The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-28
CRESCENTS BEAT WANDERERS
FAST GAME OF HOCKEY AT THE
CLERMONT AVENUE RINK.
Dolby scores Both Goals for the winners
Clark Makes Losers Goai-specta-
tors Fall on the Ice-GordOn's Foot
Cut-HoWard Hits sheriff and Linton.

4 crowd OF enthusiastic admirers OF the
Wanderers skating Club iourneyed 10 Brook
lyn last night 10 watch their team Of hockey
players try to defeat the Crescent C. team.
They bet their money freely on their fsvorites
AT odds Of 10 10 O. and the Crescent club mem-
beers We're not slow to accept the odds they
were Joyous party early in the evening.
and during the game they cheercd enthu-
siastically, bur they went home disconsolatr
and Disguised The Crescents won by
score OF > goals to
The game was one OF the hercest and fastest
ever witnessed There were many delays
from various causes. aud 1t was II clock
before IL was over. Tho rivalry between
the two teams was very Keen Last year
the Wanderers beat the Crescents for the
championship This year until last night
the Wanderers had been beaten once and II
they could beat tire Crescenls It would make
n lie between the Hockey club. CreSCents
and Wanderers for the championships The
Cresceuis 50 far have not lost game
w Russell Of the Hockey Club was re fierce
and had his hands full The Wanderers
gave him the most trouble They began
with tho rough house tactics 70 characteristic
Of the team. and several players were s1s-
pended Tom Howard WIS IA" worst or.
fender just after the winning goal had been
scored Linton rushed down the ice with
the puck. Howard tried 10 stop him and
getting hold on lfton- neck slammed
lnF NTFSffIil tAuu lllhil Nli' UlF SlOP OF inc
rink Howard was sent 70 tho bench by
the referee, and r. he crossed the ice NJ slashel
Sherri1 with hs stick sheriff vas hurt -
that he could not continue tue game. and
Howard vas suspended for tho rA of the
game.
and the Wanderers admirers occupied
bunch OF seats on the opposite side 70 those
had poor chance OF getting seats. A few
calpers ha secured some tickets md we're sell
ing them outside the INK at jeach. and at the
box office admission tickets were being handed
ont until the police stopped II, declaring thar
the building was crowded enough
The 'lern'ont Avenue Rink al its best is
arc lights were suspended from the
roof. and these caused lots OF trouble
Fuses kept blowing out. and 1t was o clock
before the electrician got the building
illuminated sufficiently to enable the PLAYERS
70 see the puck; For ,eoonomys sake the
lights were turned down during the two halves
and when they tried to turn them or again
they had the same trouble with the fuses
cheering. and when their team finished the
first half OF the game aving scored the only
goal they were very iublant. In the second
the score. and for several minutes men and
women checred enthusiasticaly. and later
on. when DOLBY scored the winning goal.
II seemed as II pandemonium had broken loose
When there are big games at the Clermont T,
Avenue Rink. they erect temporary boxes /
along the edge Of the ice These are hardly /
comfortable because the occupants have I
their feat lust a few inches above the ice b,,t
they get a good view of the game They
fence about three feet high,
Dolby had lust scored the winning goal
when suddenly the front Of this box on the
Crescent side OF the rink crushed down on
he ice. and men and women who had been
cheering enthusiastically shot over the ice
"a If they had been ChHsing The puck in the
game. Hats munr and canes flew In every
direction. The women were helped up no one
,r c hurt and they soon took their nil cns e,;,
nd . a ~
few minutes later when n Wanderer
made desperate effort 20 score, the rootars
heir box fell down. This time twenty or
more derby hats shot across Tie ice and there
was another delay while these we're collected
and their owners found
Linton and Hornfeck faced on Linton
secured the puok and rushed il down to the
Wanderers goal. ana Wall made the first
game got rough Shinbler was nut on for
'lashing nt Hardy vi, his stick For several
he rink and both goaI.eepers were kept
'" Hsock made ONE 4 be shots. but most of
he play was in the Wanderers territory,
and 10 nrotect their goal all three PLAYERS !
pack Of tina line would gather in front Of the
lnt Then Hardy pat on for trippin 2
yoal and il WAS tactics like this thnt kent the
7rescents from scoring more than they did
The half was about half over when Clark
ecured the puck on the left hand side OF
he rink He made n comparatively slow
hot ana inc runner spun by HailoCk ane I
7ndcd in the cage This made the game
weller. and tho Wanderers rushed things !
MY 70 have their team work broken m and |
he crescents in turn carry the puck back
o their territory
In tho second half the Crescents came on
he ce for blood Wall, who had played a
artic1iarlv fine game. q We rare exhibition
( lodging and. carrying tho puck down tho
INK passed II neatly 10 Dobb, who scored
mr. the homo team HARDY was again sent
n. this time for trippinR Linton. who had the
uck Then there was hot scrimmage ia
ront ~ m" Wanderers goal and TO protect
heir not
Harvard. Carruthers md Howard we're all
n their knees in front n tho cage After
One minutes or dos peraie PLAYING Gordon
ad his foot pretty badly cut by skate. and