The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06

01ums tFOtOcm tEate PARK
Burns vs.. Vampires, at san Mstec-
Hornets vs.. Albion ROvers, at Ala
media.
On the showing made BY the Inde-
pendents last Sunday against the Al
bion Rovers the Greens" will have TO
be conceded q chance for the pennant.
The work Of the entire team was be-
yOnd praise and if the same harmony
is maintained throughout the remain
der of the season the other teams viii
have TO sit erect and take notice OF
the happenings. In the early part or
the season the Indies seemed unable
TO get together and play the comotna-
tiOn game which won so many trophies
for the club in past years, but since
the advent OF Donohue among tne I9r-
defense. the former champions VIII be
a hard team to beat
The Rovers were sorely crlppied
through the absence of Pike and Ait
ken from the lineup, but tie Indies
were at the top or their form ana
would likely have beaten the best team
the Rovers have put on the field this
season. The forwards worked par
ticularly well together and their COM
bination was was a revelation to the spec
there are In this league. Lydon seems
to have recovered all his old form and
Jimmy Anderson Is as good as or yore-
not stars by any means, and generally
manage to. get the ball away in time.
Crowley, the goal keeper, is classy
player and will be heard from as the
season progresses. He Is improving
with every game.
The Rovers will have to be up and
doing If the management expects the
team TO get in the race again With
only eight points to show for seven
gafues the chances OF the Oakland team
do not look any too rosy. Mclaughlin.
who is taking Aitken's place. gives
promise of being valuable member.
but the other substitutes VINO nave
been tried out have not shown the class
necessary to hold down a place IN a
team in this league
Burns to a surprise. taking the Scotties
into camp at San Mateo oy a score or
} TO l. The locals are hard to ngure,
but II they can keep up their present
whole lot of trouble Hailes IS a
greatly Improved player. having sunk
team. Cochrane. the little Irishman,
who made his debut on the coast a
month ago, is playing a splendid game
league Spencer, Perkins and Siggs
are hard working haHbacks and are
the original Johnnies at the ratnole
when the opposing forwards indulge IN
too much fancy work
The Burns have a number OF sterling
players, but occasionally the boys do
not play together as they ought TO and
this accounts for many OF their re-
verses The management is confident
that the team will make better show
and an equally good showing in the
major competition
The supporters OF the Thistles were
not overpleased with the result or tne
for although the ScOtchmen won. it
was only by score of 10 O. The
Hornet team is by no means strong
combination and II was expected that
the Thistles would have won by
much larger score However, the lads
may have been working under wraps
their great display. no matter whether
or NOT the ThiStles were taking things
easily and if Ponleroy keeps MP the
good work his team may win game
0r two before the end of the season
The Vampires won from the Builders,
as expected. The score was to l.
palmer. who is substituting for Lee, il
credited with scoring two Of the goals
and he may earn a permanent place on
the team Smith. the Builders goal
keeper, is developing into star OF the
chronicle his many heroic saves every
week Last Sunday he was at the top
of his form and saved his team from
q much heavier defeat
The Vampires have not yet been de-
feated and the team Is playing the
"classfest" game Of them all. With the
turned to the coast. the lineup Will De
even more formidable and the Alameda
people are confident Of turning out a
champion team at last.
a Committee has been appointed to
make arrangements for the fOrthcom-
ing international match between play
ers OF English and Scotch birth. which
Is scheduled to take place on Decem-
Der 20 Last year the match was
great success and brought out the
largest attendance OF the season The
teams will be selected at a meeting OF
the committee to be held in the near
future
Secretaries Miller OF the San Fran
ciscos and Martin of the Building
Trades have had their teams selected
In good time this week The particf-
pants in the other games have not vet
been picked. The teams are as follows.
San Francisco-Lewfs. Evans. DOWd-
ing, Spencer, Sigss. Perkins wills:
Jones. Hafles. C0chrane and Elder.
Building Trades-Smith. Mckinley
Sommerville. Haig. Campbell Dewar.
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