The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-19
Claims That Player Lee of the
Srort<mcn Was Ofside When
He Scored First Goal.
LEACOCKS LEAD THE LEAGUE.
Victory Over the RawiingSes ~
Core of To . Gives Fist
Place to Them hy Mar
row Margin.

TIE Republic rewsboys oF Eor.h g.
Louis enjoyed rare treat at Sportsman's
Park yesterday afternoon. when the four
teams Of the -. Louis Football Associa-
ton lined up in Two OF the fastest games
O.. the season.
In the opening game Frank kavanaugns
Cornets. lost 10 the spor;man's team by a.
score II , to =. Kavanaugh protested the
game. So it will be taken up at the
me King Of the league in the Holland Az
neN Tomorrow night.
W hen the Rawi nSs=s and braaCOcks lined
W Tor tie first game. they were tied for
hrSt place. The tension with which the
players tOed the mark and their apparent
anxiety foretold a battle royal The fans
waited Tor me kickoff with not a whisper
running through the stand. They had arl-
Pie opportunity after that moment. how
ever. 10 voice their sentiments. for the
teams put up a great battle that wavered
back am fofth for the length OF the field
during both halves.
The Rawlirgses went at the Ieacocks
with dash in the first half. In a few
minutes they had the ball in the mouth
OF the LacockS goal. and RickSteiger and
W. CorcCrdn were kept busy. They hard
~ had time 10 return one vicious shot
wh@n they had more vicious one to con-
That the Lescock<' backfeld was able
10 defend their position without goal
going through the bars in the first half
va surprise
CHEER THE PLAYERS.
Around the stands and in the bleache-s
tEe ''newsies whOoped things UP with
their shrill cheers, first for one side and
then the other. Tnsy played no favorites
II was a case Of fair field and no favor
with them.
In the second half the scene of battle
shifted u the RawInEseS side Of the he.
and hnarr and RUnlp spent the busiest
thirty minutes OF their lives during this
period.
PLAYERS KEPT BUSY.
II was continuous thump Of the sphere
from the boot Of a LedcCck forward 10
n. foot Of the backs of the Rawlingses.
with fOrcsfGI kicks that sent the ball
-1'iraiins to midheld.
Big Rolby" had his hands full. as well
as the backs. He kept biting the bail o,Ir
after eacn shot that reached him. The
Leaccck forwards were persistent. how
ever and F,lcsi found an opportunity TO
score. sending the ball fairly through the
Iosts for the first and only goal Of the
SeIne. near the end Of the first half
both, teams played hard Team work
seemed to b" out Of the question. owing
the hri int work OF the players kept
mind.
Heckwolf was i'll and diI not line up
with the I.sacocks. Mcmillan. Il former
Hi9ver of the Th!stles. who took his place,
PLAYED rugged game.
took the Individual honors for the win
rors. while Granville. TIIniCk and Reed
worked hard for the Rawlingses.
ELECT a CAPTAIN.
The Sportsr?en held an election before
tho first game and Campbell was uuani-
moUsiy chosen for captain ot that eleven,
to take Tom FinneCar's place.
kavanauChS team was shy several play
s-s. and he went 10 full back himself. He
IS stiil hefty player. ard put Up a good
game.
Lee srored the first goal of the day for
the SportSmen. kavanaugh said that he
was offsida when he made the shot. and
based his protest on this claim.
Connors scored the next goal for the
Sportsmsr. and kayanaugh entered an
other protest Before the end of the hals
kavanaugh ard Campbell went to the
ground in charge. On arising Campbell
sent the sphere through. kavanaugh
claimed that Campbell fouled the ball
while down ov touching il with his hand.
T.She and Ffcel scored the Comets
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