New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-20
Margin of Victory Only One
Goal After Hard Fight.
BLUE ON THE DEFENSIVE
Tilney Saves His Seven from
a Drubbing by Brilliant
Work in Goal.

Harvard's hockey team. the condueror
Of Princeton. clinched the honors Of the
season in defeating Yale by score OF
: 20 2. at the St Nicholas rink last night.
1t was forced TO the limit. however. fall
ing 10 score a single goal until the Sec
ond period was more than half over.
When the Harvard squad came on the
ice there were enough Ted-jerseyed
skaters 10 form two teams. The subs
soon had 10 take their places along the
~des. and a. they sat wrapped In red
blankets they lookeH Ike 20 many Ind
ians the ice Mas poor. which, OF course
made il all the harder FOR the skaters.
Throughout the first half both teams
PLAYED clean hockey. and the failure OF
either side 10 score gave H.. spectators.
who made up a goody crowd, mite ~
cuse for making nolee
Almost from the opening tace-on liar-
ward carried the contest into val. terri
tory. and had II not been FOR the remark
able goal tending OF Tilney the BlI-
would have been quickly beaten.
For a time the players devoted their at
tcntion more TO individual efforts than to
team worK. and many Of the Harvard
plays were broken UP just when IT l"""ed
~ If = goal was sure. Clafin. the speedy
left wins on the crimson team made
several tries. and so did phillips. tIc
centre. but the hawk eyed Tilncy inNarI-
ably blocked the puck
The first and only sc0i. Ia tins mar
went To the credit Of Yale after more
than nineteen minutes Of play In "a
scrimmase not far from the Crimson cage
the puck dropped al OruwaH' $ feet. anu
the centre shot thu rubber past Gdrdi"
before the Harvard goal keepr Aad time
10 move.
The half ended few seconds later with
out a single penalty having been imposed.
In way. the Yale team was lucky 10 ne
leading, considering that II had been CA
the defensive the greater part OF the time.
rilney had to block ten shots. while Gard
ner al the other cage intercepted only
five.
The onlytwo penalties OF the game we're
melted out early in the second period,
when Claim hau to go off for loaling and
Martin for tripping. Gradually the game
became faster and triae Tou6ncr. As
the minutes sped oN WITHOUT q score ii'
Harvard players worked desperately. sub
jectns Tilney 10 a bonbardment such as
few goal tenders have had to face this
year. At last, after more than fourteen
minutes. Phillips got the puck out oil
scrimmage. and carrying IL past several
Blue skaters shot a goal
Keeping up the furious attack. Harvard
soon had Yale on the defensive. So that
Phillips again managed Ia net the puck.
With the score now , to | ia ts favor.
Harvard looked all over "A winner. but
little later Sortwell added 10 Ysle's dis
comftire by caeing the puck from
scrimnage directly in front OF The goal.
As only about two minutes remained for
play, Harvard gave two substitutes a
chance. Hanson ana Palmer taking the
places of Hopkins and Phillips. respec-
lively.
Yale then gave its rival 4 scare. iiar-
man netting the puck on a pass out.
Tilney stopped something like seventeen
shots in this period or more than three
times as many az Gardner.