HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2138, 2 May 1914, Page 12

HOCKEY.

Ilir Spectator.]

OPENING OF THE*SEASON, . The Opening of the hockey season ■at Kiiiori pli Saturday disclosed: quito ifn ■interesting state of affairs in the senior contest. First and foremost, Urriver?itv were beaten most decisively by Metropolitan. Not that last year's, champions did not put up a good "fight, for, with the exception of a period, of dumhfoundedness extending in duration over aboijfc half ati hour, tiioy strove Valiantly to a ove-feohjo the. rpdon.'btebie "Mete." ' Yes, ior about half an hour, Ti'.fivsrsily were completely nonplussed, i'ho.r saw frno combined rushes by the .Metropolitan ■! team, and resisted only .rather ieeblv. Then when the seccrnl sneil camo ihey fought, with the energy of despair, but the sturdy op.po.Miig rearguard proved too much for theni. Strong Motropolltan Team. Metropolitan reaiiy havo a ver.V fine team this year. The. etimhiiiiition. of t.ho forwards on Saturday was enough to completely eirctinvvenii their opponents at 'tifflfcs, and granted stvady and ■ persistent practice, they should .ho capable of great things to come. _ Sheeran Icfrntrc) was always in the picture on Saturday. while Taplin, on the wing, : was responsible for some very smart, manipulation of the balk One wonders, however, how tho vanguard would have fared had "it not boOn fwi feo beatitifnlly by M'Oregor, and his due ol associates hi the half-linOj Cady and Poin, toil. Then tiio two hnek=, Pullyn and fiJoeldev-Jones, presented a voH-high mipQpdteatl'e troivt, to tho opposing for- : wards. Q{ course, Willi all this there.; are weak furies in tho elereit, but those links crti'i he strengthened—but. only by' uraetice. THev Looked Nice, but-— And of VuUwsit.v? iVrtaps oils was apt to forget tljein iii inte?, sledlv singling out and Weighing in the bai- 1 anco the CoiiS-pOneiits Of tilts Mettopolitan team. One eon Id net help noticing, however, that tho usual bmliimoy of the St rock trio was unaecotuil .ihiy dirv iiusrj on. Saturday. Ono saw o«ist Stiaek. however, in the second Spell,, linttlinc valiantly among hi* sHrken forwards. It imist bo said tins Ur.ivor- ■ 9'itj me a looked very nice indeed in

tfcrir green, and gold, with their sped- : nlly-construeted sticks (handles similarly ornamented) grasped .iij their hands, University must li-ve tip to their ii;e\v st:iek:s. however. So let them practice, and put new zest into their play, .and tho combination will go a long wiv towards success when they meet. Metropolitan n<sSt timb. A Vooal Proposition. Tho other two games were .hot Ed intercstinc. .. Suffice' to .say that the iicw !\lA\M.LC!ulrgayca.gootl first .aecounfr of themselves against the older and more exjk.'rieuced liarori players. The.ii,, perhaps, tho M.Y.M.I. learn had terrorinstilled into their hearts by. a crowd of iron-throated, dii.nimjt.ivd Knrori hopefuls, ivji'o, from tho.jinq,. jitorajlj shriek-' cd, boyish encouragement' to their elder suburbanites. lackadaisical Ladles. It is rather a. pity that the ladies aro not to commenco tho season in earnest to-day. It is to lie :|ibpcd that tltey will set- down to work in real earnest : nest Saturday. They must bear in . ltiiml that in. less 1 ban three months thb English ladies' team will bo, ill their . midst, and. for the honour cf the ladies of tho Dominion they must- give a good account of themselves. J,t would bo tei'.vibte indeed wero the- fair visitors from tho other side of the world to return irom_t|ieso parts with the laurels, of 10 or 15 to ni). victories, and such a happening is not at all unlikely if outladies do not bestir themselves. • ' Arrangements aro being made to endeavour to have nineteen matches played thro'.ifiho.ut tho Dominion with tiio Jpnglish "iadies. . A cablegram has beeii forwarded to tlio English authorities, asking them if thov can bring two additional sevpiitcci). in air, and oftermc: them .50. per cent, of tho proceeds of thp tour, on condition that wot less than.fifteen matches arc played, A _ special sub-coimnittco has been appointed to control tho whole .of tho business of tho trmr, financial and otherwise.

Corner-hits. Wiliiams, 1)1 ft gritty' little Insurnnco .liijs boon haiiday-niukiiig. !m! will -.viold the stick to-da.v. Oleavo is about to leave for Gisbornc.) much to ilio regret of local enthusiasts, ana particularly tA the Insurance Club. His reputation gs it 'keeper #f thus not has. been well-sustained, though wo had a few opportunities of seeing liim at. work in this capacity. Latterly lie has played left-half, and his performances in the- latter .position liavo always been creditable, (jishorno should find him a haiujy man. Hunter, the veteran skipper of the J-i'isi'iraii'flft team, is again at the holm, and. with one or two allerafions. should steer his team near annexing this seasou's championship.