HOCKEY
In contrast to the unhappy excursion of the basketball team, the hockey team had a delightful time. A fiesta known as the Intercollegiate Hockey Circus was held in the Municipal Auditorium in Buffalo from December 29 to January 4. Competing in the tournament were Williams, Colgate, Princeton, Clarkson, and Dartmouth. And guess who won. The party was sponsored by the local alumni of the competing institutions and maintained a pleasantly collegiate atmosphere as, night after night, Coach J eremiah's charges worked their way through to the finals. In the last round, they defeated a strong Clarkson aggregation composed (my informants tell me) largely of Canadians who crossed the border to avail themselves of the superior educational advantages of this institution.
The Green disposed of Williams in the first game with no trouble at all by the score of 7-1; then they polished off Colgate to the tune of 6-2; following that, they disposed of Princeton by the score of 5-1; and in the finals, as aforementioned, they nosed out a talented Clarkson aggregation by the narrow margin of 2-1. Dartmouth was handicapped during these goings-on by the illness of Captain Bill Riley, who took to his bed with the flu shortly after reaching town and was unable to take part in any of the contests. Brother Joe carried on ably for the family, with four goals and one assist to take second scoring honors for the Green. First in the department of vital statistics, however, was sophomore Arnie Oss, who rang up six goals and one assist for a total of seven points. Sophomore Walt Crowley of the "second" line took third honors with one goal and four assists.
The boys who held forth back of the blue line also came in for their share of kudos during the carnival. Whitey Campbell, Mike Thayer, and George Pulliam all performed brilliantly at defense, with Dick Desmond and Charlie Hamilton kicking all manner of hostile efforts out of the twine. During their off hours, the teams were feted and dined by the local alumni, with debut parties, cocktail parties, and various other pleasant activities arranged by the thoughtful hosts. The numerous unofficial correspondents of this column (consisting of most of the participants) reported a highly satisfactory sojourn in Buffalo, for which they are deeply grateful. And, lest we be accused of injecting too frivolous a note into the stern realities of intercollegiate athletics, the boys did all right on the ice too.
Continuing their winning efforts and running their string to seven straight for the year, Coach Jeremiah's charges celebrated their return to the icy confines of Davis Rink on January 10 by overwhelming Princeton by the score of 6-2 before a capacity crowd of 2,500 shivering spectators. Captain Bill Riley led the scoring for the Green with two goals and an assist, with Kerivan, Crowley, Billy Taylor, and Malone each flashing the red light once. The stalwart defensive efforts of Whitey Campbell and Mike Thayer and the agile network of Dick Desmond combined with these scoring efforts to make the initial home contest of the new year an outstanding success.
Journeying down to Boston the following Monday, the team suffered a horrendous experience. Believe it or not, they got beaten. This humiliation was suffered at the hands of a decidedly underdog Boston College sextet that hadn't been able to beat much of anybody so far. But they did manage to turn the Green back by the narrow margin of 4-3. Inspired play on the part of the Eagles, especially the heroic efforts of their goalie, spelled the difference between victory and defeat for a Green team that clearly regarded this content as a routine outing. With Joe Riley still on the sick list, Brother Bill carried on the family tradition by scoring twice for the Indians, with Arnie Oss turning in the other Green tally. The sophomore line of Crowley, Malone, and Oss was elevated to a starting role for this contest which turned out, through no fault of theirs, to be a debacle.
SUN VALLEY SKI MEET STAR: Tor Arneberg '5O of Oslo, Norway, who won the Bradley Plate for all-round excellence in the Intercollegiates at the Idaho resort during Christmas vacation.
