JANUARY HOCKEY

Victories over Princeton and M. A. C. and a defeat by Harvard resulted from the first three games of the varsity hockey team. Two additional games were scheduled for January, but that with M. I. T. was cancelled because of lack of ice at Hanover, and that with the same team in Boston had to be called off because of a failure on the part of the Arena to produce a suitable skating surface.

Displaying unexpected team play Captain Tyler's men overcame Princeton at the St. Nicholas rink in New York City January 10, by the score 6-3. The Tigers were outplayed throughout, and the speedy Green forwards time and again smashed through the opposing defense, crippling the team work of the New Jersey seven at the start, from which it never recovered.

In the first few minutes of play Bickford caged the puck twice in succession, and Austin finished the half by registering a third for Dartmouth. The first Tiger tally was made during this period by a Princeton forward. Murphy secured a pair of goals at the opening of the second, followed by the sixth point, by Captain Tyler. Princeton caged its second goal early in the period, but it showed its first team work of the game just before the whistle blew when it succeeded in raising its score to three.

Dartmouth's superior playing had Princeton completely baffled throughout and except for the clever stops of Ford its score would have been much larger.

Evincing little of the team work which featured its first contest, the Green suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the Harvard septet in the Boston Arena January 13. Although the Green forwards made numerous individual invasions into Crimson territory, a lack of team play each time left them unattended and the weak side shots sent at Wylde were easily turned aside by the clever goaltend.

Ross furnished a rare exhibition of goal tending for Dartmouth, turning aside 31 attempts. Murphy and Paisley, the two wing men, played brilliantly but their shooting was not as effective as usual. Captain Tyler showed a disastrous tendency to individuaal play. Bickford, at center, started off with a repetition of his remarkable work against Princeton, but tired himself and had to be replaced by Reycroft.

In the final game before semester examinations, Dartmouth defeated M. A. C. at Hanover by the score 2-1. Possibly the weakness of the opposing seven was partly to blame; but the Green showed little of the clever play that was expected and a lack of teamwork once more was obviously present.

Seven games remain, including matches with Yale, West Point, Bishop's best all-around football schedule that the individual players. They have the necessary experience and skill. If these players can co-ordinate, the Green should have an unusually successful hockey season.