The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
End of Successful
Soccer Season
Selection of Al Star Team 10
Play Albion Ropers Not
Satisfactory
Ry Bob Shar1d

After one Of the most successful sea-
sons in the history of the game on this
coast the curtain will be rung down on
soccer this afternoon The crowds
which attended the games have been
larger than In any previous season and
the quality Of play has been as good as
in former years. There Is distinct room
for Improvement In the combination
work of some Of the teams, but when
It is taken into account that the three
teams made their debut only this sea-
son the deficiency in team work can be
excused. AS a result of the large at
tendsnces at the cup games the teams
which took part IN that competition
will have tidy little sum TO divide be-
tween them and the association will be
q few hundred dollars to the good from
the semi finals and final game. The
competing teams received 80 per cent
OF the receipts of all games up to the
semi finals and the association used
the 10 per cent to defray running ex-
penses. The money acquired In the last
four games will be used to provide
medals for the winning team and the
runners up.
A question which is agitating the
minds of the soccer fans is What was
the matter with the Vampires last
week?" To lose to the Robert Burns
is bad enough. butNto finish three goals
to the bad IL a matter requiring some
explanation. In the league competition
the Burns team was looked on as a joke
and two points were conceded to any
team which had to meet 1t before the
game was played. Toward the end of
the competition the Scotch iaddies i'm
proved rapidly and were expected to
make a good showing In the major oorn-
petition, but even their most ardent
admirers never expected the poets
team TO win the honor Of the season
The Vampire team was stale, whether
on account of overtaining or from some
other cause does not matter. but the
movements of the players denoted
staleness which made the game list
less In spots. The first half was rem.-
niscent of a cricket game and It was
expected that the referee would stop
the game for a few minutes to allow
the players to have cup of tea The
official wouldn't do that however, and
the agony continued until half time
The second half was as full Of ginger
as q can of Money back" Both sides
seemed imbued with q desire to win the
cup and there was nothing at all lady
like in the actions of the contestants.
For half an hour the teams went to II
in good shape, but one side was as good
as the other and there was nothing do
Burns showed what they had ana the
vamps instead of calling them laid
down. After the first goal was scored
McFarlane goal keeper and captain of
the Vampires, suddenly remembered
that he had date somewhere in the at
mosphere and Immediately took bal
loon ascension. As result when the
Burns forwards neared the goal all they
had to do was TO roll the ball through,
as the custodian was busy figuring out
what his friends would call him for
losing the first point. The last two
goals scored by the winners were easy
things and had McFarlane kept cool he
would undoubtedly have stopped both
shots. On the run OF the play. how
ever. the Burns was easily the better
team and the Vampires were the first
TO admit this after the game was over.
The Vampires won the CUP last sea-
son and for the general good of the
rame It II well to let honors go round.
The Albion Rovers. winners OF the
league competition, got into the lime
light also for the first time, az they
have not been successful In winning
any prize, although competing In both
competitions for the last five years.
The selection of the all star team
which Is TO oppose the Albion Rovers
this afternoon has caused whole lot
of criticism and justly 80. Some of
the very best players In the game have
been left out of the eleven and others
who have never been considered better
than worth, their places on their re-
spective teams have been honored The
Vampires are represented by Singer.
who is possibly the weakest player on
that team. 1t appears that politics
have been mixed up in the selection Of
this eleven, for the team which has
been chosen is altogether too raw to
meet with the approval Of those who
know anything about the game Peter
son, Anderson, Scott, McFarlane, J. Mo-
Kenzie. Mizen and Taylor will no doubt
be present and watch the game from
the side lines
The game will be played at Free
mans park this afternoon at 2,3o and
the teams will be as follows:
All Stars: McRitchie (ThistleD. pewar
(scotiasl, Gore (Thistles). Duncanson Thistles)
captain, Grant qndependentsl, Highett tInde-
pendents), Fay Independently, Walters (San
Francscoi Melville Independently, Munro
(Burns). Singer vampires).
Albion Royers: Marshall, Selkirk, Anderson
McKiernon. Cockburn Mcintyre, Milns, Aiken
Petrie. Pike and Balmnin ~
Referee: Z. @. Paterson.
Linesmen: W. L Canning and Edgar Pomeroy.
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