Word: hockey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...days later, 335 other bob-sled riders, ski-runners, ski-jumpers, curlers, hockey-players, speed skaters, figure skaters and dog-team drivers opened the games with a parade on the ice track in Lake Placid's new $35,000 stadium. New York's Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt made a speech: "It is an evidence of the age of our modern civilization that the Olympics date back nearly 2,800 years. ... I hereby proclaim open the third Olympic winter games celebrating the tenth Olympiad of the modern era." Greek athletes, before their Olympic games, swore to compete fairly...
...skillful passing attack and superior stickwork were elements that brought victory to the Harvard hockey team Friday night in the opener of the two-game series with Dartmouth. The Big Green players, however, despite their low rating, proved themselves Tartars and rushed into a 2 to 0 lead before the Crimson attack could get into high and eventually run down the 5 to 2 decision...
Official endorsement of efforts to put an end to disturbances by students following hockey games was forthcoming last night in a statement from A. C. Hanford, Dean of Harvard College, in which he emphasizes the obligation upon the authorities to take drastic action should need arise. The statement follows...
...Student Council resolution condemning disturbances in the subway following hockey games at the Boston Garden has the unqualified endorsement of the College authorities. Through the publication of the resolution and of editorials in the Crimson it is hoped that there will be built up a public sentiment among the undergraduates which will put an end for all time to these unfortunate incidents. It should be clearly understood, however, that for the good of the college the Administrative Board will be forced to take drastic action in the case of any students definitely involved in such disturbances...
Subway rioting after hockey games in Boston is a form of indoor athletics that is greatly "over-emphasized." In this case the Bulletin does not favor "giving the game back to the boys," but hopes to see it abolished altogether--if possible, by the boys themselves, if not, then by the authorities. Hitherto this species of misconduct has been dealt with leniently by both sets of authorities. It is a difficult matter for the police to handle because it is never clear who is primarily responsible. When the police descend, they descend upon the just and the unjust alike...