New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
INTERNATIONAL LACROSSE.
PLANS OF TIE AMERICAN TEAM.

MAY THE DATE OF sAuiNG-NA1CHtS TO I'm
PLAYED BEFoRE DEPARTURE FROM Nk"-fohN
The arrangements for the visit OF n team Of ANA
*eur lacrosse players of this country 80 England
and Ireland have been pretty definitely settled
The team will sail from New-lork for Liverpooi
on MAY 3, at noon. on the new Anchor Line steam
shin the Anstral. The ststerooms have been ell
gagged for some weeks and special arrangements
have been made for the comfort of the men aboard
shin The only difficulty has arisen over the So
lection of tie team for there have been forty e1-
oellent players practising all "'"',i'
each ono of whom has hoped TO oe
chosen. Ii has been desired OF course to get the
strongest mem and vet to take about an equa mum
Der from each of the colleges interestod'-iAio
Princeton Harvard aud one or two others-aS "o',
as from the amateur clubs In different cities SeVera'
ysago a few men were picked out; lhey are "oueo
OF Princeton Davis, johnson and Slmson oil BOSTON,
Cottel of Yale. Wheeler Gcrndt. and Richey OF Ne"
York The remainder of the team VIII Do ohoSo"
early next week. -,
pefor. sailing the men will play several matches
IN this part Of the country On April 2ith' lhuIS-
dav. with the Yale team; the next DAY Win INC
Unions of Boston and on Saturday, April 10Th, AZ
Cambridge against Harvard mon. Monday, Apili
2Sth Is the date for Princeton. Tuesday the cum
for Baltimore and Wednesday the 3oth Tor fhl''-
dalphia The New.York matches viii be PLAYED AT
Hoboken The National Association has arranged
for the Oelrchs tournament, TO be played al
Uobok en- also. ON the LIST OF May h'er
the tournament proper Is over, the pest team
that can bo picked from siH or eight CLUBS COM
rsti,g will play against the toam that Is to go
abroad. This will be the hnal game before SAILING
Iate rsporf, from Eng. land aud Ireland show that
there IA a growing enthusiasm among lacrosse
paxer. tbere over the proposed visit Of the Amer
ienus The dates for international games ~ nnally
seecfed ala ~ slightly from those proposed az tho
time of the visit of Mr.. Fraser, IA N0vomOor an"
printed in THE TmBuNE on February y Inc open
ips match is on saturday, May II. Ia Liverpool
against the Cheshire County Lacrosse Assoolatoh'
ON Monday following tho second mstch VIII oo
PLAYED IN the same city against picked team on
"Wednesday NAV 81 tho Lancashire County La
crosse Association will Ice met at danohes'eri ~
,hs SANE place tho next Saturday. the Queens
birthday. the North Of England Lacrosse Associa-
tiop viii nv to defeat the Americans. On May -.
the York ,hire County Lacrosse Association VIII
MAY "A Sbonicld On Saturday. the 3lst ut hurI-
ipRhan. game will be ulaycd against the south Of
England Lacrosse Association. On June o. the
men will he ut WanStead, 10 contend WIN the
players Of Middlesex County, June T. at SAHl-
bridge with tho Cambridge University team and
on June 10. AZ the Private Banks Cricket Grounds
th.v will struggle In u return match against the
South Of England.
The Americans will then 40 directly to Belfast
where the hardest match has beon arranged for
Juac 10; on June IL. the team of tho United King
dom will have a contest with the visitors
The team from this side goes to win, IT possible,
but their opponents will give them a hard struggle
In spcaktng of tho chances of success for the
Americans a. H. Bach said yesterdayi INC
chances of the team arr excellent. The tnglNh
play a good game but so do We. The Manchester
men II II said will push hard. but the heioe,t
1yhi ntnb.IlV will take place u Belfast. in Ireland
whom ON jane Il an all Ireland team wtl face ne.
and on the next day when team of picked lrlsh.
men aud Engii ,hmen will have tn be met sun
believe our chances are even there ,
Lacr,sse u an Indian game, ANA ~ ctIed me
natioua ,me of Canada, bat 10 4, GROWING rapidly
into favSp 81 .owhcre The parent club m the United
States IL the W-lOrk Lacrosse Ciub, when was
organized about 1870 principally through the eN-
crsons of Herman Oelrichs Since that time both
Mr. Oelrchs and Erastus Nlmau. president oil tho
National Association, have been Its sturdy sup
rorter, aud il j. chiefly due b. thou encOurasoment
tbat the interest lu the game has spread 80 last.