New-York tribune., 1912-03-02
CRESCENT TEAM BEATEN
- a,
Goes Down Before Wanderers in
~. Fast Hockey Battle.
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STRUGGLE ROUGH IN SPOTS
Winning Team Breaks Tie and
Seems To Be on High Road
to the Title.

e,ub BY goals to ! In the Amateur Hockey
Ynaeue championship series last night
Thie was the crucial game OF the season
g. the reason that the teams In question
.rovo tied for first place, each having wor
md lost I. It looks now as II the Wan
,arars have a strangle hold on the cham
-s.sbin as they have only one more game
a. ,lav. with the St. Nicholas seven neN'
~ The Crescent team also mas one
..o~a contest, against the New YORK Alh'
leuc Cluo. .,,,. oo,,rsod any
,s predecessors so far as fast ana az
1.ossive playing was concerned. Ihert
- brilliant flashes. but frequently 'h'
I.o,,,o grew so intense that roughneeS
a,.arsbadowed skill. The rough pay Wv
-. make itself noticeable until wen III va,
:o.ord half. and It was then slarteu o'
.hs Crescent players, who oeca'iic -,
=, With the score TO asaiis' ,'I,'
"a realizing that the championship W.
n"u hod won last season was fast shpp.ne
ufE cha skaters from Brooklyn went 'o1
q, ,heir efforts TO pull the game '"'
the fire. ~ ot = team with
...oo mon On the ice was lurniS''.n
1o speIl toward the end. when 'ii.i H,,.,,, ~,
IN kennedy aud Dolby were disci
IN rapid succession. u.. =,
with such brilliant playing especi"n! - -
,b. Arst ueriod. il would be uniair "ot
80 all credit. When the opposing S'u-S
- ,bo ice II was at once noticed mat
H,,,chell had been substituted for ElilS"i
=, coal Many thought this ms'ahe' o"''
:. !, turned out. the Canadian team loS'
~o,bire NV the change. Except "heH Nv
,aa eoonirrly easy shot get by him carry
ss,bo opaninC session. Mitchell proved IT.
.a,,erahle and he clearly outplayed MS
SOC, Mills. at the other end Of the rink
,I,bough Mitchell stopped everything
,hot came his way the most spectacular
hockev was furnished by McGrath. the
sturdy right wing Of the Wanderers. 1his
clever was everywhere. and ii was largely
due 10 his efforts that the puck was kept
40 much in Crescent's territory. lAcheh
.1so nlaved the game of his life. and he
had the good luck to be in the right pace
at the right time on two accasions' theIt
bv being able 70 shoot two OF the godis
credited TO his side. Bulger. at rover was
almost as brilliant as McGrath. ana faroh
checking was the best of the nlgnt' f1dr-
mon. al left wing. was also at ms ues''
IN tho other side the Crescent men
rlaved hard hockey. but there was less
evidence OF that high class team Work 'hd'
hos marked most Of their previous games.
They tried 10 pass but the greater speeu
Of the Wanderers broke up the pay az,
most as soon as they were started. Shlrreh
was brilliant. hut rough. and so were hen
nedy. Dolby and Wall. The well known
tendency of the last named to resort 10
questionable stick work apparently was
not overlooked. consequently the Dig lei
low was we'll taken care Of.
So keen were the rival teams not TO let
,be other get away" with anything that
,bev even tossed for ends although there
swss absolutely no choice Linton won the
'oneninc face-off fur Crescent and quickly
worked the puck near the opposing goal
His side shot missed the net by 1ew
inches and in a trice Bulger got the puck
and rushed il clear across 10 the Crescent
cage. where Mills blocked successfully.
The first count came after uife less
than three minutes. McGrath dribbled the
puth through the opposing line and then
vassed to I.acken. whose shot was made
tho easier as Mills had come out % inter-
cept
By spectacular fash McGrath then
scored the next goal for the Wanderers
unassstod only eleven seconds after the
other The supporters Of the Wanderers
nearly raised the roof with their shouts
while the Crescent admirers shook their
heads Mills wore a frightened look on ms
face. apparently not realizing how II had
happened
Crescent's first last and only tally was
made hy Shirreff after four minutes ana
ten seconds Of play. From near the centre
Of the rink the sturdy rover got the puck
and sent it straight az the opposing cage.
There was not much speed to the shot and
II seemed as II Mitchell ought to have
booked but in some way the rubber got
BY The only other count in this half
came when Lacken got the puck after d
scrimmage few yards from the Crescent
goal, and he sent the rubber past DR..
Nfms Ike a shot out OF gun. The time
was trife less than seven minutes.
From that moment the play became
rougher. although there were only two PEN
sltles imposed in this half At one stage
four men went down I'm Wild scramble
= few moments before the bell Brown
slammed Garon head.op against the side
boards, and for moment the cover point
lay motioness He revived quickly and
stuck II out 70 the bell, which sounoca soon
afterward. That left the score al the end
n the FIRST half 70 / in favor OF tho Wan
derers
Shortly before the teams were To start
the second half one OF the rink officials
who makes a speciality OF announcing. took
up position ~ the far end of the build
Ing. blew his whistle. opened his mouth
and then closed IT, for the crowd was I'M
patient 10 see more hockey, and said So
The more tho announcer blew his whistle
the louder shouted the crowd. until fnaIy
The indignant official had 10 beat H.
During the second half Mitchell saved ms
side on many occasions by making me
stops sometimes OF low skimmers and ire
ouently OF long, high lifts from VARS
stick shirrefT slashed. and so did j. Ken
nedy, but no notice was taken OF these OF
fences for time Finally. Brlttoh sent
shirreff off. and in less than minute 'nree
Of his team mates followed. This ieft ohiS
Mills. Brown and Linton in the game ior
the Crescent seven.
Handicapped as the team was. IL pre-
Vented the Wanderers from scoring. Wheh
the fourth and final tally was recoi&ed Dy
.Buser minute before the bell. Crescent
snSd six men on the ice.
Nncsn- e'' w. . Mills
Kin.eTs ''''''''''' y - Brown
(;sron ''''''''''.' =. 7, '. wall
l,ulge, u . Shirfin
lacl,en - - ~ .Llfiton
Harmon T. W - Kennedy
r. W..........s..ss
Goals: Wanderers Lacken %. McGrath Bui-
ger Cregcent--Sherrif. Penaities-K Kinsells, Two
minutes for cr0ss-checking; Sheriff, two minutes
dtr tripping nWice): wall, two minutes fof
tlAsh!mR knnneaN IlAn mlnnlcs Tor lIlpping