Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-27
PLAY FIRST SOCCER CAME
RICHMOND CLUB is WINNER
OVER RAIlROADERS' ELEVEN
Pretty Gnmc Played at william BYRD
Park Won by rive Goals
TO Nothing.

Soccer football got II start here on
Thanksgiving. when the Richmond
Soccer club defeated the Railroad Y.
NJ. c. y. by ) goals TO o. The Rail-
roadcrs have just organized. and are
learning the game under the more
experienced club Considering the
short time they have been practicing.
they put up wonderful game, as
tho Richmond club is n we'll balanced
team.
Richmond kicked off ana started to
attack almost Immediately, and forced
Il corner. Payne took the kick and
placed it beautifully, but Phipps clear
ed with a mighty kick. The Y. NJ.
ender ana Dixon. with pretty combi
nation. looked like scoring. but Dixon
shot outside. From tho soal-kici<
Richmond again took up the attack.
shots from nearly all the forwards,
one save from Grundy being II beauty.
The first goal came from n corner
nicely taken by Payne. Grundy meet
ing tho ball with his head and put
ting 1t through. few minutes after
the rcstart, Thornton sent fast
but the referred disallnwcd the goal,
claiming that Thornton was ofTsidc;
but second goal came almost immc-
dintely. Day being charged through
fast ground shot and was Knocked
out for few minutes. The Richmond
forwards were playing together nice
~. and. only due to guard work by the
Y. NJ. c. \. backs. WAS the score kept
down. Payne, however. scored just
before half-,ime with II great shot az.
ter Il brilliant individual effort. Hair
time. Richmond 2; Y. NJ. G. A. o.
\ change was made in tho lineup
o: the Y NJ. G. A. in the second half,
Long going in goal and Day TO cen
ter half, 1t seemed as though the
change had done good, as the Rail-
readers at once started to attack.
Lavender. and the Richmond defense
WAS kept busy for few minutes
Moore. lying a little way out. received
the ball. and by deft pass set his
was great thorn i'm the sides OF the.
Richmond forwards, breaking UP at
tack after attack in wonderful fash
Ion. He seemed TO be here. there ana
place. Had 1t not been for Phipps
and Hardness. the score would have
be denied, however. for Draper. who
had been playing we'll right through
the game. broke through and beat
Long with Il daisy cutter. At the re-
going. but was quickly pulled up Ivy
Fletcher. Payne received the ball
and swung 1t out to Thornton, who,
with Seed and Grundy, combined for
the nth and last goal, Seed receiv-
ing from Thornton "a beautiful center
and crashed 1t through. The Y. NJ.
!. a. attacked lltIit after inns. Day
ran the ball the whole length OF the
field, only to lose II when near the
goal mouth through selhshness. Had
he passed to Lavender. score would
have resulted. as Lavender was well
placed. The game ended with the Y.
NJ. c. y. attacking. but they could not
get by Young. Abbott and Fowler.
For the winners. the whole team
played a good. consistent game. No
one man can be singled out as being
above the others in defense, but
Payne was a little the best in attack,
some OF his runs down the line being
grand. The forwards were splcndidly
supported by Draper. Moore ana
Fletcher. For the losers the defense
was good. rhipps being brilliant and
Day In goals made some good saves
in the first half. Hardness played II
good game. and had he been playing
with Il less brilliant rlan than phipps
his work would have stood out more
prominently. The half-back line Was
very weak, and. consequently. slowed
down the forwards. Lavender and
Dixon were, no doubt, the stars of the
forwards. but they had little oppor-
tunity. Dlckey was good at times
and looks like n conner.
The teams:
Railroad y. VI. c. A.-Day. Hardness
Ph!pps Brown. Long, Jesse Dixon
Dickey, Lavender. Cameron, Gill
Richmond-ThOrnton ,;rundy. Reed
Bartlett, Payne. Moore. Draper, Fletch-
err, Young. Abbott. Fowler.
a practice game will be played by
the teams this afternoon at 3:2O
O'Clock ut William BYRD Park