Word: ices
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ICE HOCKEY...
...unharmed. Lake Frugality's crew debarked on the mainland, but Chicago's crew of 32, less lucky, found themselves on a desolate island. Faced with starvation, seven of them straggled nine miles through a bramble-clogged swamp to an Indian settlement. The Indians peeled off their ice-caked clothing, gave them food, but stolidly refused to try to reach their derelict companions. Not until four days later, when the seas had abated, were the marooned sailors rescued by a Coast Guard cutter...
...Atlantic City, Patrolman Clifton Mann fired three shots at an injured dog. The first hit the right leg of one Clarence Beckett, railroad watchman. The second hit the dog, failed to kill it. The third hit the right leg of one Paul Robbins, coal and ice merchant. A motorcycle policeman arrived, shot...
...Natural ice, considered much superior to artificial ice for hockey, will be formed in the new rink by the use of vents opening from the walls under the stands. These openings will fill the rink with cold air during the night and once a good body of ice is formed it will be possible to hold this during any protracted thaw. This method of forming ice has been used successfully throughout Canada and in many rinks in this country...
...notable example of the results obtained in this way was demonstrated to the Dartmouth team last winter when a game was played at Hamilton College on excellent ice at a rink very similar to the one under consideration here. The outside temperature was above freezing, but the ice successfully held through the thaw. Not only will the building provide good hockey ice but it will also be comfortable for spectators. The seating capacity of the rink will be 1700, with standing room for about...