The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-17
YALE HOCKEY TITLE
Close Match With Harvard Re suits in Championship for
 the Blues.
GREAT DAY FOR THE ELS
Basketball Team Defeats Cornell Wrestlers Win from Penn-
 sylvania.

In the fastest, best played college game of hockey ever seen in the St, Nicholas rink Yaie defeated Harvard, Saturday night by three goals to two after a desperate fight, and won the Intercollegiate Hockey League cham pionship for the first time since 1902 Harvard scored the first goal, but Yale soon eyened the score and then drew ahead. At the end of the first half the score stood two to one in the Blues favor. Harvard came back strong in the second half and soon tied the score again, but only for moment, as Her ron soon shot the third and what prov ed to be the winning goal for Yale. The result was great surprise, as on best form the Crimson men were picked to win handily. Calculations were completely upset, however, for Yale played a magnificent game and well deserved the victory. There can be no question as to the better team having won. The feature of Yale's game was the close checking of hel men. They kept right on the puck al ] the time and never allowed their oppon, ents to get together and as a result the efforts of the Cambridge men were confined mostly to individual rushes. l Both Thayer and Williams, on tho defence for New Haven, had Walri and O'Flynn's trick of blocking tn, puck as the opposing forwards were 1T the act of shooting down to perfection Howe in goal made some wonderful stops and saved his team from wha looked like sure goals over and ovei again. Another strong point of Yale! play was the excellent shooting of tn, forwards, Heron in particular having | a swift and accurate shot.
 Williams carried off the individua honors and played not only stronl defensive game but fed his forward well and was constantly rushing int, Crimson ice.
 Harvard drew the puck on the open ing of play and Pell rushed down tn left and made try which was wide Driscoll returned Herons shot, whicl also went wild. The puck went up am down the ice for two or three minute and Drlscoll as ruled off for trippin
 Newhall. While he was out of lth game Poli scored the first goal on
 shot from near the center which Thay CT attempted to stop, but missed, am the puck went by Howe before he saN it. Rumsey followed with another goo try, which Howe took care of. Yale up to this time, was unable to get |
 on goal and trusted to long shooting { tally. The forwards kept feeding Eel a right wing, but he could not get b
 Washburn with his long shots
 Harvard was outplaying Yale up {
 this time, but finally the Blues got {
 working well together and at last Dris coll got by Washburn on a shot fror
 twenty feet in front of the net
 minute later Heron followed suit Q
 a shot from the left and Yale took tn lead Heron was immediately rule off for tripping, and Harvard tried { even the score. Newhall once gc within foot of Howe with no one { interfere. but he shot at the latter body instead of taking his time an fooling him. Rumsey had nearly g good chance moment later, but wa also unsuccessful ft The second half had only been goin a minute when Rumsey tied the gan after Pell had made a pretty run dow the left and passed to him. The gan became faster, and remarkably zoe hockey was being shown by both SCI ems. Rumsey was the next man : take forced rest for an infraction . the rules. Hicks had an excellent ol ening when in closed, but missed, al
 then Heron returned and shot as l was checked. The puck struck Wasl ' burn and he went down, and the ru' Der rolled past him and into the n ; for the winning goale' No further sco , ing was done. although Harvard foug 1. desperately to even matters. Willie and Driscoll were both ruled off befo y the game ended. The lineup al '' summary follow:
 6 Yale t3). Position. Harvard @. n Howe ",,.,.........,....,.. WaShbu = mayer ,,,...........,,,,.,.. Willie
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