The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-01
SAINTS IN HOCKEY
THIS CITY WILL SEND A CRACK
AGGREGATION TO THE
EAST.
FIFTEEN FAST MEN WILL GO
IN THE PARTY WHICH WILL REP
RESENT THE CAPITAL CITY'S
Drawn.
TEAM IS PRACTICALLY CHOSEN.
Newson, Barron, Mcdonald, Clark,
PGEer, NeaIy and BjOrnstad Are
the Probable "ReguIars."

The St Paul Hockey club, which was
recently reorganiZed, has completed ar
rangements for its Eastern trip. Rich
ard Nealy said yesterday, that he had
received satisfactory replies from near
Iy all of the fast Eastern clubs with
whom he had been corresponding with
q view to securing convenient dates,
and that the team would leave st. Paul
not latter than Jan. 10, and would
r meet a half dozen or more of the fast
est teams in the United States The
schedule for games away from home
is about as follows: At Washington
they will meet the Washington Hockey
club Jan 20. From there they will go
to Philadelphia, where they will play
Jan. q. They will probably spend two
or three days in New York city, COM
mencing Jan. %. The game with the
New York Athletic club, which will
come off some time between Jan. % and
| 20, will take place at the st. Nicholas
] Park rink, where so many hard-fought
championship games have been played
and in point Of science will be the best
game played, as the New York Athletic
club have the reputation Of being the
most scientific players In the United
States, being only excelled in skill and
prowess by their lusty Canadian broth
ers, whose valiant defense Of the title
of championship of their national game,
has preserved them the title and kept
1t within the Canadian border. While
In New York the st. Paul team will
play the Crescent club, Of Brooklyn,
and the New York Hockey team, both
organizations being among the formost
hockey clubs of the East.
Il The st. Paul team feel confident that
they will make a creditable showing
In the East, and expect to take at least
half of the games played, as their team
has developed a great deal of science
In their play since the practice games
began a short time ago. The club num-
bers thirty, and out Of that number a
team has been picked, which will rep
resent St. Paul in the championship
games. The team Will probably be
composed as follows: Forwards, Tom
Newson, E. Barron, Geo. Macdonald and
A. Clark. Defense, Fred Pfffer, r.
Nealy and William Bjornstad. There
Will be in the neighbCrhood of fifteen
of the club go East with the team,
four or five of them being members
of the second team, who will reinforce
the first team, in case substitutes are
needed. The second team is made up
as follows: Benz, Bird, Owens, Ian
pher, Whitman, Murphy and Johnson.
The committee who selected the team
consisted OF r. Nealy, Tom Bird and
Tom NewsOn, and their selections were
made only after watching all the prac-
tice games, where a close watch Of
each player was kept.
The club has been corresponding with
T. A. Howard, captain of the Winni-
peg Victorias, who were the champions
of the world during 1895 and 1896, with
q view to obtaining his services as
coach, and it is just possible that he
may come to st. Paul and coach the
boys on some of the finer points of the
game, just before they leave for their
circuit OF the East, which would finish
off their training in good shape and
put them on a more equal footing with
some of the fast teams they are to
I meet Capt. HoWard's team, the Win
nipeg Victorias, lost the championship
of the world last year to the Victorias,
Of Montreal, in one of the hardest
fought hockey games ever played in
Canada. The contest for the title last
ed several days, and finally resulted In
the Montreal VictOriaS winning by one
goal.
The ST. Paul boys were in hopes Of
securing q game with this team on the
home grounds, but the dates named
by the Winnipeg confiicted with the
Eastern trip, so the game had to be
given up, and st. Paul enthusiasts will
: probably have no chance of seeing a
scientific hockey game this year.
The enthusiasm of the members Of
the st. Paul hockey team seems to be
contagious, for every practice night
there is a large crowd of rooters on
hand at the Virginia avenue rink, who
turn out to witness the game even If
the thermometer is out of sight, and
. lend spirit to the game by their appre-
ciative applause. The members of the
team are highly pleased with the
schedule arranged, and with the pro-
Eress the team has made so far feel
that in meeting the New York Ath-
Ietic club they are meeting the crack
team of the East, and if they are able
to wrest from the New Workers their
laurels they will be able to sit in the
high places of the land. sslkrat -vtojo
high places in the land.
The hockey team Will play q practice
game this morning at the Virginia ave-
hue rink, when a new feature in the
practice play will be introduced. In
Btead Of playing the first team against
the second team they will split up the
first team and play the defense men
of TIE first team against their own for
wards, thus making the first team do
ali the work.
There are a few details Of the sched-
ule which as yet have not been arrang-
ed The St Paul team are DESTROYS Of
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