New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-19
HOCKEY.

With only two more games TO be played in the
Amateur Hockey League championship series
interest runs high. The for the title has
never been so close. never so hard fought. Sur
prises have followed each other until one has
been at loss TO explain them AS matter
OF fact the teams have been particularly we'll
matched. the Hockey Club OF NewYork
showing a flash Of championship form at times.
Three teams are now tied for first place, and in
all probability a postSeaSon game VIII have TO
be played TO settle the question OF supremacy.
II the New-York Athletic Club defeats the
Hockey Club on February 81. that seven and
the winner of the st. Nicholas Crescent game
Thursday will be tied The last named game
is the only one scheduled this week, and on 1t
much depends. as it may decide the title in
case the Mercury Foot team should be beaten in
the last game Of the series. Because the st.
Nicks were beaten by the Hockey Club last
week does mean that the CreScents will
have easy time Thursday although they
now favorites The Half Moon seven was
beaten by St Nicholas this season. and
the coming game is in no sense a foregone con-
clusion. In beating the New-York Athletic Club
last week the Crescent team showed a return
to its best form. Best OF all. the game. while
being close ana needing an extra period to de-
eide, clean and free from any unnecessary
roughness The defeat of St. Nicholas by the
Hockey Club a distinct surprise but in
point Of fact the ST Nicks deserved defeat
as the team did not play the kind of hockey
It was capable OF and took decided slump.
Harvard retained the intercollegiate cham
pionship in defeating Yale on Saturday, but
only after the hardest kind of fight After
four extra periods had been played and the
game was still tie, It began to look as IL the
seVens might have to play all night TO reach a
decision. II all over in the fifth extra
period. however. with Harvard getting the title
for the fourth consecutive time and Yale shar-
ing the honors OF the season. In spite of the
open winter and the lack OF ice for practice. the
season has been a most successful one and the
sport has prospered.
Yachtsmen have expressed general satisfac-
ton that the la bors of the subcommittee OF IN.
Atlantic coast conference at an end and
that the long wished for uniform rules OF rating
and classification now established The
work. which has been accomplished by men
peculiarly fitted FOR the task, has not been done
hurriedly. but step by step, and after mature de-
liberation and by the comparison OF data COL
leCted from nearly two seasons of racing The
result of these deliberations will doubtless he
that the rules adopted by the conference viii
be Incorporated in the books OF the various cluhs
so that designers of yachts. knowing that the
rule will At all the clubs have only 10 produce a
yacht conforming 10 them. The owner too will
feel greater confidence. and he will receive added
encouragement TO enter his boat. knowing thai
his opportunities of winning-provided his boat
is properly sailed-will be greater than before
AS net result. racing in all the classes will
be more popular than ever. and the season OF
1906 should bs highly successful from q racing
standpoint