The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03
CANADIANS KEEP At
BAKER; LAY HIM OUT
But HOBBY Piles Up Winning
Number Of Goals Before
He Succumbs.
KICK IN KNEE ENDS HIM

The st. Nicks. or. better suil. Hobey
Baker, defeated the Victorlas OF Mon
treal, champions OF the Montreal city
hockey league. at the 81. Nicholas ice
skating rink last night. In a game that
s'Ezled from start 20 finish. by 6 goals
TO l. The Canadians came down with
reputation of being able to stop any.
thing with a skate on and labored under
the Impression that they could stop Baker.
hut they couldn't, and thereby hangs the
talc. The visitors al tho outset Of IN.
game tried to Keep Hobey in the back
ground by outskatinE him. but the game
wds stil young as tho year when they
found that this could not be done ana
other methods were brought into play.
In behalf OF ;hc Canadian players 10
may be sad that the erstwhile Princeton
star finally did have to retro from the
game. but the trick that did the tricl,
came after six goals had been scored
by him or his teammates with his AZ
Hlstance II was near the end OF Tie
match that gigantic Canuck named
Fraser. who had gone IN FOR Sargent
with great presence OF mind kicked Baker
In the knee as he was passing and opened
big Rash In the speedy rover's leg
Baker llnped on the ice and he was
missed little, for the Canadians scored
their only point after Hobey had Left
the fray.
Fraser did his little kicking stunt i'm.
mediately after he was permitted to come
out OF a first row sea: that had been as
signed to him by the referee for two
minute period for cross checking the same
Mr.. Baker Five penalties were dished
out to the visitors for undue roughness
including consolidating tripping. hold
ing and kichng and at that the referee
was very lenient with them. for there was
much that he missed Then. too. every
once In a while the Canucks were hois,
by their own petard
On one occasion early in the second
half. five of the seven came TO the con-
clusion that Baker was not nice little
fellow for The party and they went AT
him in body to see that he left the
game. In less time than IL takes to tell.
however, Baker was skating calmly
around and all five OF the Victorias were
stretched in various uncomfortable posi-
lions on the Ice. Baker accomplished
this only By skilful lodging, which forced
the visitors to trip and push one another
This scene created quite n little diversion
FOR the big crowd of spectators, hut the
Canadians did not like II n bit and after
that Baker JUS had to be removed.
Possibly the idea that Baker stood UP
while the Canadians were spraU'iing
around the ice in their attempts to dunn
him made them just as anxious 20 be
rid OF him az his accuracy In shooting
but they did not like him a bit and let
all OF the other ST. Nick players 60 un.
scathed. There IL no doubt that man for
man, with the exception of Baker and
possibly Ellis, the visitors were every bit
as good as the home club NotwithstAnd-
ing this tho score would have been much
bigger against them had It not been for
the phenomenal work OF the goal tender.
Law The cage guardian stopped all
kinds OF shots, and besides Dame For
tune smiled on the Canadian goal keeper
for three times Baker took the puck down
right in front OF the cage with a goal
Imminent, only to be called back by the
referee. and twice more he actually Gagged
the rubber, only to have the point go for
nothing on account Of offside play.
And when 1t comes to goal keepers
the st. Nlcks are mighty we'll equipped
with Carnochan and Tilney. The former.
who played the greater part of the game,
was little short OF acrobatic In front OF
the net He stopped them no matter
how they came, whether he was stand
ing, sitting or kneeling on the ice. TIL
ney was not far behind his clubmate In
the work that he did while he was In
the game, but he did not get as much
OF chance 10 show because while he
was IN most OF the playing was done in
Victoria territory.
Four goals we're made by the local
team in the first half, three by Baker
and one by Ellis on a pass from Baker.
In the second half IL made only half az
many. Cox and Campbell scoring after
the puck had been dribbled up TO posi-
ton for them by Baker. Mowat made the
only goal for the Canadians on a lucky
shot that trickled past Carnochan. The
lineup
NIctOriss Positions. ST. NickE