New-York tribune., 1912-02-09
e Colt Hockey ~ On0
CRESCENT SEVEN WIN
Defeat St. NickS and Tie the
Wanderers for the Lead.
DASHING HOCKEY THE RULE
Brooklyn Team Scores Four
Goals to Only Two for Its
Opponent.

piav,ng fast. aggressive game the
crescent Athletic Club seven defeated the
st Nicholas team 4 goals TO IN an Anna
.our Hickey League game at the ~.
nicholas Rink last night. This places last
eoaeon,s champion team once again on
,..on terms with tho Wanderers in the
lead.
AItboupb beaten. the St. Nicholas seven
r,,t -, tbe best game II has yet shown,
and had It not been for the fact that
Creecont was faster than ever the outcome
,r all probability would have been differ
ent. In addition to possessing world OF
sroos ehorri6 the Crescent centre, paid
more attention than usual TO team work.
os did wall Linton and Dolby. all of
whom uassed beautifully. Collectively,
crescent's defence was so strong that the
teams goal was I'm danger only at rare
intervals. Consequently, Mills, the guar
dian of the cage had comparatively mite
10 do.
II was different with Washburn, 81
Nick's goalkeeper Rarely has man been
reppered with such fusillade Of shots,
, and the wonder is that Crescents totaI was
NOT twice as large Washburn stop<ed ana
cleared i'm A manner rarely seen among
amateurs. Morgan again played star
game for St Nicholas and whlle ms
spcedy rover was not credited with either
Of the goals. yet he was about the only
one able to make any headway against the
defence Of the opposition.
So fast and vigorous was Cre5cents
method Of pressing an advancing player
that no time was given for shooting the
puck 1t might be added that the team
from Brooklyn checked roughly. There
were few penalties, but a number Of o.
tenders got away unpunished. When the
game was finally started, which was con-
sidera bly, later than usual because Of ths
tardy arrival Of the referee, a large crowd
was on hand
Speed developed quickly. and from the
opening face-off both teams went 10 work
with will. The puck was at once ad-
vanced to St Nicholas ice, but Shlrref
missed his try for a goal. For more than
thirteen minutes thereafter the rubber was
chased up and down without either side
being able 10 cage IT, Several times !,
seemed as II Linton and Shirreff would
surely score, but the alert Washburn al
ways proved equal to the occasion Every
few seconds ST. Nicholas skater would
be sent sprawling as a result OF .deft
checking a la Crescent, but as IL so hap
pened, no one was hurt.
The versatile Wall came within an ace ot
scoring on a great side shot wherein he
lifted the puck over the heads of several
players straight toward the opposing mel
Washburn, however, again averted disas-
ter. A little later Shirreff, taking the puck
on a pass from Liffiton, scored the first
goal, the time being 1855. A few seconds
before time expired Lifiiton counted again.
and the half ended to in Crescent5
favor.
There was more or less offside loafng
during the second period, Kennedy 5eins
the first offender to receive a penalty ne
first count came when Stanley shot tn.
puck past Mills after a trihe less than
eight minutes Of play. Two minutes later
Liffiton scored again, on pass from Shir.
ref. and then the last named counted, Lit.
iiton doing the passing. The last goal
went 10 the credit of Chew Oh a pass
from Stanley trihe more than four min.
utes before the end OF the half.
The lineup follows
Crescent 4. &. 90. Position. ST. Nicholas J2}
Ml,is....... .............. G.............. Washburn