The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-23
PLAYERS prefer
PRESENT RULES
CANADIAN GOVERNING BODY FOR
HOCKEY WOULD ELIMINATE
ROVER AND REDUCE
TEAMS TO SIX.

If the rule which has been approved
by the legislative committee OF the
National Hockey association Of Cana
da, is passed when it comes up for
final action three weeks hence, the
hockey "septette" will become a thing
of the past. 1t Is proposed to limit the
teams to six men by eliminating the
position of rover, and those back of
the suggestion believe that the game
will be made faster as a result.
Local hockey players are not in ia
vor of the change however, and be-
lieve that it will prove detrimental,
although of course il would be impos-
put in practice. 1t is not believed that
the rule would be adopted by the local
teams. AS hockey is now played, it is
claimed that the position of rover is
one of the hardest on the team, calling
for the services OF one Of the fastest
men on the ice. AS the name implies,
the rover is expected to cover a great
deal Of ice. perhaps more than any
ether player except the center. and il
is believed the change would weaken
the sport as il is now played.
Another new rule which will ham
per the arrangement of international
matches, forbids clubs that are mem
bers Of the national association from
arranging games directly with those
from the United States. In the future
the Arrangements of clubs in the
United States will have to approach
| Y. Emmett Quinn, president Of the
National Hockey association of Cana
da. and he viii do the arranging.
SO far no effort has been made to
lreorganiZe any of the teams In the cop
per country, and 1t is somewhat doubt
full If the Copper Country league will
be continued. Mohawk, perhaps the
most enthusiastic hockey town i'm the
copper country, has taken no steps
towards reorganizing the team which
won the 191O-1911 championship. and
according to a well known puckey
from that town, the outlook for the
coming season is uncertain. If teams
are organized i'm other towns of the
copper country. Mohawk may be ex-
pected to fall in line but as some diff
fculty was experienced in arranging
games last winter. it is almost certain
that Mohawk will not take the initia-
tive this year.
The Hancock team which won sew
eral championships I'm the years i'm
mediately following the departure of
professional hockey. has been thoro-
ughly disrupted It is likely however.
that the remaining players will join
with the Houghton team and that
Portage Lake WI be represented on
the ice as in past seasons.
The hockey outlook in Calumet is
not very promising. Most of the play
ers who learned the game here have
been "gobbled" up by other teams
and are no longer available to repre-
sent Calumet, this applying to Mar
cotte Gray, Hogan. Uksilla, Hermann
and several others. There are, how
ever, several Of the old players who
still reside here, among them Mahan,
osborne. Kaiser. Peters. Cameron and
Dymock. No steps have been taken
so far 90 organize however. and those
who have been instrumental I'm pro-
noting hockey in the past have little
encouragement to offer. From their
present attitude. il seems entirely pos
sible that Calumet will go through an
other season without team.