And the Hockey Demise
Somehow the hockey team, after a brilliant start, struck a snag, bogged down, and disappeared from Eastern recognition.
They met Yale in the second game of their series at New Haven, and just when a scoreless tie was in sight, an enterprising Blue player skated up to Capt. Molly Bott and plugged a puck past him to send Dartmouth down to a 1-0 defeat. Three days previous, Dartmouth had tied Princeton 2-2 in a game which brought two fighting machines together. Bott did not play, and Mike Sherman guarded the net throughout the contest, doing a nice piece of work.
Then Dartmouth went on a three-game trip as soon as the mid-year examinations were finished, and the college was startled to read in their morning papers that Clarkson had drubbed the Green 4 to 1. The correspondent from Potsdam, N. Y., stated that it was the fastest ice offering ever seen in the North country, and that Clarkson, generally conceived to have a fighting chance, rolled up a surprising score.
Colgate was beaten 9 to 1, and West Point 9 to 0, but in a way these scores were expected. Liberal service was seen by all substitutes, and both games were good workouts for Dick Rogers, Chick Shea, and other stars.
Yale came to Hanover, and played a game with Dartmouth which was to be the feature of the Winter Carnival, but which turned out to be agony for the spectators, who sat through the contest under the most atrocious conditions ever seen. A blizzard raged all day, and the ice was covered to the depth of two inches at all times.
Frantic work on the part of assistant managers and the freshman hockey team, who were impressed into service, kept the snow off the ice at ten minute intervals. Even under such a handicap, Ed Jeremiah was able to score a goal in the first period, and after that tally Dartmouth contented themselves with a defensive game. Then, just as the game was about to finish, a shot by Bob Wilson, Blue defense man, hopped up
to Molly Bott and right over his stick into the Dartmouth net.
It was a disappointing ending to the game, and Dartmouth had to be content with a 1-1 tie.
Bob Fryberger, a three-season star for Dartmouth who was injured during the Christmas vacation against McGill, returned to daily practice, and was announced as being fit for the Harvard contest in Boston, which was the next game on the schedule. With this news, coupled with the information that Capt. Tudor would not be able to play for Harvard, things looked bright, and a midwinter exodus of students started for Boston.
However, Dartmouth was always just one goal behind, and Harvard was returned the winner 3 to 2, a game which left Dartmouth's season, which had seemed so bright in the early games, flat on its back. Harvard and Dartmouth both played superb hockey, with the Crimson winning out.
