The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-20

Not Have 1t That Way.
St. Paui won yesterdays lacrosse match
at Nicollet park, Minneapolis, by a. score
of 2 to l, but 1t was rather q hollow VIC
tory and will not count in the cham
pionship SERIES
The ball was faced at 1853, instead of
at 2:l5, as advertised, and then the teams
lined up with only nine men apiece.
Danny Whyte and Messrs Fink and
Stark did not appear. Neither did they
send their excuses. They will probably
and truthfully alege that the weather
was de trop, miscellaneous and alto
gether ustWorthy-anyway, st. Paul
was three short Of q team by their alb
sence.
Minneapolis was in the same boat, with
Miller, Vance, Baird, Walls, Currie and
the younger Raymond off of the team
Mr.. Baird, whose playing Is exception
ally fine, is laid up with typhoid fever,
and Vance, Currie and Walls are no
longer in Minneapolis
At 2:15 the teams had nine men each
on the field, but neither was willing to
go ahead without full complement, ex-
pectfng, of course, that enough more
players would turn up to complete the
teams. No more came, and finally the
boys decided to play an exhibition game
for the benefit of the spectators, so at
2:59 Referee Beaton faced the bali be-
tween Strachan and Raines and said
"Play ball.
Strachan drew the ball and passed it
to Webster, who made a short run, close
ly checked by Hail. and threw it to Ell
lott Elliott, Agnew and Bailey, the ST.
Paul home players, then started a pretty
course of team work that nearly won
the first goal for st. Paul, but Seller
made a neat stop and passed the ball
to Hercules Lalonde, who at once threw
it we'll up the field at TAFT Murphy,
Hamilton and Fry all went out after
TAFT leaving the St. Paul goal undefend-
ed except by Moore. Talt glided through
them gracefully, and Murphy called 10
Moore to run out and meet him. This
was what TAFT wanted-there was no
body in the St. Paul goal-and he just
naturally passed the ball through ana
won the first goal for Minneapolis In
Just two and half minutes.
The team changed goals and play was
resumed at once, Strachan again draw
ing the bari and passing 1t to webster,
who passed it over to Elliott. Mcdonald,
Raymond and Sullivan massed on Ell
liott and got the ball away from him.
but Bailey Joined in the scrlmmage and
got the ball, making a shot for goal at
once.
It was miss and I.alonde and Agnew
got behind the goals after 1t and lead
catch-as-catch-can contest over 1t. The
grass was wet and Lalonde slipped apd
sat down on the ball. He weighs about
100 pounds and the ball was uncomfort-
the ball in his stick and threw 1t well
I'D into the st. Paul goals, where there
was a heated gathering at once. Present
w Wall emerged from the ruck with the
ball on his stick and ran half of the
length of the field, where the referee call
ed time and told him to come back. He
did not want to-nOt a little b1t-but the
referee pointed to Raines, who was lying
on the ground with a strained knee, and
Wall reluctantly returned
Raines injury was sufficient to keep
him off of the field for the balance Of
the game so StrachaE, of st. Paul, who
played against him, was laid off to even
things up. After this affair had been
satisfactorily arranged the ball was faced
between Elicit and Sullivan and Elliott
got it. Then he, Agnew and Bailey again
started their team work, passing the ball
rapidly from one to the other and pres
emily Bailey got it, lodged up to the Min
neapolis goals and tossed it through-time
nine minutes, including the stop when
Raines got hurt.
There was no rest after this game and
the teams changed goals and reversed
positions in less than one minute. This
time the ball was faced between Hall
and Webster and the latter who was
playing a good, strong game at every
point, drew 1t and got well away with
out a check but Mcdonald, who is a
noted sprinter, got after him and he pass
ed the ball to Agnew. Agnew threw it
over for Elliott, but Lalonde jumped and