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La imprevisión como sistema
A fascinating article on several accounts: who is to blame for the ills of Argentine fútbol (AFA for postponing and suddenly scheduling league matches--leaving clubs in precarious positions--and clubs for starting stadium repairs days before matches…
Ideas por un Huracán aún mejor
In line with other clubs looking to create massive social centers for its members (like Boca Juniors), the magazine highlights plans for a swank new center near Parque Patricios
La selección destruyó un "mito": la fuerza
With the national team's failure to qualify for the World Cup, and the only notable performance from Huracán's own player Rendo, the article delivers a harsh critique of the modern style of play based on strength. Instead, it states that quality,…
Volvemos al palacio
Cited by AFA for insufficient standards, the magazine is both critical of that decision and hopeful that fans will be able to return to their own stadium.
Su trayectoria, sus inquietudes, su familia
Profile of Navarro, the family man and player for Huracán [not sure the picture is the right one as Navarro looks different in other images]
Benicio Acosta: conceptos: no dar ventajas-buscar resultados
Benicio Acosta shares his coaching philosophy (which sounds pragmatic and designed to not cede any initiative to rival teams-the style en vogue during the 1960s)
Tenemos otra vez basquetbol femenino
As part of the Peronist push for women sports, the club resumes its support for women's basketball.
El deporte y la sociabilidad
This is the rare club that began with soccer but abandoned it (after an undefeated season in 1936) for other sports, which helped sustain their popularity in the city. No further explanation is provided.
11 de octubre: dia de la "madre"; nuestro club es para el niño un complemento de las enseñanzas escolares
Aside from the image of Eva Perón, the page is a dedication to families (mothers and children) and shows how clubs outreached to families of male members, who constituted the majority of the club's membership.
A vos te lo digo
Helpful insight to how club officials "taught" younger members of their duties as associates of Independiente.
Disciplina
Notions of good sportsmanship tie into social order, regulations, and even morality.
Nuestro departamento de educación física está preparando a los pequeños atletas para el torneo de atletismo infantil Evita
The role of clubs in organizing children's teams for the Evita tournament was one way that the government could foster relations with club associations.
El hincha
The article praises the fan who supports teams with a positive spirit, but blasts the "hincha" ("uno de los seres más desagradables y perniciosos de nuestro actual medio")
Y como todos los años la ciudad se volcó en los extraordinarios y famosos bailes de "carnaval en Independiente"
The carnival is a yearly social event that raises funds for the club, as well as includes beauty pageants, music, performances, and dance
Deporte y sociabilidad
Notions of good sportsmanship are outlined in this piece by a member of the club
Eva Perón
The club honors Eva on the one year anniversary of her death