New-York tribune., 1908-03-18
HOCKEY OF THE BEST.
SAMPLE OF REAL GAME.
Wanderers Beat the ShdmrOcks IN
Brilliant Contest.

Local followers of hockey saw exhibition OF
the game if is played in Canade last night
when the great Wanderers seven OF Montreal
holders of the Stanley CUP emhlematic OF the
championship OF the world. faced the Shamrocks
another senior team of Canada, also from Montreal
at the St Nicholas Rink. The Wanderers won by
L. goals :. after the fastest and most scienthe
hockey ever seen in New York 1t was the
real article and all the tricks known TO the game
were used while the speed of some of the men was
wonderful and fairly brought the spectators TO ther
feet
II seemed that every play was planned There
useless passing and when there was no
opening the with the puck forced one ana
went right through. This particularly notice
able of the Wanderers play. Their object was the
goal, and they went for il in the straightest way
possible, right down the centre of the INK 1here
was no sweeping TO the side to dodge man. put
lust a quick little jerk and he was by, or else ne
paesed TO the wings keeping right down the centre
ready TO receive the rubber as it came to the net
This the style OF Ross play in particular anu
in the second half. when he moved up to rover
from point he gave great exhibition OF the Can
adian game.
The team work of the Shamrocks was better
than their opponents. and in Pietrie, at corerpont
they had the fastest man on the ice he went
down the rink though shot out of cannon, ano
his very speed carried him repeatedly by the nets
before he could shoot Hern in goal, however, was
too much for the weareFs of the green, and he
made many sensational stops, especially IN the
second half when the ShamrockS forced the play
The Wanderers style OF play was entirely dlf-
ferent being more On the individual order and
marked by a series of individual rushes, the man
with the puck being always backed up. so that II
he lost he had a team mate to take up MS
work Their work scientific and more
perfectly planned.
The passing on both sides was clever The puck
was shot across the rink. and. whether flying In
the air or along the ice, the man TO whom il was
sent knocked il down and rushed on. hardly ever
missing a chance
Both goal keepers were in wonderful form, AND
Nicholson, for the Shamrocks, caused much amuse-
ment by his excitement He could not keep be-
tween the posts, but kept rushing out at the
players and repeatedly skated half way up the Ice
Music for the occasion furnished by the
eth Regiment Band and between the halves Miss
Isabel Butler and Edward Bassett, who do a skat-
ing speciality In vaudeville real ice, gave q
clever exhibition of fancy skating. A big crowd
was in attendance and standing room was at
premium.
The halves of thirty minutes each instead
of the twenty played here In the first period the
Wanderers scored 9 goals to the Sharlrocks 4, and
in the final session each scored three times The
play in the last half more even the Wanderers
contenting themselves with defending their goal,
on which the Shamrocks kept up constant at
tack.
The Wanderers viii go to Pittsburg TO play the
winner of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey
League for the international professional cham
pionsnip. the games taking place March 1s q
and % The Shamrocks returned TO Montreal last
night
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