The Washington herald., 1922-12-07
PIERCE-MONROE
SOCCER GAME
ENDS IN DRAW
Kid Players Fall to Score In
First Game for Graded
School Championship.
By BILL COYLE.


JUVENILE soccerites of Pierce
L and Monroe schools booted and
" kicked their way through sixty
minutes of the stiffest kind of shin
bruising to a scoreless deadlock
yesterday afternoon, in the open
ing game for the graded school
championship.
Originally scheduled for two
thirty-minute periods, the battle
rocked into two extra ten-minute
periods before the kids went home
to nurse their abused shins.
These kids gave the old English
game a distinctly American flavor.
Unlike the English soccer gents.
the youngsters do not believe in
making their knees public or ex-
posing their young domes in the
regular soccer regalta-
NONE IN UNIFORM.
When they took the field yester-
day at the Union Station Plaza,
the players wore the same clothes
as when their mothers sent them
to school In the morning, except
ing Kidding their young bodies OF
coats.
An wore caps to protect their
heads In butting the ball. in pass
ing II or defending their goal The
only protection afforded the shins
not padded. either. =.
Pierce won the championship OF
the eastern division and Monroe
ripped through the western divi-
siop to the title. It was the sec
ond consecutive year for the rivals
to win the championship in their
respective divisions.
MONROE WON IN 1922.
In the series last winter. Mon
roe won two out Of three games,
all of which were decided by a 10
score. This years tussle promises
to be another even-Stephen scrap,
Judging by yesterdays whirl.
For the greater part of the hours
struggle the ball was in mid-field.
Neither team could find a sieve in
the others defense and the ball
was seldom within kicking distance
Of the goal
The custodians Of the goals,
Oiiveri. OF Pierce. and West, of
Monroe PLAYED a srnash-up game.
The goal tenders Job is anything
but an easy task. In the regular
soccer uniforms the custodians
wear all sorts OF armored protec-
ton against injury from stopping
the bullet-like leather
In yesterdays encounter the goal
tenders packed nothing more than
a stout heart and a pair Of sturdy
arms and legs TO keep their goal
uncrossed
LITTLE STAR TwINKLES.
n
Wolf. the smallest player in action,
were the stars for the Monroe
champions. They showed good
teamwork In passing the ball. The
majority of the others in the Mon
roe lineup forgot team play in their
love TO kick the ball
Too much kicking was tho only
flaw in yesterdays performance
The kids try to boot the hall out
Of the lot and as the result their
teams offense suffers.
Scicai and Dorr were the heroes
Of Pierce's play. They know the
game and kept their foes busy by
their passing.
The second game Of the series
Will be played this afternoon on the
came lot. The teams viii battle
every school day until the series is
decided II they have To play urt'l
snow flies.
The series is being played under
the direction Of the municipal play
ground department. Dick Tenny-
son, connected with the drpar, ment
refereed the match. Tennvson is
doing hts share Of developing soccer
in Washington. While serving as a
referee, he corrects the faults Of
the players and teaches them the
fundamentals. The success Of his
work was shown in Yesterdays
game Lineup and summary:
Pfercs School. Monroe school