New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
TIGERS BEAT COLUMBIA
4 POINT FOR PRINCETON.
First College Hockey Game Results
in Hard Fight.

r,,os re hockey saw the first scheduled
-. 20 .ha season last night, when Princeton
and Columbia met at st. Nicholas HlHA III ONO
80 tho series of games of the intercollegiate
Hockey League the result being 10 VIC
tory for the New Jersey seven Inc ou'eoi0
was a great surprise, as 1t was thoosne "e
Grange and Black players would have an easy
time defeating their opponents anu "n,'0 ~
had decidedly the better of the game through
a., .,a kent the local men almost entirely on
tho defensive. they were weak in their shooting.
They had speed In their shots, but they lacked
direction. which should, however. be overcome
with nractice and in that case the seven Will oe
hard to beat. Repeatedly they worked rfgnt on
the Columbia goal, only to go Wlde OF the llai
at the critical moment
The Blue and White. on the other haho' put
I'D an effective, If awkward, defence, espe-
cially Barnum, at point. and Murphy at goal
The former Is the star Of the local aggregation
and gives promise Of developing into strong
point His team mates on the forward line were
weak. however and could not carry, pass or
shoot the puck when they did get It. jenkins
and Mackenzie did the best work in the line.
Murphy, in goal repeatedly saved his team. but
was warned once in the second half for lying
down in front of his net.
The rink was well filed for the opening con-
test, and shows that hockey will prove as popu-
lar as in previous winters. if not more So 1t
is growing in favor with each season
Princetons only goal was scored about the
middle of the second period of play. Phillips
doing the trick pretty pass from Osborne
Phillips worked hard and clevery throughout
the game, and he was well supported by Brush
at right wing. Osborne and Coke were also too
fast for their checks.
The game opened with hot attack on the
Columbia goal. and Murphy and Barnum were
kept busy protecting their net but their task
would have been too much for them had the
shots of their opponents been more accurate
Columbia would no sooner clear than the puck
would be rushed right back into her territory
again. The men could not seem to get near the
Princeton goal. and Peacock in consequence had
little to do Several times the Orange and Black
worked right in on the local nets. and only
strong defensive work robbed them of goals.
Just before the end of the half Brush made
beautiful shot on goal which Murphy cleverly
blocked and prevented a score for the first
period.
Princeton again forced the playing in the sec
ond half, which had not much more than started
when Read and Barnum got into mix-up ana
both were ruled off for two minutes They We're
no sooner back on the ice than a hot scrimmage
took place in front of the Columbia goal and
Murphy warned for kneeng down on the
kept right at it, however. and after about eight
minutes of play finally got goal, Phillips scor-
ing on a neat pass from Osborne. Columbia
braced somewhat at this point and worked hard
to the score, and for couple of minutes
kept her opponents the defensive: then Reed
made q beautiful shot. which Peacock was lucky
to stop. 1t was Columbia's dying effort, and
for the remainder of the game her representa-
tives were Kept busy preventing another tally.
in which they were successful, the whistle
blew before Princeton could again land the puck
in the net.