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Show American Ice Stars 1 I Depart For Antwerp Olympic Title Games. 1 JB -By PETER E. CARNEY. I The hockey team that will represent! the United States In the Olympic I games In Antwerp, Belgium, is on Its j way. The work of this team will be watched closely by all Americans, despite de-spite the hundred and one other things In the newspapers, for It is the first ' American team to engago in Olympic competition in eight years. Incidentally Incident-ally this team will open the Olympic competition. It Is a powerful aggregation that his been chosen to wear the shield powerful pow-erful in all departments, and If any of the foreign tevons prove superior to : our tani, we waut to tell you right here that the wjnners will havo lo bo a remarkable team. Never was a bet-ter bet-ter hockey team chosen in America. The players were chosen from the teams of (he best three amateur hockey hoc-key teams in the United States the Pittsburg Athletic association, the Bos-i ton Athletic association and the SL; Paul Athletic association. The Olym ! pic entry allows seven entries of regulars reg-ulars and seven substitutes. The Unit-' ed Sstates is sending 13 players, all first string men, and a manager, Ray D. Schooley, of Pittsburg and other cities, the proceeds of these games going go-ing towards the expenses of the team. Tho cost of sending the hockey team will be able $15,000. ,Who the Players Are. The members of the team are George P. Geran, Leon Tuck, Irving W. Small, Frank A. Synott, Alphonse La Croix,! and Frank P. Downing of the' Boston j A. A.; Joe McCormick, Lary McCor- mien, Herbert Drury and Ralph Bon-j ney of the Pittsburg A. A., and Gobeen I jConroy and Fitzgerald of the St. Paul A. A. Joe McCormick will captain the team. There Is not a bettor player in the country than this self same McCormick ' B Me Is a steady and consistent perform' . , . Mi er and a terrific goal shooter. He wili Ml play a wing position along with Geran. v- Ms the Boston youth, the sensaton of the J I ff past season, Gobeen. who is slated tc play center, is without a peer, wher - igU it comes to both offensive and defen E slve play. He is a wonderful dribblet fl crafty with the stick in getting thd H puck away from his opponent aud ? - B M flash on the ice. B Herbert Drury, the most spectaGu.." " "g!!c Q H player In America, will be assigned th( t f.c D jM position of rover. In the games tbats'' a Drury has played in the past winter, r fl sH two players were usually assigned to V-iffl 1 keep him covered and then tlfby failed i tl There is not a speedier hockey playct Tll on the blades than Drury. , 'H Matches on Artificial Ice. 1 The most important position on tho kH team goal tender will be looked af HH tr by Bouncy. Tall In stature, he is a veritable stone wall in front of the Hf nel. He Is tho best goal keeper in tho lM United States. Everything that has hJH been said about ability to tho above named also applies to the players who will play tho defense positions. Fitz- gerald and either Small or Tuck. They H are excellent shots and have the abtl- lD Ity to lake the puck down the ice. The . second string men arc but slightly in- IBS ferior lo the first string men. Any Hl time a regular shows signs of letting iKM down, a fresh man -will take his placej IHh All the games and the figure skat lfl ing championships will take place on fll artificial Ice in the Antwerp palace. ll The hockey surface will be 175 by 66 feet. Before tho Olympic program camo out Americans thought the hoc- JH key matches would be player on the iHII Brussels canal. Other hockey teams Hl have been tcntered by Canada, Swed- Hl cn. Norway and Denmark. fB! |