Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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d Fighting for the Puck Canada Versus the United States in the Winter Olympics

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ICE SKATING d np] s Girls ' Tandem. Fairgrounds Park OSY-CHEEKED youths glide over the ice in ecstasy. The wind bellowing fiercely about them hurls snowflakes against their beaming faces. The stinging sensation of the snow is soon for- gotten amidst the laughter and good cheer of the merry crowd. The clicking of skates on the hard, firm ice can be heard above the din. Every now and then dashing figures clad in bright woolens dart in and out among the multitude. Others appear pathetically helpless as they try to stay upright and occasionally a panic-stricken skater, feeling the sensation of falling, grabs someone else and down both go together. A large bonfire blazing brightly against the dark, leaden sky attracts many skaters. Large logs are heaped upon the glowing embers, until soon the crackling and spitting partially drown out the talk. The air is filled with a delicious odor of pine and cedar. Distant hills form a faint horizon so that the radiant moon appears even more enchanting as it rises from behind the hills. Snow-laden clouds often obscure the entire surface of the moon, leaving the fire as the only source of light. Even the genial warmth of the fire cannot long entice the skaters from the joys of smooth, gliding motion over the crystal ice. and soon they are off again, singly or in pairs, to resume their skating. Grace Brigham. 1 1 Page Filtcen

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ICE HOCKEY I » I ' I ' HE origin of the game of hockey is obscure. The fighting M -■- Romans enjoyed a pecuhar game that was most hkely the pre- J j cursor of hockey. The old original Scotch shinty was played • .. — on hard sandy beaches with two to three hundred players on — each side. I ' heir equipment for the game consisted of heavy war-like clubs used as shinty sticks and a small rock served their purpose for a puck. The players would try to send the puck past a certain line or boundary. The side succeeding in doing so was winner of the game. You probably can imagine the number of casualties in a game of this kind with so many players on each side. The first developments of modern hockey probably were in Canada about 1880. To a few colleges in Canada the game of hockey owes its present state, on this side of the Atlantic. These colleges organized teams and played against each other. The game played then was very simple with very few rules. Equipment at this time was that which the players saw fit. Hockey was soon introduced in the United States. Colleges and schools throughout the country organized teams and schedules were made up for each year. Artificial rinks are now found in most of the large cities of this country. Teams are outfitted with complete uniforms according to regulations. The puck and hockey sticks are made to a certain standard. According to present rules each team has si.x players: center, left wing, right wing, left defense, right defense, and goal keeper. The rink is one hundred and twelve feet long by fifty-eight feet wide with a goal placed at each end. The goal posts are six feet apart and four feet high, covered with a net. The puck, a piece of solid rubber, is one inch thick and three inches in diameter. The game is played for three fifteen-minute periods with short intermissions. At the beginning of the game the puck is placed between the opposing centers. At the call to play! on the part of the referee, both teams endeavor to drive the puck down to the opponent ' s goal. The puck is passed from player to player of the team in control until either side succeeds in passing it between the goal posts. Each goal counts for one point. Hockey is a scientific game. The secret of a team ' s success is combination play, in other words co-operation and unselfishness. Hockey is known as the fastest game on earth. For real excitement and shrill, it is worth while to see a flashy hockey game. Louis Schmidt Page Sei ' enteen d PPl h s 1 1