New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-05
CRESCENT SEVEN BEATEN
Goes Down Before st, Nick in
Extra Period Hockey Game.
BAD START FOR CHAMPIONS
Frazer Campbell Scores Win
ming Goal After a Lively and
Bitter Struggle.

The champion Crescent Athletic Club
seven got bad start In the Amateur
Hockey League series by losing 20 the St.
Nicholas Skating Club by a score Of goals
TO 2 at the st. Nicholas Rink last night.
The game was unusually fast and so keenly
contested that an extra period was neces-
sary TO settle the combat.
A large crowd filled all available space
by the time the teams took the ice, and 1t
was not long before those present realized
that a real game was on. It was such a
contest as is sometimes seen after the sea-
son has well advanced, but rarely at this
early stage. Both sides fought hard
throughout. first one team and then the
other carrying the puck into opponent $
territory.
With Fraser Campbell at right wing, w.
Fellowes Morgan, jr, at rover and Wash-
burne at goal st. Nicholas has a trio hard
20 duplicate. Morgan, who when student
at Harvard, a few seasons ago, was re-
garded rs one of the most promising Of the
intercollegiate golfers, bids fair to become
even more brilliant on the ice. His clever
passing and accurate shots at the net were
among the best seen at the local rink in a
long time. Washburne. the former Column
bia PLAYER. was the most reliable KIND or
q goalkeeper his work comparing favorably
with the redoubtable Mills. who guarded the
Crescent net
The game began in lively fashion, and in
the first few minutes Of play St Nicholas
carried the rubber 20 the champion teams
Ice The first count came after minutes
and so seconds, when Stanley, the local
captain. shot a goal for 81. Nicholas. II
was from a pass 10y Chew.
That seemed 20 rouse the ire OF the Brook
lyn seven. the play for a time thereafter
being unusually fast. likewise trlfe rough
While the next few minutes were barren so
FAR az scoring was concerned yet the puck
generally remained I'm the vicinity Of the
- Nicholas net Had Il not been for sew
eral fine stops by Washburne, there would
have been "a different story to tell. When
the speed OF the ST Nicholas team began
20 slacken a trne Linton, the fast centre
scored from the middle OF the rink, unas-
sisted, the time being 6:45.
From that stage 10 the end Of the first
half neither side succeeded in cagng the
pack. although Morgan barely missed on
Two occasions. Fraser-C Campbell was PEN
allied two minutes for fouling Shirref in
q scrimmage along the side wall toward the
end ~ the half The sturdy Dufresne then
came within an ace Of scoring for the
Crescent team. but the alert Washourne
SPOILED the shot.
From the face-off to start the second
reriod Fraser Campbell worked the puck
close TO the opposing cage and goal
seemed almost certain, but Mills blocked
beautifully Campbell then made several
determined efforts to score for the. Cres-
cents and. although no had good chances
his shots invariably went wide. After a
trife more than seven minutes Of play
Morgan scored the second goal for st.
Nicholas. He did the trick in rare fashion,
carving the puck unassisted from the CEN
ire Of the rink The same player came
near scoring again but this time MilIs
prevented
After Richards had been penalized two
minutes for tripping Shrref. Mfiton scorer
for the crescent seven. II was from
scrimmagc I'm front Of the opposing goal
the time being 1902 Dufresne was then
sent 10 the side for tripping Fraser-Camp-
bell. and he was still out Of the game when
the second half ended.
That meant an extra session. whereupon
-he teams went at It as aercely as ever.
After minutes and IS seconds Fraser
campbell shot the decisive goal
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