New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
CRESCENT TEAM BEATEN
CANADIANS SCORE FAST
Toronto University Plays Brilliant
Hockey-Losers Fight Hard.

Undoubtedly brilliant exhioition =,
hockey ever seen in New York took place las,
night at St Nicholas Rink when the Toronto r-ni
versity champion seven defeated the Crescent A..
Ietic Club seven. champions OF the Auaseu,
Hockey League by tine one-sided score OF Z goals
to g. Although the resGit might Indicate a, tam
game me reverse was the case for while defeatsa
the Crescents fought with all their oIdtirne ~,
and nerve, and let up until the 1nai vbv,
blew But they outclassed individually -
as a team.
Wall was the star Of the game and vork.s =
great form. showing wonderful head work 80
Judgment. and continually rushing down the g.,
with the puck. When in possession OF IL no ona
could stop him. and on the defence he sIva,,
stopped the he went after, but the tear, vors
of his opponents perfect that win for,
coming down abreast IL impossible for -.
and O'Flynn TO stop them The Crescent torxa-d,
were not fast enough in falling back on goal >,
help out the defence. and when the varsity bov,
broke away they had clear sailing until they s.r,.
Wall and O'Flynn, and then il was simple cas-.
of passing TO the man unchecked
The Torontos have team that works like =.
oiece of machinery. With the exception ~ y
Clark. there Is particular star on the seven
but their passing shooting and manner OF uro-
tecting man with the puck was revelation.
They worked in goal like lightning and scored
nearly every point from within few feet Of Lang.
who. in spite of the large score. played great
game between the posts.
The Canadians are adopts al the tripping ganns
n
the first half. but in the final session Doboy 70.
taIfated, played the same kind OF game and
held his He was put OFF for slashfng az
Clark his first penalty in five years. Liffton uas
constantly tripped but Shirre. by his great hurd-
ling escaped much Of this kind of punishment Hs
played sterling game in the second half and re-
peatedy rushed right in on goal Kennedy played
hard. but UP against big. strong player In
fact. the Toronto team is composed OF big. sturdy
fellows.
Linton drew the puck when the whistle ole,
and sent it ShrreH. but Clark stopped him ard
passed to Toms as he neared the goal The latte,
shot and Lang made a beautiful stop The Cres
cents returned, but could not get by the strons
Toronto defence. and the puck kept going up and
down the rink in such a bewiIderingIy fast manner
that the spectators could hardly follow the pIsys
The rubber was passed back and ic-th. and first
one goal and then the other was attacked. The
Crescents were holding their own so far
Dolby and Shirreff in pretty team work "a
Keith. but the latter blocked. and Davidson re-
turned with the whole Toronto line along with him.
and when Wall rushed out to check him he passed
Toms. The latter right top of Lang, bui
the Crescent goal made a magnificent stop
After ten minutes of the fastest kind of pIa,
Herbert Clark scored on long straight shot from
near centre. Immediately afterward he was pui
of for tripping shirrer- Two minutes later Tom
Tailed the rebound of Clark's shot and afteI
that il was all Toronto, and Davidson followed
with another tally after lodging Wall and O'FIynn
Herbert Clark was again put or this time f0I
two minutes for tripping Toms made rhe next
tally by going clear around the and skatins
in front again He shot swift from
a difficult angle and beat Lang. The fifth and last
goal was made by Wall himself for Toronto
Evans had shot and Lang stopped out the rubber
dropped in front of the net. and Wal, attempting
to carry 1t away. knocked IT between the posts
The second opened even faster than the first
period, and Dolby made the first shot goal
a pass from Lfiton- Then Shirreff and Lffiton
worked IN, only to have Keith again block. The
Torontos kept coming In the Crss cent nets but
Wall playing q wonderful game and blocked
their shots. often stopping pretty pass check,
ing his successfully.
One Of the biggest crowds OF the season
hand and watched the game. and II was kept at
fever heat by the lightning game put up Little
Miss Kathleen Pope between the halves again
gave a pretty exhibition of fancy skating. and
before leaving the ice received huge bouquet
In the first half the CreScents were BANKED.
while Toronto scored five times. and IN the second
period the Canadians Tailed seven more goals.
while the Crescents Gagged the puck three times.
The halves OF twenty-five minutes, instead
of the twenty played here and the thirty-rlInuts
halves in Canada. The summary follows:
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