{"id":24412,"date":"2014-03-13T09:49:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T13:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=24412"},"modified":"2014-03-14T22:18:05","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T02:18:05","slug":"tbt-marksmen-steelmen-draw-1-1-at-polo-grounds-3161930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=24412","title":{"rendered":"#TBT: Marksmen, Steelmen Draw 1-1 at Polo Grounds (3\/16\/1930)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to this week\u2019s edition of \u201cThrowback Thursday,\u201d where we take a trip back in time to spotlight some of the clubs that made their mark on the New England soccer landscape over the past century. <\/em><\/p>\n

This week, we\u00a0venture back to\u00a0an Eastern\u00a0National Cup Final\u00a0between the\u00a0Fall River Marksmen\u00a0and\u00a0perennial foe\u00a0Bethlehem Steel <\/em>back on Mar. 17, 1930\u00a0at the Polo Grounds in New York, NY. <\/em>The\u00a0Globe (Bethlehem, Pa.)\u00a0previewed the match in this fashion on Mar. 15, 1930: \u201cTwo of the cleverest center forwards ever seen in this country will be opposing each other when the ball is set in motion \u2013 Archie Stark, of Bethlehem, who has so far scored 28 goals this season and Bert Patenaude, of Fall River, who has 25 tallies to his credit. Both are scoring artists and great opportunists.”<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Note: The information provided in the following game report was drawn from the Mar. 17, 1930 edition of <\/em>The Globe.<\/p>\n

DISALLOWED GOAL COSTLY TO BETHLEHEM<\/strong>
\nStark\u2019s Heroic Effort in Cup Final Ruled Out by Referee Charlie Creighton.<\/strong>
\nGAME ENDS IN DRAW<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

March 17, 1930<\/p>\n

NEW YORK – Goalkeeper Johnny Reder was called upon to make a vast collection of saves, while Andy McNabb canceled out an Alec\u00a0Dick\u00a0goal as the Fall River Marksmen\u00a0salvaged a\u00a01-1 overtime\u00a0draw to\u00a0Bethlehem Steel before 15,000 fans at the Polo Grounds on Sunday.<\/p>\n

After a scoreless first stanza,\u00a0the Steelmen struck first\u00a0around the 55th minute\u00a0from Dick, who\u00a0boasted the only shot that Reder couldn’t stop\u00a0\u00a0on the afternoon. But just when it appeared a Bethlehem victory was imminent, McNabb\u00a0tallied in the 75th minute to send the match to overtime.<\/p>\n

Controversy erupted in the second 15-minute overtime period when Archie Stark\u00a0secured the go-ahead. Or at least appeared to until referee Charlie Creighton consulted with one of his linesmen, who ruled that Stark had slapped the ball in with his hand.<\/p>\n

While the Marksmen were happy to sit in with the return leg in New Bedford, Mass. in mind, the Steel had no such inclination. In the first half alone,\u00a0Reder was called upon to make no fewer than 16 saves, while his counterpart, Tom Fraser, was barely bothered in collecting only two.<\/p>\n

Despite\u00a0its failures\u00a0to beat Reder in the first half, the Steelmen broke through early in the second stanza. In the 55th minute, Stark blazed through the heart of the Marksmen midfield before laying it off to Dick, who sent it across frame, where it inadvertently\u00a0skimmed off of McAuley’s forehead for the score. Dick was credited with the score.<\/p>\n

Bethlehem found a golden chance to make it a two-goal gap not long after. Stark, who’d been battered all afternoon by the Marksmen backs, was tripped up inside the 18 and a penalty was awarded. Big Bill Carnihan’s shot from the spot went wide, much to the chagrin of the 500 Steelmen supporters in attendance.<\/p>\n

Carnihan’s miss gave the Marksmen the lifeline they needed late, and as they’ve\u00a0 done so often in the past, took full advantage. In the 75th minute, McNabb went down the right and ripped a hard shot that was saved by Fraser. The rebound spilled to Bobby Ballantyne, who returned it to McNabb, and the plucky outside right made good on his second attempt.<\/p>\n

McNabb’s goal sent the game to overtime, where a decimated Bethlehem bunch scratched and clawed for the go-ahead. They appeared to grab it in the second overtime period when a scrum in front of Reder appeared, and nearly instantly, Stark, Johnny Jaap and Massie turned away to shake hands and congratulate each other with the ball in the back of the net. But the referee was skeptical, and sought the attention of his linesman, who advised that the ball had been slapped in by Stark. Thus, the goal was disallowed.<\/p>\n

The match ended minutes later, with the Marksmen happy to walk away with the series level. The replay will take place in New Bedford on Sunday, Mar. 13.<\/p>\n

Bethlehem \u2013 Fall River<\/strong>
\nFraser \u2013 G \u2013 Reder
\nFinlayson \u2013 RHB \u2013 McGill
\nMcGregor \u2013 LHB \u2013 R. McAuley
\nReid \u2013 RHB \u2013 McPherson
\nCarnihan \u2013 CHB \u2013 Priestley
\nPitt \u2013 LHB \u2013 Ballantyne
\nGillespie \u2013 OR \u2013 McNabb
\nJaap \u2013 IR \u2013 Gonsalves
\nStark \u2013 CF \u2013 Patenaude
\nMassie \u2013 IL \u2013 J. McAuley
\nDick \u2013 OL \u2013 White
\nSubstitution \u2013 Nilson for Gonsalves. Goals \u2013 Dick, McNab. Referee: C. E. Creighton. Linesmen, F. DeGroof and M. Hutchinson. Time of halves, 45 minutes and two extra periods of 15 minutes each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Almost exactly 84 years prior to the date of Saturday’s Revs-Union game, the Marksmen and Steelmen met for a Eastern National Cup clash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[104],"tags":[719,665,687,718,415,720],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marksmen-Steel1.png?fit=496%2C259","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24412"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24412"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24421,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24412\/revisions\/24421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}