Evening journal., 1908-10-05
LOCAL SOCCER
TEAM LOSES
In First Game Of Season Viii
min9tOn Drops One TO
Chester, 2 2tOl

The Wilmington United soccer team
PLAYED its first game of the season
with Literary. Of Chester on Saturday
and lost ? to I. The locals played
their reserves. All the members Of the
United turned out with the Grape on
the left arm as q tribute to Mr. Nc
Bride. who met with such a sad end a
short time ago. The teams lined up
as follows:
Literary-Goal. J. Ralston. left back.
Murtaugh right back D Traub; left
half Benjamin. centre half II Lyons,
right half. Lynch. @. S. left. Mckin-
ney. I S. left. McFacden centre. ].
Bradley; l. s. right, r. Bagley o. s.
right T. Parsons referee. Il. willard.
linesman. T. Cosgrove.
wImington-Goal McDoueall. left
back H. Balm right back. W. Cross.
left half hack. T Black; centre half. J..
Neeson; right half back, S. Ferguson,
o. E. L. j. Balm t. 6. l.. Jack. centre
forward. f. McEwee. H. 8. r. 6. Hol-
gate, o s. r., J. Black. linesmsn, A.
M Craig
The game opened by Wilmington
losing the toss which left them with
the sun strong against them in the
nrst half. AicEwee kicked off to Jack.
who shot the ball to the left Balm
! carried Il well down the field and CEN
tered nicely but no one was there 10
seize the opportunity. and Literary
cleared we'll A good deal OF midneld
play followed with some clever exhibit
tions on both sides. but there was 2
lack Of rush. Several attempts were
made at both goals. but were cleared
easily The whistle blew half time
with no goals on either side. Literary
O., Wilmington. O.
In the second half Wilmington had
the sun in their favor. Literary kicked
the ball and made a bold attempt TO
md the home teams goal They work.
ed their way well down on the right
wing. but W. Balm put a stop 70 their
efforts and cleared well The game
then took on an interesting appear
ance. Wilmington stormed the fort
and a nice shot from Jack came near
finding the mark. Ralston. however.
hit the ball out. only 10 be returned
with a swift shot from Black. who was
rewarded by seeing II sail through the
goal. The game now began to open up
with confidence for the locals and de-
Termination on tho part Of Literary.
After several efforts 10 equalize- Liter
ary secured a corner kick. which re-
suited in a goal with eighteen minutes
20 go.
once more the ball was sent OF and
Literary got within shooting range.
but were wide of the mark Il was
then discovered that the ball was In a
critical condition. and the game had 10
be stopped 10 attend 10 g. The game
was started once more and Whining
ton did all the attacking. sending shot
after shot into the Literary goal. but
Ralston cleared well on each occasion.
Literary al last managed to break
away and got within shooting range
The shot. however. was weak and
should have been saved. but Mcnougal
slipped after having the bail In HE
hands and once more the bail passed
through the goal With fve minutes
more 10 go. Literary was In the lead.
Wilmington played hard. but were un-
successful in their attempts Full time
blew with Literary leading Tho hnal
result was: Literary. 2. wilmington. /.
Comments on the Game.
at ttAr AArA bdll4N NA Alt cNNTNI the
PLAYERS we're strange and did not fan
into each others play readily.
Wilmington was Handicapped in not
having their strongest team out.
There was rather much individual
play; a combination game would give
better results.
McEwen played hard game. but did
not keep his position. losing several
good openings thereby.
Left wing played well, but did not
get the assistance to obtain results
All the attacking was done with the
Jiterary's right wing. the left back
getting all the work
The half backs PLAYED well. Neeson
working hard. He. however. needs to
improve In his kicking
The opening game at home will be
played on Saturday, the 10th, at River
view grounds.