New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-09
THE CANADIAN LACROSSE PLAYERS.
TWO HARD-FOUGHT CONTESTS LOOKED FOR BY
THE AMERICAN TEAM-MR wIMAN's DIVIDED
HOPES.

THE AMERICAN TEAM-MR. wIMANs DIVIDED
HOPES.
Fourteen active and sinewy young men, with
bright eyes clear and often mddy eompeNions stepped
jersey City ferry. boat yesteTta morning shortly
after IL o'clock, bound for NewY0rk. They were the
team including the captain and spare man. sent bee by
proved quite unable to do, beat me
t ASI'a Rom Srr fresh won aTe they
met In Jersey CITY by some members OF ne American Al,
~. Marks Hotel New Brighton staten Island la the
afternoon Erastus Winan, president OF the National
Lacrosse Association and the best friend the American
team has yet found gave them trp TO Coney Island
and dinner the Manhattan BE ich Hotel winding up
SSe ia s eworE The 9 yoans men acquitted
themselves well regards the dinner, proving them
pit'Ingy impressed by the fireworks
mo club which send, this team out has formidable
record II has defeated easily every to m which vent
ured to lace 1t in the Dominion. 1t sent team to Eng
lsud and disposed Of the Butishcr. quite "a easily
"a ana the American team. The members OF
the American team recognize IN the Canadian team the
most formidable opponents they yet been called on
to encounter Most OF them are small sparcly built men
bnt tough IA hickory and spry cats Several OF them
weigh in The neghborhood of 1873 pounds but their
age IL 100 pounds o Two pounds more man tner "ppo
nents But this preponderanoe IL due To the Immense
ayoIrdupols Of one OF their nnmoer' ~, R's, Nc
He enjoys the reputation Of being the beat player In the
j. good natuted, rs most giants are. lie is really
New Yorker by BIRTH though of Canadian parentage.
Tor that accident ct birth he he not responsible
and he has since done his best 10 he amends for n by
growing up and making hls homo I'm Canada. Captain
a
wholesome respect the OF his rivals. SAID he
" Nou cannot rate them toohCbly. We have no ind-
vdua PLAY ar who can contend with Ross Mckenzie aud
take them al round they by long odds The hest mon
have yet met hut hope TO win. our friends don't
need tO he told that ~ any event We ahn play our best
n will be hard hght aud the game viii be better worth
seeing than any we have yet PLAY cd"
EthsuR Nimau Ia I'm . curious rtrdlrAmpnt and II al
muat rent IN twain by his opposing HYmVathirs
ne IL president nf the National iRctoaso AaHootlun aud
tue principal barket o the American team. lilo Ia THERE
futu bound tn wia thrm Hurrrss lie he hap honorary
president ~ the Toronto tuh IL personally acquainted
With tho mrmhrta hnd IN therefore hnuhd n hope they
viii win 40 hn hopoH alternately hni both VIII win, aud
that neither WILL whichever wlna ono half NJ hin Will
ho auitY hnd the other hair glad,
lho unmoa and BRIEF akrtoheA ~ the Canadian
tenn were given In sundays IUinuNE Tho nfat
match with thN American lacrosse players viii take place
on tho grounds o the staten Island tuchot Cuh, ut iO
D. TODAY. There will ho two halfhonI, ~ play with
an interval NJ ten or ftoen minutes IN the evening MI
Nmsn VIII take The analians another excursion The
second match viii takepace NJ the oloG rounds Tomorrow
he proceeds viii got tho arthOd Pedestal Fuudaiter
paying tho Deficiencies IN the chpcnscs Of the American
team Incurred In ita English tour Mr. Nlinan de
trays the expenses ol the Toronto team hero.