The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-15
ST. PAUL LACROSSE
TEAM ALMOST
DEFEATED
Blue and White Players Pull Up
Even With Chicago Calumets
in Last Twenty Minutes of
Piay---Score Is Tied Five Sec
Onds Before Finish.


With defeat staring them in the
face the players of the st. Paul la
crosse club pulled themselves together
in the last quarter of the game played
with the Chicago Calumets at Licking
ton park yesterday afternoon, and in
the twenty minutes of desperate play
ing shot two goals and tied the score.
Score, st. Paul 8, Calumets 8. The
goal that wrenched a hard earned vic
tory from the Chicago team was shot
by Brown, of the blue and white, not
five seconds before the final whistle
sounded.
The game from start to finish was
one Of the fiercest lacrosse battles ever
played in st. Paul. The Calumets
jumped into the game the moment the
ball was faced off, as if determined to
put the blue and white on the defen-
sive, but the st. Paul club refused to
brighten and for five minutes the game
went the pace that kills.
The red and white Calumets weak
ened first The Saints not only met
their terrific checks with checks more
terrific, but even set the pace of play.
Several times the red and white car
ried the ball down to the st. Paul goal,
but the blue and white players spoiled
all chance of a shot and time for time
carried the ball back to the other end
of the field.
At the end Of five minutes Raymond
got the ball from the struggling crowd
in front of the st. Paul goal and dodg-
ing through the red and white players
carried it down in front of Calumet's
net. few passes and Raymond
catching the ball again shot it in by DR..
Baker and the Saints had the first
goal.
The first scoring merely made the
Calumets more anxious for rough work
and the clash resumed. The blue and
white continued playing the faster
game and the sensational work of
Baker, the goal of the red and white,
alone prevented the Calumets going
down to a one-sided defeat. Time
after time this man stopped the most
accurate shots from the ST. Paul men,
and until the final quarter it appeared
impossible to get the ball by the Won
derful goal.
Raymond's goal was the only one
scored in the first quarter. Chicago
scored one in the second quarter and
two more in the third. Rubridge shot
in the red and whites first goal, after
three minutes Of play in the second
quarter, and then the two clubs fought
on for seventeen minutes without re-
suit.
Nine minutes after play had been
resumed in the third quarter Donnelly
got the ball by Goal Murphy and three
minutes later Morrison scored the red
and whites third and last counter.
The final quarter opened with defeat
promised the blue and white, but the
locals were not through. Capt. Elliott
and his men discussed the situation
during the rest preceding and decided
to either win or lose by an oVerWhelm-
ing score.
1t may not have been lacrosse, but
it was taking advantage Of the last
slender chance offered and the men
were instructed to ignore their posi-
tons and only think Of putting the ball
by the wonderful Baker.
The whistle sounded and the blue
and white started it's last rally. Play
ing more than like fiends than men the
st. Paul players carried the ball by the
red and white to the goal Of the Calu-
NETS The fast work carried the Chi
cago men off their feet and though the
ST. Paul goal was left unprotected save
by the lone goal keeper, Murphy, the
red and white could not get the ball
to that end Of the field. Now and then
Calumet would send the ball to the
other end with a long throw, but the
blue and white men tore back, got the
ball and then with a rush shot it at
Baker again.
Baker was a wonder, but even goal
keeper like this great player could not
stand in the way Of the fierce work
OF the Saints. Baker stopped them
with his body, with his feet and with
his stick, but fourteen minutes after
the quarter had started Kervin shot
when almost on top of the goal and the
ball went into the net.
With the score 8 to 2 the Calumets
played to prevent further scoring. Ri
bridge, Morrison and others when they
secured the ball would throw it far to
one side of the field, where little DON
nelly would get it and walk at a slow
pace until the blue and white players
rushed out and forced him to return
the ball to play. The willy Slattery also
thought Of a little trick. Seeing the
ball started for the Calumet goal after
he had been checked near the ST Paul
goal, he suddenly discovered that his
knee was injured and had time called,
this compelling the referee to return
the ball for another facing off.
This delayed the play but did not
tire the blue and white men. Six min
uteS were left for the last goal. The
men did not stop to ask If the game
could be shot in time, they worked to
accomplish this. The Calumets, now
thoroughly aroused, fought to hold the
blue and white off for this short period
and the game became a real fight.
With one minute left the ball was in
the possession of the Calumets and in
front of the st. Paul goal. The beautt-
full fight looked over when Morrison
raised his stick and shot the ball for
a goal, but little Mccarthy sprang into
the air, caught the shot and tore for
the Calumets goal. Through the en-
tire line Of red and white players he
went until arriving In front of Baker
he passed the ball to Elliott. Elliott
passed 1t to Armstrong, there were a
few more passes and then as the ref
cree raised the whistle to his lips to
sound the end of the game Brown
swung his stick and the ball shot by
Baker into the net. The score was
tied and the game was over. The clubs
lined up as follows:
ArmStrong ss.s....p. ...s.s..".. CleweS
SoWie .''.ss......o p.s......,s,. Collins
MCCatHy ss..'s..t i...........s Slattery
SIalseford .ss......s d......s...... Woods
Ne '"'s''A.'. :c.s.'.s........ Barker
MGAuley '.s.,.....t h.s......... Kearney
Aiien '..ss..s..s..s h...s..t,.. Donnelly
BDIllott ''..s.......f n. ...s.,,,. Rubridge
Brown ............o h..,s..... McFadden
Capt. Bailey. Capt Tudho nope. ''OA
Goals Scored-Raymond, ST. Paul; Ru-
bridge, Donnelly, Morrison, Chicago; Ker-.
win. Brown, st. Paul.
Princeton Elects CaptaIn