The sun., 1908-02-07
CRESCENTSBREGK HOCKEY FR
DEFEAT ST. NICHOLAS By =
GOALS 40 >.


OId line SS the BFOSSlyn CluD Puts Up the
Best Game % the SeaSOn-St.. Nicholas
Plays without q. D.GOrdGn-Ranl Crowded
60 the Roof with Partisans % Teams.
The Crescent Athletic Club hockey team
defeated the Sc. Nicholas team hast night In
the sc. Nicholas Skating Rink By q scors OF
to 3. It was the best game Of the season,
fast and replets with clever plays. and the
better team won. Up to last might neither
OF these teams had been beaten this season
and the st. Nicholas team won the cham
pionship from the CresOents last year. 30
the game was Of more than ordinary
interest. The old line players Of the Cres-
cents. who have won 20 many victories.
turned out in fine shape. They are deter
mined to win the chAmD DiOnShip this year
and then let some Of the new men defend 1t
next season.
weakened through d. Gordon being absent.
Tie has been m and his place At cOverDOlnt
was taken by his brother. K. Gordon. X.
Gordon n better on the line He Is fast and
shoots hard and straight. so that the line was
weakened. but Thompson. q new player. who
used to be with the Irving School. is now on
the team and has strengthened 10 wonder
fully. lie is q player Of the aggressive kind
and keeps his position well Twice he scored.
Chew was on the line and he did much better
than earlier in the season. 80 that while some
OF the players were In positions new to them
the team as q whols was q very strong one.
They could do little against the clever team
work Of the Crescent forwards and time after
time Linton. Dolby. Shirren and Shlebler
went down the Ice working like clockwork
and passing the puck to one another as they
went and neatly dOdging the st. Nicholas
players. Il was a. pretty a light as has been
seen this winter and the big crowd In the rink
cneered the nne plays
Inc Crescent defence too was good Wall,
at COverpoint. was vertable wall and with
80. -, - .'-o.,S sNu ~ 80 ~ u" NJ po'"'
was naro WORK 70 get oS tnem
season The rink was croWded 10 Its ut ,rost
and man, oco,,,,,as ,,asI,;or. ~ VI
,irdsrs !vnS,o n,hS. pos,.,J"s o,I 10" ,ne rool
radiators. These had the benefit OF the heat
and kept warm.
- ,he ',, 49, Nl'l susu. ~ohlrLen ~
'OON 'ie puCA rom the IAceoH ana rushed
down the side OF the rink guarded by Shiebler
Dolby bebipd The caos "a DoASS, eu SsssoJ W
o,t 10 I ira,o, ~ 80 !. -, I'.s I- paSoJ
after the play had started.
Rush after rush followed and body checks
were hard and fraouant SsysroI ,,Ia,,..,
49,, 10. anu ,IeIuent. several players
WEI" ln'O 'ne s'oe OF uo"n on the ice. hut
were up again IN moment and In the con-
the referee thought unfair and went to the
bench for a minute, aud while he was on the
ST Nicholas players tried hard to score
but failed. The second goal Was made after
Ave minutes OF play. Linton and Dobbv
shot but Hayward stopped the Duck buf
before he could get il out OF the way how
ever, ShiebleT showed Il into the net
X Gordon took a rest for Tripping ShirreTT
SOuther shot hard, but Lang STONED II and
Thompson scored the frst goal Tor the St
Nicholas after Wilder shot had been stonned'
Wall was the next player TO offend and Ref
cree Mckenzie sent him to the bench for two
minutes for tripping Souther Gordon semi
a hard one from almost the centre OF the
rink which was stopped BY Lang and then
Shirren and Linton by clever passing carried
the puck the entire length OF the rink and
Linton scored This ended the scoring in
the first half. The Crescents had made three