Word: rinks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with that triumph, hockey was forced to be content until now. University teams continued winning with great regularity, but the games, always in a non-Harvard rink, came to be regarded more as a spectacle than as a college activity to be supported. There was no cheering section and the seats in the Arena or at the old Ice-Pavilion were usually filled for the most part by individuals who came to watch with equal interest the professional fancy skater, the University hockey team play the Pere Marquettes and to whistle when the band played "Yoo-hoo" between periods...
PRINCETON, N. J., December 1.--Owing to a shortage in the water supply, the Baker Memorial Rink, which was to have been opened here today, will not be opened until after Christmas. Plans for a fancy skating exhibition and speeches have therefore been abandoned for the present...
...final-drive held among the undergraduates this week for the completion of the rink fund met with great success...
...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...
...appropriate that this splendid new rink should have been built by subscriptions not only from Princeton men, but from individuals throughout the country. The University has a right to be proud that it leads the list of outside colleges in helping the Baker rink to completion...