During the Christmas holidays, the hockey team played a series of games in Boston, winning three of the five contests played. With the exception of the last, all the games were well played by the Green.
Dartmouth easily won the first game from Brae Burn, of the Boston Hockey League, the score being 4 to 0. The Crescents were defeated next, 4 to 2. The alumni were easily defeated, 9 to 3, in spite of the fact that many former Dartmouth stars were in the lineup. The Boston Hockey club, however, proved a stumbling block for the Dartmouth seven, the clever Boston aggregation winning 9 to 3. In the last game played, that with Tech, the Green was clearly out of form, and was defeated 8 to 3.
The lineup presented by Dartmouth in the holiday contests was:
Captain Eaton, Stucklen, Wells, and S. Eaton, forwards; Patten, coverpoint; Bullard, point; and Norris, guard. Lehman, McCarthy, Mason, and Luitwieler acted as substitutes.
DARTMOUTH 2—YALE 7
The first league game of the season was lost to Yale on January 14, before one of the largest crowds that has ever attended a hockey contest in the Boston Arena. Yale greatly outweighed Dartmouth, an advantage which was shown in the second half. The game was characterized by rough play, five men being penalized during the contest.
DARTMOUTH 6—PRINCETON 3
Showing an entire reversal of form over the Yale contest, Dartmouth defeated Princeton, 6 to 3, January 18, at the St. Nicholas Rink, New York City. The game was rough, Wells being forced to retire for a short time in the first half. His injuries were not serious, however, and he finished out the contest. In the second half, both F. Eaton and Captain Kay were injured. The game was clean despite the hard playing, only two players being penalized.