New-York tribune., 1916-01-27
CRESCENTS MOVE
OUT OF CELLAR
In HOCKEY RACE
Defeat Hockey Club by
One Point After a Third
Period Is Played.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

The hockey team Of the Crescent
Athletic Club climbed n peg in the
amateur league race last night by de-
feating the seven from the Hockey Club
OF New York. The score was 2 goals
10 2. The teams were evenly matched,
so much so that at the end OF the
regulation two periods they were tied at
2 goals each. A third period was or
dcred, and Mccarthy. the Crescent
roycr. scored the deciding tally.
Perhaps IT is because there is pre-
dominance Of Irish blood in both sevens
that the game was one Of the toughest
of the season. We have always been
told and we believe that there is some
thing IN the blood of those who hail
from the ould sod that causes it TO boil
at much lower temperature than 2l2
degrees Fahrenheit. This was certainly
the case last night, and no quarter was
asked or given in the game.
Look these names over and then fig
ure out for yourself just what chance
a fellow named Percy or Reginald
would have in the thick Of them Hef-
fernan, Mccarthy. Conway and Liffiton,
of the Crescents. and Lewis. Britton,
mcdonnell and O'Keefe, of the Hockey
Club.
The New Mooners were the quicker
10 get started. and their shooting was
far more accurate. with the result that
when the first period was over the
Crescents led by score Of goals 10
0. Hallock was the first to cage the
puck. after about thirteen minutes Of
labor. A few seconds before the end
Of the first half Artie Lifiiton. the
husky Crescent left wing. took the puck
from face-off and crashed his way
through the opposing defence until ne
stood directly in front Of the Hockey
Club goal. from which position he
slammed it past Lewis for the second
goal.
That was the signal for trouble. and
those who had been nicely behaved be
fore started TO get Irish" right away.
Crovat darted zig-zag course through
the whole Crescent team. sending men
spinning right and left IN his wake,
and scored a goal within six minutes
after the whistle blew. Macdonnell
was the next man to tally, shooting
the rubber into the cage with a side
shot that whlzzed past Smarts head
and landed in the net.
But the score was not thus tied up
in any peaceful manner Not quite
Mr.. Conway was sent 10 the bench
for 2 fvc-minute period for slashing
al a Hockey Club chum with such vim
as 10 send his man scooting along the
ice for twenty feet. only his chin being
in contact. Mccarthy thought the act
a scream and 80 he deftly inserted his
stick between the legs Of a New Moon
or and there was total eclipse az
once. Smith added 10 the festivities
bv cross checking an opponent. who
did the "fying mare" over his shoulder
and landed with q crash that made the
ice crack under the strain
There were other incidents OF the
same sort: those mentioned were the
only ones that the officials TOOK no
tice Of.
In the third period both sides were
somewhat wear.ed by the pace set be
fore and the game slackencd trihe
but Mccarthy. who was the tastes :
man on the ice. carried the puck well
into the Hockey Club goal zone AMI
then scored brilliantly. breaking the
tie and winning the game.
Hefernan, Lifiiton, Macdonnell anr
Crovat were others who played fast
hockcy. not 10 mention Smart, the
Crescent goal tender. who warded OF.
rain of shots with a ready stick ana
a cool head.