SEXTET VINDICATED IN TIGER'S DEFEAT

If Harvard found itself in the overtime deadlock with the Maple A. A. a week ago, no less did it win the respect of the outside hockey world in defeating Princeton 4 to 2 last Saturday at the Baker Memorial Rink.

The management has announced that the unfilled date in the season ticket books will be Thursday, January 24, when Harvard will meet the Maple A. A. but it will be a far different Crimson team that opposes the green-jersied sextet that evening from the outfit that won its skates last Monday.

Saturday's victory is more than a turning point, however, it is a vindication. Harvard's string of early-season defeats has aroused no little criticism of both men and methods, particularly in alumni circles. For the extra year of his services that Coach Winsor is giving the team this season, the founder of Harvard hockey has had little more than ill-concealed scepticism for thanks.

Early Season SGames Stiff

Wherever such talk was heard it only betrayed the ignorance of the speaker, however, for this year the Crimson has had a stiffer early season schedule than any other eastern college team, largely due to Manager Brown's quite natural desire to fill the Arena every night. Boston, it should be remembered, is the eastern hockey capital, so that teams appearing there have a calibre of play above the ordinary. Thus in addition to the league-leading Boston Hockey Club and the Maples who fought them to a tie Saturday night, the University has encountered three strong Canadian combinations--the Aura Lees of Toronto, McGill, and Toronto University.

If Harvard has only a long line of early season losses to show, it is not because of a weak team or faulty instruction. From the start of the season it was cominonly felt that the material was good, but from now on Coach Winsor will be developing a team hat has proved its winning power. With the schedule but half finished there is small danger of over-confidence from Saturday's triumph, for the Tiger will be keener than ever to gain his revenge, and Yale has already defeated Princeton.

Team Play Conspicuous

A significant side-light on the so-called decline of the Harvard system was thrown by what turned out to be the prime cause of the victory--the Crimson team play, particularly on the defence. Not a few of the critics have made long faces when they pointed out the "star-killing" methods which Coach Winsor teaches his forward line to play in checking back the opposing attack. Had the University players relaxed their efforts in, leaving no man uncovered last Saturday, it is not at all certain that the sensational Von Gerbig would not have flashed his puck into the cage for an Orange and Black victory. "Star-Killing" tactics won the game.

The summary: Harvard  Princeton Walker, Austin, l.w.  r.w., A. Davis, Wilkinson, Snyder Beals, Hill, Burgess, c.  c., Van Gerbig Hodder, Hill. r.w.  l.w., Wilkinson, Trenholm, C. Davis Chase, Rammond, l.d.  l.d., Wall Crosby, r.d.  r.d., Seull. Trenholm Cummings, g.  g., Gleason, Colebrook

Score, Harvard 4, Princeton 2, Goals by Hodder 2, Heals 2, Wall, Wilkinson, Penalties, Austin 2m., Walker Im. (twice). Referees, Sands and Wiggett, Time, three 15 minute periods.

Score, Harvard 4, Princeton 2, Goals by Hodder 2, Heals 2, Wall, Wilkinson, Penalties, Austin 2m., Walker Im. (twice). Referees, Sands and Wiggett, Time, three 15 minute periods.