HOCKEY

The advantage of practicing hockey on ice rather than on a gymnasium floor was clearly demonstrated in the first game of the season, when Princeton defeated Dartmouth by a 14 to 0 score. Owing to warm weather the usual outdoor rink could not be made available in Hanover before vacation, and after vacation it required two weeks to get the ice in shape because of the unexpected porous condition of the tennis courts on which the rink was constructed. During the holidays the team managed to squeeze in a few hours of practice at the Boston Arena, when use of a rink could be obtained, but this counted for little against a team that had enjoyed daily access to artificial ice for six weeks or more.

Considerable improvement was shown against Columbia in the second game on the schedule. At the end of the first half Dartmouth led, but in the second, Columbia managed to tie the score and finally to win by a point, 5-4. Although both teams played very loosely, the showing of the Green was such an advance over that in the previous contest, that the College has little fear of being ranked as "tail-ender" in the league. Aside from the league games announced in the January number of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, Dartmouth will meet Massachusetts Agricultural College at Hanover on February 24.