New-York tribune., 1911-01-04
CHAMPIONS WIN ON ICE
New York A. C. Too Much Ior
Hockey Club Seven.
BRITTON STAR OF GAME
Close Fight Surprises Those VINO
Looked for Easy Victory
for Winged Foot.

In the opening game of the Amateur
| Hockey League championship series l'H'
night at st. Nicholas Rink the New iorA
/ Athletic club, present holders OF the t'e'
defeated the Hockey Club Of New YORK.
the tallenders in last years race oy
| GOALS to T. The winners had TO WORK
their hardest to pull out the game. ana ,he
/ stiff fight the losers made surprised the
crowd for an easy victory for the cham-
1 pions had been expected. The latter played
/ the much better game. their Work oeihs
more finished and clean cut, both hdlNld-
uaIly and as a team.
| on the other hand. their opponents, While
| less proficient in the finer points Oh the
/ game made up for this by their grit anu
| bulldog tenacity. keeping right after 'heir
! heavier checks all the time Their plucky
! fight soon carried the crowd with them
and toward the end Of the game thelr
every move was cheered. In the second
! half the losers had the puck in New YORK
| ice for half the time. They are very fast
| and remarkably hard checkers ana "lth
some of the rough edges taken on by a
! little more coaching and practice they VIII
make it interesting for any seven in the
! league Little Britton. at cover point for
/ the Hockey Club, was the hero Of the
game.
! The New York Athletic Club men showed
better than in their game Of last week
against St. Mchaels, Mallen, at centre,
especially appearing to much better advan-
| tage Castleman is improving, but has not
yet struck his stride, and he and Mallen
/ a.. 10 nor
practice. Or. Mills is in Canada for few
! days, and his place at goal was filled by
Strange.
There was not a very large attendance
last night for the opening game. due, no
doubt. to the had weather and TO the fact
that an uninteresting and one-sided game
was expected. The contest was rough, but
there was very little dirty work in evil
dence There was plenty OF slashing and
tripping and number of men were ruled
off. Britton being sent to the timers bench
! twice and Mallen, Reimund and Rogers one
apiece.
The first half ended with the score to
( i'm favor Of the champions. who scored
: three more goals I'm the second period 10 an
equal number for the Hockey club. The
4 first goal Of the game was taken by Mallen
7 in a few seconds under three minutes. He
rushed down the ice, lodged both cover
point and point and easily put the rubber
| by Woods. unprotected as he was
! The game was fast and the checking
! hard. the men on both sides being watched
closely, and It was ten minutes before the
next goal was scored Peabody doing the
/ trick on a pass from Castleman. one
| minute later Bulger scored the first goal
| for the Hockey Club from "A scrmmage.
! Two minutes afterward BrOadfoot made
one of his slow. winding runs down the ice
! and tailed unassisted and Castleman soon
| followed with another goal for the cham
| pions on a pass from Peabody.
| The second half was faster and more
stubbornly contested, and each side Tailed
| three times, the last goal going 10 Castle
! man just as the bell announced the end Of
the game. The goal counted, however. The
J first two goals went to the Hockey club,
! bringing its score up 10 3. and the men
! worked hard 10 add another point and tie
| the game. but were unsuccessful, and
! Castleman and Mallen soon scored for the
| Mercury Footers. Frederick added another
! goal for the Hockey Club five minutes be-
/ fore the end.