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...records since that time have borne out this conclusion. Holy Cross has suffered one defeat since her victory over the Crimson, bowing for the second time to the undefeated Georgetown aggregation by the score of 8-3. Just before the game with the University the Worcester nine suffered a set-back at the hands of the Yale team in a 9-7, contest. Since that time, however, they have more than made up for the defeat by sending Yale to a 5-2 defeat after breaking a tie in the sixth with a series of long hits...
...original sextets would have compared on the ice. The regular Academy team, from which the combination that will take the ice this noon is largely composed, recently completed a season bordering on championship calibre. One defeat only came their way throughout the entire season, the lone set-back being administered by the strong Cambridge Latin sextet. It is interesting to note in this connection that the Cambridge Latin victory in this case came through the narrow margin of one goal, while the Crimson Freshmen last month succeeded in nosing out the latter 1-0. Their impressive record during the winter...
...fact that the University sextet suffered a decided set-back in the early part of the season detracts little from the record of eight successive victories over the best of eastern hockey combinations. The Toronto university team, in its sweeping tour of the country, succeeded in keeping a clean slate and successively crushed the strongest college sextets, thereby gaining a fair claim to the world's amateur hockey title. In the face of such an impressive record the Crimson's decisive defeat at the hands of the Canadians testifies not so much to the weakness of the University players...
...tune of 4-1. Princeton was the next victim, and was defeated of Philadelphia, 3-0. The Crimson team, though gaining the decision, failed to come up to standard, but the next week witnessed a decided turn for the better when M. I. T. received a 9-2 set-back. This was the first defeat the Engineers had sustained, and thought playing in every respect up to their usual form, they were helpless before the University attack...
...Andover 'clash, held at the Boston Arena on January 21, found the Freshmen far below par, the schoolboys inflicting a 2-0 set-back, the first defeat of the season. After decisive victories over Cambridge Latin and Arlington High, Coach Humphrey's charges wound up their string of successes with a sweeping win of 6-0 over St. Mark...