Word: spectacularisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rather than a passing game, which the Tech men were able to break up often, the University team scored practically all its goals on individual plays. Martin, Captain Owen, and Larocque played in excellent form; time and time again one of them went down the ice for a long spectacular dash that offered a formidable threat to the Technology goal...
...seldom showed a powerful offense and had only a very few chances to score. Divergent broke through the Crimson defense several times, but did not tally. M. I. T. showed her greatest strength in her three-man defense, aided by Captain Nickle at goal, who made more than one spectacular stop that prevented a higher Crimson score...
...most dazzling exhibitions of fast skating and clever stick-work that has ever been seen at the Arena. Carson, Hudson, and Ramsay were all speedier skaters than any man on the University team except Captain Owen. Carson stood out above any other man on the ice. His spectacular dribbling through a seemingly impenetratable mass of Crimson men, his hard and accurate shots, and his defensive work all stamped him as one of the best forwards in amateur hockey. He made four out of the six Toronto tallies...
Captain Owen accounted for the only University tally of the evening after one of his spectacular dashes the length of the rink. Starting from behind his own net, Owen, dodged the Toronto forwards, skirted the secondary defence, and sent a clean shot by Captain Langiry at goal...
Brengh's Golden Horse in a spectacular posing novelty; Frank Jerome, the variety vendor; Ernest Evans and Girls in a poorly performed sketch, "Wedding Bells"; Dickinson and Deagon, late comedy features of "Hello, Alexander", and the New York Winter Garden; the Shubert News with a poor Mutt and Jeff comedy; Jerome Boganny and comedians in a pleasing and amusing act, the "Bill Posters"; Cecil Cunningham, comedienne; and the usual acrobatic number, the Pedersen Brothers, featuring the famous Pedersen trick made up the remainder of the program...