New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
CLOSE FIGHT At HOCKEY
Quebec Scores Five Goals to
Four for the Wanderers.
BATTLE ONLY HALF OVER
Same Teams Will Take Ice This
Evening, and Brilliant Game
Is Promised.

PLAYING in the rare form that recently
carried il successfully through t'e Pi"-
fessional championship series IN Cah'u',
the Quebec Hockey Club team ueiedV"u
the Wanderer Hockey Club, OF Montreal
. goals 10 4. at the St Nicholas RINK IaSt
night. This was only the first half OF the
post season championship final the other
half being scheduled for tomorrow night
The best crowd that has yet attended
these professional games filed the rinN'
and probably two thousand persons "e'e
present when the rivals faced off. RusSeI
Bowie the popular Canadian amateur, ""I
known in this city, came on especlalls -
referee, while William Russell pres'uen'
Of the local Amateur Hockey League
acted as his assistant.
The game was unusually free from !ough-
ness but it was whispered about tha' ''e
players were afraid to take any hoer'ieS
with Bowie who Is stickler lor 'Ied"
hockey. The fact that only four pcndi'l''
were imposed during the three twenty-i'ih-
ute periods speaks for itself. Even II '''
game lacked the roughness that some eN-
pected. an accident happened TO Moran the
Quebec goalkceper, that would have lana
II was I'm the last period during a scrlin-
mage in front of Quebec's cage that =.
C1erborn made sudden lift that resulted
in the puck hitting Moran above the mouth"
The hard rubber was going with great loIce'
and II cut completely through the llp' MO
ran dropped to the ice as If shot IT was
thought that substitute would be uoces-
sary. but after n long delay, in Whl'h ne
had several stitches taken In tho wound
Moran returned and finished out IN" game
In fine style.
In the early stages the Wanderers got
the lump on Quebec. Ernie Russell scorl1s
the first goal I'm trihe less than SIX nm
utes He carried the puck unassisted near
" the length Of the rink. Malone cN'h'h
the count shortly afterward by getting Inc
puck on a pass from Prodgers ana c'SinS
the rubber at a difficult angle. From ther'
on the advantage rested with the Wander"r
sextet. as a result of closer following oi IN"
puck Quebec made the shots from too far
ont Russell and Bernier both counted Tor
the Wanderer club, so that tho n'a' p''''H
ended 10 in favor Of that team.
Both Moran and Boyes, who locke" 'i''r
the Wanderers cage, were competed %
stop many difficult shots In the second
pcriod. but after something less than SN
minutes Of play Marks counted for quebec.
This brilliant left wing worked his way in
and out through the opposition. inhii!
shooting the goal on d rare sid" shot
Ousbcc tied the score on a spectacular in'h
nv Malone, who went almost 70 the other
cage before being checked. lie recovered
tho puck, however, and scored uhdsslstea'
Then cnsucd the fastest session Of hockey
seen here this season. superb passing 500
we're checking and the cleycrcst KIND of d"as-
ing kept the spectators on the alert buI
what really brought them 30 their feet was
the work Of Moran. In order To prevent
the opposition from scoring on one occasion
he rushed out to meet the puck. ana IN
stead Of clearing and instantly returning
IN his position the rcd0ubtable goalkcepcr
could not resist the temptation to contiuu"
ON with the rubber. lie WAS not SATISFIED
until he had rushed 1t 20 safe place clear
to the other side. The period ended with
the score 10 3.
Rare stick work by Hall. the aggressive
cover point. aided quebec In the last
period. Earlier in the game he received
two penalties. but he avoided any more
during the last twenty minutes Marks
scored for Quebec after four minutes, but
Russell evoned the count at 10.S2 on pass
from :. Cleghorn Hall then won the
game by scoring all alone after wonder
ful rush. wherein he cluded the opposition
as only a Canadian knows how
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