Down the Ice, and Other Winter Sports Stories

But I started to tell you about the Freshies and the sweet little job I was picked to handle. You can imagine how good the Freshies felt at getting their colors up to stay. And...

And the battle was on! Rudie was knocked off his feet, stepped on, hit with sticks and swarmed over as five Hallstead men sought to get the puck from under him. He finally recov...

It's about a mile across town to Pierson's Hill from where we are but that mile disappears in a little over five minutes. Just goes to show how crazy we were about coasting.

A thoroughly upset fancy skating champion found his way to the bench and slumped down upon it. He had not cared what might be thought of him as a hockey player but to be humilia...

Taber High's great star passed the Taber bench at mid-ice and heard Lank's shrill yell as he flashed by. A grim Siddall defense formed to meet him. This time every one in the cr...

The Southerner's face flushed. "Because I've been laughed at enough," he retorted, and felt sorry that he had even brought himself to speak to the Coach. Northerners were all al...

Snow started falling in Centerville on Friday night and continued with the aid of a forty mile gale until late Monday. "A regular old-fashioned blizzard," old settlers declared,...

It was decidedly unpopular, Rudie knew, to oppose a player who had turned in a spectacular brand of hockey all season but he had not liked Hoyt and his methods from the start. I...

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We spend a good hour, Ronnie and me, getting him familiar with having skis on his feet. Meanwhile the rest of the guys are having a swell time skiing down the hill and I'm comme...