New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-20
DEMONS ON SKATES GREEN SEAL WINS
RENFREW TEAM FINS
Wanderers. of Montreal, Beat
en- for $1,000 Purse.

The great all-star hockey seven from
Renfrew. Canada. defeated the Wanderers.
Of Montreal. last night at the St Nicholas
Rink by goals TO 4 in a contest for a
$1,000 purse
II had been expected that picked seven
from the Ottawas and Wanderers would
be pitted against the Renfrews, but only
MallOn, a substitute from Ottawa. was in
the lineup. the rest Of the team being
composed of Wanderers. who, however,
were without the services of their great
rover. Pud Glass. and the remarkable goal
getter, Ernie Russell
II was wonderful exhibition Of hockey
that the teams put up. and the play in
the second half fairly scintilIated with
brilliant performances 1t was neck and
neck all the way in this period. both sides
hghting like demons for the full twenty
nVe minutes, the Wanderers making heroic
efforts to overcome the great lead Of :
goals TO I gained by their opponents in
the hrst half The best they could do.
however was 10 tally three goals TO two
Tor their rivals, leaving Renfrew the win
neTs by 10 on the nights play
The play was strenuous and fierce I'm the
last part of the struggle, and the penalties
were handed out right and left. there being
a constant procession 10 the timers bench.
There were attractions at that bench also
Tor Renfrew enthusiast possessed a bot
tie. and that bottle did not have a rubber
end 10 II. The players were badly I'm need
Of a stimulant, and the pace was telling
on the men and they needed a bracer, for
they were almost ready to drop from their
efforts
The features of the game was the great
work OF the two cOverpoints. TAYLOR and
Johnston. generally conceded 10 be the
greatest men who ever dOnned skates
Their work was simply marvellous II
would be hard TO choose between them, "a
they play such different and at the same
time such effective games that compari-
son is hard 10 make
Taylor is undoubtedly the more spectacu-
lar Of the two. and his end-to-end rushes
last night fairly swept the crowd into en-
thusiasm. His cyclOnic rushes. his sudden
stops. his brilliant checking and great
PUSHES demOralized the opposing seven.
On the other hand Johnston was in every
play. all over the ice. first at one goal. then
the other: down on his back fiat on tine ice
and up again in a second. always I'm pos
session Of the puck. and his long reach
and poke at the puck broke up play after
play in the most bewildering fashion lie
was almost the whole team in himself 1t
was the more remarkable because ne had
been IN New York for four days. while
Taylor had just come down 70 the city and
was comparatively fresh
II the Wanderers had nut their hest team
on the ice last night New Workers would
have seen a match between the greatest
sevens that ever faced each other. but as il
was the MOntTealeTs were not only minus
two OF their best men. but we're also pretty
well worn out by two hard games early in
the week and By six days OF sightseeing in
the metropolis. However. judging by the
work Of the Wanderers i'm their games
against Ottawa al the local rink on Tues
day and Wednesday. IL would seem that
Renfrew is just shade better. just as the
Wanderers are tribe superior to Ottawa
Taken all in all. the three teams. Ottawa.
Renfrew and the Wanderers. are so evenly
matched that luck would turn victory into
defeat for any one Of the teams
Renfrew has an aggregation % stars
brought together from all over Canada. from
as far west as British Columbia. and their
individual work last night was marvellous.
such men as the two Patricks. Taylor. Ia
londe and Miller being stars OF the first
wafer Their inside. scientific hockey was
without doubt the greatest ever seen i'm
this city. Their defence was superb and
their attack perfect. and the Canadian eN-
perts who insist that they are the greatest
seven ever put on the ice are not far
wrong
ON the other hand. that Wanderer septet
has an attack and defence which are
distinctive. Both are scientific in the hieh-
est degree. and when worked as only they
know how To work them they form a most
effective style OF play. They play the puck
more than any other seven ever seen here.
and In any contest that is what counts.
In the first half Renfrew caught the
Wanderers asleep and scored almost az
will. the great work OF the Patricks Taylor
and LalOnde standing out prominently.
They seemed 10 toy with their opponents.
except Johnston and Hyland. who we're as
brilliant for the Wanderers as the Renfrew
stars. but two men cannot play seven. and
that accounts for the great lead gained in
the irst period.
IN the second half Gardner. Marshall
Hern and Mallon braeed up and helped out
the others. and the result of that period
goals 90 : In favor of the Wanderers is
thus explained
The summary and I1e-un follow