The San Francisco call., 1904-02-20

Walter 6. Hobart of the winning team
with Captain Neil Haig of the losers.
The score stood seven goals to two In
favor of the Whites at the beginning OF
the last period of play. Tom Driscou
scored Immediately after the ball was
tossed in. The Reds then ran up a Sc
quence of four goals but their effort
came too late, as the bell sounded the
end of the game with the score eight
goals to six. The teams were made up
of the following players:
Whites-C. Garland, T. A. Driscol.
w. S. Hobart, John Lawson.
Reds-B. Williams. w. McCreery, r.
Chaplin, Captain Neil Haig,
Referee, F. ]. Mackey; umpire, r.
Ezra; timekeeper, j. o. Tobin.
Walter Hobart and Tom Driscoll each
scored four goals, Captain Haig three,
Walter McCreery two and Basil VIII
| liams one. Tom Driscoll electrified the
| spectators by picking the ball out of
scrimmage a few moments after play
commenced, and with three strokes he
! scored the first goal. The Reds nearly
scored shortly after. Before the end of
the period Tom Driscoll scored again.
HOBARTS LONG DRIVE.
The Reds made a determined stand in
the second period and for time
seemed TO have the better of their op-
as the Whites soon regained possession
of the ball Walter Hobart ran it down
the field and placed it for Garland, who
nearly scored. John Lawson was play
| ing a brilliant game and was loudly
applauded for stroke from the side
line in which the ball went just outside
the posts. Walter Hobart made up for
this lost opportunity just before the
end of the period by scoring from the
SeVentV-fiVe ward line
He added another point to the score
of the Whites in the third period, send
ing the ball between the posts at an
awkward angle. When the bail was
first tossed in for this period Tom Dris-
coll picked it out of the scrimmage and
ran it down the field, placing it for
Walter Hobart who just missed scor-
ing. Captain Haig, the big. bluff Eng
| lishman, who is so great a favorite
with the spectators. nearly scored from
the seventy-five yard line. The play
all through this period was fast
Captain Haig scored the first goal for
the Reds early in the fourth period on
free stroke after a foul. Walter Nc
Creepy scored a second goal almost i'm
mediately on another free hit. this time
after the ball had been driven out of
the bounds on a safety hit.
Tom Driscoll. on his big white-faced
pony Jim Jeffries. drew a round of ap-
plause from his adherents early in the
fifth period. He picked the ball up
near the middle of the field and with
the other players strung out behind
him like the tail of a comet ran it
to the goal In three strokes. He was
| in an awkward position for the de-
cisive stroke, but as he galloped past
| he sent the ball squarely between the
posts Soon after he placed the ball
for Walter Hobart, who scored on an
easy shot.
HAIG PLAYS WE'LL.
| Captain Haig proved a host in him.
self in the last period and turned the
tide of battle decidedly in favor of the
Reds. Excitement was intense as point
| by point the Reds drew up on their
| opponents. When the bell finally
| sounded they were but two short of
the number required to make the score
/ tie. The score in favor of Captain
| Driscolrs team was 8 to 6. After the
match practice game was played.
The teams We're:
Reds-Paul Clagstone, r. NJ Tobin.
| Charles Raoul Duval and Lawrence
McCreery.
Whites-Peter D. Martin, F. B.
Mackey, F. ]. Caroan and E. Ezra.
The Reds won by score of to 2.
! The first match for the Raoul Duval
cup viii be played On Sunday. The
players will be:
] San Mateo team-R. M. Tobin. Wal
| ter McCreery and Lawrence McCreery.
The Cosmopolitans-R. Chaplin, T. A.
/ Driscoll, c. Raoul Duval and w. S.
Hobart.
The birmingham team drew a bye
and will play the winners on a date
J vet to be named. This team will be
| Charles Garland. F. j. Mackey, Cap
| tain Neil Haig and E. Ezra.
The pony racing which will be held
| tomorrow is attracting widespread in
terest here. There has been no rain
| for several days and the track will be
| in good condition, although record time
| is not expected. Peter d. Martin and
Thomas Magee arrived here from San
Francisco at an early hour this morn
| ing in their automobiles.