The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-26
Association Football Claimed Sporting
Attention Yesterday.
American and English A. AS to Sup
press Dishonest Amateurs.

About the only sport that occupied the
attention locally yesterday were the as
ISOLATION football games played in or near
this city. There was plenty OF excite
ment for the large fields that followed. In
a hard-fought game with luch prevailing
20 a great extent the j 4 p. Coats team.
holder in second place in the Rhode lei
and Association Football league, went
down before the Westerleys by the score
OF to 2 The game was played on the
I.onsdale avenue grounds, Pawtucket.
The game showed that both teams were
about evenly matched the Westerlys
showing no better form than Pawtucket.
and the game was won when only one
minute or the hast half remained to be
played with a goal during scrimmage.
In the first half the westerlys took their
opponents by surprise and before the
Pawtucket boys woke mp had scored two
goals. The rest OF the half was stub
bornly contested but the Coats team conld
register only once.
In the second half the play a whole
seemed TO he I'm favor OF the home eleven
ani they soon tied the score. For the
+. -nainder OF thts period both teams
played brilliantly and the excitement was
Intense Finally the Westerlys succeed
al In bringing the sphere TO the goal cir
Gle and to the snazement ~ the crowd
got Il past Partington and the game was
won. The feature was the playing OF
Fred Morrison for the Coats and Mcikle
and Whewell for the westerys The
lineup:
~. &P. COATS WESTERLY
Darlington. .....,............,.g.. Sedan
Bennett. {. b .............f. b., T. Whewell
Easement Z. b ........ .h-...f b., Ward
Ayres. h. b .................h. n. b., Hamilton
Reynolds h. b. .........,.,.h. b. 5. Fife
lSeating h. ...............-..h D. Read
smith l. W. .g.......,..........l W. Barker
Il. Psmberton, ]. W. ...,...,L W j. Fife
Morrison, c. ,...............''.c'' a. Meikle
McNeal. r. W. ......,...r. W.. j. WheWell
w. Pemberton. r. W wf.,...r. W.. Johnson
PAN-AMERIcAN WON
In "sorking' contest. fairly seethng
with excitement. the Pan-Americans de
feated the Howard Bullough team OF
Pawtucket on the athletic grounds at
Fall River yesterday afternoon by tho
score OF 10 g. The last 20 minutes of
play was hard fought and II was only
the phenomenal goal tending OF Hcaly
that saved the day for the Pans.
GoRHAM MFG. co. Z. HARRIS YARN
e. DYEfNG co. l.
IT was an exciting and well-played
game furnished by the visiting team OF
the Harris company and the Gorham ag-
gregation at ElmYood yesterday morn
ing. I'm which the former lost
The weather conditions were ideal for
fast football. and long before the APP
pointed hour adherents OF both sides and
many out ut-of-town spectators were on
hand in anticipation of a great contest.
The fine defensive work OF the visitors
could not overcome the aggressiveness OF
the Gorhams. The first goal was scored
by the Gorhams Stringer cleverly head
ing the ball TO Smith, who put IL through.
The visitors scored their only goal short
" after by n free kick. Stringer scored
next on a neat pass from Genever.
In the second half Gorham scored twice
IN quick succession. the frst on spec
taular play by Genever. who carried the
ball down the field alone and scored amid
applause. Stringer followed next and
after a hot scrrnmage Smith OF the Cor
hams succeeded in placing one through
the post Stringcr again scored and
Brooks. by a well-directed shot. succeed
&c In making the last score Following
is the lineup:
GoRHAMs HARDIs COMPANY.
Cartwright. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Fagln
Slide, r. b. ......................r, b.. Laurie |
Mckenzie, J. h. ,...........l. b.. j. Poole !
Greyhurst. r h. .....,......r. h.. Watson
Barry. c. h. .......,........c h., w Poole }
Baxter. !. h. ..,1..57.-,,..L h., Cumbieige 1
Strineer, c. q. f.......c. o. e. +. Poole +
Kennedy. r. o. Z. .........r o. T.. Shannon 4
Genever, c. Z. .........."..,...c f., Garlick 4
Brooks. J. l. :. ............l T. T.. Schofeld /
smith. r. l. 7. .......,.......r. l. T., Harden (