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Una caricatura oportuna: La llegada del equipo español
Cartoon uses stereotypes to playfully poke fun at the Spanish
Footballers Celebres
Notice the language employed to characterize these figures
"Mister Bull"
Image of Palacio Zino appears in the Aug 21 edition after he nearly died from a public duel with Enrique Gómez Carrilllo.
Los uruguayos vencedores
Contrast this image of Uruguayan players with that of October 9 of 1920
La edad del oro del football
This piece highlights the mythaking that was already taking place in 1920, looking back at a mostly Anglo-Argentiine team as an ideal lost in Argentine football.
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An example of how Argentine papers hailed English teams as true "masters"or teachers of the game
El football-sport nacional: Carnet del Mundo
This article is a precursor, of sorts, to the types of articles that appeared frequently four decades later in Argentine sports magazines. It provides a medical analysis of how players should train, adopt good daily habits, and the risk of…
El suelto de este número
El Domingo once again published a rebuke of the behavior of Argentine fans, who traveled to the South American championship and behaved in an unfortunate manner. The magazine describes their behavior as "actos censurables que dejan mal parado el buen…
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This photograph of three actors - Mr. Traversa, De Rosa, and Arata - from Excelsior Theatre corresponds to Argentina's first theatrical production about football entitled "El campeón de football."
El football-sport nacional: El suelto de hoy
Although El Domingo was often critical of the poor behavior of fans and players, here it provides a rare rebuke of the match officials whose poor performance aggrivated matters at a match between Progresista and Independiente.
El football-sport nacional: Reaccionemos
This piece is a call to action to bring the behavior of fans at fútbol matches in line with the peaceful scenes in other sports
El football-sport nacional: El suelto de hoy
This article uses the 1917 South American championship as a way of highlighting the sportsmanship of its partiipants, the spirit of good will - even in defeat, and the benefits of international play.
El football-sport nacional: El suelto de hoy
This article calls for fans to stop their violent aggression towards players and representatives of the national team after each loss by Argentina. The reference point was a match played in 1916 when Argentina lost to Uruguay and some fans attacked…
El football-sport nacional: Charla de la semana
The issue of excessive force by players, as an infection for Argentine fútbol, has a long history as evidenced by this 1917 piece in El Domingo
El football-sport nacional: El suelto de hoy
This article calls for unity to stop the violent aggression towards referees that continued in 1917
El football-sport nacional: El suelto de hoy
This article shows that violent aggression towards referees went back as early as 1917