New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-30
a,at Hockey Club in a
WhirIwind Battle That
Thrills.
rpOVAT SHOOTS
DECIDING GOAL
..rs Wakes Fast and Furious
:, yauquished See Chance for
Victory Slipping BY.
p, MN HAWTHORNE.

.hc freI analysis. when the last
+. ~ history rs written about the
~ greatest. most furious and
..,siest battles. % viii not be inc
~ Of the Nar0e. or the Aisne, Of
s..ssrs or the Nistula, that will be
20 tho cup emhlcmatic Of the
NaI,ls.ivc On an that constitutes fc-
IN ihc field Of combat
~. honor viii fall 10 tho battle Of
y,,hoIas Rink. fought last night be
BE hockey teams Of the Ores
Athletic Club and tho Hockey Club
- Yor.. and won by the Crescents
s,orc of g goals 20 ., after an
-, reriod o. n minutes and sec
- Hockey Club was battling 10 get
.,ftbe cellar position iu the league
srd the Cresccnts we're battling
tssp Them down m the dark place.
~, Croyst. the Crescent left wing,
y, ,te winning goal 100 the extra
..,S he also slammed down the trap
"a and bo.tcd 10 over the cellar, de
~. tbe frantic protests OF tho Hockey
-ss came started mildly enough. and
.., -, for the local team. Young,
.,'Eoekev Clubs fast left wing, Gagged
I, -prk for the first score after less
49,. tbree minutes Of play from the
80 ~ the rink Shirref, for the
g..,.srts tied the score about five
-..g.ss later with q well-simed shot
i.o- a desperate sCrimmage.
iftsr that the game began TO take
S.tinctly puCnaclous aspect Trip
.,,g slashinc and croSs-ChecklnG we're
ss fsvorite forms Of amusement, with
...b teams splitting the responsibility
.,sot 1850 NacDonnell added TO the
Ia feeling BIS taking clean pass from
r,s,g after about ten minutes OF play
- ssndiuc the puck into the Crescent
ace and no more scoring was done in
he first period.
Sbirref and mcdonnell we're the
ale men ~ be caught openly by Bud
Tssy. the referee. and 10th we're sent
=, ma bench for Two minutes for trip
Nth the beginning OF the second
.,rio5 the fur began % fy IN earnest
7rsrvthire went with the players. who
"a everything except bite one another.
M the only thing that prevented this
-stbod Of torture WAS the fact that
M link was so cold it kept their teeth
catering.
Shrref. tho Crescent centre. and
F-iiton. the red-headed Celt who played
ever point for the Hockey Club, sin
led each other out for particular at
anton. and tho Crescent man was pc
.,liIed five times for total OF thir'
zen minutes. Brtton sought the ref
.as o. the bench on three different oc-
,s,ons. and an the other players eX-
,sp, the goal tenders had 10 be pun
1s3 hy the referee.
The battle seesawed from one end Of
~ INK 20 the other, with both goal
isspsrs meeting the continual assaults
q The rubber with remarkable forti-
ude. Il may have been Smart, the
Crescent goal tender. or Lewis, his
us.a.vis on the Hockey Club. who took
exception 20 the hardness Of the puck
the end Of the first period. but, al
NY rate. Clafy substituted a softer
ne for the next period.
The Crescent team was more con
-sred and 'ts passing was more &C
u-ste. but the Hockey Club seven, By
uDerhunan efforts. covered up the
sts Of cohesion and made the struggle
n even one. After bombarding Tho
opposing cage for more than twelve
MINUTES. Cro,st emerging from
iernmsge with six Hockey Club mer