New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30
Puck Followers Shuffled
Among Teams Preparing
for Annual Struggle.
CHAMPIONS HOLD
THE VETERANS
Cox and Chauncey, Recruits from
Yale, to Sport the Colors Of
Crescent A. c.

After week of practice the fOllow.,.
Of hockey are beginning TO have Inn.
idea of the relative strength Of the v.,,
Gus teams that will compete this win,.,
for the championship of the ama,sw
league. Five clubs have entered IN.
race, and each can put on the ice goos
combination OF players. Although n,
sevens promise TO be inferior to tho,,
Of former years, al are Of equal streugtb
so the race should be unusually keen ana
interesting.
The Hockey Club Of New York holds.
OF the title, has practically the sam,
seven that won the championship Las,
winter Lewis again will play goal ana
White will be seen at point. II is ouI,.
possible that Britton, who played cover.
point last winter, will be moved TO rove,
If Niece, Canadian, lives up to HI,
reputation. MCGEE is a new player I,
metropolitan circles. lie halls from stra,.
ford, as does also Sylvester who. WITH
MCGEE. is employed in the Bank Of Mon.
treal For the line the champions hav.
Young, Castleman. Coughtry, Gordon
Mackenzie and Berry. all veteran PLAYER,
Tom Howard again will coach IN.
seven. which means that the Hockey
Club will be under the direction OF the
best coach IN the country.
II Dufresne had not left the Crescen,
Athletic Club. the New Moon organza.
ton would have been the favorlte for the
coming series. DR.. Mills is captain Of III.
team. and although he says he has 70.
tired. it is understood that he will again
be seen in the game. Brown is going 10
play coverpOint and Kennedy probably
will be seen at point. One new player 0,
known ability has heen named for IN.
line. He is Cox, a former Yale skater
who should develop into good forward
Chauncey. another Yale man, also is try.
ing for the team. In addition, the New
Moon Club has Shirreff. Hallock, Rein.
mund and Scarborough.
The st. Nicholas team has been M
rather heavily this winter Il IS under.
stood that Washburn. the star goal. will
not play and that PiersOn will replace
him before the net. Ritchards, TOutrel
and Fellowes- Morgan all have given %
the game. However. Kenneth Gordon,
the coach. has Peabody. Ellis, Fred Fur.
rell, Leake. Won Bernuth. Chew and Stan.
ley, all veterans, trying for the team.
st. Nicholas also has HILL the best play.
er on last years Cornell seven There
also are a dozen and more candidates 70
select from.
How the Wanderers and the irish.
American Athletic clubs are going 70
line up is n mystery Both organ.za.
lions claim the same men. and until il is
settled no one seems TO know the prob
able lineup of either club The Irish
team had out for its first practice Kel-
ley. who played a substitute goal last
winter: Garon. Dufresne. Cree. the Cana
dian Indian. Stickley and Fernando
McGrath also was out with the seven.
The following evening McGrath ap-
peared with the Wanderers, as did
mcdonnell. Kinsella and Smith, all
old Irish-American players. Mitchell
who played goal FOR the Winged Fist
team last winter. also announced his IN
tention of playing with the Wanderers
this winter. However, he recently lost
his father and il is question # he will
be seen in any of the games. Kear,
substitute goal Of the Hockey CLUB, Is
trying for the position. Harmon also
Is with the team. The Wanderers have
TWO new players that promise % MAKE
good One IS Claffy and the other Is Az
mond. Both come from ottawa and each
has a good understanding of the game
The Hockey club and St Nicholas are the
only organizations that have any second
team players OF merit. Both clubs have
more than enough men. IL is a peculiar
thing that so many hockey players would
rather play on the second team Of either
the St Nicholas or the Hockey Club than
TO play on the first seven Of one OF the
other organizations. These clubs always
have a wealth of men. while the otner
find great difficulty IN GET
ting out a second team to practise against
the first.