New-York tribune., 1902-01-19
HARVARD BEATS COLUMBIA
THE BLUE AND WHITE FROM A POOR
BEGINNING RALLIES CLEVERLY
AND FINISHES WELL.

! The Harvard University team played its first
game in the Intercollegiate Hockey League cham
piuuship series al the ST. Nicholas Rink last night
/ defeating the Columbia University after
close and particularly exciting struggle, While the
Crimson did not win with the which character
| lied Yale's victory over Princeton. yet the men
from Cambridge showed dashing individual
briliancy. which seemed 10 indicate clever hockey
10 come with improved team work the real weak
ness OF all the college teams II should not he
forgotten, also that Goodrich. Harvard's lightning
forward and best general player. not pe.~
mitted 10 play last night,
The Columbia men protested Goodrich. claiming
that he eligible TO play. This Is Goodrch's
fourth year in the medical school at Cambridge,
Harvard men say he IS eligible play, he has
been member OF varsity only years
So long ; Goodrich is permitted 20 play against
Yale he may not be needed IN the other intercoe-
Eiate games.
CRIMSON AGGRESSIVE AND FAST
While Harvard has had plenty Of practice tho
ponds At Cambridge. better work must be
done. in the opinion of the experts II she expects
to defeat Yale for the championship. While the
men were aggressive and fast. there something
| lacking in the work done last night. Columbia
showed team which with two three changes
ought to play good hockey. Akin IS weak and
played If the Ice cold for him. Wolf and
Campbell won the honors for Columbia last night
although the all around work Of W. Dudeu was
Ceuent, Benedict would have been OF more service
20 his team had he played the position assigned 10
! own duties. Wolf Is the best shot on the team
At the start it looked If the Harvard men
would make short work Of the local egians who
appeared to have attack OF hockey fright. After
three minutes of play Winsor. alone. carried tho
puck up the rink and shot a goal for Harvard.
Less then a minute later Rumsey took the disk
ont Of scrimmage and shot a goal. making Har-
ward 70 o. Three minutes later Akin made a
costly tumble. enabling Pruyn 10 get the puck IN
front of the Columbia cage. The shooting Of a
goal easy.
With the score 3 to against their men. the CO.
lumbia contingent was silent and partially demoral-
lied. Tho friends OF Harvard were yelling furi-
OuSly, and the Yale players who had to New
York 10 size up Harvard strength. began TO look
dubious. Then Columbia bracod up, and during the
remainder OF the game really oltplaled the liar
disk in the OF the rink and by sifu dodg-
ing managed to elude the entire Harvard team and
Duden repeated the performance and the first half
ended with the score ) to ?. in Harvard favor
AN EXCITING STRUGGLE
The throng of spectators was now prepared "a
witness exciting struggle and they were not
appointed. For five minutes neither side could
accomplish much. Then Wolf became too aggrcs-
sive and ordered off the ice for a minute In
sweater banged W Duden aganet the end of the
rink with such force that Duden caused the game
to be stopped while he picked stars out OF his
vision. Much lifting iLdl.Iged in for the nDx.
few minutes. and daring runs scarce. Then
Akin and W. Duden overran the puck. leaving a
splendid opening for Windsor, who shot a goal
making Harvard's lead 4 TO .
Columbia then rallied and set the spectators
cheering like mad. Wolf made arother brilliant
Harvard defence A pass was made to Ga mn
bell, and the latter shot the puck into the Harvard
the ice for tripping, and while the PLAYING to tho
end was fast and furious. neither side able 10
ada to Its score sec, From poor beginning Columbia
The teams lined up as follows: