GREEN MANPOWER TELLS
Dartmouth had an apparent edge in manpower, and its heads-up play in tight situations was also an important factor. Wilbur Powers teamed up with Guibord and Spain in the first line, while Bob Bennett and Vincent Fitzpatrick turned in capable performances at the defense posts. Captain Jim McHugh, in front of the Dartmouth net, took care of all but one of the shots which came his way, and brilliant saves balked Yale goals on several occasions. Coach Gill used Hafey Arthur, Rollie Morton, and Don Crowther as a reserve line, with Art Nissen and A 1 Butler providing relief at the defense posts. Morton played an outstanding game while on the ice and continually carried the fight into Yale territory.
The first period of the game found Dartmouth largely on the defensive, with a man in the box during six minutes of play. Yale pressed into Green territory in an effort to capitalize on the penalties, but Mc-Hugh scintillated in the nets and the Indians staved off the Eli rush.
Midway through the second period, Colby took a pass from Herrick to score Yale's goal, and after a slowing down on both sides, scoring for the session seemed about ended when Spain scooted down the right side of the ice, eluded the Blue defense men, and tallied the tying goal at 18:45.
Dartmouth's superiority came to light in the third period, and 3 minues and 40 seconds after play had been resumed Guibord broke the deadlock. Snyder tossed the puck behind his cage on a drive by Spain, but the Green wing continued in on the play and passed out front to Guibord, who produced the goal. Yale now sent everybody down the ice in an effort to score, but penalties thriist them back on the defensive. With two Eli players in the box, Dartmouth uncorked an offensive drive, and before the fifth Yale man could return to the ice Guibord skimmed through alone and scored the final point at 10:08. The Green defense was impregnable for the remainder of the game, and a huge crowd roared its enthusiasm as the final bell gave the Indians their first league victory.
Dartmouth polished off its preparation for the Yale contest two nights previous by defeating the Concord Hockey Club, 7 to 1, for the second time this season. The game was not as close as the 3-1 affair on December 18, but the Concord outfit lacked Doug Everett '26, its star wing.
The Concord game was the only one scheduled between the opening of the league campaign and the Christmas trip, on which the Green sextet gained valuable experience against such top-notch teams as McGill, the Olympic Club of Boston, the Baltmore Orioles, and the Atlantic City Sea Gulls. Dartmouth scored its only victory of the vacation trip against the Braeburn Club of Newton, Mass., 3 to 2. The team lost to the Olympic Club, 5 to 3; to McGill, 7 to 1; to the Baltimore Orioles, 3 to 2; and to the Atlantic City Sea Gulls, 8 to 5.
