New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
Hockey Club Puts
Boston 4. 4. to ROut
Local Seven Springs a
Surprise in Race for
Amateur Title.
ROUGH PLAY UPSETS
LOSERS TEAM WORK
Sensational Victory Sends ST.
Nicks Into Lead for the
League honors.
nv FRED HAWTHORNE.

pI,yinS with superlstive speed and
,i,b ssvagcrv that has rarely been
..,n In hockey came in this city, the
goeksv Club Of New York defeated the
,.sr o. the Boston Athletic Associs-
zion last night 81 tn" st. Nicholas
Rink bv a score OF goals TO !.
Tn, Hockey Clubs sensational vic
,,yy created havoc with the hopes OF
tho Boston players 70 win the cham
pjorship or the league this year, for
Sv their defeat they are relegated 10
second place, with three games won
ana one lost. The s.. Nicholas team,
tr,,ent champions Of the league, now
i.sd with four Victories and one de
feat
A. seven, the Hockey Club players
rsired their victory by sheer indl-
vjdual br,lNsncy, and 80 desperately
did each mar on the local aggregation
nlav that the Wanted superiority Of
The visitors was shattered and their
tssn work crumbled and disappeared.
By the time the game ended the Boston
men were actually Keeling on the ice,
exhausted, stunned and disappointed.
The Hockey Club scored the first
rosl after about nine minutes Of play,
bat few minutes before the first pc
rod ended the 3. A. a. evened the
score. IN the second period, however,
the Hockey Club ran wild on the ice
and rapidly scored three more goals.
The big crowd gathered to see the
slaughter OF the Hockey Club. the last
team in the race, and without vic
tory 10 It's credit, was dumfounded as
IT saw the tsil-enGers outplsying the
leaders and ripping the formations 20
tiny fragments. II was a notable wei
come the crowd roared al the end OF
the game
In winning. the Hockey Club out
did any Of its previous efforts in the
line Of "roughing up" the opposition.
Everything seemed 10 60 with the local
men. and although Ernie Garon was
the only man to be sent to the bench
for tripping. there were many fragrant
instances Of slashing, tripping and
eross-checking.
For the first few minutes the puck
vas ell over the ice, with everybody
in wild scramble TO gain possession
81 the rubber. The Boston team was
taken bv surprise by the vigor Of the
attack il met, and gradually its team
work began 10 disintegrate, and It
was soou a case Of every man for him
self ana the devil take the hindmost.
Smith. the Hockey Club rover. shot
the Srst goal of the game. taking the
puck out Of 3 furious scrimmage and
slsmmluE 10 into the case. The cheers
and howls Of delight that went up from
the galleries were deafening.
Fiercely the battle waged thereafter,
with the Boston team striving des
perately 70 stem the tide. After about
seventeen minutes Of hard playing,
Clifford. the fast Boston centre. shot
the puck into the cage from scrim-
mage
They'll gige the Boston team a hard
fight tonight was the general com
ment as the teams left the ice for the
customary intermission. Nobody
seemed to grasp the fact that the
Hockey Club was going TO win. II was
the general opinion that the Boston
seven would settle down in the second
period and bring its team play into
action.
The Hockey Club soon drove this
idea from the heads Of the visitors and
the spectators. After one minute of
play in the second spasm black-haired
Mcdonnell. the left wing, took q re-
bound from Young. the other wing, and
sent the puck hurting into the net
for Hockey Clubs second goal OF the
night. /
Captain Huntington, Of Boston, tried ,,
hard 10 rally his men, and for time
they took the aggressive and carried
the fight into the enemy's lines. Bin 7
ton. the local coverpoint. was Away .
in the thick Of the fighting. however
and while the other men were IN a
wild miX-up near the Hockey CUBS
goal Britton got the puck and crashed
through the Boston defence, carrying
the rubber 70 the other end of the rink,
near the side. from where Conway took
il and passed il to Mcdonnell. who
made his second tally Of the night.
By this time the Boston men were
slipping and falling all over the zee,
either propelled by some energetic
Hockey Club man or else dropping
from sheer exhaustion. Spurred on by
the frantic shouts OF the spectators,
the tail enders maintained their as
tonishing attack, and even began 10
develop team work Of their own.
Five minutes before the end Of the
game, Smith knocked the rubber
against the side of the rink, and then
Conway, the dashng Hockey CLUB
rover. got his stick in back Of the
puck and aimed it full at the Boston
goal. Il landed with dull thud, anc
Conway was thumped on the back by
every man on the winning team.
Although defeated, the b. A. A team
kept fighting courageously 20 the bit
ter end, and in the last few minutes
Of play kept up a brilliant attack: but
could not penetrate the defence OF the
Hockey Club. =
As the whistle sounded the end OF
the game, Britton, Garon, Young and
Smith. wild with Joy, tossed their SUCKS
into the air and danced an ice tango