Soccer Champions

[gauchecritic]

Urban myth. The paper, or any similarly named, did not sponsor the games or name them. They were originally called World's Championship Series, or derivations of such, because the early promoters (it was always about the money, guys) were expecting the game to take hold in Europe, even Australia. The name became shortened, as we know it, and stuck.

How do I know this? My Russki scientist husband is a baseball fanatic.

Fair enough. It was the world series because no one else played it. Apart from the Japanese (who are apparently not included) there is still no one playing it, but they still insist the winning team are the 'world' champions. OK