New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
INTERCOLLEGIATE Hockey K Indoor Athle
YALE'S HOCKEY TITLE.
H4RVaRD MEETS DEFEAT.
Big Cro7cd Sees Pretty Game TOR
intercollegiate Cham piOnsh'p.

rr tho fastest best played college game OF
,os.ev eyer seen i'm the St Nicholas Rink Yale
ae<ea.ed Harvard last night by goals TO
after a desperate fight. and won the INTERIOR
leeiate Hockey League championship Tor the
FIRST time in several years Harvard scored 'ne
FIRST goal but Yale soon evened the score ana
then drew ahead At the end OF the hrst man
the score stood . 10 l in the Blues faNor-
Harvard came back strong in the second nan
and soon tied the score again. but only TOT
moment as Heron soon shot the third ana "ha'
proved TO be the winning goal for Yale
The result was a great surprise, as on pest
Corn, the Crimson men were picked TO win
: bsndilv Calculations were completely upset
however for Yale played a magnificent game
and well deserved the victory. There can be 10
question as to the better team having Won i"e
feature of yale's game was the close chechiiis
Of her men. They kept right on the puck ali
the time and never allowed their opponents ~
GET together and s result the efforts OF 'he
Cambridge men were confined mostly 10 ihoi-
vidual rushes-
Both Thayer and Williams, on the defence Tor
New Haven. had Wallis and oFlynn's trick OF
,,oclf,o tbe n,ck as the opposing forwards
,rere in The act of shooting down to perfection
Howe I'm goal made some wonderful stops and
saved his team from what looked like sure goals
over and over again Another strong poii' oi
Yale's play was the excellent shooting Oh ihe
forwards. Heron in particular having swift
and accurate shot.
Williams carried off the individual hohorS anu
PLAYED not only a strong defensive game pu'
fed his forwards well and constantly rush
ing into Crimson ice.
Pell and Rumsey were the stars for Harfaiu'
hut the- worked so hard the greater part of the
game that toward the end they We're completey
exhausted The weak point Of the team was
the defence although Washburn in goal stopped
many hard shot. He poorly supported ps
point and coverpoint
Taken all in all. Yale showed much more pro-
fciency in the finer points of the game, and the
manner in which the seven had been whlppeu
into condition remarkable. The ice was
soft. which probably affected the heavy Cam
bridge men 10 greater extent than their lghter
opponents.
Tbere we're close upon three thousand persons
present and they made noise enough for three
times that number. Although the college yelis
were conspicuous by their absence. the cheering
never ceased from start TO finish.
Little Miss Katherine Pope gave a graceful
exhibition of fancy skating between the haIVes'
and her fine work was enthusiastically ap-
plauded She received two large bouquets as
she left the ice.
TWO better referees could not have been
William Dolby of the Crescents. and William
Russell of the Hockey Club Nothing got
away from them and the game in consequence
was kept comparatively free from roughness-
Several men were ruled off as result Of their
keen watchfulness.
Harvard drew the puck on the opening of play
and Pell rushed down the left and made try
which was wide. Driscol returned Heron shot'
which also went wild. The puck went up and
+garaa min
Driscoli as ruled off for tripping Newhal- While
he was out of the game Pell scored the first
goal on shot from near the centre when
Thayer attempted stop. but missed. and the
puck went by Howe before he saw IL Rumsey
followed with another good try, which Howe
took care of. Yale up to this time. was unable
to get in on goal and trusted TO long shooting
to tally The forwards kept feeding Fels at
right wing. but he could not get by Washburn
with his long shots.
Harvard was outpaying Yale up to this time.
but finally the Blues got to working well
gether and al last Driscol got by Washburn on
a shot from twenty feet in front Of the net A
minute later Heron followed suit on a shot
from the left. and Yale took the lead Heron
was immediately ruled off for tripping, and
Harvard tried hard to even the score Newhall
once got within foot of Howe with no one TO
interfere. but he. shot at the latter's body in
stead OF TAXING ms iiie anu iooiis Aiii NULL
sey had nearly good chance a moment
later, but was also unsuccessful
The second half had only been going min
when Rumsay tied the game after Pell had
made pretty down the left and passed TO
him. The game became faster. and remark
ably goc1 hockey being shown by both
seyens Rumsay the next take
forced rest for infraction OF the rules. Hicks
had excellent opening when in close but
missed and then Heron returned and shot
he was checked. The puck struck Washburn
and he down, and the rubber rolled past
him and into the net for the winning goal. No
further scoring done. although Harvard
fought desperately to even matters. Willets and
Driscoll both ruled off before the game
ended. The lineup and summary follow:
Yale 3l Position. Harvard 2).
Howe Washburn
Willetts