A well-documented curiosity was that at the end of Basel's 1929–30 season, the team set off on a Scandinavian football tour, including a visit to Germany.
The journey started with a train ride on 2 June 1930 at quarter past seven in the morning from Basel and they arrived in Leipzig at half passed eight that evening.
An episode that is noted in association with the Swiss Cup, was the second-round replay away against FC Lugano on 22 November 1931.
Then, Basel's Alfred Schlecht scored the winning goal early, not even two minutes after the game had started.
However, shortly before the end of the match referee Hans Wüthrich did not blow his whistle and award a penalty after an alleged handball by a Basel player.
It was some eight hours later, before things were settled enough, for the police to able to bring both the referee and the entire Basel team to safety, by ship over Lake Lugano.
[4] Josef Remay had a bleeding head, Hermann Enderlin had a hole above his eye, goalkeeper Paul Blumer and Kielholz himself were also hurt.
The clubs that he played for while participating in these two World Cup tournaments were FC Servette and Young Fellows Juventus.