BOOKS - A FOOTBALL MYSTERY
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A FOOTBALL MYSTERY
Author: W. J. Lomax
Year: 1907
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 488 KB
Language: English
Year: 1907
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 488 KB
Language: English
Sir James Collier has mysteriously disappeared from his bedroom after an evening spent entertaining guests He was due to play football for Derby against the Crimson Ramblers a team touring from abroad and comprised of Americans French and Germans Without him in the squad Derby lost 80 a win for the Ramblers which means that in a month theyll play against England The Ramblers principle strikers Courcy Blitzen and Eclair had been among Sir James guests so Blake decides to investigate them and the rest of the team He and Tinker travel to Nottingham to watch a match After it a 100 drubbing for Nottingham Sexton Blake spies on the team manager Raymond and comes to the conclusion that some kind of scam is underway though how it works he cannot fathom