Word: face-off
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Taking his old place at center on the first line, Captain George Ford will be flanked by Ralph Pope at right wing and Austie Harding on the left flank when the whistle blows for the face-off with the Engineers. Harding, who played outstanding hockey for Clark Hodder's Yardlings last year, has been changed from center to wing and has not acquired all the polish that will be his before the season ends, but he will undoubtedly figure in at least three goals...
...With the face-off of the Adams and Dudley centers in the initial tile at 2.30 o'clock, plans for House hockey which have been brewing for several years will finally materialize. Prior to this year, a great deal of enthusiasm had been registered by ambitious House punsters, but no convenient rink could be found. Shortly before the Christmas recess, Adolph W. Samborski '25, director of Intramural Athletics, offered a solution by announcing that games could be arranged either in the Garden or the Arena during the exam period, since there are few Varsity practices at this time...
...Toronto players went to the penalty box; Lester Patrick, Rangers manager, took out his defense men, sent in forwards to replace them. Butch Keeling took the puck at a face-off, whipped through the Toronto defense on the left side of the rink, made a pass all the way across the ice of which he later said: "If I hadn't seen that Bill was there, I would have kept the puck myself." Bill was Bill Cook, oldest active player on the Rangers, leading scorer of the National League, finishing what he thinks may be his last season...
...same time, Yale, the Harvard objective next Saturday when the opening face-off of the annual series takes place in New Haven, was falling prey to an inspired Princeton sextet that discarded its this year's role of hockey doormat and overcame an Eli lead...
From the opening face-off Harvard was on the offensive, but wild shooting cost the Crimson several scoring opportunities. After 15 minutes of play a shot by Crosby caught the Tech goalie napping and scored Harvard's first point. Shortly afterward Wood took the puck past the Tech defense and netted a hard shot from a difficult angle...