The Karlsruhe team went into their first cup final as the clear favorite. The inexperienced Schalke team, however, had an open exchange of blows with the KSC in front of 25,000 spectators in Braunschweig, which the Baden team only won in the final minutes. KSC took the lead with a header from Kunkel after referee Treichel had decided on an indirect free kick in the Schalke penalty area because goalkeeper Orcessek had held the ball too long. The Gelsenkirchen responded with furious attacks and came shortly before the break through Sadlowski to the deserved compensation. After the break, the lively game continued and it hit center forward Sadlowski for Schalke and put the outsider in the lead. The Schalke team withdrew to save the lead over time, but the Karlsruhe team were able to turn the game around again in the last ten minutes thanks to a direct acceptance by director Sommerlatt and a remarkable hit by Traub from an "impossible" angle near the corner flag .
Karlsruher SC - FC Schalke 04
