New-York tribune., 1908-02-07
HOCKEY TIE BROKEN.
CRESCENT SEVEN WINS.
Rio Cron,d Sees St. Nicholas Team
Bosc to Defeat.

BEFORE the biggest crowd that has oeen seen ii
.h 6, Nicholas Rink this season. the hockey team
of the Crescent Athletic Club defeated tie ei1eiii
ST Nicholas seven by goals to 5 iast h'eh'' anu
,hua broke the tie existing between the TWO ioi .S'
mace in the Amateur Hockey League race iho
- u,.s wonderfully fast although at times the
me, slowed down a little TO recover their "no' as
the terrific speed was to much TO keep up uiioue
ont the entire contest Taking everything INTO coh
sjderation IT was the best hockey seen TINS year.
go rs-ook,vnites were fast for their oppo-
,.,,x ena we're right or top of the puck all the
tim. Their forwards played like lightning ana
their team work beautiful TO watch- Ii was
pass pass pass all the time. backwards from lei'
10 right clear across the ice ana sailiiiis 'ii'
rubber ara.nst the sides TO dodge their opponent
.,a ,,.e,inc :, on the other side of him, which
sfx1e Of play brought them always right on the
nets Only the magnificent work OF Hayward oe-
tween the posts for st. Nicholas preVentssi their
rolling up a much larger score They strrihceo
Individual for combination work throughout anu
as a result their play was more up to the form
of two years ago. when they went through every
thing in the league They were in fact the chaih-
pion crescents of old. which nothing could STOP
Wall. o'Flynn and Lang played strong defensive
game and the two first named kept blocking the
st Nicholas mems shots throughout the game
For the st. Nicholas seven it must be SAID that
u. Gordon at coverpoint, was sadly missed ms
brother Kenneth went back 10 that position from
rover and Chew took the latter's place Chew
HAYWARD earned the honors for the team. Southers
brilliant work is well known, but Thompson at LETT
wing is new man IN senior company this year,
and he proved himself a star last night He was IN
every play and his shooting was excellent IA
Gordon and Carruthers were not themselves the
latter especially playing nowhere near his usual
form. II was said he in poor condition owing
cold from which he has just recovered
II was doubtful. however even with their strong
est team en- the ice, if the champions could have
p.ir he aSf heady of
nents shown last night
The rink packed TO its capacity, every seat
having been taken the game weeks in advance.
and every nook and corner utilized for stand
ing room. climbing up the window
ss in the gallery back Of the seats. 1t is no ex-
aggeration TO say that If the rink could have ac-
connlodated three times many there would
have been the same crush
The game was not entirely free from roughness.
but there were only three men ruled off and no
one was badly injured, although Thompson was
knocked out twice for few seconds, but puckiy
resumed II was not clean game as the
tCrescent-Hockey Club contest of three weeks
and probably not as interesting from the specta-
tors point OF view, but better hockey shown
mighty cheer went Liffiton drew the
puck the face off and passed to Shrreff, who
rushed right into St Nicholas ice. His shot went
behind the net but he pounced on IL again and
shot # out to Lif1iton who scored the first goal
in exactly eleven seconds. The Crescents kept
forcing the play and showed fine combination work
which brought their forwards close TO Haywood.
The latter in great FORM however, and saved
three four times in succession. Thompson and
Souther returned and Shirref rushed into the lat
a little too strenuously and got a rest of A
minute. While he off the champions tried
hard 10 score, but Wall and O'Flynn kept them
cut Finally Shiebler made it two goals for the
Crescents by scoring after Dolby had neatly
passed 10 Carruthers and showed the puck to
shieber. vino easily tailed 1t pretty work
end showed the style of play Of the Crescent team.
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make it doubly sure and in the hope of fooling
Hayward passed to his team mate and the trick
worked well
Chew followed with g nice run down the left of
the rink but his hard. accurate shot was we'll
taken care Of by Lang. Shiebler and Iifiton re-
turned. but the latter's shot was wide At this
point il all Crescent. and St. Nicholas was on
defensive. Wilder put off for slashns I.if-
hton. and then the game became somewhat slower
Shiref and Liffiton worked right in on Hay-
ward. only have Lif1ton's hard shot beautifully
slapped by Hayward, and then Wilder took pos
session Of the rubber and. rushing down the right
passed II over TO Thompson. who scored the first
goal Tor ST. NICHOLAS. Wall put off for trip
ping Southern and Lif1ton fell hack point and
o'FIynn moved UP point.
Gordon made beautiful long shot from near
centre, but Lang IN the right place and saved
his goal Carruthers saved at the other end.
when Lifiton took Wallis pass near the nets. 4
moment later just minute before the ended.
Iifiton tailed pass from Shiebler, who had
OF work
LiHlton again Grew the puck when the whistle
blew starting play in the second period, and again
passed 10 Shirreff, who carried the rubber down
the ice and shot. The puck reboun6ed and after
seventeen seconds of foolns around the st. Nicho-
las goal Shirref scored. A minute later Lifiton,
on one Of his lightning plays wheeled round from
q face-of from ofside near the St Nicholas
goal and slammed the rubber past hayward. It
was done so quickly that Hayward had not time
see the puck
The St Nicholas men braced at this point. and
Thompson rushed down the left and made a
beautiful shot, which Lang cleverly stopped
Thompson followed with another pretty rush but
shirref caught him before he could shoot ana
then Shtebler and Dolby returned and the Iatter's
shot was stopped. K. Gordon returned, and his
hard shot from the left hit the post and bounded
cut Play became faster than ever with the cres-
cents checking their opponents closely that
tney could never get away with the puck. Finally
Shirref tailed again. this time on q pass out
from behind the net by Shebler
Wilder then carried the rubber into Crescent ter
Titory and made beautiful shot which Lang
took good Of Thompson TWO minutes later
scored on rass from Chew. and Shirreff followed
with another goal for the Crescents after Shieb-
Ter had shot and Dolby. getting it on the rebound
passed over Shirref for the goal Souther one
minute later made the prettiest goal for his team
after lodging three or four Crescent men, 1t was
piece Of individual work
Wilder followed this with hard try, and then
Dolby and Liftiton in pretty team work returned
end made Hayward do brilliant stunt 10 save.
shiebler, a pass from Dolby, also got right
IN. only find Hayward in the way again Wall
carried the puck down, but he WAS stopped also
enc Just two seconds before the game ended I.ifi-
ton scored from an ofside face near the ST Mich
olas goal The lineup follows:
Crescent A C c7l- Positions St Nicholas H c. 80.
-------.--..--... Hayward
Carruthers