Show Ice Sports u oY BY FREDERICK R TOOMBS IU national sl skating will lie It very TIm T this They 1 b held hehl nt at N y about the middle or of January au 1 I ti a I majority or of the or of hitt year there thee will bo be on 1 a halt score ot of new to fol follow low how itt III the tracks ot of the George Phillips tiata anil oth other r ot or yearn Among the men lIIn ho III are to compete are M t or of the Verona N J n SkatIng rt club b who l It tl the one and Ind three mill mile all an lIngo large sliCed Il hl ot of Americans 1111 CanadIans It Sa Sager er nm and W W V Swan ut of the New Nell NewYork York Athletic club A F ot of Montreal who h 1 In 1st years halt C i of at not flat Portage who vho finished thud in III the halt tulle and olie aile mIle mild W V or of till the A AA AA A A hoary raylor lit if JE J E EJohnson Johnson ot of Newburg N y t J HC tb b son Bon ot of tho Toronto y M t C A Jt Mare ot of etc etcA A nb the com coin comIng lug Ing rhees will lou lie luler leter of oC the tho Verona N J 3 Skating club who won the halt half five 01 and ten mile ch champion championship ship races last January at Verona Jake near Montclair J and finished sec Ice and onti In the three threemile mile event Is better botter known as aa the Terrible Swede HOIty says he has had bad enough amateur honors and so ao has decided tI t tenter enter enter the races for tor the professional champIonship the United Staten and Canada to b 1 ld bi at M al Feb 1 Si should Ila no difficult In winning a large ot Of Canadian prize money lie clearly any ony other In the ranks in eIther this country or the Dominion antI while the tho professional contest are 1110 fast tast taster faster er the amateur the Swede SetIe will not find the too great Or hIm to i overcome Samuel Montgomer ot of the tho National Skating who ho will manage the corning amateur races is IB or of the opinion that the number or of entries will exceed last tast years rs record Xe III II In III there an any man alive who believes hi he has never neer been real really Is there an any man who ho has hns n a genuine thrill 7 Is there an any man who cannot scare up an appetite Is there any III man who considers rs loco locomotives motives moths and automobiles the fastest machInes built It II a person perRon exists to whom thu tore fore queries apply he should Imme ImmedIately Immediately take a saIl lIall on an Ice yacht here lIere Is III a sport jort os an lIS is the chariot charlot races roces In the days ot of ancient Rome as dangerous es as to its lis followers nN as the tho turn or of the roulette wheel to the ha habitual ambler gambier and os as exhilarating only at aa outdoor wInter can enn bl be Small Is It II then that at the tue present time we e find hundreds ot of Ice hoat hoa owners enjoying the rare sport apart at their command and the tho tumouR sp speed ed stretches In different parts of the country UN daily the scene ot Of races antI cruises crules In which the he graceful tul trl In InI I craft skim the aLit face at a rate of oC that would Quill eoon leave In the tor nar a mile a 11 minute ex cx press train traina nil an III a Although the clUb rm m to I hOld th the balance ot of In IC I t tIn In lag are lri r rI I I 1 11 to the fore rore an and 1 time the rP rh j 1 jI I era In the reat and amI middle west ell faCIlIties for or the enjoy I ta tient nl or of the sport Wl one of th I leading lea ica sport on at t lea least t I ani ar no In progress officially scheduled tt t Madison regattas are held every Ani Sn uria during the frozen season are a dozen or more Ice yacht clubs In and their has haR brought Into prominence th building of oC the speedy craft In Milwaukee there are arv several I bont d 11 and contractors who ho lite aie doing large a business In the east the Interest rs In New York and New Jersey Jerse Empire State enthusiasts lock flock to the n river and Orange Orang lake near Newburg In Jersey their haven Is the shallow rIver where was made malle the present mile record antI here I Joe I won rome ome his hiM most I notable victories There Is III I I great greot rIvalry the Now New York and time tho Jersey ey yachtsmen lint ami ery year their best boats boatH ate matched lor or orthe I the which Is now held by byI bythe the tho I Vise hockey I NoW that the hockey season Is down Iown tIN RIll I thousands or of strong limbed rud ruddy ch oung rice puck it 11 becomes or to 10 consider even It If I the or at this game transplanted I front Canada eight or years ago ugO J I lach in the tho official or of orI as played by the tho lIloUS I 1 l agu JI throUghout the tho United States I Is with a 11 stIck curved at th end so hilt lma shout six Inches pt pf tIme the iiii I tests rest on the leo ice Seven Seve II men constitute 11 team and tile nrc liS as follows float point cover roer point rover right forward left a center or o oward I ward I Jim fill The Tue I C the goal C ot two Placed u up upright right In th tIle ut sl six feet teel apart five feet high This player stands be tween the le lOSEN Joshi antI ot of coUrse Uses I i i 01 every t lr egort his power anti amid stick slick hands antI and to keel time the puck a 0 small solid rubber disk tram from I being bellig forced through goal goul Natu Naturally I rally the tho goalkeeper must be a titan Ulon of at great grent quIckness In time tho usa isu of t eyes imand handt and body boly Also ho he be nb ab fearless 8 for Cor tIme the puck Is sent from every conceivable with to te terille rifle rille force lOree and oftentimes the opposing will ill and to rush the off orr his feet teet In a case ot of this kind the best timing thing for tOl the on guard to do Is to brace himself strongly and the attack boldly for tor the that makes a root football ball game look like thu pro r three dimes The man playing at point may moy be 10 compared to the tho t fullback on a football team when Then he latter is III on the deren alve lIe He Is in a se secondary detente to the goal Hl His duty Is to td secure th puck from opposing and send It hack their wn territory In doing thin ho tries to It high In the air 11 and drive It back over the tho heads henda ot of his op opponents opponents Although h the Puck lies tint on the Ice under ordinary It itcan cnn can b by a turn or of the tho wrist lie be besent sent Kent through the air with great velocity This maneuver is called litt lItI ling ing and player should bc able to accomplish It Iti Th rim COTer As his name suggests time tho cover corer points work Is to cover or protect the point lie must break up formations ot of opposing forwards er possible Dy loing this ho he the on arm op opportunity opportunity to wrest vrest the tho puck tram from the attackers The three Pani I have described form Corm the th lIeten defensive sive dIvision and the players Involved must never under any circumstances leave the goal unguarded The remaining tour four members ot of a teRm team mako maie up the offensive On them rests rests the duty ot of scorIng goals as 89 Is the case with the forwards In a basket baket ball team To be sure the tor or wards endeavor to k keep cp their opponents score core bu but their lot duty Is to snake points On their abIlIty In inthis this branch or of the game rents the success on he team When the rink is II of at regulation tour four men ore are on time the forward line but when the playing surface Is IsI I I small ono of tho t back to lIot in III n With both forwards and backs nit ah th the OC occasions I pr Ito II Is called n a rover o of the hOover Time The lUck Is frequently shot the Iho goal poets and then It the duty of tho thia forward to go after It antI drive ro It to th the rover who has hns placed In front of at time the goal really ready to lId nd tie puck between the tho posts on aim receiving It Tutu Thus It III hj evident limit tM rover roer must ready to back Ul UI the tho line and tako or of on either rho forwards It much A lb vlas lire are their forte and ott on th Ul r time tho r for tor th the of I e ork rl heh I alum is hc to toss ss s get through the opposIng line IIno and shoot goals Inasmuch much nl as time the are on tM the jump front start hi fo finish It can readily be realized that their Is of lC a most trying nature Time Thc must be fast strong skaters and quick dodgers while carrying time tho puck So tar lor as the rules are nto concerned there is 18 onu oni on which nil the others may many maybe be said to hinge Thin Is tho o offside regulation It provides that every play pIny player er must be on his sido ot of th puck ot at nIl ull is 19 he must have the puck between n him him and tIme the goal he is The Tho rule states that each player must be bc onside time the is IB passed to hIm a an in III old time hinney When a player is III offsIde lie ho must skate skote back Until lie he gets back ot othe f he puck or In other words time the puck ami lid the goal gont hult he l der Ie taunt this quickly tor Co his team nay be penalized b by the referee It if he offside Opportunities for fouling are frequent In hockey and men should try to p faIr clean clenn game shOuld hot lot be tolerated ted |