Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
FINE SOCCER CONTESTS
C0NFEOERATES TAKE LEAD
BY DEFEATING ALBEMARLES
t"mr One az Must IicrccIy Contested
YET Iin!cd-trippIed old pnminions
Lose To Chc>npcakes.
TEAMS STANDING
ANS STANDING.

Gaines III the soccer league yesterday
afternoon attracted large crowds in
spite @; the cold. ana the Sp.ctat or>
IN each contest We're furnished with
some excellent sport NJ Byrd Park
the tUnicdcr:il-S aud the Athena ,lrS
met IN one of th" most iicrcrly con
tested games of the season. tn. Z m
frderat"S finally winning out hv the
sGor" OF on" goal TO rothing. and tax
ing the league leadership. Th, ola 20
minions found ii Impossible TO show
their usual strength AZ a result Of ihr
temporary loss Il several OF the best
PLAYERS ON the Clever. and lost 70 tin"
'heS;tpeakeS 1t tiarlie's Springs.
TO
For the game that decided the league
leadership. the -albemarlcs turned out
III iuil strength, but the Confedcrhics
were without Seed. at center Can
tain Summers won the toss. and elected
to play with Il high wind in his favor
emo the sun behind him. Lavender
kicked off Tor the ConfcderateS. and
me Aib"marlcs .mmediatcls- took MP
the attack
IT looked for some minutes as though
they would pile ny Il huge score. Allen
Watt and Christie sending IN fast
shots IN rapid succession, hui the de
tense or the confaderatcs. though
wohbly at The start. held out For
!uilE hftecn minutes il MS all IN the
:tlb"marlcS favor. ana il was only due
I" the sterling defense OF Grundy. at,
nan. ana lartlct and Thornton. at
ha1k. that no score resulted. Tho Con
ie""rates were pressed SO hard uhat
:"Ncrai corners Were given {" tie M
h"marlcS. from one Of which Allen re
ceivcd the ball Il few Yards from goal
ana sent terrific drive just outSid.
me goal post. minute after Darling
ton saved hot ono from the same
player. and again from Christie
FROM a hrcakaway. y Grundy made
II brilliant run half the IcngIh Of thu,
h"ih getting in his center. yvhicn Law
enher received. ana tested lIcycs with
a faS'. low shot. which WAS cleared.
However. til" ball for few minutes
was dangerously near the Aib.inarle
goal mouth, Summers and Moore show
'he up well in some fine d"fcnsiv-
WORN. The ConfcdcratcS' half back =
now set their forwards going. and The
game settled down into d-to-.nd
play, both sides attacking brilliantly:
oul no score resulting. The defense
OF hoth sides proved superior TO the
attach Half tiinr arrived with no
score.
ON the change Of ends Nli.n kicked
OF hut j. Grundy. who WAS playing II
dandy game at left half. intercepted
the ball and set his forwards going
some brilliant combination play by
the entire front line ended when Law
endcr shot straight at k.y"s i'm goal
VIII" cleared easily. Not 10 L., denied
however. the Couf"dcratcS came back
time after time and We're rewarded
after ten minutes of furious play with
4 goal.
Grundy took the bali up the left
Held and suddenly drove it over to
Vaughan on tho right. who immediate
ly ccntcred to Lavender. He heat the
Albcmarlc backs 10 the ball by inches
and scored with line low drive. The
same player had hard luck a few
minutes after the restart, sending in
three shots i'm succession and missing
Continued on Second Pagc.)