The New York herald., 1922-12-31
HOCKEY EXHIBITION
in OPENING EVENT
Former Teammates Of Great
Athlete Will Play Prince
ton Varsity.
FUND NOW SHORT 100000
Two-thirds of subscriptions
Made by Other Than
Princeton Men.


PRINCETON, y. j., Dec. 3o.-The
Hobart Baker Memorial Skating Rink
is to be officially dedicated at Prince
ton next Friday after several post
ponenents due to changes in the origi-
nal plans, adverse weather conditions
and water shortage in town. The
feature of the dedication will be an
exhibition match between a sextet
composed Of Hobey Bakers former
teammates on the st. Nicholas Hockey
Club and his successors on the pres
ent Princeton varsity.
The need of an ice skating rink at
Princeton has long been felt, but 1t was
not until a year ago last spring that a
number OF Princeton alumni got to-
gether at the Princeton Club In New
York and decided to fill that need by es-
tablishing a lasting memorial to Prince
toms greatest hockey player. Although
the propect was started by Prince
tonians it was carried along by admir-
ers of the great skaters from New York
TO California and from Maine to Florida.
An initial gift Of 100000 from an
anonymous donor made possible the be-
ginning Of the structure. the estimated
cost OF which was originally $250.OOO.
TO this was added $114.170, contributes
by 3,S07 subscribers all over the coun-
try. the subscriptions varying from one
to five thousand dollars. Bakers uni
versal popularity is shown by the fact
that two-thirds OF the subscriptions to
the fund have been made by other than
Princeton men.
Cost Has Increased.
Necessary additions to the structure.
together with the added expense incl
dent to the masons' strike and other
difficulties. have increased the cost to
such an extent that the total amount
required is now estimated at $275.00O.
leaving approximately $4,000 still 10
be raised. This amount must be real
lied before February 1. and those who
wish to help in the cause should draw
Checks to II. Gray Treadwell, care OF
Tiffany & Co, Fifth avenue and Thirty
seventh street, or Percy Pyne I'd.
20 Exchange place. New York.
Great economy has been exercised by
those in charge of the construction OF
the rink, most of whom are Princeton
men, ,Nand great care given to the work
at all times in spite of the slowness in
payments due to delay in contributions.
The United Fireproofing Company,
which is building the rink. has three
Princetonians for It's officers--James
d. Dusenberry, 10. president: Edward
G.. Matthews. '07. vice-president, and
Nathaniel Dain. '07, treasurer. The
architects are Coy Rice. whose en-
gineer is G. w. Gulick. Princeton. '16.
The architecture of the skating struc-
ture conforms to the collegiate Gothic
adopted at Princeton for all it's campus
buildings erected since the war. 1t Is
situated on the southern side OF Brokaw
Field. the scene of all intramurai ath-
letics and much informal exercise at
Princeton. and within stones throw
of the railroad station. 1t is generally
considered one OF the finest skating
rinks in this country.
Ice Surface 200 by 50 Feet.
The ice surface measures 200 by SO
feet and is surrounded by tiers of $500
seats. with standing room for 500 more.
Over the ice surface the building Is one
story high, while the eastern end has
three stories. in which are located two
dressing rooms for teams, with showers
and lockers. trophy room, checking
room and retiring rooms 1or men ana
women.
The rink Will pass under the control OF
the Princeton Athletic Association soon
after its dedication. Alumni who have been
I'm charge OF the Construction estimate
that the athletic association can main
tain the structure for about $4,000 yearly
and that with its large seating capacity
and it's sources of revenue In public use
OF the rink It should prove valuable
financial asset to Princeton athletics.
The skating rink is expected to make
hockey the most popular winter sport at
Princeton and place IL on par with
Harvard and Yale. In past years the
Tigers have been obliged to hold all
their rink practice in New York and
PHILADELPHIA and play their home games
~ the Quaker city, with the result that
their workouts have been Insufficient
and undergraduate support has neces-
sarily been very limited.
Another thing which makes hockey en-
thusiasts at Tigerviile look for the COM
roencement of new era In that sport
this year Is the organization OF the first
graduate hockey committee the univer-
sitv has ever had and the appointment
of n new coach, George CAV formerly
~ Dartmouth Cav has had squad
IA. twenty hockey candidates at work on
,he new rink all this week In prepara-
tion for the exhibition game with the
81. Nicholas Club and the opening OF
the season. and seems to be optimistic
about the outlook