The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-08
HOCKEY GETS firm HOLD
N GOTHAM THIS WINTER
Car, Lovers Are Beginning to Realize
Th,t the Game Calls for Brains as
Well as Brawn-Crowds
Patronize Games.

,,,,.h the boxing lid practically
rod down for an indefinite period
=, behooyes the sportively lhciiheu
,1oco Of the metropolis to seek a
6eld of recreation during the
o., months Jack Frost VIII hold
-,,,ay saws the New York American
e.a,.',rol thousand New Workers nave
I'D, found n pastime that keeps
,noir red blood i'm circulation. the great
canadian game of hockey has attract
al snort loving New Workers. ana
irdglng by the crowds that turned out
=, yyitness the three games during the
ct week at the st. Nicholas rink,
a. Canuck's national pastime prom
zoos 10 gain a hammerlock hold In TINS
oity before many moons. The three
ntosts last week served merely TO
,ybot the appetite Of hockey enthu-
siosts for the better games that are In
store for them.
New Workers are beginning TO re-
oIize that hockey requires brain as
well as grawn. Quite a few boxing ex-
norris witnessed the games last week.
o,d IN \ man voted that the Canadian
sbin-cracking game is a good substl-
into for the good old slam-and- get
away game. They did not hesitate to
cav that hockey was even more exct-
ing-not TO mention more bruising'
one boxing crictic said that continuous
oction was the predominant feature
NJ hockey battle, and the several
,housond who have been fortunate
enough to attend last weeks games
agree with him.
For the next two weeks the men
with the bullying foreheads from the
large institutions of learning VIII fur
risb the hockey enthusiasts, which IN
ciude several hundred of the fair SEX
with intercollegiate contests. Withih
a fortnight these games Will nave
worked the lovers of the game up to
high pitch. and then will come the
real blood-curding games-those pc
tween the various teams comprising the
Amateur Hockey league of this CITY,
All of the clubs have been materially
strengthened during the year. The
several vacancies of the teams nave
been filled in by the men who know
the game from the base up. Expert
enced players will have the call TINS
wear. IL is owing to this that the
Amateur Hockey league players are
able to put up n much faster game
than the oollegians Every year finds
many changes on the hockey teams oil
the universities. Yearly. new material
is being developed and the regulars OF
year ago must give way to the green
youngsters whose display of vigor and
ambitiousness earns them a regular
position on the team.
on the clubs of the Amateur Hockey
league conditions are vastly different
Most Of the players are Canadians and
Of course, know the game thoroughly
and then. by playing the game year
after year together on the local teams
they attain wonderful skill at team
work. Captain Castleton of the cham
pion New York A. G. team is sterl
ing example He has been associated
with the covey of the Mercury Foot
ers Tor Such long time tnat IL up
pears as il he would be a fixture OF
the team for many more years.
The race for the Amateur Hocke!
league championship for the season o
1910 promises to be more gruellini
one than any previous championship
tournament. Most of the clubs have
managed to retain their star players
The New York A. c.. especially, hat
been fortunate in holding on to III
stellar performers.
Hockey is with us and II has come
to stay. While athletic meets nigh
draw little attention every now ant
then during the next quarteryear
hockey will be conspicuous from now
until the flowers bloom again in spring