The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-27
CANADIANS REFUSE TO BATTLE
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP HONORS
ON SUNDAY.
EXHIBITION GAME WILL
BE PLAYED TOMORROW
St. Paul Players Round Up Practice
and Are Ready for the C!ash-Sham-
rocks Bring Strong Men Team
Work Will Decide the Struggle
Gov. Van SAINT to Face the Ball.

At Lexington ball park this after
noon the Shamrocks, of Winnipeg, ana
the st. Paul Lacrosse club VIII claSh
for the international lacrosse cham-
pionship. This game has been adver-
tised for Sunday afternoon. but yes
tfday the local team received tele-
gram informing them that the Cana
dams objected to playing for cham
pionship cup on Sunday. This message
! changed the plans of the local CLUB,
and the game was moved forward to
this afternoon. An exhibition game
will be played Sunday afternoon.
The game this afternoon will be the
first championship match Of lacrosse
ever played between teams represent
ing the United States and Canada.
The game is distinctively the ma
tional athletic diversion of the cana
dams, but the Americans are in
vading their hitherto exclusive field,
and Will for the first time essay the
difficult task of beating the Canucks
at their own game. Success may not
rest with them at the first attempt,
but today's game will be the first Of
q series of matches which will lneV1ta-
bly, result in the ultimate supremacy
resting with the Stars and Stripes, as
has been proved in every other import
ed sport which has been taken up in
this country.
For it's first attempt at wrestling the
laurels so long worn exclusively by the
Canadians, the st. Paul club is repre-
sented by team of which no lacrosse
center has any right to be ashamed.
Knows How to Play Goal.
Sheperd, at goal, is acknowledged
by even Canadians who have seen him
play his position to be about the best
that has appeared between the flags
for many years. To q natural quick
IF ava he mites an agility
and Judgment of what to do at crit
ical moments which stamps him as
natural goal keeper. In front of him
IS the veteran Joe" Jones, as alert a
point as ever played the game. His
accuracy in judging swift shots has
saved him many games at hockey, and
the same QuicknesS of perception is
not lost in lacrosse. In addition to
this, Jones, for his size, is exceedingly
husky with the body" which several
of the Winnipeg players will doubtless
discover.
At first defense there is the Nestor Of
the game in ST Paul, old Big Ed
Murphy. Ed was playing lacrosse
when several members of the present
team were sporting short pants, but he
is still in the game and the player who
tries to pass him will discover the same
to his cost He is also, by reason of
his late experience, a valuable man as
a tactician and for this reason is the
captain of the team.
" A Strong Defense.
McAuley and Wadswerth, the other
two defense field players, are both eX-
perienced men, and know how to feed
the home men whenever the rubber
comes their way. At center is Clarke,
a tireless runner qualification which
is essential to the perfect playing of his
position. He is also a good stick hand
Ter and lodging is a part Of the game
which he especially excels in.
Oehme, a native st. Paul product,
will be seen in the position of third
home. His duties are to keep the de-
tense men of the opposition in check
and at the same time see that the men
in front of him are kept well supplied
with the little spheroid which scores
games. For this he is well qualified,
being both heavy and speedy. In front
of him in the order named will be
"Bunty'' Armstrong and Slattery; than
the former no better, brainier or trick
Ter player has ever been seen in the
West, and Slattery is a product of
Cornwall, the parent city of lacrosse,
and is conversant with every turn in
the game from his childhood UP.
Elliott Outside Home.
At outside home Jack Elliott will
shine. This word is used because Jack
always shines in whatever position he
is played. He is a finished and artistic
stick handler, an artful dodger and a
good ground getter and can be relied
upon to cooperate with his partner,
Armstrong, in doing his share to bring
the championship cup to st. Paul.
Whyte is assigned the unenviable
task Of holding down the position Of in
side home. This is one of the hardest
places on the field, and that he has
been selected to hold it down reflects
the confidence with which the execu-
tive committee regards his playing
abilities. Dan is a veteran of the stick
and is the hero of many a hard fought
battle, and that the place directly in