New-York tribune., 1907-01-25
SURPRISE AT HOCKEY.
CHAMPIONS MEET DEFEAT
ST. Nicholas SeUen Wins Close,
Hard Fought Game.

Followers cf hockey were treated 70 a surprise
as wen as q great game OF hockey at the 81
Nicholas Rink last night. when the clever 81
Nicholas Skating Club seven defeated the crescent
Athletic Club champions OF the Amateur Hockey
League. by goals 10 2 This breaks the tie for the
lead and puts the winners IN hrst place The
championship, however. Is by no means decided, as
the teams meet again. and as they are so evenly
matched the result win be IN doubt until the end
Of the season.
Most OF the players Of the other teams in the
league. well enthusiasts OF the sport, ex-
pressed the opinion after the game that the cham
pions outplayed their opponents. While Il is true
the Crescents played q more finished game OF
hockey, q would not be just to say the best team
lost Credit must be given the ST. Nicholas seven
for putting up a clever game OF hockey, which,
while not so brilliant. most effective. II was
the best balanced team that has ever faced the
Half Moon representatives IN the Amateur Hockey
League A tie. however. would more nearly convey
fhe correct impression OF the game.
The surprise OF the evening was the work Of
Marcus. a newcomer this year IN senior hockey
Eis brilliant rushes were the feature OF the ST.
Nicholas game Souther reliable ever
but wilder and K Gordon were not able 20 follow
then- Wilder Is a careful player. but viii not
follow up on goal Carruthers. point OF the win
nsrx. played brilliantly and helped out the for
wards ably. and Hayward. IN goal. saved his team
repeatedly.
Tor tho crescents the iaurels must go 20 shir-
Esf. Ee worked hard and brilliantly throughout
ana MS uuINAlS anu OOOElIlg were Ie6AuIen AAIl-
ton and Dolby played fast hockey and outplayed
their checks. the latter having improved greatly
since his last game. Kennedy also did clever
work On the line.
Wall OF7ynn and Mckenzie made. as usual,
strong defensive trio. oFgynn never played bet
Ger. Wan always plays strong defensive and Of
fenEive game and assists his forwards heroicaIy,
but when the game tied In the second half
be should not have taken the chances he did in
rushing up the ice. No one could ever blame Wall
FOR losing game. as he saves his team so often.
but mistake may have cost his team the game,
the last SCORE made when he was up near
the ST. Nicholas goal He is, however. the best
man playing hockey IN this city to-day and q
tower Of strength 20 the team.
10 sum q all up. the ST. Nicholas men defended
their goal ceverly and their hard shots on their
opponents net told. while the Crescents. the
other hand, were aggressive faster and
able &c work IN on goal much more frequently. but
thsir defence was too anxious 20 assist the attack
The biggest ciOwd OF the season turned out, and
u was a noisy assemblage. The Crescent team, as
usual had it's glee club. with their appropriate
songs. while the St Nicholas seven. inferior In
numbers, were not much behind in noise.
The refereeing was the best seen this year. and,
In consequence. there was comparatively no IN
territorial roughness and not a man ruled on The
men saw from the start that the judges OF play
kneW their business anu would not tolerate any
Linton drew the puck on the face on but Marcus
that Wall blocked Wilder and Souther In GOOD
1SAAoAlLalolt came Wllnll an inch Of scoring nj
other end, and Dolby worked right in on goal oniy
cresceRts coming in On goal and several hare
shots at close range were stopped but dnalIv Dobb1
~, -laoS q bsauuIai goal on pass from behind the
Marcus followed with good try, and then Linton
received q nasty cut over the eye, which DELAYED
play Tor i've minutes.
when ms, ne came back into the game souther had
- - e1eellenI opening for goal but too slow
SLla lost The 81 Nicholas forwards were not fol,
- 1,s ~ US PUCK as were their opponents. and
oOsssqoence Ihe game Jagged for while LIN
soS 5IiI5SH 5htH ana Do2by made spectacular play.
striking the post and bounding out. Il was hard
matters Tor the remaining few minutes OF the half
@ tlo .ly .nlnay scored on pass out from behind goal
gESnns leg and bounding into the net It was
resnes LaeAy; The ha!f ended ten seconds later
crst one goal and then the other hotiy sttaeleS
hos e ne ead It 0aa ~ss shf ons ns' shos f6e d@t RTs
played Desperately ana furbt ISeG Se4 Ta when BEHIND
eefsnee repeatedly Their aggressiveness svsntI, &
prstty pass from Lsito1 he 9So0Z scoring on
zen %e g snd The referees whistle could not be
sr Fsss aSssz Ssszs fPs5IS2sa sSs dF.s w the R RToG
ward and only magnificent stop By the later
saveo a goal; souther followed With one Of his
wss knocked out Tor two or three Minute ~. 1
@ game Ts a,Ser. Sf ipuFs fsos5 later Fot @ back
he own goal and passed to souther. who vorEad
PIN The latter rushed out to CHECK ana a. s'l S
90 so Sontner passed 70 Carruthers. who had foi-
The score which brought victory Try as fhc cham
TtonH would t1aey could not score IN the rernaiIn
fwo minutes OF play. The lineup follows
e. ElcHsolAs G. O Cd. PoeitIoaA Crescsnt A @ u,
Soal Mckenzie
D GORDON Cover point We'll
EorocL Centre TSeafor
Rover ehfF-ag
arus. .ftt wing snsSy sy
oosls-orsseeni A. CT Dolby, 81 Nicholas 8 :, !,
rou,ners q CTptherxl u K GoTcon 4 Referes-yviii
tIn Russell Hockey Club. Assistant rsseres-Dr No
S.v Ters x q - 11Ont ana r. c oastsznan.