New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
Beat St. Nicholas in FURIOUS
Hockey Battle on Ice.
WIN IN AN EXTRA PERIOD
Four Handed Tie in League Race
Broken by the Hard Won
Victory.
STANDING in 4 mofeur
Hockey League

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n, a game scintillatng with sharp plays
the Wanderers Hockey club seven deiedtcG
,h. ST. Nicholas team. goals to t., at the
- Nicholas Rink last night So evenly
did the opposing sides play thdt d" 'N'''
period was necessary.
At the outset the Wanderers seemed IN
able to get going in their usual form with
the result that ST. Nicholas pied "P an
carly advantage thar would have meant
certain defeat against less resourcet"i
combination than this all-star Importation
from Canada. II is worthy OF mehti'h
that while four OF the Wanderers are Ca
nadians, not single member oi the o''
Nicholas seven comes from across the DOT
dor In fact, nearly 10 man 'hey are
former colegians. St Nicholas, IN ta'l' Is
the only team in the Amateur Hockey
League made up solely of American players
II would he hard to find two more brill
liant players than w. Felowes Morgan, Jrr
and Chew. the rover and left wing, re-
spcCtivcly. for 81 Nicholas. Between theU
thcy made nearly all the goals credlted 10
their side Both had speed, but they sacIl-
feed individual effort for team work. anu
the way they passed would nave uohe
credit TO even a pair Of professionals. vi
the other hand those sturdy Canucks' 6ul-
ger and McGrath, to say nothing OF l'ac"e''
who came here originally to play with the
New York Athletic club, but at the eieN-
enth hour for some mysterious reason
switched TO the Wanderers, were all past
masters at the art OF drbbling the puck
and shooting It from all sorts OF difficult
angles.
The Wanderers, ty tnelr victory last
night. broke the quadrupe tie for first
place. the team having won three games
and lost one Possibly 1t was due to the
unusually severe game last Friday night
with the Crescent Athletic club that
the Wanderers started so slowly against
the St Nicholas, for from the opening
facc-or the American team carried the con
test TO the oppositon's territory. OCCASION
" the speedy McGrath would break UP an
advance by the other side, and In trlce
get the puck for one OF his spectacular
dashes In the early minutes OF the hiS'
half however, every shot directed AT Ihe
ST Nicholas net was successfully blocked
by Washburn, who has his own peculiar
ideas Of goal keeping lie frequently stops
the puck with his skate. sometimes mdhIhE
an apparently Indifferent swing Of the leg
which gives the impression that ne IS Iu'A!
in stopping the rubber at all.
The first goal OF tho period was scored
bv Morgan for St Nicholas. the former
Harvard player taking the puck on pass
from Stanley The time was about -FOUR
minutes. For a time thereafter the wan
dcrcrs had St. Nicholas on the defensive
due to the fastest kind of stick work. out
McGrath. Harmon and Bulgcr all lost OPP
nortunitles To score because Of Wild shoot
ing The speedy chew scored tho second
goal for St Nicholas after twelve minutes
and forty-slN seconds. This count resulte"
from a scrmmagc IN front of the Wander
ers not.
Further coustcrnatiou was thrown into
the Wanderers camp when less than a
minute later stanley scored n third goal
for St Nicholas \ long shot 10y Morgan
was blocked by Ellison, hut II reboun"ed
few feet i'm front Of the cage. aud before
tho veteran goalkecpcr could advance tn
clear Stanley shot the rubber in.
Tho teams had hardly faced on again
when the puck was quickly advanced into
st. Nicholas territory, and In a lively
scrimmage in front ~ the, net Harmon
scored the Wanderers FIRST goal Morgan
scored again FOR St Nicholas after Chew g
long shot hit the iron rod at the side oi
the cage and bounded ont. The last goal
OF the first half was made by Lackcn un-
assisted. so that the teams left the ice
with the count to . In favor Of St.
Nicholas
The Wanderers began the second period
In whrlwind fashion. Buiger scoring al
alone from the opening facc-on In twenty
three seconds Less than two minutes
later Bulger took the puck again and then
passed II 10 McGrath. who scored. This
made the count 4-all About this time both
sides were playing the fastest kind o'
hockey, and IT seemed almost Impossible
that they would be able TO maintain such
speed without firing.
After six minutes and FIVE seconds Of
play Lackcn scored again FOR the Wander
ers Washburn stopped the shot, but he
let the cage too clear and this move
proved fatal Lacken being too speedy for
him The Wanderers then became rough.
Harmon being sent OF for tripping and
Garon for slashing. l.ackcn also had to go
to the side for three minutes. Chew tied
the score by shooting the puck into the
net after receiving 1t on a pass from Nor
gan. Harmon scored next for the Wan
derers in a scrimmage and then Chew got
another for ST. Nicholas ON a side shot
the second half ending with the score tied
at To 6.
Although both sides were manlfesuy
| tired they kept right on, the puck going
up and down the ice with great speed. II
seemed as II one side or tho other would
score almost every minute. but the eagle
eyed goalkeepers always managed to inter
cept Finally. after thirteen minutes and
twenty-three seconds McGrath got the
puck and. dartlng through the opposing
line shot the decisive goal.