McGILL TEAM SUPERIOR

The University hockey team lost the fourth game of its schedule to McGill University, of Montreal, by the score of 5 to 2 in the Boston Arena Saturday evening. The game, which is probably the hardest on the schedule, was very fast and interesting from beginning to end. The University team fought hard, but could not cope with the superiority of the Canadians in stick-work. The Harvard men were as fast on skates as their opponents and played good hockey, but met an almost impregnable defence in Cassels and Moseley. In the arrangement of the defences of the two teams there was a marked contrast, the McGill team keeping the coverpoint and point close together near the goal, and the University defence playing nearer the middle of the rink to aid in the offence. The team-play of the Harvard forwards was satisfactory except when near the Canadians' goal. Several times, instead of passing the puck, the player tried a long shot that was always blocked.

Throughout the game the play was alternately in each team's territory, and the outcome was in doubt till near the close of the second half. Sargent scored the first goal for McGill by a difficult shot from the side of the rink when only eight seconds of the first half remained. Leslie shot the puck into the cage as the whistle blew for time, but it was just too late to count. The work of Chadwick at goal in this period and the next was excellent, and it is due largely to him that the score was not greater. Several times, when one or two men came against him when he was alone and goals seemed inevitable, he left his cage at the right moment and blocked the shots.

In the second half the speed of the play increased, and the forwards were kept busy. Hornblower scored in the first two minutes of play after Leslie had carried the puck the length of the ice and passed to him from behind the goal. During the next 15 minutes the Canadian seven scored four more points, two by Blair, and one each by Scott and Cassels. The first score by Blair was the result of clever team-work in which Sargent and Scott were the other participants. There was no more scoring until eight minutes had passed. Then Blair shot the puck by Chadwick from a scrimmage in front of the cage. Scott's goal followed a pass from Blair, and 45 seconds later came McGill's last score by Cassels. This was a brilliant piece of individual work by Cassels, who started from behind his own goal land, skating the entire length of the rink, made the score. Soon after, when only one minute was left to play, Seamans carried the puck down the ice, and passed in front of the goal to Duncan, who scored.

The work of Huntington and Hornblower was conspicuous, both of them playing well defensively and often taking the puck into McGill's territory only to be stopped by Cassels. For the Canadians, Blair and Cassels excelled, especially the latter, whose speed and dodging were remarkable.

The summary: HARVARD  McGILL. Leslie, l.e.  r.e., Sargent. Duncan, l.c.  r.c., Scott. Hornblower, r.c.  l.c., Blair. Seamans, r.e.  l.e., Davison. Huntington, c.p.  c.p., Cassels. Foster, p.  p., Moseley. Chadwick, g.  g., Woodyatt.

Score--McGill, 5; Harvard, 2. Goals--Sargent, Hornblower, Blair 2, Scott, Cassels, Duncan. Referee-J. Norfolk, Boston arena. Umpire--G. W. Tingley. Goal umpires--for Harvard, G. W. Canterbury '01, Boston Hockey Club; for McGill, Ramsey. Time--20-minute halves.

Score--McGill, 5; Harvard, 2. Goals--Sargent, Hornblower, Blair 2, Scott, Cassels, Duncan. Referee-J. Norfolk, Boston arena. Umpire--G. W. Tingley. Goal umpires--for Harvard, G. W. Canterbury '01, Boston Hockey Club; for McGill, Ramsey. Time--20-minute halves.