The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-28
HOUGHTON DEPARTMENT
GOOD PROSPECT
SAYS M'NAMARA
CHICAGO HOCKEY TEAM ASKS
FOR GAMES. COPPER coUN-
TRY HAS REPUTATION TO
UPHOLD.

John T. Mcnamara, manager OF the
Amphidrome. has received a communi-
cation from Roy +. Davis, manager OF
the Illinois Athletic club, asking for
an exchange Of games between copper
country hockey teams and the hockey
seven representing the Illinois Athletic
club some time this winter. -Four cop
per country boys, Rompf' Krellwit@'
Narcotic and Began playing in Chica-
so and their proposition is to have the
copper country teams bring Chicago
here and they in turn win pay the eN-
penses of a couple of copper country
teams to Chicago and back.
Mr.. Mcnamara states he expects 10
follow out the suggestion of the IL
linois club but no arrangements can be
made as yet as the local teams have
not been organized. As soon rs the
Houghton hockey team is formed he
will make arrangements 10 bring the
Chicago seven 10 Houghton.
Speaking Of the demise recently
prophesied for the Copper Country
Hockey league because OF lack OF IN
terest. Manager MacNamara stated in
an interview today that he considered
such an expectation unwarranted by
the facts las soon as the weather be-
comes cold enough for skating he
said there will be no lack of interest
in the sport. Hockey is practically
the only winter sport in the copper
country. at least the only game. Fur
thermore. we have a great reputation
10 uphold. The whole country looks
upon the copper country as the Amer
lean home OF hockey. II was the cop
per countrys importation of players
at big salaries which overthrow the
so-called amateur hockey of Canada
and put the leagues on professional
basis there. We cannot drop the game
at this stage of the game, but II Is up
TO us TO make 1t more national For
the past few years we have been at
work developing hockey players, many
OF MllOIl art AUN AAAahAAAH $50 49,
Chicago and Pittsburg We have many
more such players. There is no lack Of
material. 1t may be that few play
ers have left US but this will create an
opening for the younger players who
are laundering after glory on the ice
Word has been received from Mo-
hawk that hockey team has been or
ganized there, which is an indication
that the copper country will not be
without hockey this winter. Promo
tiers are assuring the public that there
will be at least one team for each Of
the three copper country Kinks.
Rocker Skate a Conner.
Manager MacNamara has great faith
In the coming popularity Of the rocker
style Of skate and says that fancy
skating will be feature Of this winters
sports. Fancy skating" he says. in
the copper country Kinks will be popu-
lar this winter judging from the num-
Der Of half and full rocker skates that
are being ordered by the patrons Of
the rink In Canada. with the excep-
ton OF the hockey players, the rocker
skate is the only style OF skate used.
With this style Of skate. figure skating
IS much more olsily accomplished
than in the case with the hockey skate.
The latter IS only III for straight-away
skating and can not be used for fancy
skating. cutting curves on the ice,
figure skating and waltzing. As ice
waltzing is a feature which win be
popular this winter, II is probable that
the rocker will be very familiar OBJ
ject in a year or two.
"The hockey skate was introduced
in the copper country Kinks when pro-
fessional hockey was at it's height a
few years ago, when Hold and Bruce
Stuart and their companion stars
made hockey history. Skaters then
thought OF nothing but the hockey
skate, considering the rocker obsolete.
This was the case until last winter
when so many OF the Amphidrome
skaters took up figure skating. It is
freely predicted that in another year
OF two there will be as many rockers
as hockey skates I'm use. Skaters who
have used them make the claim that
beginners can make a better showing
on rockers than on hockey skates"