New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-29
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
SIX uorRS OF LACROSSE.

| SIX HOURS Or LANhOccL.
! THE HARVARD AND NETWORK TEAMS TIED FOR
/ FIRST PIACE-ruE LONG DISTANCE THROWING.
The lacrosse season for 1882 was brought
10 close yesterday afternoon by a tournament For
some time the National Amateur Association has been
perfecting the details for the contests which
| were PLAYED yesterday the Polo Grounds.
Godng the caretaker, succeeded In getting the turf IN
fine condition. The weather everything that conid
be desired and thousand spectators. many
of whom ladies, were liberal In their applause and
20 enthusiastic about the playing that nearly all Of them
remained through the six hours that the tournament
| lasted.
soon after Il o'clock the teams from Harvard
and Yale took their positions They proved TO be fine
lo of young athletes who when they handle their sticks
a little better will make very strong teams On Har-
wards side starting with goal Ripper, there played
Easton. Davis. Rueter Noble. Goodae. Colt. Williams
Ennis, Nichols Marquand. Noyes and Woods; for Yale
in the order there Council, Castle,
Mccormick Barbour, Mallon, McHenry'
Strong. Ayres, Bowen, Spencer, Lincoln
and Mcdowell AS the ball was faced it was
that the Harvard men played well together They
put Yale the defensive Immediately The Newiayen
could not break the fierce attacks Of the wearers OF
the crimson and the result that Harvard took two
goals in four and another in thirteen minutes The
Yale rallied and played better for thirty hYe
minutes, which finished the time limit.
The next match was between the University Of the
City Of NewYorl and a team from Bloomfield, y. J. The
players for the university were Cassidy, townsend
Pcarce Dunning Carpenter, Roberts, II. W. skerry.
Sulam Gerndt, king~lry, Nichols and \. I. skcrry.
TINS match was surprise II was supposed that tne
cad Of doing tnat from neryou,less or some otaet
etnse tley came very nearly ocins Dellen'
the frs two I'm thrc. aud the last I'm seven minutes.
The Boomlelds secured the frs and third games IN
and 10 minutes. Tile following the OF their
players: Bourne Dl.yrMplc Cakes Davis, Nauaukcn,
Tower. Span!dlns, Darwin. Agar Cdpen Record and
The last team, TO play were the Princeton ard New
York. The following were the players: Princeton
Wilson, Edwards, Poe and spence New IorkN heeler
Mar-6n. Merritt sRitchcy, McEachrcn ana Isles. Tie
playing In this match was very lively. struggle after
struggle lowed IN quick succession. ana there were
many fine throws. good d1d1c- and suf checdnc 40
first the play was evenly distributed all over the hrld
Frncc,ons were forced on the defensive. The
match finally Won by the Ncy-York men who got
two games ia five and eighteen wluntes Al.-r sew
entecn minutes additional play without goal being
taken the time was declared mp.
Nnen play was resumed ior taa finals tn NcT. oiA
Club appeared 10 contest for the supremacy Yit ~
Jn,yef'it[ men, ms rs VA the maj. ycre
placed differently and they played wei as a team
They checked very closely passed eFceeanty "SI-'
qucutly put New York goal ia danger But the New
Workers proved equal 70 Their task After repeated c.,
fOr; they scored three games III eleven o5heou ana
This LEFT he final match TO he played between Hlr
ward and NeW-NorE The la' ter were urrl,, unIns
been pushed hard by the University men while llaT-
NaTd Who mad played once Lhu lfu It-i OF
hours. The games began when 81 was nearly dat6
Harvard forced the PLY from the beginning and made
q goal in two and LaU minutes. IAls wac the MS.
game the New York Us had lost and as the time was
short OF the darkness they know thHf tne
handsome silver cup presented by Herman OclrcE,
would 20 Camhrl-c II Harvard won alotL q. " II
the contest stopped before size had lost -L IhlS
feeling caused Tremendous cNcIuOu Oh the aI, OI Tue
CHAMPIONS Of last year Orders were given To- check
moro closely than ever TIL, bad an excellent oI IT,
The Harvard athletes finally sent tuubhne head
over heels by -tid body checks. while the defence Oh
Ncw-lork saved their tired hcdcIs by .ouE thtoWh-s
After fifteen minutes cheer raised 10y the friends or
New York a- goal had been taken. The teams con
tuucd PLAYING for twelve minutes, when II became so
dark tuat tine ball could not bc seen This left inc touru-
amcnt draw. IL thought by many that the cup
should have been awarded % the NcN-l orh,i5 because
they had six goals and lost one, while Harvard hhi
only won three and had lost one. Tie New York team
Will probably 10 Cambridge ON election day, so that
the cup may be- awarded for this seasons play.
Before any OF the finals played, the competition
between member, from each team for long d-tauc.
throwing was held. The prize was silvcr-mou
lacrosse stick. presented br Mr. FmuncIy the secretary
and treasurer of the association The competition vas
also for the championship and the record IN the United
States. The entries were DHyrlmpc and Bourne, from
Bloomfield Moves and Eastern, from Harvard, Lincoln
and Bowen. from Yale Pcarce and Gcrndt, from the
University, and Merritt and Balch from the NcW-Gork
club. and Hodge and Hewitt, from Princeton. After
each had had three throws. II. Bach, OF the New
York Iub was declared the winner, at l2O II yards.
j. {. Gerudt second having thrown III yards.