The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-20
YALE SHOWS SPUNK
IN FACE OF DEFEAT
Plays Better Hockey Than the
Half MOOncrs. but Fails
al Critical Times.
LOSES BY 4 SINGLE GOAL

Tho Crescent Athletic club seven
started its hockey season last night at the
81 Nicholas Ice Skating Rink with vic
tory over the Yale team by u score OF
to T. Tho collegians played remark
able game IN spite OF the fact that in tho
FIRST half they went on the ice without
sweeney. their captain and one Of their
hest players. They played better all
around hockey than the Half Mooners and
would have won' II their shooting had he II
more accurate. AZ any rate, they man
arcd to carry the puck down into the
crescent territory moro often than it was
carried into theirs. aud gained many
golden opportunities for scoring, only to
lose them 10y bad shots.
In the first half. the playing vas more
or loss tame. aud most OF the scrlmmaG-
ing was done around midhcld. Yale scored
first after eleven minutes aud thirty Sec
onds Of tho first half had elapsed. Mac
Donald shooting tn, goal Loud cheers
went up from the Vale cohorts and they
began to really enjoy the game A. time
wore on the Vale crowd began to get
more and more confident. but almost hNc
minutes after Nnlv's S.'pr" had been made
BROWNE dartcd out from behind his own
goal with tho puck and carried IT IT, u
ront 81 vantage, FROM whch u" allowed
IIallock to shoot the goal liallock re-
ucatcd the performance in less than a
minute attcrNHrd Oh pas
This put Vale IN tho rear. but Murray
scored q long stroke on pass from Mac
Donald Immediately after the lineup and
put his team on an even footing with rs
rivals Then with only hfty-scNcn sec
onds to play. Crovat drihhlcd the rubber
M held aud jdmmcd it into the net. so
intcnt was the Crescent man o. getting
the puck in that he almost went in with
IT,
Yale was first to score in the second
half. Murray CaGeing the puck after
three minutes Of play. The crescents
proceeded To add two to their count, both
Of which were made by Smith from
scrimmaG cs Macdonald soon added one
for Yale. helped considerably by sweeney.
who had gone in in the second half and
was making his presence felt
Yale was only one goal To- the bad. but
Browne made the lead two 10y sliding one
in all alone. This proved TO he the de-
Gliding point of the game, for shortly
after il sweeney scored for Yale. Al
though Yale had many chances to tie
they threw the opportunity away, mostly
by bad shooting. but occasionally by
lack OF team work. The lineup:
Yale Positions. Crescent \. e..
Scudder ......,.... Cos '.''.'''''' ,,Smar.
Bierwo-th. ..... Cover point......... Baum
Murray ."...,.. Rover ........... Shlrren
Macdonald ....... Centre ............ troNat
Buchanan. Left wing ......... Martin
Wilson. ......... Right wing ......... Hall"rk
Score-Crescent Athletic cub. .. Vale.
;. Gosls-MacDonaid =. iiauock : Murray
?. Crovat, Smith :, Browne sweeney sub
Shirren. sweeney for Buchanan. Blakesley f"i
Ballin. Taylor for Smart. Pie for Martin
Penslties-Crovat. ! minute for tripping
Browne minute FOR tripping Referee
Ernie Garron, Hockey club Assistant
rsferee--A q. Mackenzie. Hockey club
coal umpircs-S. Patton, Hockey club and
X. l.. Won Beruuth. Columbia. Time OF
halves-.O minutes