The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-02-02
HOCKEY SEASON
IN FULL SWING.
Title Games In All Circuits From
Now On.
CLOSE RACES ARE EXPECTED.

In New York Amateur League Several
Teams Appear to Be EVENLY Match
ed-The intercollegiate League Fight.
Pittsburs Prospects.
Ice hockey, that fast. furious and
brilliant national pastime of the boys
across the border, will from now on
until March occupy a conspicuous
place in the limelight of the sporting
world. In fact, judging by the present
healthy condition of the sport and
large attendance at the games in New
York, Pittsburg, Cleveland and st.
Paul and several other cities where
the game is played, besides that on the
different Canadian circuits, it surely
looks as if the strenuous ice game will
enjoy the most prosperous season it
has had in some years.
The uncertainty which exists as to
the ultimate outcome of the race for
the championship OF the Amateur
Hockey league in New York tends to
add greater interest to the season.
Three of the five clubs which compose
this circuit have shown great ability.
| and it is tossup as to which of them
will win out.
The New York A. C. is even stronger
than it was last season. except in one
feature-Jimmie Sheriff. still is firmly
| ensconced in his announced intention
Of being a spectator and not a player
this season.
The Wanderers are more than 100
per cent better than they We're last
year and have put what could probably
be termed an all Canadian team on the
Ice. The st. Nicks will be in the fight
right up to the finish and have shown
that the club which defeats them will
be going some. The other two clubs,
the Crescents and the Hockey club.
will furnish no end of opposition to
the three 'best BETS and will be STUN
bling blocks not to be overlooked.
All of these teams have had consid-
cradle practice, and their players are
In the best shape for a hard season
Under such conditions and Judging
from the speed and fine play which
have been exhibited in several games
to date the caliber of hockey in the
league will be of the best.
The fact that many of the sevens
have been strengthened by the secur-
ing of the services of Canadian anna
teur players of the first rank indi-
Gates that the winners will have to
travel at top speed throughout the sea-
sou. The teams which have been seen
in action thus far have all shown
marked Improvement over their work
of last year. They have solved many
of the more difficult features of play,
and New York is in for a siege of the
best hockey 1t has ever known. &
The intercollegiate league of which
Harvard. Yale, Dartmouth, Columbia,
Princeton and Cornell are members
holds another element of uncertainty.
Princeton is the only one of the teams
to show marked weakness, but this in
a large measure has been eradicated.
Probably the best showing by any Of
the teams has been made by Harvard,
with Cornell next. All the teams in
the league have been practicing stead
lily since Thanksgiving day and are
In condition to play lively games and
maintain their ability to the end. The
campaign of the college boys will ex
tend until Feb. 10, eight games being
scheduled for New York. seven for
Boston and one for Cambridge, Mass.
The recent visit of the Cleveland
a nd ha anfInOn RI piffchY1rO no
stirred up renewed interest in the
game there And there Is considerable
talk of organizing a new league. AS
there are quite few players residing
in Pittsburg who were members of
teams in the Western Pennsylvania
Hockey league and who are more than
anxious to get back In the game, it
looks as If the promoters would expert
ence very little difficulty In getting to-
gether several strong teams. Among
these players are such stars as Mckay.
Donnelly. Strobel, Koch. Campbell.
Ray Robinson. Garnet Sixsmith, Mey-
ers, Brown and Rutledge
Three Men Willing to Swim Rapids.
Three enthusiasts have expressed
their determination to try to navi-
gate the Whirlpool rapids. below Nj
agara falls, with motorboats and try
for the prizes offered by John A. Pen
ton and others of Cleveland. These
prizes are a gold cup worth $500 and
$1,000 in cash. These three, who evil
IDENTIFY hold their lives cheaply, are
John L. Gibney of Brooklyn, John
W. Kirk Of Cleveland and Allan A.
Blanchard Of Oak Harbor. 0. They
have made formal entries. Those who
are booming this affair say that a
dozen others have made inquiries and
Will probably enter In the next few