For the first time since March, 1939 the Harvard hockey team has won a League game. The happy end to the victory drought came Saturday afternoon when the Crimson iced the Army at West Point by a decisive 6 to 2 count.

Such a shattering of what rapidly appeared to be becoming a tradition may be traced to a technicality. Last year Harvard beat the West Pointers 5 to 2, but as Army was not then a member of the League, the victory could not be elevated by the adjective "League."

Future Still Questionable

Another thing to be remembered before making any rash statements about the rest of the Harvard season, is that Yale, Princeton, and Dartmouth are accustomed to blitz the Cadets, generally by more substantial scores than that chalked up by Harvard, and this makes the actual advance of this year's team over last's still a matter for conjecture.

The Cadets do not play "hockey" in the real sense of the word, and their ragged tactics broke the game down into a glorified brand of shinny, as is demonstrated by the fact that only one of the six Harvard goals was cleanly executed. The rest resulted from scrimmages in front of the West Pointers' nets.

McGrath vs. Army

A glance at the summary would show that during the first period Gordy McGrath singlehandedly waged war against the Army. After the Cadets had scored early, McGrath knotted the count at 8:00, the assist going to Johnny Paine. Forty-six seconds later, on the only "play" of the evening, George Gebelein passed to McGrath, who scored. Then after Army tied the count at 2 to 2, McGrath counted again with an assist from Earl Acker.

In the second period the lone score was Harvard's when Albie Everts, center of the second line, rammed the puck home with wingmates Dick Harding and Mare Beebe assisting. Acker scored the fifth Crimson goal on George Hackett's assist, and then Beebe tallied with Harding and defenseman George Dreher contributing