New-York tribune., 1909-01-10
VICTORY FOR HARVARD
COLUMBIA SEVEN BEATEN.
Murphy Sa0es Home Team from an
Overwhelming Defect.

f.-7-srsas hoclev seven defeated Colurissas rep
rssentatfvea goals 80 st the St Nicholas hank
last night sn the second game Of the intercollegiate
15ockev I,earue series. The winners. however, VINO
were expected 30 have comparatively easy tihle
~sth the7r opponents. found thera as olfacet 10
eelre as Princeton did last "Wednesday night tnefe
sere bets made before The game that the ornisoh
<sessld score ter goals before Columbia saee one
s-s ~ nooses for The FIRST few minutes CT the
sfrpcsle Ike q safe wager, as Harvard sta1 teo o %
sn splendid fashion plsying well together ano oril
ssrelv iresyaduallv and scored twice Within ioul
minutes oE long shots
Tzts very thing. however. led them 10 pursue
pr-onr tac.ics and the comparatively small score
aside from Murphys wonderful gosl tenoins"as Cue
4c IN. inability of Harvard 10 take advantage o1 GeF
opponents weakness and 70 plan their play 10 eiie
peculiar cendtions Cor there was no oouo' Una. "a
every point they superior. except pet"een ln7
posfs They kent firing these long shots In on Nur-
phr sls the time however. instead of playing team
work suo working the goals Every 'Hne
a man get the puck he set himself Tor sno'' sAu
Murphy took care OF most Of them
vyheress II the men had attempted little ooos-
sak an6 combination work Murphy could never
have stopped them in close Wiiletts ana orc oOth
played strong games The defence and also mace
raany brilliant dashes down the ice, and oeSweeh
them scored the first two goals Hicks was the
peef man On the forward line But take the play
irr az she seven as a whole and it was sorTy
disappointment most OF their followers VI
course II is Invariably the case tibet good team
plsys miserable hockey against poor seven tne
very svs<ardness of the latter spelling any at
tenapts at fine play
CsnfurrhIs worked hard bat outclassed, ana
10 Murphy goes the credit for the team making any
kind Of @ showing. shaefer, at rover. WORKED
hzro throughout the game but bond, VINO p4ayeo
fairy good game Oh Wednesday against Prihce
tor. seemed tired and disheartened last night. ana
took things easy. at point also helped the
team oat Of several bad holes
Throughout the entire twenty minutes Of play OF
the first half Columbia never once got a shot on
Eaal ana washburn hsG absolutely nothing 10 do,
never touching the puck but in the second period
Columbia braced and toward the end Of the game
get several good shots in on him and Tailed once
Teaa men cid not back each other up at all ana
neVer followed up shot
Harvard took the puck the face-on and went
right in on the local goal but Murphy blocked
rhct an6 the PUCK lifted TO Ford, who was
r,sying well UP, and g beautiful lift from near
centre landed the rubber IN the net before Murphy
knew what had happened Then four minutes later
he was again taken unswares by willetts on much
.he same kind of play only longer shot Co
suxshda seemed helpless against the big Harvard
=ness but she kept the score down, and only once
more were the Cambridge men able 10 tally HICKS
ofa The trick this after Paynes shot had been
STOPPED and Borchardt, being too slow in relieving,
had the puck taken away from him and slammed
into the net
Following this. the whole Harvard team, with
the exception OF washbuTn. went down the ice to-
Ee1hEr. weak SHot kiueo t4le sp4eilca S1d4ACS
for another goal. The half ended TO O.
In fhs second half Nathan took kistlers place at
lest wing for Columbia and Harvard lined up With
the same seven but later Briggs was substituted
for Gardner, Hornblover for Payne and Samson
fo1>- -zTilletts- Ford made the hrst tally on a run
s5rz-nl the Of the rink and made pretty shot
fyo-15 The left He expert shot, and Wiletts
IS also clever IL shooting. The whole team has the
lnactx OF lifting the rubber of the ice when they
shoot but they lack accuracy
J. todk Columbia nearly thirteen minutes in the
second; half 90 score her first goal. ard Bond
brought about the goal on a long shot from the
right near centre For the next five minutes Co
lunnbia forced the play and kept her opponents on
the defensive but lack OF concentrated effort pre-
vented any good resulting from the hard work
Hicks made the last goal Of the game. picking the
puck out Of scrinu1age and beating Murphy One
minute before the game ended Bond and Hicks
were ruled OF for rough work and left the ice
Others who suffered from penalties were Iovejoy
end Payne.
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