The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-03

'zfVtHt MATCHED TEAMS
ONLY CAN PUT UP THE
a FASTEST SORT OF HOCKEY
This Was Demonstrated by the
Detroit-St. Paul Game
at the Arena
VISITORS FAR OUTCLASSED
Detroit Shows Remarkable I'm
4 provement Over Their
First Playing
VISITORS FAR oUTCLAsSED
BY RALPH L. YoNkER.

BY RALPH L. YoNkER.
ssr More than yany other game, per
haps. hockey requires that each team
= be prodded by the possibility OF de
= feat n the game be fast, as was shown
last night at the Arena whea-the
Detroit seven played iistfessiy to
1I2 victor yoyer st! Paul.
In some sports. as in baseball, for
Instance, a crackerJack team may put
up a brilliant game against bunch
that Is going badly. But in hockey,
y where the strength and skill OF one
{ lside IL pitted so directly against that
OF the other, IL requires urging TO
y force a team TO extend itself to the
limit.
~ While this Is true to a greater or
less extent OF all games in which the
players are opposed directly and match
their abilities closely, hockey players
who have played football and basket
ball say that IL Is more so of the ice
sport than Of the others.
Hockey Is hard game TO play.
q Football seems strenuous, but the 22
men In the game gets innumerable
breathing spells. The men on the
forward line of q hockey team get ABB
solutely no rest only what they can
grab OF In loafing In front OF the puck
when the referee isn't watching. and
during the face-offs. Hence, II Is
little wonder that the men slow up
t. when not prodded on by the chances
OF defeat.
"A Last night the Arena boys started
xout with rush and before so seconds
had been licked away on the timers
watches had rung up the first goal for
Detroit. In three minutes. DeVinning
OF st. Paul got one. and then in a
(. short time Iangman, Gillies and Far
low each tailed There was a notice
able iet-up until Cronin OF st. Paul
scored, and then Detroit shot four In
2 quick succession. The second half
!, was slower, only three goals being
scored
In spite of the fact that Detroit
had no real necessity OF going the
limit. they showed wonderful Inn
tprovement over their playing at the
beginning Of the season. Losses or
players that would discourage the or
binary team have come 70 the Arena
bunch, but persistent practice in team
work has brought them TO a state
where they could wallop the ice with
me 5individual star team of the first
81 the season
There is no doubt but that Piett,
Who has been forced to quit on &C.
eonnt sof professionalism, would add
frtatly TO the strength OF the Arena
forward line, as he was the man who
held the team to combination play in
~ a
nom here to Chatham, was also
great player, but the men OF less abil-
ity playing together the way they did
last night, would have an easy time
over the stellar artists.
For that matter the st. Paul seven
had some men who were very fast.
Cronin. particularly, lives up to his
reputation for speed, but in hockey
brilliant individuals can't get=aFoand
team work.
q The Detroit seven redeemed them
selves for whatever censure might
have been coming their way as a re-
suit OF the rough-house game OF last
Saturday night, when the Toronto
Amateur Athletic club and the Arena
men flung themselves at each other
tor blood.
Last nights game was as clean as
could be wished for. Emery. tn sturdy
little coverpoint. who was one of the
chief offenders Saturday, held himself
In check and Farlow played the puck
and not the man. st. Paul was even
more inclined to rough II than the To-
cal crew, but that didn't last long.
IT is pointed out that-DetEeit- H. O.
Al 81, axrln ttc a
roughitized! IL Is averred that In Can
ada there Is much more fight than
there is here. That may be so. but
the demand here is evidently for the
clean stun, and Manager Brown is
wise in insisting upon It. The reason
for whatever greater amount OF, rough.
ness there may be In the Canadian
game can be found in the fact that
the rivalry is more Intense among the
teams over the border The hardest
time to keep dirty work out of the
game will be In the Cleveland con-
tests. III the Arena men can pass
through those with clear records, they
will be worthy to be trusted any
where.
Two of the most interesting men
OF the ice last night were the goal
tenders. For Detroit. Archie Hamil.
ton was showed in to protect the
Arena netting while Prout was laid
up with a yaccinated arm For 81
Paul, sixteeh-seafioid- high school
boy, by the name of Cyril Weidens
borner was guarding the cage.
Hamilton. so 1t is gosslped at the
rink, is doing more for hockey in this
town than any other young man. He
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