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...coming contests, that with Worcester Tech at Worcester this Saturday will provide the stiffest opposition that the five has faced so far this winter and should serve as a "key" game, giving the quintet its first crucial test and indicating more or less accurately the prospects of the team in the remaining games. Last winter the Engineer five was declared the championship team of New England, three of its members being given a place on the mythical "All New England" quintet. This fall every one of last year's veterans returned and already the five has again shown itself...
...Worcester Tech which the University will meet on January 7, the first game after the vacation, the quintet will meet some of the stiffest opposition that It is likely to face this winter. Last year Worcester was declared the championship team of New Engkand, while three of the quintet were given places on mythical "All New England" fives. This fall practically every man on the squad returned, and already the team has shown that it is again a strong contender for the first rank honors...
...University hockey squad went through the stiffest work-out held to date at the Arena yesterday afternoon when it scrimmaged the fast and experienced B. A. A. team for 40 minutes, registering two goals against the blue-jerseyed players' nine. In the absence of Coach Claflin, Mr. Alfred Winsor '02 took charge of the Crimson hockey men. The two University goals were made by P. W. Butman '23 and Ridley Watts Jr. '23, who went in as substitutes at center and left wing respectively toward the close of practice...
...Yale series this year will in all probability be the stiffest contests that the University will have had in many years against the Blue team. For the first time in five or six years the Elis will have the regular use of an arena for practice. In addition they will have for the first time a professional coach, for Coach Wanamaker is now taking charge of the Yale sextet. The University and Freshman squads, numbering 80 men, are now working out daily at the New Haven Arena...
Coming to the Stadium the next Saturday with a two year no-defeat record to maintain, the powerful Penn State team loomed up as the stiffest proposition that the University had yet faced. But though the game promised to be a desperate one from start to finish and was hailed in the papers as a "key" game which would show conclusively whether the Crimson had overcome the glaring faults shown in the previous contest, Coach Fisher was unable to command his entire strength. Due to a veritable avalanche of injuries during the week preceding the game, the Crimson could muster...