Word: hockey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...better than Madison Square Garden's- and the latter offers no figures in dispute. The Stadium costs about $1,350 daily to operate. But it will seat 24.000 at a pinch and Sidney Strotz has managed to find people who could show him how to fill it. The hockey games have paid well. The Chicago Tribune held its Golden Gloves boxing matches there, the News ran an ice carnival. For political rallies and the like, the rental is $2,000. Greatest Stadium crowd was the night of Senator "J. Ham" Lewis' big rally, with some 25,000 standees...
...MacHale '31, W. K. Page. '31, and B. H. Ticknor '31, all letter men, seem to be the most promising candidates. Reginald Fincke '32 and J. E. Sheldon '32 are the outstanding contestants for the catcher's position, with S. L. Batchelder '31 still engaged in hockey...
...suggestion in an accompanying letter to provide more suitable hockey facilities opens subject of major importance. The present use of the Boston Garden by Harvard as the home rink for the University hockey teams cannot be considered a satisfactory arrangement...
...letter writer urges better attention to the outdoor rinks on Soldiers Field in order that hockey which is publicized as the leading winter sport may become truly intramural. This recommendation is entirely sound in view of the greater emphasis which will be placed upon other than first-string teams with the development of inter-House athletics. If at present there is a lethargic, attitude among hockey players in undergraduate ranks, nevertheless the improvement of outdoor facilities will not only encourage the sport, but will enable those to play, who now lack facilities...
...future, however, is the question of establishing a home rink for the University teams in Cambridge. Financially and in other ways, the Athletic Association is both dependent upon and too closely connected with the Boston Garden, a purely professional enterprise. Because of the present situation, the Harvard hockey team is viewed in the light of an attraction for hockey fans, regardless of their interest in either Harvard of amateur sport. That Harvard is a bonanza for the proprietors of the Boston rink, is palpable. The placement of all University sport activities in Cambridge is necessary if they...