The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
COLLEGES ARE
ADOPTING ICE
SPORT AVIDLY
Thrills and Spills of Canada's
Greatest Game Take Root
With Fans
WORLDS SERIES PLAYED
Old Game Of Skinny Degener'
ates Into Assault and Bat.
terry Contest
WORLDS SERIES PLAYED
Dy . ASON E. TAYLOR
(Ass0ciated Press Sports Writer.)

(Asso.iated Press Sports Writer.)
Chicago, Dec. SIP y" speed
spills and thrills Of hockey. which
has grown into Can-.as creates,
game in the last 40 years, are being
woven into major league sport
with American assistance.
Salaries of $4,000 for four.
month season, player sales Of 500
900 and $4,000 and high-priced club
franchises already are established
and the winter Zee sport is spread.
ing into American colleges in The
northern zone, one after another.
In the cast Yale, lard, Prince.
ton and other colleges have taken il
up for good. The nor''lern big
Three" o. the middle west. Mich.
gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, have
played it regularly fo- years, and
Notre Dame and Illinois are starting
it this winter.
Most Players Canadians
The National hockey league j:
the present major outfit in the sport
Enthusiasts assert = will only be ;
few years until other leagues have
sprung up because of -o,ula inter
est in the sport. Most Of the player.
now are Canadians. but a crop Of
American puck shooters is expected
to be developed in another five years
The Nationa league is divided
into two sections, American and Can
adam, whic.. play each other, h::'
keep separate standings Of victorie:
and defeats SO that the worlds ser.
les" Of the ice can be played off be.
tween the 4 an and Canadian
leaders for the Stanley cup. EN-
blema ic Of the world title since
1893.
Boston New York, Pittsburgh
Chicago and Detroit comprise tn,
American half Of the circuit, with
New York also represented in t.:
Canadian division with Ottawa
Mont. cal and Toronto. To supply
the sudden demand for stars price.
of Canadafs best aavers jumped t,
fanciful figures, but the gate re
ceipts u the iirs year Of American
competition showed -omising ne
tarns IN the big Investments of pro
motors. 1t cos.s, TO: irr+. zee, $500,
600 for refrigerating machinery an
other expenses to run a first elias
rink and 100000 for lea~uc fran
chise.
Smith crit. S22,5OO
The ordinary player is worth $40,
600 to $4,000 to his club as ;
trading or sale propo; ion. "Hoo
ley" (Reginald' nth. sold by tn
Ottawa Senator's, orld's champions
to the Montreal Maroons for q,
500 End a $4,000 player, Puncl
Broadbert, :: t the record in p We
sales in the ice sport. The Montreal
Canadians refused an offer of $50,
600 for HOWE Morer~ leading
scorer of the league, ard Pittsburg,
turned down an offe. of $50, 1000 70
Roy Worters. considered one of tn
best goal tenders in professions
hockey.
The old game o Skinny on the ic
degenerates tito something akin +
assault and battery in professions
hockey. Into the center zone of ic
almost ANYTHING ,.oes, from a mer
body check, which sends an oppo
nent scooting across t. ice on hi
chin, to a stick ch,',k, which hurt
even through reed shin guards.
The average hockey sta. has
score or more scars on his bod
from his ice battles. A 2OO-poun'
man, turned into a catapult Of
skates, hurts when he hits.