Israel’s star soccer eleven, the Hapoel, was turned back by a powerful Arsenal team last night by a score of 6-1 in the first match of its current invasion of Britain. Forty-five thousand spectators, witnessing the first match played under floodlights, saw Arsenal outplay the visitors from start to finish.
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