New-York tribune., 1913-11-17
SOCCER ELEVENS BRAVE
RAIN ON MANY FIELDS
HOLLYWOOD and GreenpoInt
Teams Battle in Mud Till
Darkness Ends Fray.
MUST REPLAY THE GAME
Yonkers Players Mete Out a
Defeat to St. Georges
Many Contests Ham
pered by Weather.

Vuduy SOuGcobc I1dn
pered by Weather.
| BraNng weather of the most inclement
! kind, the HOLLYWOOD Inn T. e. and the
Greenpoint soccer eleven met in New
| York State Amateur Leag que contest yes
] terday afternoon and battled seventy-five
minutes on the muddy gridiron at
Knights oval. Brooklyn. The Yonkere
team came out on top with the advantage
Of one goal. which was scored shortly be-
| for the referee called the contest on ac-
count of darkness.
The goal. which was scored by Salmond.
! inside left. was the result Of some clever
) drbbling and wading through puddIes
| ankle deep i'm some places. When ne
| hanged the risskin at the Greenpolnt Gus
! todian me was SO chilled by the cold rain
that the sphere got by him ;or the only
/ tally of the contest.
/ Fleming and Buchanan. Of the losers
! disnldyed remarkable soccer proWesS IN
! the mud. and AT different stages OF the
game made wonderful PLAYS.
As all league contests must contain
ninety minutes play. yesterdays contest
will not go down on the league records
| and will he replayed At some future date
! named by the directors OF the league.
/ The Yonkers football eleven took the
! ST. George f.. G. into camp AT DunninI
oval Yonkers yesterday afternoon ~
/ score of 3 goals To /.
/ In the first session of play Pietre showed
Iup I'm excellent form, and garnered TWO
tallies after some nice passing on the Tor
ward line In the second half the 81
Georges rallied bit. and Dick came
through with a hot shot that was too
warm for the Yonkers goal keeper 20
! handle.
! Shortly thereafter. however. Frank Nc
+ Donald got the ball i'm midheld and ran
| il down in front Of the St George net,
/ where he sent IL whizzing between the
| bars for the third tally for the home
! contingent.
! Playing with hye reserves IN theiI me
up. the Columbia oval +. &. defeat
ed the clan Mckenzie eleven at LenoA
! oval yesterday afternoon by score "i
I 3 goals to o. Pierson, Williams and j.
Maskell each annexed a point FOR the
winners. owing to the darkness which
settled over the field twelve minutes be-
/ fore time caused the referee To end nos
| tilities The game. which was in the New
! York Amateur League series. will have
10 be replayed.
The German +. G.. swamp"d the over
seas Wanderers at Columbia oval yes
terday Afternoon by "A score Of goals TO
! / Nannborg tailed four Of the points
while NJ Wander Weghe annexed the
other three. The battle was waged on a
field covered with mud and during driz-
! zling rain.
The Brooklyn r. 6. travelled To New
| ark Yesterday afternoon 10 meet tn" Gale
domains in National League cham
! plonship contest Only seven home team
members put I'm an appearance. and Rel
! cree A. Montgomery forfeited the game
TO the Brooklyn eleven. The brooklyns
now lead the league.
When darkness halted the Nduohal
I League championship contest between
the Jersey city f c.. and the clan NC
! Donalds, of Brooklyn, at Jersey city yes
terday afternoon the Skeeters were lead
Ing by four goals 10 none and as the
game was called fifteen minutes before
! the regular time OF ninety minutes. this
/ contest will not 90 into the record ana
| the contest will have to be replayed at "A
date named by the board OF directors oi
| the league. Although the score indicates
the game was one-sided II was not. as
the McDonalds played a pressing game
| throughout and were turned back time
and time again when In n position to
! score. The encounter was played In a
driZzling rain. and on field ankle deep
| I'm mud, which referee Nesbit said was
| nIayable A large crowd of soccer en-
| tbusissts viewed the contest from under
umbrellas.
After waiting in vain for the Eureka
! team to put in an appearance for their
| New York State Amateur League contest
| at Emerson Field yesterday afternoon
/ Thomas Cunningham, the referee. ior-
| feited the game to the Hudson United
/ eleven by the usual score OF ] to %.
AT Headey Field yesterday afternoon
the Interborough Rapid Transit Stroilers
! defeated the ST. George Reserves, OF the
| Metropolitan League, In an interesting
soccer game by a score OF to 0.
Kendeuen and Mcclure. the latter on
a penalty scored the goals for the win
ners.