The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-23

time and again. He, with Seller and Rast
was called on to ward off many a date,.'
mined attack-Miller, In the flags wae
also tower Of strength. On mora than
one occasion the St Paul men cheered as
seemingly sure shot went ike lightning
to the flags, only to discover 70 Thar
chagrfn that Miller was In the way with
MS trusty stick IT seemed, too, that luck
was playing against the home team. as
several shots missed the poles only by q
narrow margin. seIn the early mart Of
the play, Notwithstanding the absence 81
Brown, the defense worked Handsomely
and seemed amply able to take care of
their department. 2Finksin particular play
ed star game. his work being on a par
with that Of Mcleod at the other end.
But in the second game he sustained an
injury to his left hand which rendered
that member useless, and he was forced
to retire. By this time Brown had ar
rived, and he took Ffnk's place at point.
Play proceeded, and st1Paul scored. feav-
ing 1t 2 to / in their favor.
When this happened the Minneapolis
captain suddenly discovered that 1t was
illegal to put on a fresh man during the
progress of a game. and he presented
complaint to the. referee. A lengthy
argument followed, Capt. Murphy insist
ing that Minneapolis had their choice of
dropping man or allowing the fresh man
to play, and had elected to play the
twelve. The rule book was consulted, and,
although there was nothing to justify his
course, the referee disallowed the score.
This left 1t l to l.
Brown was dismissed and Minneapolis
dropped s. Raymond to even up. Out
of their five regular defense men, St.
Paul had now Hamilton. Murphy and
Bailey to combat the strong Minneapolis
home. Although greatly Handicapped
they worked like, Troians ard allowed
playing time. In the meantime the
Saints had made another tally so the
score was still tie The teams started
from the field. but the grandstand would
not have 1t and yelled Yociferously for
a decision. Yielding to the repeated calls
the baseball men, who had taken pos
session of the grounds. retired and the
play proceeded. st. Paul started in with
q rush. determined to score the winning
game but tho brilliant work of Miller
and Mcleod spoiled all their efforts.
The play was almost continually around
the Minneapolis flags, the ST. Paul home
striving might and main to earn a VIC
tory. The defense players in the excite
ment left their positions and began
erowding forward to help their fellows
when the ball was secured by Mcleod,
who made a beautiful throw on the st.
Paul goals. 1t landed in Giffords stick
and the flags, being left undefended, were
at his mercy. Macpherson ran to meet
him. but with a quick shot Clifford scored.
There was stilT@a minute or so left to
play. The st. Paul players, seeing all
hope was gone. MADE but feeble defense
and the Nillers scored again. leaving the
result to 2 in fnvoriof Minneapolis
For the visitors Mcleod, A. Raymond.
Labatt and Clifford played brilliant la
crosse The abilities of Raymond and
Clifford were well known, but Mcleod
and Labatt are new men and clearly
demonstrated that they are entitled to
respect. For the homo team, Turner,
center, was the most conspicuous. He
seemed to be always In the right place
at the right moment Strachan and
Hartney, on the home, also did COM
mendable work. After the retirement Of
Fink Hamilton was moved back to
point, and played the position brilliantly,
repeatedly clearing his goal by well
placed throws Bailey also surprised his
friends by his fast work. If this player
has a fault 1t Is his habit Of running
down the field and leaving his goals UNI
protected. When the winning game was
scored, both he and Murphy were down
near center and Hamilton was not far
behind. If those men had been in their
position the story might have been diff,
ferent
The loss of this game will have no
bearing whatever on the teams trip to
Winnipeg, as it was merely an exhibition
game, and not one of the championship
series However, it., Is blot on their
record which Capt. Murphy Is anxious
to efface, Arrangements will be made at
once for a return match, probably at
Minnehaha, and 1t Is safe to say that
the St Paul team will not go into the
field without a feeling of respect for
their opponents.