The San Francisco call., 1908-05-10
Race for Lacrosse
PennaBf Is On
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San Mdteo and San Jose to Be
Scenes of First Play in
Canadian Game

what promises TO be the finest season
OF lacrosse that the devotees of the Ca
madam game throughout the state have
ever witnessed viii take place Sunday
afternoon, when the Reiiance and TaIa-
goo teams VIII meet on Charles "
Clark's El Palomar polo field at San
Mateo, and experts Of the winged o.
Will cross sticks with the Garden City
players at San Jose. The officers OF
the Pacific lacrosse association, consist
ing of Charles II. Mimic, president; Pc
ter ]. Lyons, vice president; William E.
Judge, second vice president; Fred II
Lynch secretary ry-treasurer: Edgar
Pomeroy. w. Z. Judge and G. e. Clute
registra tion committee, have devoted
more than the ordinary amount of time
in preliminary work to make the pres
ent season the most successful in the
history OF the game in California, and
the players themselves are showing un-
bounded enthusiasm and energy In
their practice. which has been kept up
steadily for the past two months,
The addition OF another team to the
schedule has given the game a great
boost. San Jose being the new competi-
tor that Will battle on the fields for
lacrosse honors- The Oakland team of
last year.. which was a hard playing
aggregation. has reorganized this sea-
son under the name of the Reliance
club and has gathered into the squad
several athletes who gained reputa-
tions by their work on the association
football fields. Olympic has suffered
severely in the loss of many of its vet
erans, having. only four Of It's last
years squad left, bat its new talent
which Lynch has picked up is showing 6
excellent form in practice.
The Talagoos have a veteran team
this year, their squad showing among
its members many OF the athletes who
carried the club 10 an easy victory for
championship 1onors last season.
Losses in their ranks have been filed
by the addition OF men who are vet
Grams at the game and San Mateo IL
anything will be stronger this season
than last.
On paper and from past performances
Reliance and San Mateo have the lead
over their opponents, with the Tala-
COOS slight faYorite for championship
honors and having the additional in
centive of match with the famous
Shamrocks Of Montreal for the cham
pionship OF the world IN case they are
the leaders at the end of the season
of the game in this state. Reliance
shows among her goal scorers Clark
son, O,Keefe and Henderson, all of
whom are well known to devotees of
the game for their work In past sea-
sons c. Clute, Canadian who comes
TO this country with a fine reputation
as a player. is slated to appear at first
home. In defense. Devillers at goal.
the two Judges and Peterson are the
better known players of the Reliance
squad.
AS in past years, the framework of
the Tslagoos is built about the Lyons
brothers, most formidable players.
Reddy Lyons. the captain. is playing
with the same careless dash as last
season, when he was the quickest map
in the league, and is closely pressed
by Borland. Smith and McQuaig. Coutts,
the smallest player in the association
last season, is on his way back here
from China and will appear in the
Talagoo lineup later.
Minto. Lynch, Grizzly and Burden are
the well known. players of the Olym-
pic squad, the strength of the winged
90 being materially increased this
year by the addition of Matthews.
Sweeney. Briggs and Shaw, Canadian
players who have come here with ex-
cellent regulations and who have fully
lived UP TO them. in practice on the
park stadium, where the club team has
been getting into trim for the past two
months. Lynch and Minto have picked
up some high school athletes who have
shown remarkable aptitude at the game
and, in common with San Jose, they
expect to have the youngsters in their
lineup regularly before the season is
half over.
Tobin, pegan, McMahon and Smith
form the backbone Of the Garden City
team, which the optimistic manager
Con Spice, regards as the only blue rib
bon combination In the association.
Two high school athletes will appear
with the San Jose team in their open
Ing game and other members of the
high school track team expect to be
regularly placed with the sticks short
iy- In the San Jese-Olympie game at
the Garden City tomorrow the follow
ing men are expected to appear in the
first lineup: San Jose-Tobin, Degan,
Eaton, Shaw, Sainsevan. Brown. Nc
Mahon, Creay, Smith. Lang, Laurel and
Warren. Olympic-Minto. Lynch, Trow-
bridge, Grizzly. Burden. Matthews
Sweeney, Briggs. Shaw, Mizen Kay
and G. Poreroy. The official lineup
for the Reliance Talagoo game at San
Mateo is as follows: