New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
Turns Match with Cornell Into
Farce at the st. Micho.
las Rink.
BAKER PLAYS STAR ROLE
Terrific Body Checking, with
Slam Bang StickWork, ADDS
Zest to a One Sided
Match.

less HOBBY Baker in the leading role
made a joke of the Cornell seven at the
St Nicholas Rink iasf night The Tigers
won as they pleased by "a score of 3 too
The victory gave the championship OF the
intercollegiate Hockey League to the
Princetonians, but that is n more or Less
emrty title this winter, as Cornell and
Dartmouth are the only other members Of
the league. Consequently, in order 10 get
an unbreakable hold on the real collie
giate championship the Tigers will have
TO win their series with Yale and Har-
ward.
Baker was the whole PRINCETON team.
His fast skating and wonderful all around
individual playing kept the Comedians on
the offensive practically all the time.
Only twice did the Ithacans get oven
fair shot at the Tiger goal in the first
half. although they got together a bit
better i'm the last period and only some
clever work by Winnants at goal kept
the Tigers from being scored on.
In real hockey, however. the game was
sadly lacking. None of the Comedians
seemed to know the rudments of hockey
and for the most part put up an exhibit
ton OF shinney that was not oversood. |
OF necessity the Tigers had TO conform in |
some measure to the style OF play OF
their opponents, although there were Pc |
RODS when they sustained some flashes
of sterling hockey and maneuvred the
puck in accepted Canadian style. Baker
was the keystone of the Princeton attack
and whenever he got the rubber there was
trouble ahead Tor the Cornell defence.
Both teams. however. lapsed all too fire.
auently into slam bang mode OF play,
with terrific body checking.
Team work was practically neglected,
although Baker. Kuhn and Patterson
made some rushes down the ice that gave
evidence OF long practice. The Cor
nelllans excelled in fast skating and fierce
checking. They did not hesitate TO bring
down their sticks with telling force on
the Princeton mems shins. HILL IN par
| ticular. was at fault at this, apd was
sent to the side lines once in each half
for welding his stick too dexterously on
| Baker.
| Hard playing marked the contest from
start TO finish, and although it verged on
being rough at times, it was pretty clean
! ~ played. The Tigers were the aggres-
sors all the way, and Dean, the Cornell
goal tender. did some remarkable work
| i'm stopping the veritable fCsliade Of
shots that streamed toward him from III
corners. In fact Dean was the only
member OF the Cornell seven who gave
an exhibition that savorad OF acqualat-
ance with real hockey. He got shots
! from all angles. and for a green man oil
notably well In some of the minor de-
tails of play he seemed TO have a Few
things TO learn lie did not clear as Wei
as a more experienced man. and once
committed the fatal error OF following
out the puck and leaving the goal un-
guarded on the whole. however. his
guarding kept the Ithacans from being
| sWamped under a two-fgure score.
DefensiveIy Cornell played a fair game
and COPIED with Bakers sensational skat-
| ing better than most teams have been
able to do Toward the end OF the Sec
! ond half. when McCloud had taken Lee )
| place in the Princeton lineup, the ltha-
cans broke through the Tiser defence ana
! got in position to make few good Shots
at the Princeton goal In the first hall,
! however. Cornell had only two shots BY
actual count while the Tigers were keep
ing the Cornell goal in danger all ne
time, Although the PrlncetOulans Ead
score OF shots in the first couple OF MIN
utes OF play IL was not until the game was
nearly tiye minutes old that they nnaly
succeeded in netting goal. Baker broke
| the ice, scoring on a rebound from Kuhn.
Patterson followed with another goal IN
| few seconds, and then another period or I
five minutes interviewed before the Tigers
scored again. Two more goals near the
| end Of the half made the score 10 q IN
| Princeton's favor when the teams leit tho
| ice for the interim ssion between halves.
| Hill and Clark We're both on the ice az
| the same time. each for tripping, put
| though the Ithacans were shorthanded
| two men, the Tigers managed 10 score
only once during that time, so tight "a
| fence did the Comedians offer. Prince
| toms defensive play was at It's best a the
| first half. too, for both Enlmons and Lee
| were veritable stone walls, for In tns
opening period IL was seldom that Cornell
could work tho rubber beyond them.
| For a time at the beginning or the see,
| ond half II looked as II the lthacahs "a.
recovered their confidence, because tnss
| held the Tigers at bay for eleven ana
| half minuts before they were scored On on.
| In this period Hill was off the ice 10:
| tripping, but despite that fact Princeton
| could not get a shot past the ever ale.ii
Dean, who turned aside fourteen haLu
drives before Kuhn was able 10 get ths
| first goal OF the half. Baker was laIseH
responsible for the remaining three soa,,,
made by the Tigers Two OF them ne so
himself unassisted while the thlrd calne
| from a pass from Baker 10 fat'ei'0~
who drove the rubber into the net
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