HOCKEY

The Dartmouth hockey team opened the ice season with three straight victories on its Christmas vacation trip, defeating the Cleveland Collegians 4 to 3, the Nichols Hockey Club of Buffalo 8 to 3, and McGill University 3 to 1. The Green, however, met its Waterloo when it fell before the strong Toronto University sextet by a 10 to 0 score in the Boston Arena in the final contest of the holiday trip.

Captain Manser's men marked their invasion of the West by defeating the Cleveland Collegians, a team of former Eastern college stars, by a score of 4 to 3 in the opening game on the Green schedule. Only the excellent defense of the Collegians kept the score from rising.

Lane scored first with a quick shot from in front of the goal after a short pass from Manser. This same play brought another score in the third period. Manser registered the other Green counts after twice escorting the puck the length of the rink.

The Green next faced the Nichols Club of Buffalo, another aggregation of former college players, and defeated them 8 to 3 on December 30. Lane, Fryberger, and Hardy each accounted for two goals in this game while Manser and Gardner scored one.

McGill also fell victim to the Green attack when it was defeated 3 to 1 in the Boston Arena on New Year's night. McGill scored first but Dartmouth took the lead and held it when Lane twice conducted the puck the length of the ice and after breaking through the Canadian. defense, scored on short shots.

Shoestring stops and brilliant body blocking on the part of the Red goal tender prevented several other Dartmouth scores during the opening period. Anthony was forced to resort to the same tactics when he lost his stick on two occasions. He also contributed several sensational stops when he broke up a McGill rally in the second period. Mills made the final point for Dartmouth with a backhand shot near the end of the game.

Against Toronto the Green held its own during the first period, allowing the Canadians only two goals, but the team was unable to withstand the pace of its brilliant opponents. Dartmouth frequenty carried the puck to the Toronto goal but was unable to penetrate the Canadian defense.

Anthony defended the goal for Dartmouth in stellar fashion until late in the opening period. Then he received a bad gash in the forehead when hit by the puck and had to leave the ice. The Green team was outclassed by the fast play of its opponents after the first period and many long shots were allowed to slip by.