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...right and left wings, respectively, showed marked ability in their persistent co-operation with their centres, while Percy several times lifted high fast drives from the middle of the rink, and on one of these occasions, caged the puck on a pretty shot, the rubber bounding off Abbot's skate...
Thacher's work has improved lately, and W. Morgan held up the other end of the line in good shape, although his light weight sometimes counted against him. The forwards, however, still show a tendency to lag. All of them are also apt to skate out of position and run into each other, getting their passes off slowly, and in the case of the wings, playing the boards too much...
...Abbott made a good stop, and finally Percy tallied the first goal on a long, low shot from beyond the outer defence. Doty made two or three good rushes up the rink, scoring on one of these when his shot bounded off Abbott's guards and hitting his skate slid behind the posts...
Most of the squad took a run yesterday afternoon, while the rest were sent in to the Arena to skate. The number will probably be cut before the end of the week...
...ably superior to the other forwards in speed and stick work. Later the rest of the squad were sent off the ice, while four lines, took the puck down the whole length of the rink against the defense men. The drill for the first three teams ended with a skate around the rink behind the goals in a figure "8" at top speed. The remainder of the period was given over to teams D, E and F, but the three lower teams showed little in the way of promise...