New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-15
BURLESQUE ON HOCKEY
Crescent Seven Beats Hockey
Club in Loose Game.
OFFICIALS FAR TOO LAX
Jeers of Crowd Greet Arbiters
Who Fail to Enforce Dis
cipline on Ice.

I'm game Of hockey that at times re-
sembed burlesque the Crescent Athletic
Club seven defeated the team represent
ing the Hockey Club OF New York by
score Of 4 to at the st. Nicholas Rink
last night As result the Hockey Club
and the St. Nicholas Skating Club arc
again tied for the lead. each having won
three and lost two games.
When the Hockey Club took the ice 1t
was noticed that Bates. formerly on the
Columbia College team. appeared as
rover. Castlcman was also back at cover
point, but the team was stu minus tho
services Of B1tton. The latter practised
before the game but his injured collar
bone would not permit OF his playing.
Bates quickly demonstrated that he will
he an acquisition. especially after he gets
little practice Will the team. lie f.
good al dribblng the puck. gets down the
ice fast and shoots accurately.
For the Crescent the usual lineup was
in order. except that Mills appeared at
goal in place of Carhart. The doctor was
as lively AS "A cricket. and once he set
tied down after the opening rush OF the
opposition he proved as much Of a stone
wall as in the old days.
There was also change in officials
Kenneth CnrIop acting ref.rec
sisted by r. Won Bermuth. The game had
not been in progress long before the
Crescent players more particularly Shir-
ref. developed their old failing Of on
side play. This brought about frequent
footing of the whistle and much unnec-
essary protesting and back talk from the
members of the champion team Had the
officials been possessed Of more backbone
and mctcd out few penalties much OF
this would have been avoided.
The frequent protests on the part Of the
Crescent players had contagious effect
upon the crowd. which before the game
was far advanced began to boo and boot
whenever the whistle blew for or-side
work. William Russell, president OF the
Amateur Hockey League. who was acting
as timekeepcr, remarked that the hooting
was entirely unnecessary and what was
needed was a little discipline. He added
that II the officials would rule of about
three Of the forwards for loafing the
trouble might easily be rcmedied. Be
sides the usual delay In starting. the game
dragged all the more because Of a break
in the ice under a part OF the side wall.
Whenever the puck CHANGED that way II
disappeared. and In this manner several
of the rubber disks were lost
At the outset the Hockey Club got the
jump on the Brooklyn team and after the
opening face-on the puck was quickly
worked into Crescent territory In "A
scrimmage Bates scored the time being
Is seconds. Without letting up in It's
dashine attack the Hockey Club soon had
the opposition on the defensive again and
Fredericks. securing the rubber on re-
bound. shot 1t past Mills for the sec
ond goal. The time was only minute
and three seconds. Oddly enough. that
marked the lost scoring of the evening for
the Hockey Club
Throughout practically the entire first
Idlt AltS-SHi WOO h'Bt VII TIC utItIloIN's
90 much so, in fact. that on occasions the
team was unable to get the puck from be-
hind its own goal. Mills had plenty TO
do. and at times was kept hopping about
like a hen on a hot griddle. AS tho game
advanced an element OF roughress crept
in, and when Shrref and Casteman got
into a mix-up both were ordered of the
ice. Six minutes before the end Of the
period Reinmund on pass out. shot the
Crescents' first goal, so that when the
teams left the ice for the intermis.i ion
the score stood to / in favor OF the
Hockey Club.
The summary follows:
Crescent AGO. Position. Hockey Club 90.
Mills ................G. .................L Lewis
Brown ...............P.. White
Dufrefne ........... C. P........... Castleman
Shirren ..............R ..................Ba ties
Reinnuno ............C ............ Mackenzie
Kennedy ...........L W.............. Young
Dolby .............E. V.......... Frcdericks
Goals-For Crescent: Reinmund t2) shirrsn
t9. For Hockey Club: Bates d. Fredericks
ID. Psnaltiee-Shlrren. for cross checking. 9
minutes: Castleman. for CROSS checking.
minutes; Fredericks, for tripping. minutes.
Defresne. for tripping. 2 minutes; Frederick.
Gordon. 81: Nicholas. Assistant referee-R
c. Mitchell and Frank Ellison. Ir!sh-Amertcan
TtUfkeeptr-Wiliiam Ruasell HorkHy club