New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-20
A0CKEY CLUB SEVEN
WINS LEAGUE TITLE
l,ish.AmeriCanS Are Beaten
in the Play-0ff of
Tie Game.
srIFf ENCOUNTER ON ICE
Lewis and Mitchell Do Good
Work at Cages as the
Teams Battle to a Des-
perate Finish.

ia bsrd-foueht game the seven repre-
.,,,ing the Hockey club Of New York
IAN the championship OF the Amateur
uockey League of America by defeating
10 lrish-Amercau Athletic club team
GOALS TO al the ST Nicholas Rink
,.st night This TIT was the play-off Of
ae game OF several weeks ago. and be-
fors the teams took the ice the Crescent
,,bletic club combination winner of the
nile last winter still had hopes. Had the
Irish team defeated the Hockey Club. the
l.s, named and the Crescent would have
,,sd for the lead condition which the
management. 10 is presumed. devoutly
hoped for.
That would have meant a play-od Tor
me championship and. of course.
hacked house Rumor had il that
me management had promised every
member of the lrish-American team q
GOOD dinner in the event OF Hockey club
defeat by the way. Harmon and his
men played 10 looked DIS if the Green and
White skaters hadn't eaten since break
fast. Il was not until the second period
Was more than half over that the Hockey
Clnb managed To- shoot a goal
Following closely on the heels Of the
Canadian professionals. the efforts OF the
local teams suffered by comparison. AS d
matter of fact. the hockey was nothing 10
boast Of the offensive work Oh both sides
being particularly weak. no sooner
would q PLAYER set possession Of the puck
than he would lose il. sometimes as re-
suit Of hard checking 10y the opposition.
but more often because Of bungiing on the
part OF the advancing player
The soft condition OF tho ice. Of course.
initiated against speedy hockey, and had
me puck been made of lead IL could not
have acted worse. Under the circum-
stances team work became almost nil.
FOR ali that there was no question as 10
which side PLAYED the better hockey.
From the opening face-off the puck was
kept N lr.sh territory the greater part o.
me time. though in actual number OF
shots blocked in the first half there was
little 10 choose Mitchell interCepting six
al the Irish cage and Lewis five al the
ether end During the second halt Mitch
Cd stopped nine shots and Lewis four
Not a single penalty was imposed
throughout the first half, but when the
rivals resumed the play became rougher.
sniton. Young and Castleman worked
Ike Trojars, and ii was largely due 10
iasr Efforts that the Hockey Club prac-
rcally PLAYED the Irish team 10 stand
still Several times IL looked as II the
Hockey Club would certainly score during
srimmages in front Of the opposing cage.
but Mitchell warded off a number Of at
,smpts Finally. after a trihe more than
eleven minutes Castleman got the puck
on pass out from behind the Irish cage.
and before Mitchell could get his portly
form in the way the rubber found the net.
From there on the Irish team fought
desperately. and i'm the closing minutes
the Hockey club acted more on the de-
iensye than otherwise. but few sec
onds before the bell Fredericks got the
puck near the side wall and scored from
a sharp angle. a fair-sized crowd saw
the game and at the conclusion the sue
cessfu! PLAYERS and their followers made
the walls Of the old rink resOund with
their cheers one disgruntled Irish rooter
declared as be was leaving that had the
game been played on March u the result
would have been different
The lineup was a. follows.