HOCKEY

Success beyond the expectations of its most ardent supporters has been obtained by the Dartmouth hockey seven this winter. It will be recalled that among the list of those defeated by the men from Hanover is: Columbia 4 to 2 Yale 3 to 2, and Princeton 3 to 2, along with Williams and Cornell, who are not members of the league. The championship of the Intercollegiate Hockey League thereupon rested between Dartmouth and Harvard. Though the lightest team in the league and the lesser choice in every match they entered, the Dartmouth team showed team work and a rallying power which won it the praise of hockey critics throughout the East. The success of the team has raised the interest in the sport above the interest in basketball, the other winter sport. In the last two years Dartmouth has finished second and third respectively in the league, and this year again finishes second, having lost in the final game, at St. Nicholas Rink, to Harvard by a score of i to o, in a hard fought contest.

At the end of the first half when neither side had scored, the game looked like a toss-up, as was also the case during the greater part of the second period, but with only two minutes to play, Harvard finally caged the puck, and with it first place in the intercollegiate league.

The game was called soon after 9 o'clock, the evening of Washington's Birthday, and a big holiday crowd was assembled at the rink for the great contest. Throughout the first half the men battled for supremacy, but neither side could gain the advantage, and although both teams were brilliant at times, their plays and formations were continually broken up. The Dartmouth men retired for the intermission in good shape, and with no changes in the lineup they returned to begin the second period with a rush. On both sides, the game again assumed its bulldog stubbornness, and it began to look like an extra period battle. Doe and Perry were painfully hurt in scrimmages but their injuries did not prove serious and they were able to finish the game. At this point, with only a little over two minutes to play, Hornblower, Morgan, and Hicks, on a beautiful triple pass, drove the puck into the net for the first and last score. It was claimed that the score was made on an offside play, but the protest was withheld. One of the Harvard forwards was ruled off for tripping; otherwise it was a clean game from start to finish, and every man on both teams played a star game. Wastiburn and Erhard made some wonderful stops at goal.

Harvard's victory gives a good second place in the league to Dartmouth, with Yale, Princeton, and Columbia following in order. The lineup:

DARTMOUTH HARVARD Perry, f f, Hornblower H. Stucklen, f f, Gardner Leighton, cp cp, Ford Pettengill, p p, Willets Erhard, g g, Washburn

Score—Harvard 1, Dartmouth o. Time of halves—20 minutes each.