New-York tribune., 1912-01-13
WANDERERS FAST ON ICE
Score Six Goals to One for New
York A. c. at Hockey.
ELLISON STRONG IN GOAL
Mercury Foot Seven Makes a
Sorry Showing in It's First
League Game.

mother favorite hit the ice with a dull
thud when the New York Athletic club
seven lost to the Wanderers to the tune
of o goals to / in an Amateur Hockey
League championship Samc at the St
Nicholas Skating Rink last night. It was
the opening league appearance FOR the
Winged Foot combination. which presented
only the ghost Of its erstwhile greatness.
On tho other hand tho reorganized Wan
dcrers appeared to even better advantage
than on the first night Of the league season
when they defeated the Hockey club Of New
York Although the New York seven was
acknowledged to be weaker than formerly.
few were prepared for its sorry showing
There was neither rhyme nor reason TO the
efforts Of tho side, slow stick work being
particularly in evidence.
Fleet as the wind in skating. brilliant in
rushing tho puck down the ice and clever
beyond expectations in breaking M the op-
POSITIONS offence tho Wanderers simply
outcassed New York in all departments OF
the came At goal "Old Horse" Ellison
stopped shots with a machine-likc regular
ity that must have been dishearteninC to
the other side lie also cleared with con
summato ease, never unduly hurried, yei
timing every move to a nicely,
Strange did not appear at his best as
Guardian Of the New York Athletic Club
cage He was unusually slow. \ case in
roint was when nc had an easy chance t.
prevent Harmon from scoring the Wander
crz' first goal lie saw the puck coming
AMI it apparently looked so easy that
Strange tried 10 block it with his foot, "itf
the result that the rubber slipped past 70
the net. The time Of this goal was trile
more than eight minutes.
Prior 10 this McGrath, the aggressive Al
well as speedy right wing Of tho Wander
ers. was penalized two minutes for trip
ping This was the flrst Of series o.
penalties. all Of which were me'od ow Il
members OF the same team for various OF
fences Whether IL is due 10 present coach
iaE methods. or because If natural in
clnation on the part of tho players To- h'
"Fcrapry'' II Is hard 10 say, but tho fac
remains that tho Wanderers put up a brand
Of rough hockey at times. So far as tina
goes, the New York Athletic Club meT
we're not asleep. They managed to TAX
care OF themselves.
In addition 20 tho goal previously men
toned. two more were scored by the Wan
derers in the first half Lscken doing tn
trick in 12;l5 and Harmon again in l3O1
BulEer McGrath and Harmon proved tn
speedest kind OF an offensive trio. whih
Garon's cIever stick work in breaking ul
the New Yorks' offence had much to d.
with the hnal outcome.
sNn illustration OF the unusual speed dis
PLAYED by the winning side appeared afte
minutes play i'm the second period Tn
Wanderers quickly got possession Of tn
puck, and then McGrath took It unasslst
cd TO within fifteen yards OF the opposing
goal before making his try. The puck sho
straight for the net with such speed tina
Strange never had chance to intercept II
New Norli's only score was made b,
Reinmund after about twelve minutes o.
play. He got the puck after a scrimmagc
and then with a fine side shot succeeded ir
getting ii past the hawl;-eyed Ellison
Ldcken scored again for the Wanderers in
los, while Harmon accounted for the sixth
and last goal for the same side only five
scseHds before the expiration of the time
strange saw the puck coming, but once
more he was too slow.