The University hockey team will play its first game of the intercollegiate series with Cornell at the St. Nicholas Rink, New York, this evening at 8 o'clock.

The team which will start the game this evening has an experienced offence, but its defence is composed entirely of men new to intercollegiate hockey. In spite of this fact, they should show up well on account of the evident ability of Foster and Huntington at coverpoint and point, respectively. These two have shown steady improvement from the beginning of practice and should be a strong factor in the development of an excellent team. On account of the illness of Hicks and Hornblower the for ward line, as it will play this evening has not been together since the game with Brae Burn on December 21. Individually, however, it is very strong, and unless the opposing defence is unusually efficient, should not have great difficulty in scoring.

As this is Cornell's first year in the Intercollegiate Hockey Association, little is know of the strength of that team. In games played during the Christmas recess, and in the intercollegiate match between Princeton and Cornell on Wednesday, Cornell has played an individual rather than a team game. Although defeated in two out of three practice games with Yale at Cleveland, Cornell held Princeton to a score of 1 to 0, Princeton having previously won the series from Yale at Pittsburgh. Comparing the result of Princeton's games with the teams of the Amateur Hockey League, and the result of Harvard's games with the same team, the chances for this evening seem to slightly favor a victory for the University team.

The two teams will line up as follows: HARVARD  CORNELL. Leslie, l.e.  r.e., Crasweller Hicks, l.c.  r.c., Matchneer Gardner, r.c.  l.c., Magner Hornblower, r.e.  l.e., Jones Foster, c.p.  c.p., Smith Huntington, p.  p., Lally Smart, Chadwick, g.  g., Matthak