The Princeton Tiger met up with a landslide on the Arena ice Saturday night, and after forty-five minutes of one-way battling there was nothing left but a zero score to show that the New Jersey seven had been on the rink at all. Seven times a Crimson skater rammed the puck past Captain Maxwell, presiding at the cage for the Orange and Black, and only a remarkable display of dexterity and coolness by the visiting goal-tend kept the total from running well into two figures.
It would be too early to talk about intercollegiate championships, even if claimants for Crimson honors should wish to do so, but Harvard's hold on the eastern title certainly was not weakened by the result of the tiff with the Nassau outfit.
The Tigers humbled Yale 4-2 in an overtime session, were nosed out by the plucky Fordham sextet in a 2-1 proposition, and completely immerged Penn in a 6-1 torrent. With Dartmouth, M. A. C. and Princeton tucked away, Coach Claflin's men can face the prospect of the first Yale game at Philadelphia Saturday with comparative confidence.
Hampered by lack of proper coaching and revealing clearly their want of practice and team-play, Princeton was unable to show a thing. Knox, star forward for the Jerseymen and leader in scoring to date, was well cared for by the University's checking defense, and failed to splash. The remainder of the line never really got under way and only twice was there any semblance of a passing offensive developing against Captain Bigelow's team.
Haight, at coverpoint for the visitors, captured individual honors for the losers, smashing through the University's forwards time and again only to be brought up short by the stone-wall defense of Owen and Humphrey on the back-ice.
Buntin was the only one of Coach Claflin's regulars unable to take part in bearding the Tiger, temporary illness confining him to the sidelines. Snelling, starting at left center proved a whirlwind, snapping home the first two goals, and fitting smoothly with the rest of the Crimson scoring machine. Captain Bigelow was at all times the most sensational player on the ice, keeping his mates constantly in the game and by his own individual efforts breaking up many Princeton attempts before they reached mid-ice.
Snelling opened the Crimson fusillade less than five minutes after the whistle when he snapped Bigelow's pass from behind the goal into the net. Four minutes later Snelling again poked the puck past Maxwell from scrimmage. Bacon closed the scoring in the first period by stabbing a rebound from his own shot into the Princeton cage after a flashing tear down the ice.
Humphrey was stellar performer during the second frame. Dodging and dribbling, the University point ran the gamut of the entire visiting seven and reached the mark before the Nassau goal-guard was awake to his danger. It was the first tally this season for the former Milton star, and is indicative of tremendous strides which he has been making in effectiveness since the opening contest against King's College.
The second string players were given opportunity to perform in the second session, but failed to make the most of their chance, no tallies being recorded to their credit.
Goal in Last Three Minutes
With the resumption of play by the first line in the third period the onslaught began again, Bacon leading with a score from Snelling's pass out. Bigelow snapped one in from scrimmage a minute later, and repeated when Humphrey passed out from the boards with three minutes left to play. The puck reached him just as he was passing the net a few yards away, and a pretty cross shot lodged in the corner of the cage with not an inch to spare.
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