New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-12-22
HOCKEY.
THE GAME OF THE SEASON IN COLLEGE
AND AMATEUR ATHLETIC CIRCLES.

Hockey the king Of winter sports. now occupies
the centre OF attention IN the athletic world Foot
ball is over, and for the next three months the
modern adaptation of shiny" will receive the in
terest Of those who follow college and amateur
sport.
This year the intercollegiate branch OF the game
promises to usurp in popularity the place held last
season by the amateur league. This stimulus Is
due 10 the admission of Harvard to the associa-
ton whose other members are Yale, Princeton,
Brown and Columbia For the last three years
Harvard has been keenly anxious to take part in
the contests for the championship but stern fac
nifty is said to have frowned severely the project
and the only privilege granted the Crimson was an
annual trip TO the St Nicholas Rink to meet Yale
Now however, objections by the faculty to the
Journeys to New-York have been done away with,
largely because the schedule has been shortened so
that each team meets every other seven only once.
and not twice. heretofore.
As to the prospects of the season. it looks like a
pretty close contest between Yale and Harvard
Ell has a seven stronger. If anything. than last
season. as shown in her victory week ago. Har-
ward though some OF her men have been lost by
graduation. has a team that is about as strong as
her combination Of last season, which furnished the
New-Haven colegians pretty tussle In their an
nual game. Both Brown and Princeton MAINTAIN
the same relative standard of merit, and not
likely to prove any dangerous than last year
Columbia, however, IS likely to be a more note
worthy factor, as last year the members of her
seven were debarred by the faculty for taking a
forbidden trip 20 Pittsburg. and in consequence a
substitute had TO be organized To play in the
intercollegiate series Pennsylvania which finished
a. the tail end last year, has resigned from the
league as there is ice skating rink in Phila-
delphia this year Cornell was anxious to be ad-
ritted league. but her application had 10 be
refused in order that the schedule might not be-
come too cumbersome
At The conclusion of the intercollegiate schedule
the two teams ranking highest percentage
NJ isis will meet in series of three additional
70 decide the championship. The university win
ming first place three years will become perma-
nentIy possessed OF silver cup offered by Goodwin
Stoddard
While the college games Will attract the greatest
amount Of popular interest. they not compare
in point OF skill excitement with the best Of the
contests in the Amateur Hockey League Indeed,
these matches in spectacular play speed and brill
lance probably surpass similar qualities displayed
in other branches Of outdoor sport. The excellence
of the contests Will be further enhanced this year
by the fact that the membership Of the league has
been reduced to four clubs-the New-York Athletic
Club Crescent Athletic Club, Hockey Club Of New
York and ST Nicholas Skating Club This cuts out
the Quaker City and Brooklyn sevens, both of
which were rattle drag the league last season
Probably. usual. The struggle for the cham
rlonship will rest between the New-Gork and
Crescent sevens. For three years the Brooklynites
have been victors and this season the spirit Of
keen rivalry is stronger than ever Both teams eN-
pect 70 nut on the ice practically the same COM
binations last year, with one or two exceptions.