New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-16
their positions in the field:
Toronto GLIB.

The Toroutos were captained by Massey, and
the Brooklyms by Z. c. Merritt. Contrary to the
usual custom. the Brooklyn captain played with his
team. The conditions of the match were that the
result shonld be determined by the Winning OF three
out of five games.
The ball was faced for the first game at 5:21.
and II was az once taken toward the Brooklyn goal
Artiurs sccrrea the ball and was running win "
toward Tie flags when a Brooklyn man rescued u
and sent it flying high IT. the ar toward the
Toronto 1lg.. IL was there for ONLY moment.
Hughes tuIed and with one 81 his brilliant long
throws landed II quickly in frJnt OF the nome
teams goal. A struggle ensucd when enutd III
leaving IL Martins p 'sscsson. lie threw II TO,
ward the flags but IT cleverly stopped and
another bunch followed. Ia the rush an accident
happened which brought the game 10 stop Tor
few moments. &. Thompson. o. the Brooklyn team.
rripprh over Martin and el htaV ~. spfalhlng
his knee. lie was carried Of tho Held ana
was subsequently, driven to his home. The
came was resumed at 1874. after delay Of nearly
Ten minnie. with w. Kalncs of Brooklyn. IN
Thoiurssu's place. The bail was forced behind the
goal but was almost immediate Y brought TO TIC
front and thrown through the ftes by Mitchell.
Time # game. . minutes and 80 s'ron.r.
The second aamc was begun at 5:37. the lace re-
sultmg in fivOr Of the Visitors. The BrnoHiFn men
piaved witu determinations hut they were over
mqUhad. They lacked ORGANIZATION, and were IN
marked contrast 20 The well calculated play ~ ther
opponents. The fighting was all IN 'front.' OF thrlr
nace Their. were several sharp skirmlsbeS. ont
ire Brookiy men were unable Ia get the bG.l away
from tine nci.h borhood of their goal Finally A.
tlurS made "a hPautl1ui dfOD SboI, anu Mitchell
Knocked ine rubber through, SCORING me cohd
game for fhr Canadians. Tune Of gam. } minutes.
Reforr the third game was begun Merritt surrer-
dered the captaincy OF ms team o T. MaNWe'l, ana
devoted his whole attention 20 play. The bail was
faced at .: IA ana was secured by ArthrS. Al hrst
It went toward the BROOKLYN goal but flannery got
II and Sent spinning toward The Toronto Hays. The
BROOKLYN men played dr-pcrliely, and Tor few mo-
ments it lookct II they nIGht save
themselves Orr. however secured the BAL, aud
some Of the pref lest combination piay ever seen IN
tins country followed Inc Or0nto me" passed 4
from one to another until II was well down the
hrld when Davl got and ran Ike deer Tor the
Rronkivn goal Beng hard pressed by Flannerv,
he tossed tine ball 20 Bonnet, who made
an unsuccessful drop shot. \ struggle en-
suod tlaupprv succeeded IN getilu9 the ball
If he Iuc, and by brilliant long ihfo" gave
the Brooklyn men breathing time. He1Lers"n Sc
cured II, and once more u was before tie t"a al
the home team. boDpe!i was V'ItliE III dangerous
proximity 90 the flags wien he was pretliy checked
hy Dunnng 40 took lie bali from hl.ii aud passed
if TO FIaunery. The latter made long
throw. but ms anu was bad and the ball
landed in the crowd. Logan aud Daniels faced
f lr il, but after suOrt scrinmage II was again
thrown among the spectators; Al thlS sag, o. the
game RaInes, WhO had taken thompson, place, re-
tired III favor a. A. Darling. Thc face resulted ~
favor OF Toronto. Robinson got the ball.
and with It Oh his Lacrosse ran for tue BroOkiyn
flags JourneaV attempted 10 catch bm, bat he
was not fleet enough. Robinson forwarded II 10
Davies. vino made drive for the hlgs but
Journey was on hand aud semi It
I'D the field. Then Ross secured ii and gained
hearty applause from the spectators bv his wonder
ful lodging. tie had tour broOkiNh men amer hlih
and succ -eded in oyadlug ali of them. In an ali
| tempt at Il long throw lie calculated badly, and
| lani,d The bal ia the crowd. II WAS faced
for twlre bci1Ie u was IN the centre
Of the field again. Finally Artnms secured
! It and from the ccntre Of TIE
field lodging several opponents successfully until
he got IN front of tae BROOKLYN goal. Then he de-
| hvered a well directed Gro3 shot and Mitchell
Knocked IT through !he flags at j:J7, thus wInH,n
| the game and match tor the visitors IN three
! straight games.
As the match had occupied so little time it was
decided e. continue the play. The Brooklyn men
| took on Crosby and Raiues aud played with four
! teen men AGAINST he iOTOntos twelve. Two games
were played but even with the extra men the
BROOKLYN cInD unable to cope successfully with
the Toronto men. The gaines were longer, but all
the fighting was in front OF he u DOkiyn hagS. Both
games were won by the Canadians.
To-Day return match viii be played Mt Prospe It
PARK, Brooklyn.