Word: player
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University team has profited by its experience against the McGill team last Saturday and should show up well. The team-play has improved, and the forwards are gaining in speed and endurance. Hornblower is the most consistent player of the forwards, while Huntington is always strong on the defence. Pierce, who will replace Leslie at left end, is fairly fast but is handicapped by lack of weight. St. Francis Xavier has four players from last year's championship team and is considered very strong, so a close game should result...
...keeping the coverpoint and point close together near the goal, and the University defence playing nearer the middle of the rink to aid in the offence. The team-play of the Harvard forwards was satisfactory except when near the Canadians' goal. Several times, instead of passing the puck, the player tried a long shot that was always blocked...
Hornblower and Huntington played the best individual games for the University team, the latter playing well offensively as well as defensively. Bowers was the best Springfield player and often took the puck well into Harvard's territory only to be stopped by Huntington, and later by Houston. The teamwork of the Springfield men was poor and they had only one good opportunity to score during the entire time of play...
...Beginning with the ends, it seems hardly worth while to take up a great deal of space with a description of the work of Kilpatrick of Yale, for he was the same not only reliable but brilliant player as when he filled the position last year...
...Next to these two comes L. Smith of Harvard, a reliable, heady player, powerful and alert, although not exceptionally fast. Although not so scintillating as Kilpatrick he could always be counted upon...