B McPhail 5
Unknown (3)
A Morton
Unknown
Match Information
Attendance: 21000
Referee:
Matchday: Sunday
Match Trivia
North American Tour - Immensely to the surprise of most of the 20,000 present, and two others, the puissant Glasgow Rangers, triple champions of Scotland, fresh from two triumphs in Canada, had no easy problem when they opened the three-game United States section of their North American tour at the Polo grounds yesterday afternoon against Charley Stoneham’s New York Nationals, reinforced by one forward borrowed from the Brooklyn Wanderers. It was no Scotch affair in the matter of goal-scoring, nine tallies being recorded, and the famous invading array won out only by the match of the odd one. Moreover, the Nationals had a 3-1 lead at half-time, by virtue of a great display of combination work that must have been enlightening even to the visitors who have perhaps the proudest record of any club in Great Britain, the home of the association football game. Following the pre-kick off parade around the field, in keeping with old country tradition, the Nats kicked off and Nelson soon broke through for a fine opening, but Hamilton rushed out of his goal to pick the ball off Johnny’s shoes. The Rangers ten pressed and following a three-minute attack McPhail, inside left, crashed in the opening tally at five minutes. Persistent Nat attacks were fruitless until at twenty-one minutes Nelson snapped up McGhee’s great centre and equalised. Ten minutes later Josef Eisenhoffer, Brooklyn forward, yanked the crowd to its 40,00 feet by putting the home guard in front with a neat counter, and just before the interval Nelson landed the New Yorkers 2 up with a sizzling grounder. In the first minute after the resumption Smith, Scot centre, reduced the lead from then on, the Rangers were rather much the whole show. Warden handled in the penalty area, but Referee Creighton disallowed a spot kick after consulting both linesmen. Redoubled Glasgow pressure culminated in McPherson’s evening the score, and before the shouting had died down Smith crashed one past Douglas to put the tourists in front. Alan Morton shortly it 5-2, but just before the end a vigorous National rally resulted in Herb Carlsen’s driving in the final goal.
Rangers had a thrilling match with New York’s Nationals today, and there was a great demonstration of enthusiasm at the finish when they turned a two-goal deficit into a narrow victory. There were 20,000 spectators, who were kept on the edge of excitement from the first kick to the last. The pitch was very small and a big handicap to the Scottish champions. In the first half they were clearly at a disadvantage, and the Nationals, playing fast, dashing football, kept the Rangers’ defence on the stretch. Tom Hamilton lost three goals before half-time, when the Nationals led by 3-1, but in the second half Rangers tumbled to what was required and giving a display worthy of the best traditions of the Scottish game, wiped off the deficit and then smashed home a winning goal. It was a brilliant recovery, and the crowd gave the Scots a wonderful ovation at the close. James Smith played centre for Rangers, and in the second half he was a dashing leader and scored two fine goals. Bob McPhail also scored twice, and Alan Morton had one goal.
