. The answer to the second and third parts of the question is in the negative.” The Scotsman.
- PROHIBITION SENSATION “Al” Capone and 68 Others Indicted. Chicago, June 12.—“Al” Capone and 68 others, many of them, members of his syndicate, were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury to-day for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. The indictments charged Capone’s gang with 5,000 offences. Capone already has a sentence of six months’ imprisonment against him for contempt of the Federal Court, and he was also indicted a week ago for violation of the Income-tax laws. He was arrested when leaving his Manhattan flat, but was released on £10,000 bail. Capone recently invaded New York with a full corps of machine-gunners and “pineapple tossers” to wrest from Dutch Schultz and Ciro Terranova, alias the “Artichoke King,” the beer business in the northern part of New York City. His rivals are said to have been routed. The indicted men are charged with operating a 1500-gallon still and distributing the proceeds by lorry.—Reuter.
Review
Montreal Guardian sportswriter UNO opines that the current Celtic squad are competent, but do not compare with Young, Loney and Hay and are “a Canal’s length behind the Celtic of Jimmy Quinn’s day”, who with McMenemy, Bennet, and Andy McAtee, were far superior.
The Celtic party paid a visit to the St Joseph Shrine where they were showed round by Brother Andre, who surprised them by revealing that he had already met Jimmy McStay in 1927 when he (and his fellow-Celt brother Willie McStay) was in Montreal with a Scottish Football Association XI touring squad.
Teams
MONTREAL CARSTEEL:
Dick Shorrock, McLain, Bob Calder, Bob Campbell, Bill Finlayson, Bill McKean, Erno Schwarz, Sam Chedgzoy, Marks, Jack, Dave McEachran.
CELTIC:
J. Thomson, Cook, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Whitelaw, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, Scarff, Napier, Hughes.
Scorers:
Scarff, (5); Napier, Hughes.
Referee: W. B. Howie.
Attendance: 6,000
Venue: Baseball Stadium, Montreal, Quebec.
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 15th June 1931, page 6
CELTIC WIN FIRST GAME IN CANADA
Montreal, June 13.—The Glasgow Celtic to-day defeated Carsteel, the Ieaders of the Eastern Section, National Soccer League, by seven goals to nil.
The score was a true indication of Celtic’s superiority, as they had control of the play throughout.
Their short passing confused and exhausted Carsteel especially in the second half.
Scarff was the star for the victors, with five goaIs to his credit. He moved from his usual position at left half to centre to replace McGrory, who was suffering from an injured jaw.
Napier, the inside left, and Hughes, the outside left, scored the other goals.
The members of the Celtic team were welcomed by hundreds of soccer enthusiasts when they arrived here from New York yesterday for a brief tour of Canada.
Celtic will play a Toronto team on June 27.-— Press Association.
