The sun., 1916-01-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE IS
SQUARE WITH RIVAL
Evcns Its Series Of Annual
Games With state League
by 2 to I Victory.
EARLY LEAD MAINTAINED

ny defeating the New York state
League team. score goals to I. at
IAnox Oval yesterday afternoon the
National Football League eleven. COM
prising for the most part players from
the speer strongholds in New Jersey.
evened up matters in the annual series
between these two leagues. Each league
now has won two matches.
There was much brilliant individual play
on both sides but the men from across
:he Hudson played better together as
a team and fully merited the victory.
The individual honors went 10 the two
SOalkeepers. Tintle OF the Alley Boys and
Porter Of Yonkers. who were not allowed
10 stand around and catch cold. The
! conditions Of the ground were superior
to those which prevailed on Christmas
Jay. yet left much to be desired. As
il was the players could give merely
An Indication Of the exhibition they
would have given on hard and fast
ground. The visitors were two up In
the arst period and led New York by
to ! at half time. Neither team
scored in the last forty-fve minutes Of
plae.
During the first half the Nationals dc.
Tended the east goal at the soft end
of the field. Tn" New Workers pressed
hard In the early stages. but. though
they had several fair openings. the
going was too heavy and they expended
tbeir energies In vain. Tne Jerseymen
mad a couple OF great backs in Napier
and stevenson. but ~ hard pressed were
Shcy that they had TO allow three cor
ners to ease the situation for their
team. Once the New Workers. had tired
themselves out their opponents took hold
In earnest and for the rest OF the half
the latter were practically in control.
After half an hour Of play. A. stark
with Helmsley. of the Scottish -Ameri-
cans. broke through. and Stark shot the
hrst goal Of the game. Giving their
Rdversarics no time to recover from the
disappointment, the Jerseymen pressed
their advantage and. two minutes later.
had made II two straight. Nelson OF
the Jersey A. &. got possession In front
OF goal and dribbled past the defence.
Two minutes from half time. stuart fed
the ball to Hayes, the continental's star
centre. who sent Ia hard. low shot
that got by Tintle The half came to
an end with the Nationals ahead by 9
% I.
Five minutes after the res,art. Hayes
crossed to Cooper. who at full speed.
10 stop. Tintle got the ball and saved
the day for tile Nationals. A foul out
side the penalty area gave New York
the ball. but OHare kicked over.
Helmsley then broke away for the vis-
itors and. though he stumbled. made a
brilliant run. New Works goal was In
imminent danger. but through sheer
GOOD luck. the ball was spirited away.
Tintle was hard put to II again by a
drive from Cooper. but another phenom-
email save was the answer. New York
again braced for the attack. Hayes
missing by six inches. but forcing a
corner. Stuart again passed 10 Hayes.
who met with no better success.
Continuing to press. the New Workers.
forced q corner. obtained a free kick
from foul. followed by still another
corner. Finally. the Nationals turned
the tide for a spell and suddenly Stark.
Helmsiey and Costello menaced New
York's goal. Porter held the fort and
no score resulted. Near the end OF the
game. another foul was given New
York outside the penalty area. but
Hayess try for goal was diverted by
King. who was one of the conspicuous
figures in the National forward line.
The lineup