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...members of this sextet are all former team-mates of "Hobey" Baker, generally conceded to be Princeton's greatest hockey player, in whose memory the Rink is erected. During the exercises the Princeton undergraduate body will enter the rink for the first time in a body and sing college songs, led by the band...
...opening ceremonies, when they are held, will be marked by a tribute to Hobey Baker, famous Princeton athlete who was killed five years ago in France. Mr. Percy R. Pyne, Chairman of the Fund Committee will officiate, and will formally present the Memorial to Princeton University...
...rink is a tribute to one of the finest sportsmen America has ever known, "Hobey" Baker. On the football field or in hockey Baker was an inspiration to everyone who played with him or against him. Not only was his ability as an athlete a constant delight to watch, but his sportsmanship, the clean spirit in which he did everything, made him loved everywhere athletics meant more than the mere winning or losing of games. Five years ago he was killed when his plane crashed behind the line in France. Today Princeton rightly dedicates this memorial...
Perhaps no more appropriate memorial could have been chosen. Hockey was very close to Hobey Baker's heart and for years his Princeton teams have been forced to depend upon weather conditions or trips to Philadelphia for their ice practice. As a result, year after year Princeton hockey has developed individual stars whose ability has constantly been pulled up short by lack of practice in team-play. This winter for the first time Princeton will be able to do justice to herself...
...help to perpetuate the memory of a great athlete and sportsman by means of the game which he loved best was an act of exquisite tact. Everything possible was done to preserve the Baker tradition--even the officials of the game were former associates of "Hobey's". But aside from the tribute to the individual the game was a courteous indication of good will to the University. The Princeton Triangle Club's performance for the benefit of the Harvard endowment drive, the Harvard hockey team's benefit game for the Baker Rink, are evidences of good feeling between the Universities...