New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
Irish-AmericanS Play
Hockey Club in First
League Game
BY FRED HAWTHORNE

crash and bang next Tuesday night,
when the hockey teams of the Irish
American Athletic Club and the Hook
ey Club Of New York clash at the st.
Nicholas Rink in the opening game OF
the American Amateur Hockey League
Can YOU imagine two teams made up
Of eminent pscifsts taking part IN
game of ice hockeyG Neither can We
and there arc plenty Of others who arc
perfectly willing to sit on the side
lines as mere spectators while the boys
battle on the frozen surface with skate
and stick.
We have sat beside mighty men OF
the. prize ring while the hockey hounds
were sll but gouging one announcer
ewes out. and listened 20 the pugillsts
impressions OF the game. RANK
Moran, who has faced the mighty jess
Willard in the ring and done oattle
too. with Jack Johnson, is accustomed
TO hard knocks, but Franks eyes were
starting from his head and ne Vas un
consciously ducklng blows as nc saw
two evenly matched hockey teams at
play.
Shock for Moran
"How much do those guys get ior
that. ABOUT : .oNu apltNN e''f'
after seeing two Of the forwards cross
checking and slashiug with their sticks
during a fierce scrimmage m front OF
the cage.
"They like il, they are amateurs ana
ali thew get out OF IL is the pumps
said We. but Frank did not seem con
WINGED. and shook his head In myst
lied way. I'm tough, boy, but that
no game for sane man Ia t"Vnei
be in the trenches.
In truth, we cannot think al tne mo
ment of any other sport that Is qulle
so drastic in its demands upon q"
durance, quiekness ana pure t ;t,So,, to
courage as ice hockey. In aa9ltloH "
the danger, always present OF having
vour cheek OF scalp laid open 0y
stick. there is also the posSlbhlly OF
having half a dozen lily white teeth
smiled over the ice from the torceIui
impact with the hard rubber puck
III these little incidents are nov sum
cient 10 cool your ardor, remSH'oe.'
please. the constant falling on the w.
the cracks on the Sims ana He ,,Scie
tinual demand on WIND anu uuSO','
we cannot think Of Henry Ford as
rover on a hockey team.
Some Hardy Mortals
After bordering over these ie" C ,Gat
crete facts. we begln 10 "O"1S't IN
C,ongb men can be found TO MAKE up
iesgne of hockey teams. But tnere
sro such hardy mortals ABROAD, anu
fog, ~ them are pictured on IRIS pa6e'
Ven will not notice any sears OF
broEen limbs among the lot, out lhe
season has not yet started GNc 'hsi''
The race for the title promises to
be narticllarly hard fought TINS yeaI'
with four new teams-the 81 NiennNI s
Irish-American A. c., crescent AI ..';,S.
Club and Hockey Club feptesen.1ne
+bis CITY. and the Boston A. A., AIS"a
Hockey Club and Boston hoeKey Oluo
doing the honors for HubvlHe
Ca1sda the home of hockey, mas
heen Searched for new players, ana
,nsnv of these will be seen IN tne
Ives at the St. Nicholas Rink TINS
soeson AS matter of fact, ma
;oTitv of the players hail from over
.Se border. but the American youths
are rapidly acquiring the same SKIN
at the game and several can hoIu 'heii
own with any Of the Canucks.
The exhibition games held so laI
this winter have served 10 sn0" 1n"1
Inc struggle for the title VIII De d
fairl- o5en one. and much depends
mon the showing made by the ne"
stars. Patsy Sequin, the midget rover
If tbe Irish-American seven, travels
sround the rink like a bullet gone
raw and in spite of his lack OF
WEIGHT and height is one of the hard-
est men TO stop, once ne sIaI y
charge for the goal Sequin was WIN
the fast Boston Arena team la'' S'"''
Keep an eye on him.
Wellington Fighter
Aleck Wellington, called Duke oy
his teammates, will be at lett wing lot
the irish team. He originally came
from Port Arthur, Canada, out h@S
lived in Pittsburgh for a numoer oI
years. Wellington, IKE ms az IN
namesake, is fighter from the iee ~
aTd MANY a hockey rival has met MS
TVatarIoo in Aleck. Besides being
,,rest stick handler, Wellington IS an
sar+ in nlaving of the side boards
and il takes half team to brlhg MN
down. Lo,1d ,ever have
been given that first name oy ne
nercrts He does not behave nlhseIl
~ NV Harold we ever heard or
hon he is playing hockey. "llger
- 0Rpllp would suit his style lar
6atter. we believe, after seeing the
manner in which Conway, a forward
tors things up in the game agalnst
Oneans University, Of Canada, aoout
81 week ago. Harold was the star o.
That game. scoring more goals tnah
aov other man and being always IN the
thickest Of the fight So.
Lewis. who will tend goal Tor the
HOCKEY Club, is a man who takes things
aq no finds them. Having faced the
greatest goal shooters in the country
lewis is perfectly accustomed to stop
mig the puck with his teeth or any
other part of his anatomy that is most
convenient, and there are plenty OF
players who will tell you that Lewis
is enc OF the craftiest goal tenders IN
the game.
Last, we have little Britton, one OF
the veterans of the sport in this city.
Britton is one OF the most desperate
battlers on the ice, and is action IN
carnate from whistle 10 whistle. lie
knows every trick Of the game, is a
great checker and always dangerous to
the opposing side. We could have saved
a lot of space in describing Britton's
hockey temperament, had We confined
\ ourselves to saying that Britton is
Irish and red of hair
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