New-York tribune., 1908-02-10
IN THE HOCKEY LEAGUES.
Harvard and Yale to Meet IN Final
intercollegiate Game.

With the game last Thursday night between the
Crescent Athletic Club and the ST. Nicholas Hockey
Club the first round Of the Amateur Hockey
League schedule Of games brought to a Close
The formers team was the only one To go through
the series without defeat, and now leads the
champion st. Nicholas seven by one game. which
advantage obtained In the contest OF last week
On Tuesday. when the New York Athletic Club
and the st. Nicholas Hockey Club teams cross
sticks the second round will open and each team
will again play every other seven in the league
On Friday night the Crescents and Wanderers viii
fight It out once more but this time there should
be no extra period decide the game, as was the
case when they first met II should be an easy
win for the wearers of the New Moon
The most interesting game of the week IN the
senior league will be the New York Athletic Club
ST. Nicholas contest Tuesday. The champions
won in the first struggle, month ago, after
desperate fight but the result may be reversed to-
morrow night the Winged Foot men have I'M
proved while their conquerors on that occasion are
weaker through the absence of Donald Gordon. who
will not the ice again this year. as he Is
just recovering from pneumonia.
The ST. Nicholas team, when represented by
IT'S strongest men, was not playing in anything
like the form OF last season, and had Donald Cor
don been playing against the Crescents on Thurs
day the might have been closer. but the out
come would undoubtedly have been the same. For
with the Brooklyn men playing together as they
now. team in the league can stand before
their combined rushes. and unless they suffer a
the championship.
The game put up by the two teams last Thurs
day was different anything could be. The
champions trusted to long shooting win, and
very seldom got in goal. they could not pass
Wall O'Flynn. The manner in which these two
men blocked their opponents just as they were in
the act OF shooting feature OF the game.
On the other hand, the Crescent forwards. by
passing from to the other. easily worked IN
on goal. They seemed to know just when pass
was going TO be made and ready for II. and
the man with the puck knew exactly where to
send it without having to look for his teammates.
The last game IN tho Intercollegiate Hockey
League takes place on Saturday at st. Nicholas
Rink. when Harvard and Yale cross sticks. Judg-
ing from the form shown so far, crimson should
have difficulty In taking the Ellis into camp as
they are playing superior hockey. Yae's only
chance lies IN the shooting of her forwards who
are clever In this respect Individually they
no match for the Cambridge men. but should they
succeed between now and Saturday in developing
strong team work which would carry them past
the Harvard defence, their strong shooting might
bring them victory. If Williams and DriScol.
however. attempt the rough tactics which they
used against Princeton Saturday last, they will
come out second best the Crimson men
big sturdy fellows, who well able to take
of themselves in q rough house struggle The ref
erees could have stopped this dirty work Sat
urday by being more severe on the offending
players. For instance DriscJn was ruled Off three
times and received only two minute fine. For his
secC nd offence he should have been ruled off for
five minutes and the third should have caused his
retirement from the contest. While Williams
put off twice he got away with many a violation
the playing rules which the referees either did
see or purposely overlooked. II this kind of work
is allowed Saturday the affair will develop
into a regular "'Donnybrook
The standing of the seyens In the Intercollegiate
Hockey League follows: