New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-05
LES CANADENS
WIN WHIRLWIND
HOCKEY MATCH
1000 Watch Thrilling Bat
tie in Which Portland
RosebudS Meet Defeat.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE

IN what Is ShlO 20 nave pecN lhe
greatest game Of hockey ever played in
this country, Les Cansdiens. cham
pions Of the world, defeated the team
Of he Portland Rosebuds. Of Oregon,
Pacific Coast champions, st the St
Nicholas Rink last night by score OF
6 goals 20 3.
The teams are playing for purse OF
$l,OOO, which IS 20 90 70 the side max
ing the greatest number Of goals in
two games, the second Of which will be
played 81 the rink tonight on last
nights showing the Flying French
men are favored 20 win, although a
desperate battle is looked for before
victory perches on either banner.
The crowd Of probably 1000 persons
that gathered 70 watch these wonder
ful professional players in action was
thrilled for every minute Of the strug-
gle. There was hockey Of the most
dazzling description; passing M was
q marvel OF speed and accuracy. team
work that has never been seen before
IN this city and scrimmages that twice
ended with two OF the players throw
ing aside their hockey sticks and roll
ing on the ice, locked in each others
arms. Only the special police on hand
could separate the fiery rivals and re-
store peace.
Among all he brillance OF play, the
savage encounters and the lightning
speed that characterized every moment
Of the game. the work Of VI. Nezina, the
tall goal tender OF Les Canadiens. was
easily the feature of the night. Never
before, declared old players in tho
audience. had man ever displayed
such skill In defending his goal.
Nezina was the personiication OF
GOODNESS az he parried the storm Of
shots that came buzzing. tipping and
tearing at the cage. Nothing seemed
10 disturb his calm judgment, and i
was due 20 his strength 81 the goal
position that the Montreal wonders
came through with a victory.
Not ten times, nor twenty, hut a,
least forty times did Nezina turn aside
shots that came with the speed OF bull
lets He reached out an arm and
plucked the puck out Of the air. as
though he were picking roses from a
bush. His whirling stick, TOO, proved
a remarkable weapon OF defence. and a
dozen times he stepped OUT m front OF
the goal and landed on the disk like d
J. Franklin Baker at the bat
At first the crowd lost track OF
NeZina's work in the general wonder
ment al the exhibition Of all the men
but as the tall Frenchman kept up his
great defensive playing and spoiled the
fierce attack Of the Portland team by
his impenetrable barrier OF arms. feet
body and stick. the spectators began "a
appreciate its true worth and a storm OF
cheers arose every time Nezina stopped
the disk
40 trick Of the game was overlooked
by either side in their efforts 20 win
As an instance, the black-halred Lavlo-
lette, IN the last period. caught TIT
puck out OF the air near his own goal
and started down the ice az whirIwlho
speed. carrying the black disk on the
end of his stick. balancing II perfectly
as he made his way through the Port
land forwards When almost I'D 20 the
Portland goal his ruse was discovered
by William Russell. the referee, and
the play was not allowed.
The game was played IN three pc
RODS. Of twenty minutes each. Al
though the pace was terrific. not man
seemed 10 lose any OF his speed. Inc
last five minutes Of play. indeed, were
more fiercely contested than any other
period.
Four penalties were imposed. these
coming in the anal period. when Lavio-
lette, Of Les Canadiens, and Tobin. OF
the Rosebuds, engaged in a rough and
tumble melee on the ice. and Ber.an-
ouette. another Of the fiery French
men. went 20 the mat with Iksila. OF
Portland.
The playing was Of the hardest every
second. but with these Two exceptions
the men were in high good humor,
coming out Of the miXups with grins
as they rubbed their bruises Even az
ter the police had separated the COM
batarts they quickly forgot their dif-
ferences and went back into the game
with no show Of resentment
Picking out individual stars where
every man or tho ice was star seems
useless task Now and then the work
OF some one man would stand out above
that OF his fellows. After Nezina,
Laviolctte. ProdCers and Pitre. for Les
Canadiens. and Earnie Johnson and
Oatman, for the Rosebuds, come next
in order Of merit for all-round play.
The summary follows: