The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
SIX CONTESTS FOR
TIGER HOCKEY TEAM
Season Opens With Fordham
i'm New York Rink-Prac-
tice Begun.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
Princeton, n. j.. Dec. 1.-THE pre-
liminary hockey season at Princeton al
ready is well under way although the
cold weather is still in the ofiing After
several days of preliminary wind-ball
workouts to get the men In condition
the varsity team held its first regular
practice of the year in the Philadelphia
Ice Palace recently The rehearsal
looked promising to n few spectators
who came to size up the probabilities of
the Tigers on the fee this winter, but the
evening was devoted chiefly to getting
used to the rink The players evinced
some trouble at first in getting their
skating legs on.
Only part of the squad was taken
to the Quaker City rink on this oc-
casion, the delegation numbering six
teen men. Most OF the athletes taken
were those who were not members OF
the squad last year and who are there
fore more or less unknown quantities,
the idea being to discover basis for
rating the ability of the new material
on the squad. Eight members OF LAST
years squad are now available in the
formation OF a new aggregation, these
veterans being Corcoran. Ehret Haight.
Knox, Merritt. Mitchell and Tallman.
With this nucleus OF experienced ma
terial on hand, there should be little
difficulty In picking well balanced
team.
Work on the new practice rink, similar
to the one being planned at New Haven.
will be started next week. Plans for
the teams Christmas trip have not yet
been completely formulated and no an
nouncement Of the itinerary Is obtain
able. The regular schedule for the 1921
season has now been definitely an
nounced, however, and includes six con-
tests. the dates being arranged as fol-
lows: January s, Fordham at New
York; January 90, Yale at Philadelphia !:
January 20, Harvard at Cambridge:
February 49, Yale at Boston February
%, Penn at philadelphia: March 5.
Dartmouth at Philadelphia.
Ninety Report for Crew.
Ninety men turned out this week for
winter crew work. all OF this number
being freshmen, the largest number OF
yearlings who have ever reported at this
time. The coaches are especially gratified
at the abundance of heavy material for
the eight John Fitzpatrick. assistant
coach, Is supervising the drill on the
lldNltlutts
The university wrestlers are now on
the mats daily their progress being SUI
pervised by the newly appointed coach,
Gus Schoenlein OF Baltimore, better
known 10 mat fans as Americas. whose
professional record is an enviable one
The new coach has been engaged 20 SUI
pervise the work Of both the varsity and
freshman teams throughout the season.
and he Is expected to develop n strong
squad
DR.. Sugarman, coach OF the basket
ball team, this week has been laying
great emphasis on the elimination of
fouls In the play OF his candidates and
long scrimmages are the order Of the
day. Capt. Nets and Opie have been
playing particularly fast game, and
both have been shining in clever relay
ing OF the ball down the floor and tho
shooting OF difficult baskets. Jeffries. a
substitute. has been displaying good
form in the running game. The team
work OF tho varsity is getting much
smoother, and there is less tendency to
try baskets from too great distances.