New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-25
i. S. Hockey
Team Swanps
Swiss, 20 to O
Americans Win in Olympic
Tilt; Sweden, Coached
by Yankee, Beats Belgium

ANTWERP, April 24-(By the Asso-
ciated ss.)-The American hockey
team won an easy victory this after
noon over the Swiss seven by q score
of 20 to O. This was Americas first
participation in the seventh Olympic
games.
Scoring almost at will, the Americans
baffled their opponents not only by
the cleverest hockey ever seen in Bel
GUM, but by their adroit skating. From
the very outset the Americans took the
offensive, scoring the first goal within
two minutes.
They finished the first half with
score of Is to 0, and even though
Drury was put out of the game by the
referee after the third minute of play
in the second half for kicking the puck,
the Americans continued to score with
six men against their opponents seven.
Only once was the Americans goal
threatened. That was after Conroy had
also been ruled off, and the Americans,
playing with five men, were forced to
put up brisk defense for a few min
utes. Fitzgerald then took the initia-
tive, driving and following the puck all
the way down the rink for a goal.
Mccormick several times scored from
long distance, lifting the puck and
shooting it on Decline to the goal
The general impression here is that
the real contest is between America
and Canada. The Canadians will get
their first test against the Czecho-
Slovaks tonight. The goals in to-day's
event were made as follows: Conroy,
8; Mccormick, Z; Scheen, 6; Drury, s;
Fitzgerald, l; Tuck, l.
Sweden defeated Belgium in the first
game of the tourney last night, the
score being to 0. The winner will
meet the French team on Sunday after
noon, France having drawn bye in the
first round. The Canadian team won
from the Czecho-Slovaks tonight by
score of Is to 0.
The game between the American and
Swiss hockey teams was played before
a throng of spectators which tested the
capacity of the Ice Palace. Although
none Of the royal family was present,
many prominent army and civilian rep
resentatives Of the various competing
nations were in attendance.
The victory of the Swedish team was
indirectly tribute to American hockey,
for the team, which was composed of
experienced skaters, was coached by
Raoul LIE Mat, former Georgetown
University athlete. The Swedes, al
though they had never played hockey
in real competition, scored almost at
will, caging five goals in the first half
and three in the second They were
not particularly familiar with the rules
of the game, however, and suffered
many penalties, playing most of the
time with six on the team, due to having
the seventh man on the sidelines for
technical attractions of the code.
The games are being played under
the Canadian system of seven players
to team, twenty-minute halves with
ten minutes interniission. In case of a
tie at the end of the game additional
ten-minute periods will be played until
winning score is made.
A representative field of figure skat-
ers will compete for the Olympic games
championship at the Antwerp Ice
Palace during the next few days, ac-
cording to communication received
by the American Olympic Committee
here last night. Five nations have
entered competitors for the women's
events; nine will contest in the figures
for men and six will be represented
in the pair figure skating contests
The entries by nations and events
are as follows: United States, one
woman, one man, one pair; France, one
man, one pair; Finland, one man. one
pair; Great Britain one woman, three
men, three pairs; Italy, one man; Nor
way, two women. two men, one pair;
Sweden, two women, two men; Switzer-
land, one man.