h Ontario
Hockey"
Association
CONSTITUTION, RULES
OF COMPETITION AND
LAWS OF THE GAME,
GROUPING if CLUBS and
SCHEDULE if MATCHES
LIST if OFFICIAL REFEREES,
LIST OF CLUBS AND THE
ADDRESSES ^ SECRETARIES
SEASON 1919-20
Entered according to the Act of Parliament of
Canada, in the Year One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Nineteen by the Ontario
Hockey Association, at the De-
partment of Agriculture.
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R. M. GLOVER
PETERBORO.
President, O.H.A., 1919 20.
THE
ONTARIO HOCKEY
ASSOCIATION
CONSTITUTION
RULES OF COMPETITION
LAWS OF THE GAME
As Amended December 6th, 1919
Schedule for 1919-20
Official Referees and Club Secretaries
Complete History of the Association
THE ONTARIO HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
Organized Nov. 27th, 1890
Incorporated Dec. 19th, 1896
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OFFICERS FOR 1919-20
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PAST PKESIDENT AND TEEASURER:
Sheriff J. F. Paxton Whitby
PRESIDENT:
R. M. Glover The Examiner, Peterboro
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT:
A. E. Copeland Midland
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT:
W. A. FRY Duunville
A. A. U. of C. GOVERNOR:
Francis Nelson 96 Winchester St., Toronto
SECRETARY:
W. A. Hewitt Toronto
The Secretary's post office address is: Office of the
Daily Star, Toronto, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.; his
'phone number is Adelaide 2200 j night call North
2829. All business must be transacted through the
Secretary in order to secure prompt attention.,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
. (Elected
William E^son 188 William St., Stratford
R. Butler \ ^ Lindsay
George B. McKay ,. Bank of Toronto, Kingston
W. W. I)avidia||i 56 Victoria St., Toronto
^^ (Appointed)
H. H. FergusonW London
Angus D. Campbell Cobalt
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OFFICERS FROM 1890 TO 1919
PRESIDENTS
Year
1890-1
1891-2
1892-3
1893-4
1894-5
1895-6
1896-7
1897-8
1898-9
1899-1900
1900- 1901
1901-1902
1902-1903
1803- 1904 J
19041905
1905-1906 \
1906-1907 J
1907-1908) _.
1908-1909/ ^•
1909-1910)
1910-1911/
1911-1912 I
19121913 I
Club
Victoria
Granite
Navie
j "A. M. Cosby
I *H. D. Warren
JC. A. B. Brown Granite
*J. A. Macf ad(3<?<ii Stratford
Alexis Martin Osgoode
*A. Creelman 'roronto
•J. Boss Robertson Port Hope
•J. Ross Robertson Waverleys
D. L. Darroch Collingwood
J. Turner
L. B. Duff
Eureka
Welland
H. E. Wettlaufer Berlin
1914 1915/ ^^^- Farquh arson Stratford
1916-1917 1" '^^^- '^- Sutherland Queens
1917-1918 Sheriff J. F. Paxton Whitby
1918-1919 R. M. Glover Peterboro
1019 1920 K. M. Glover I'eterboro
Residence
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
C'Uingw'd
Toronto
Welland
i
Berlin
Stratford
Kingston
Whitliy
Peterboro
Peterboro
■ DeceaseJ
VICE-PRESIUPNTS
Year
1890
1891
1892
Name ^
/ H. A. Wanl^Mf>.
t John A. l^ron
/ 'H. D. Warren
t John A. Barron
/ P. D. Ross
\ W. A. H. Kerr
Club %
Port Hope
Ottawa
Granite
Ottawa
Capitals
Osgoode
6
r
' csidence
Tort Hope
Stratford
Toronto
Lindsay
Ottawa
Toronto
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Year
1893
1894-5
1896
1897
1898-9
1899
1900
1900-1
1901-2
1902-3
1903-4
1904-5
1905-6
1906-7
19(?7-8
1908-9
1909-10
1910-11
1911-12
1912-13
Name
I C. A. B. Brown
\ W. A. H. Kerr
/ *J. A. Macfadden
I *W. A. Gilmour
f Alexis Martin
( Geo. J. Horkins
/ *A. Creelman
\ F. W. Tiffin
( *J. S. Robertson
1 A. A. Macdonald
/ A. A. Macdonald
\ L. King
( A. A. Macdonald
\ A. B. Petrie, Jr.
/ A. A. Macdonald
f ^
\ Francis Nelson
/ Francis Nelson
y D. L. Darroeh
[ Francis Nelson
I D. L. Darroeh
Club
Granite
Osgoode
Stratford
Osgoode
Osgoode
Peterboro
St. George's
Toronto
Windsor
U. C. College
U. C. College
Peterboro
Residence
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Peterboro
Toronto
Windsor
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Peterboro
Toronto
U. C. College
Victoria-O.A.C. Guelph
U. C. College Toronto
W. P. Thomson. M.D. St. George 's Toronto
A. H. Beaton Queen 's Univ. Toronto
Hamilton
Hamilton
Collin gwood
Hamilton
Collingwood
Stratford
Parkdale
Island A. A. A.
Welland
Welland
/ J. C. MaJkins
1 F. D. Woodworth
/ D. J. Turner
\ L. B. Duff
/ L. B. Duff
\ H. E. Wettlaufer Berlin
/ H. E. Wettlaufer Berlin
\ Chas. FarquharsonStratford
f Chas. FarquharsonStratford
\ Kenneth Casselman London
Kenneth Casselman London
Toronto
Toronto
C'llingw'd
Toronto
C'llingw'd
Stratford
Toronto
Toronto
Welland
Welland
Berlin
Toronto
Stratford
Stratford
London
London
1Q,q -I A / "Kenneth Casselman London Londc
vii-ii I j^g_ rp Sutherland Kingston Kingston
1914-15 / "^^^^ ^- Sutherland Kingston
1^ Sheriff J. F. Paxton Whitby
Sheriff J. F. Paxton Whitby
1915-16
1916-17
{
1917-18
1918-19
1919-20
R. M. Glover
R. M. GloVcr
A. 15.. Cojioland
A. E.^jApeland
Frank^Byde
A. E. Copeland
W. A. Fry
Deceased.
PetQrboro
Pet^boro
Midllfd
Woodstock
Midland
Dunnville
Kingston
Whitby
Whitby
Peterboro
Peterboro
Mi fl land
Midland
Woodstock
Midland
Dunnville
SECRETARIES
Year Name
1890-1 C. R. Hamilton
1891-2 "J. A, Laurie
1892-4 H. A. Parkyn
1894-6 F. W. Tiffin
1896-1902 A. H. Beaton
1902-3 W. A. Buchanan
W. A. Hewitt
1903-19^
1919-20/
Club
Victoria
New Fort
Queen's Univ.
Stratford
Queen's Univ.
Peterboro
Aura Lee
Residence
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Peterboro.
Toronto
. TREASURERS.
Year ' Name Club Residence
1890-1 C. K. Temple St. George's Toronto
1901-2 0. R. Hamilton Victoria Toronto
1902-7 'A. Creelmaa Toronto Toronto
1897-1901*J. D. McMurrich Osgoode To^gnto
1901-3 W. A. Buchanan Peterboro Toronto
1903-7 A. W. McPherson Peterboro Toronto
1908-9 B,. E. A. Moody Argonauts Toronto
1909-13 Dr. W. G. Wood T. A. A. C. TorontjJ
1913-18 Dwight J. Turner Riversides Toronto
1918-19 Sheriff J. F. Paxton Whitby Whitby
1919-20 Sheriff J. F. Paxton Whitby "Whitby
"Deceased J
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CHAMPIONS OF THE ONTARIO
'HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
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SENIOR SERIES
1891 Ottawa — Queen's University 4 — 1
1892 Ottawa— Osgoode Hall 10— 4
1893 Ottawa — Queen's University 6 — 4
1894 Osgoode Hall— Queen's University 3—2
1895 Queen's University — Trinity University 17 — 3
1896 Queen's University— Stratford 12— 3
1897 Queen's University— Toronto University 12— 7
1898 Osgoode Hall— Queen's University 7— 3
1899 Queen's University — Toronto University 19 — -'ll
1900 Toronto Wellingtons — Queen's University 6 — 4
1901 Toronto Wellingtons — Queen's University 7 — 2
1902 Toronto Wellingtons— Cornwall 12— 6
1903 Toronto Wellingtons— Cornwall 6—5
1904 Toronto Marlboros — Perth 28 — 9
1905 Toronto Marlboros — Smith's Falls 9 — 3
1906 Berlin — Toronto Argonauts 5 — 4
1907 Stratford — 14th Regiment, Kingston 8 — 6
1908 14th Regiment. Kingston — Stratford 13 — 9
1909, St. Michael's College, Toronto — 14th Regt.,
> Kingston 23—17
1910 St. Michael's College, Toronto — Parkdale
Canoe Club, Toronto 6 — 5
1911 Eatons, Toronto — Argonauts, Toronto..'... 10 — 7
1912 Eatons, Toronto — Frontenacs, Kingston.... 16 — 12
1913 Toronto R. & A. A. — St. Michael's 10 — 8
, 1914 Toronto R. & A. A. — St. Michael's 9 — 7
M915 Toronto Victorias — St. Michael's 4 — 3
1916 Toronto Riversides — Berlin 12 — 4
1917 Toronto Dentals — Riversides 5 — 2
1918|^itchener — Dentals 7 — 4
1910 Hamilton — St. Patrick's 11 — 8
\ XNTEBMEDZATZ: SEBIES
1897 Berlin — Frontenac 3 — 0
•1898 Listowel — Waterloo 4 — 10
1899 Frdnteivac — Nation^ ■. 5 — 2
1900 London — Belleville 3 — 1
1901 St. George's, Toronto — Port Hope 10 — 8
1902 Peterboro — Gait 7 — 6
1903 Paris — Marlhpros, Toronto 12 — 7
1904 Stratford— >Rd land \ 13 — 11
1905 VictoiOauHarbor — BerlinW.a,^ 9 — 6
1906 PeterlJiafc-Goderich . . .TttV 14 — 8
1907 Berlin-jBlingwood m7. 12 — 7
1908 MidlancBCollingwood 23 — 20
1909 Lindsaylistratf ord 12 — 6
1910 Colllngwood — London 9 — 7
1911 Preston — Midland 12—10
1912 Preston — Midland 24 — 21
1913 Collingrwood — London 10 — 9 .
1914 Berlin — Orillia 5 — 3
1915 Orillia — Wiarton 6 — 4
1916 Sarnia — Belleville 19 — 18
1917 Hamilton — Kitchener 9 — 6
1918 Collingwood — Oshawa 6 — 5
1919 Collingrwood — Kingston 9 — 6
•Listowel won through the disqualification
of the Waterloo Club.
jinnoB SEBiss
1893 Kingston Limestones — Gait 12 — 1
1894 Peterboro — Toronto Granites 14 — 0
1895 Peterboro — Toronto Granites 7 — 6
1896 Toronto Granites — Peterboro 7 — 3
1897 Wellingtons — Guelph Victorias 10 — 8
1898 U. C. C— Stratford Juniors 8—2
1899 St. George's— U. C. C 7—2
1900 Stratford — Peterboro 12 — 9
1901 Peterboro — Stratford 12 — 7
1902 Upper Canada College — Stratford 11 — 10
1903 Marlboros — Frontenac-Beechgroves 11 — 10
1904 Frontenac-Beechgroves — Listowel 9 — 5
1905 Stratford — St. Andrew's College 12 — 10
1906 Port Hope — Woodstock 7— 1
1907 Stratford — Lindsay 15 — 6
1908 Stratford — St. Michael's College 27 — 11
1909 Stratford — Eurekas, Toronto 13 — 10
1910 Kingston Frontenacs — Preston 8 — 7
1911 Kingston Frontenacs— Orillia 21 — 11 ,
1912 Toronto Canoe Club — Orillia 10 — 7 3
1913 Orillia — Woodstock 14 — 9
1914 Orillia — University of Toronto 13 — 7
1915 University of Toronto — Berlin Union Jacks 16 — 11
1916 Toronto Aura Lee — Berlin Union Jacks 6 — 4
1917 Toronto Aura Lee — Kitchener ts — 5
1918 De La Salle C. I.. Toronto — Barrie 10 — 8
1919 U. of T. Schools, Toronto — Woodstock S — 7
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A HISTORY OF THE O. H, A.
The Ontario Hockey Association came into existence
on November 27th, 1890, and the Queen's Hotel,
Toronto, was its birthplace.
The game had attained great popularity in Mont-
real, Ottawa and Kingston, but had not been taken
up by the young men of the west until the organiza-
tion of tha Association. Hockey gradually beeam^' the
winter sport of every city, town and hamlet of the
province, and as the players in each locality increased,
a team was formed, and after a period they sought
admission to the O.H.A., and to-day the Association
embraces in its membership clubs from every section
of Ontario.
YEAE OF 1890-1.
Hon. Arthur Stanley, a son of a former Governor-
General of Canada, was one of the founders ot the
Association. On coming to Canada he found hockey
was a mere baby in the field 'of sport. He was cap-
tured by the many fine points of the game, and soon
had a club organized at Kideau Hall, and in 1890 he
urged the formation of an Association. J. A. Barron,
now Judge Barron, of Stratford, was then a member
of the House of Commons at Ottawa, and a hockey
player as well. He talked to his friend Harry Ward,
M. P. for East Durham, also a devotee of the new game,
and they, with the Hon. Arthur Stanley and a few
others, had a meeting called in xoronto. The delegates
who responded to their call were D. Burke Simpson,
Q.C., Bowmanville; W. Kerr, Eoyal Military College;
J. F. Smelli^, Queen's University, Kingston; F. W.
Jackson, St. George ^s, Toronto; W. Eobinson, Athletic
Lacrosse ClubL Tofonto; Capt. Evans, "C" Company,
Royal School ditiifantry, Toront^it!. Hamilton, Vic-
toria, Toronto; jBCreen, Granites,'Toronto; J. Thomp-
son, Osgoode. ^Lr. Barron acted as chairman and
organization was at once proceeded with. The late
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A. E. COPELAND
MIDLAND
First Vire Prosident, O.II.A., 1919 20.
Liieut.-'Col. A. M. Cosby was chosen President, and
later on in the season he donated a cup to the Associa-
tion. Messrs. Barron and Ward were made Vice-
Presidents. The tirst Secretary was C. E. Hamilton,
of the Victorias, while C. K. Temple, of the St.
George's, acted as Treasurer. P. i). Eoss, Ottawa; J.
F. Smellie, Capt. Evans, J. C. Garvin, W. Hendrie, Jr.,
Hamilton; A. F. D. MacGachen, of Lindsay, and W. A.
H. Kerr, formed the first Executive.
The fees were placed at $2 for membership and $3
for each team, and they remained at this figure until
1900, when they were increased to $5. The Association
condemned rough play in unmeasured terms, and the
policy of 1890 has been strictly adhered to year by
year.
Ottawa won the championship, the final game taking
place at the Capital, the St. George's, of Toronto, being
the runners up.
Morell, goal; Kerr, point; Young, cover point;
Ross, H. Kirby, C. Kirby and Smith, forwards, com-
posed the Ottawa team, while the St. George's placed
on the ice, McVittiie, goal; Henderson, point; Har-
graft, cover poiuit; Lucas, Thompson, Pemberton, Tem-
ple and Jackson, forwards.
Lindsay had one of the best teams in the early
days. Judge Barron was a star forward, as was "W. J.
Montgomery, atterwards captain of the champion
Peterboro seven.
YEAE OF 1891-1892.
Gait, Stratford, Granite Colts, of Toronto; Insurance
and Loan, of Toronto; Eoyal Military College, of
Kingston; Queen's Own, of Toronto; Queen's Univer-
sity, Kingston; "C" Company, Eoyal School of In-
fantry; Osgoode Hall, Ottawa, Varsity, Victorias, of
Toronto, and Granites, of Toronto — thirteen clubs in
all, participated in O.H.A. games in the winter of
1891-2. Col. Cosby was again President of the Associa-
tion, and H. D. Warren became Vice-President, instead
of H. A. Ward, M.P.
Though appearing on the ice for the first season.
Gait made a remarkable showing, and succeeded in
reaching the seifli-finals, when the men from the west
were beaten by the Toronto Granites, whose team was
made up of C. G. Crawford, goal; W. E. Meharg, point;
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Geo. Higinbotham, cover point; J. S. Garvin, F. Dixon.
J. Walker, and J. Shanklin, torwards. The Gait play-
ers were A. Jackson, goal; G. A. Ball, point; A. Cald-
well, cover point; A. M. Gildersleeve, E. Wand, T.
Aitken, J. Hume, forwards. Lieut. Laurie, of Stanley
Barracks, referred the contest.
The Granites did not qualify for the final round,
Osgoode being victorious over them by a rather one-
sided score, 5 to 0. The line-up of the Legalites was:
W. A. Smith, goal; H. Mack, point; J. F. Smellie, cover
point; E. C. Senkler, W. A. H. Kerr, F. Anderson, C.
Swabey, forwards. Ottawa, having won in the east,
met Osgoode in the finals, and captured the champion-
ship for the second time, the score standing 10 goals
to 4. The teams in this contest were: Osgoode — Smith,
Swabey, W. A. Boyce, of Barrie, E. C. Senkler, of St
Catharines, W. A. H. Kerr, J. F. Smellie, H. Mack.
Ottawa — Morell, Jenkins, Young, Eussell, C Kirby, H.
Kirby, Bradley.
YEAR OF 1892-3.
in the faa of 1892 the third annual meeting or the
Association was convened in Toronto. Toronto Gran-
ites, Osgoode Hall, Varsity, Toronto Victorias, Trinity,
New Fort, and Bankers, all of Toronto; Queen's, Lime-
stones and R.M.C., of Kingston; London and Gait be-
ing represented. The Limestones of Kingston, Peter-
boro, St. Thomas and London were admitted to membfer-
ship.
The growth of the Association and the marked in-
crease in the popularity of the game warranted the
establishment of a second series for the junior teams.
Col. Cosby withdrew from the presidency, and he
was succeeded by H. D. Warren, t)f the Toronto Gran-
ites. The other oflScers for the year were: P. D. Ross,
Ottawa, and W. A. H. Kerr, Toronto, Vice-Presidents;
Lieut. Laurie, Stanley Barracks, Secretary; Alex.
Creelman, Treasurer, a position he held until 1896. The
Executive was made up of J. S. Garvin, Toronto Gran-
ites; H. Hartshorn and J. F. Smellie, Osgoode; S. T.
Baldwin, Stanley Barracks; W. G. Thomas, London;
Dr. Parkyu, Queen's.
In the Senior Series five districts were arranged
(1) Clubs west of Toronto. (2) Toronto City Clubs.
(3) Peterboro and vicinity. (4) Kingston. (5) Ottawa
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Gait won in the west, Granites in Toronto City, Peter-
boro in the Midland district, Queen 's in the east, and
Ottawa in the group of clubs m the district surrounding
the capital. Peterboro in the semi-finals lost to the
Queen's University team by 14 goals to 2, the match
taking place in Kingston, The teams that met in this
contest were:
Peterboro — T. H. Dumble, goal; Gus. Sawers, point;
W. B. Carmichael, cover point; W. "Wonham, W. J.
Montgomery, J. Parsons, W. Phelan, forwards. Queen's
— Giles, goal; Guy Curtis, point; Taylor, cover point;
Waldron, McLennan, Eayside and Weatherhead, for-
wards.
The Granites defeated Gait by 13 goals to 6, but
were afterwards beaten by Queen's.
The finals took place between the students from
Kingston and the Ottawa seven and the hockeyists from
the Capital again displayed their superior strength by
retaining the championship, though they had to fight
hard to win. The score was 6 to 4. Ottawa's team
was almost the same that ranked as champions the year
before. Queen's was represented by Giles, goal; Curtis,
point; Taylor, cover point; Waldron, McLennan, Kay-
side and Weatherhead, forwards.
The Limestones, of Kingston, had the distinction of
carrying off the championship in the freshly inaugur-
ated Junior Series. They competed with Gait in
Toronto, and won by the overwhelming score of 12 to
1. The competing sevens were:
Kingston Limestones — Walkem, goal: McEae, point;
Irwin, cover point; Sutherland, Lowe, Sears and Harty,
forwards.
Gait — Elliott, goal; Eando, point; Cutler, cover
point; Hall, Wilkinson, Eothwell and Davis, forwards.
YEAR OF 1893-4.
When the next annual meeting of the Association
came around in November of 1893, Peterboro and St.
Thomas dropped out of the Senior Series, and the team
from the former place succeeded in securing the Inter-
mediate Championship.
H. D. Warren was again President of the Associa-
tion, while C. A. B. Brown and W. A. H. Kerr were
elected Vice-Presidents. Lieut. Laurie retired from
the Secretaryship, and Dr. H. A. Parkyn, of Queen's
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was chosen to fill the pos'tion. The Executive of 1893
consisted of J. F. Smellie, Osgoode; J. W. Gilmour,
Varsity; George Irving, Granites; A. McVittie,
Victorias; M. S. McCar'.hy, Hamilton; Hugh Hart-
shorn, Osgoode.
Treasurer Creelman reported the receipts of the year
1892-3 had been $145.32, and the expenses only
amounted to $15.81. Berlin, Petrolea, St. Catharines
and Hamilton were among the new clubs in the OJH.A.
that season.
St. Catharines had to play all matches away from
home as they had not a covered rink.
The class of hockey in that winter was remarkably
improved, and the game won the public patronage to a
much greater extent than in the past. Osgoode got the
championship of the Senior Series after a lot of close
contests between competing teams iL the semi-finals.
Ayr defeated London by 5 goals to 4, the teams being:
London — Belcher, goal; Brown, point; Baird, cover
point; Johnston, R. Lind, Skey and Hobbs, forwards.
Ayr — J. Elliott, goal; Wiley, point; Coldwell, cover
point; Robson, Davis, Goldie and R. Elliott, forwards.
In the next round the Ayr team had to face the
Toronto Granites, and again succeeded in coming out in
the lead, the score being 5 to 4. The Granites were
represented by Irving/ goal; Dixon, point; Walker,
cover point; Murray, Carruthers, Ewing and Dixon, for-
wards. Though apparently having struck a winning
pace, the team from the little town in the west, de-
faulted to Osgoode in the match that was to decide
the seven men to enter the finals for the Senior Cham-
pionship. In the east Ottawa, the previous year's
champions, resigned from the Association because they
had been ordered to contest the final match at Toronto.
This action on the part of the team from the Capital
left Queen's University in the last stage of the series.
Kingston students and Osgoode played the final match
in Toronto, and after a stubtjornly fought battle, the
Legalites won by 3 goals to 2, in the presence of a
great crowd. The victors were: Alexis Martin, Past
President of the O.H.A., goal; W. A. H. Kerr, point;
W. A. Boys, cover point; .). F. Smellie, A. B. Cunning-
ham (afterwards a member of the O.H.A. Executive);
J. F. Patterson and F. Anderson, forwards. Their
opponents were: R. Hiscock, goal; Guy Curtis, point:
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f. Taylor, cover point; J. F. Kayside, S. F. Weather-
head, D. E. McLennan and E. W. Waldron, forwards.
Peterboro had little difficulty in capturing the
Junior Championship. The match that decided the vic-
tory took place on its own ici, with the Granites, of
Toronto, and the score was 14 to 0 in favor of the
seven men from the east. Geo. Dixon, goal; W. J.
Montgomery, point; J. Parson, cover point; J. Hedley,
W. Phelan, W. Wonham and Lionel King, afterwards a
Vice-President of the O. H. A., forwards, made up the
Peterboro team. The Granites were represented by
Livingstone, goal; Mc Arthur, point; Holland, cover
point; Dixon, Carruthers, Lillie and McBrien, for-
wards.
YEAE OF 1894-5.
A notice of motion to permit the puck being stopped
by the hand was introduced at the annual meeting in
December, 1894, but it did not win favor, and was not
again proposed until 1900, when the rules were changed,
and this proposal adopted. C. A. B. Brown became
President in 1894, and he was supported by James A.
Macfadden, Stratford, and J. W. Gilmour, V£.vsity, as
Vice-Presidents. Fred W. Tiffin, of London, succeeded
H. A. Parkyn as Secretary, and Alex. Creelman was re-
tained as Treasurer The Executive was composed of
A. F. Barr, Varsity; A. F. E. Martin, Osgoode; G. J.
Horkins, Peterboro; J. D. McMurrich, Trinity; W. B.
Laidlaw, London, and G.F. Macdonnell, Kingston
The teams in the Senior Series that year were
Queen's, Eoyal Military College and Limestones, King-
ston; Victorias, Osgoode, Granites, Toronto Athletic
Club and Trinity, of Toronto; Barrie, Hamilton, Ayr,
Berlin, Guelph, London, Stratford, Sarnia, Petrolea.
Ayr was defeated by Trinity in the semi-finals. The
match took place at Berlin and the score was 10 to 7.
Trinity faced Queen's in the finals, and met a rather
ignominious defeat, the Kingston team piling up 17
goals to the Toronto students' 3. This was the first
occasion Queen's had won the senior honours, and there
was great rejoicing at Kingston. Queen's team was
made up as follows: E. Hiscock, goal; Guy Curtis,
point; F. Taylor, cover point; McLennan, Weatherhead,
Eayside and Cunningham, who had played with the
Osgoods team the season before, forwards.
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YEAR OF 1895-6.
For the second time in succession Peterboro won
the Junior Championship, their opponents again being
the Toronto Granites, but the score, 7 to 6, evidences
that the sevens were well matched, and that the hon-
ours went to Peterboro after a determined Sght. The
match took place in Toronto, and the teams were:
Peterboro — Geo. Dixon, goal; W. J. Montgomery, point;
Sam Adams, cover point; Walter Phelan, Lionel King,
W. Wonham and K. Davidson, forwards. Granites —
Livingston, goal; McArthur, point; F. Lillie, cover
poin'-; W. Lillie, Dixon, Ewing and Johnson, forwards.
C. A. B. Brown became President for a second term
in 1895, and the other officers also remained as in 1894:
A. F. Martin, Osgoode; Geo. J. Horkins, Peterboro; H.
C. Becher, Loudon; J. Bain, Granites; H. Southam,
Trinity; A. H. Beaton, Queen's, composed the Execu-
tive. In his report. Treasurer Creelman presented an
encouraging statement, showing $191.49 to be on hand
in the treasury.
Stratford brought distinction to itself and Western
Ontario by reaching the. finals in the competition for
the Senior Championship in 1896. In the semi-finals it
had met Osgoode, and won out after a remarkably close
contest. Osgoode placed on the ice McMaster, goal;
Boy:", point; Carruthers, cover point; Patterson, Ander-
son, Macdonnell and McLennan, forwards. Queen's
came up from the east to face Stratford for the cup,
and the result was most disappointing to the western
team, the Kingston University men capturing the cham-
pionship by 11 goals to 4. The competing teams were:
Stratford — Cassels, goal; Gibson, point; Ewing,
cover point; J. A. Macfadder. afterwards President of
the Association, Downs, Mi^Jer and MarFarlane, for-
wards. ^
Queen's — Hiscock,"^oal7 Curtis, point; McLennan,
cover point; Weatherhead, McKay, Brock and Harty,
forwards.
The little village of Ayr made an enviable record
in the Senior Series by reaching the semi-finals. They
went to Kingston, and put up a plucky fight, and lost
by a score of 6 to .3, Queen's and Stratford battling for
the championships afterwards. Ayr's team that year
was made up of J. Elliott, goal; J. Wylie, point; F.
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Clarke, cover point; T. Robson, W. Clarke, B. Deagon,
W. Hilborn, forwards.
Peterboro again got into the finals in the Junior
Series by defeating the Victorias, of Kingston, by 13
goals to 1. In the west the Toronto Granites defeated
Berlin by 4 goals to 2. Peterboro and the Toronto
aggregation came together in Toronto, and the ambi-
tions that the eastern town had to win the Junior
Championship were ruthlessly cast aside, and the
Toronto Juniors — though juniors in those days did not
limit a man to being married and playing with his own
children on the ice — succeeded in getting the Junior
Championship after three years' efforts. The Granites
were represented in that year by Carlyle, goal; Davis,
point; McArthur, cover point; Crawford, Dixon, Lillie
and Johnson, forwards.
Peterboro lined up against them J. Hamilton, goal;
W. J. Montgomery, point; S. Adams, cover point; W.
Phelan, J. Parsons, L. King and Eoger Davidson, for-
wards.
YEAE OF 1896-7.
At the annual meeting in' this year James A. Mac-
fadden, of Stratford, always an ardent promoter of
liock«y'S( best interests, succeeded in convincing 'the
delegates that another series was necessary, and as a
result the Intermediate Series was formed. The O.H.A.
also decided to seek incorporation, and from that year
on it has ranked as an incorporated institution.
The Treasurer's report indicated that the finances
were on the increase yearly, and Mr. Creelman informed
the Association that a balance of $236.07 existed.
Mr. Macfadden was promoted from the Vice-Presi-
dency to the chair, and Alexis Martin, of Osgoode, and
Geo. J. Horkins, of Peterboro, were elected Vice-Presi-
dents. A new man was chosen by the Association to
perform the onerous duties of Secretary. The choice
was Alex. H. Beaton, a representative of the Queen's
University Club. He filled the position from that time
until 1902. J. S. Noble, Petrolea; R. G. Fitzgibbon,
Varsity; H. C. Becher, London; E. P. Brown, Trinity;
A. F. Campbell and F. L. Morrison, of the Wellingtons,
were elected to the Executive.
The teams competing in the three series of the
Association in the season of 1896-7 were:
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W. A. FRY
DUNNVILLE
Second Vice-President O.H.A., 1919-1920
The teams competing in the three series of the
Association in the season of 1896-7 were:
Senior — Peterboro, Koyal Military College, Toronto
Athletic Club, Trinity University, Osgoode Hall,
Queen's University, Varsity and Stratford.
Intermediate — Victorias, Toronto Athletic Club and
Osgoode Hall, of Toronto; Frontenacs and Crystals, of
Kingston; Norwood, Peterboro, Sarnie, Petrolea, Lon-
don, Berlin, Brampton and Ayr.
Junior — Peterboro, Norwood, Frontenacs and
Queen's, of Kingston; Wellingtons, Osgoode, Trinity
and Upper Canada College, of Toronto; Gait, Guelph,
Berlin, Hamilton, Brampton, St. Mary's, London,
Stratford and Listowel.
A shock came to the hockey world early in the sea-
son, when the Queen's team met its first defeat in four
years, at Peterboro. It was a Senior Championship
match, out the Kingston men failed to induce Peterboro
to play a return game in the Limestone City, and
stepped into the finals, meeting 'Varsity, who had de-
feated the Toronto Athletic Club in the "Western
group. Home and home matches took place for the
Senior ohampionship. 'Varsity discouraged their sup-
porters in the first contest, which took place in Toronto,
as Queen's came out victorious by 6 goals to 1.
'Varsity, though failing to win at Kingston, put up
a marvellous exhibition of fast hockey and succeeded
in keeping the score at six goals each.
The two teams were:
Queen's — Hiscock, goal; Curtis, point; Merrill,
cover point; Harty, Dalton, Brock and Weatherhead,
forwards.
'Varsity — Waldie, goal; Scott, point; E. Parry,
cover point; Shepard, Snell, Morrison and Elliott,
forwards.
This was Queen's third successive championship in
the Senior Series.
The honour of winning the first Intermediate Cham-
pionship fell to Berlin, the Frontenacs, of Kingston,
being their opponents in the finals. The match took
place in Toronto, and was a capital exhibition of
hockey; the score was 3 to 0, with the following men
representing the two clubs on the ice:
Berlin — F. G. Boehmer, goal; J. Gibson, point; Jos.
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Seagram, H. E. Wettlaufer, cover point; Ed. Seagram,
Jas. McDonald, Dixon and Livingstone, forwards.
Kingston Frontenacs — Lamb, goal; Rigney, point;
McDowall, cover point; Cunningham, Keynar, Harty
and Murray, forwards.
A new team, but one that later distinguished itself
by capturing the Senior Championship and the Robert-
son Cup, the Wellingtons, landed on top in the Junior
Series in this year, defeating Guelph in the round by
10 goals to 8. Neither team won the games on their
own ice. Wellingtons got their lead by scoring 6
goals to Guelph 's 3, at Guelph, while the latter team
tallied 5 goals to the Wellingtons 4 at Toronto.
The Junior champions were: "Dutch" Morison,
goal; Gray, point; F. Morrison, cover point; Hill, F.
Morison, Donaldson and Rowland, lorwards.
Guelph 's seven young players were: Johnston, goal;
Peters, point; Smith, cover point; Crawford, Barber,
Till and Petrie, forwards.
YEAR OF 1897-8.
A strict anti-professionalism clause, fathered by Jas.
A. Macfadden, found place in the Rule Book at the
annual meeting in December, '97. Formed as an ama-
teur organization, the O.H.A. was found that it would
adhere to the straight and narrow road in this respect,
and it xound the winter of 1898 prolific in protests,
the new clause proving the point of dispute in every
instance. Though the Executive, which was composed
of the new President, Alexis Martin and Vice-Presi-
dents F. W. Tiffin and Alex. Creelman, Secretary Bea-
ton, Treasurer McMurrich, and Messrs. Lionel King,
Peterboro; F. J. McLennan, Cornwall; J. S. Robertson,
Toronto; A. A. Macdonald, Upper Canada College;
E. P. Brown, 'Varsity, and W. A. Boys, Barrie, had
many difficult matters to adjudicate upon, they strictly
enforced the rules and emphasized the fact that ama-
teurism reigned in the Association.
Brockville and Cornwall for the first time entered
teams in the Senior Series. In the Intermediate Series
the new contestants were Toronto Garrison, Orange-
ville, Waterloo, Hamilton, Victorias, Listowel, Seaforth,
Collingwood, Barrie, Orillia, Coldwater and Waubau-
shene.
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Berlin had only played one match when it was sum-
moned to appear before the O.H.A. Executive, charged
with professionalism. The club put forth considerable
effort to disprove th'e allegation, but failed, and the
team was expelled.
Competition for the championship in the several
series was keen, and the season was one of the most in-
teresting in the Association's history. Stratford
Juniors got into the Junior final by defeating Guelph.
The western men afterwards met Upper Canada College
and defeat as well, the score being 8 to 2 in favour of
the young collegians.
Upper Canada College — Temple, goal; Howitt, point;
Darling, cover point; Petherbridge, Fraser, Morrison
and Moffatt.
Stratford — -Rankin, goal; Monteith, point; Perry,
cover point; J. Rankin, Poland, Irvine and Lightfoot,
forwards.
Stratford again found misfortune with it, when the
senior team endeavoured to reach the finals by defeat-
ing Osgoode. The law students, after their victory
over Stratford, had few to encourage them in their
next battle for the championship. The concensus of
opinion was that Queen's would retain the char-.pion-
ship, but opinion was in error, as the score stood 7 to
3 at the finish of the contest: Osgoode, 7; Queen's, 3.
McMurrich, goal; L. Cosby, point; Geo. Carruthers,
cover point; Johnston, Morrison, Lillie and Edgar
Carruthers, forwards, wore the Osgoode colors, while
the Kingston College placed on the ice Carmichael,
goal; Curtis, point; Merrill, cover point; Adams, New-
lands, Harris and Dalton, forwards.
Protests in profusion marred the contests for the
Intermediate Championship. Waubaushene, a new team
from Northern Ontario, made a fine record and stepped
into the semi-finals with Listowel and encountered a
reverse. A protest was entered out it failed.
Waterloo travelled to Kingston and played the
Frontenacs, who won by 9 goals to 5. The defeated
team was not satisfied and protested the victors,
alleging that Harty had played under a false name,
and that he had been a member of a club in New
York. Their charge was upheld 'and the two teams
were ordered to meet again, this time in Toronto. It
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was a battle royal and the men from Waterloo came
out victorious by a score of 7 to 3.
In the final match Listowel and Waterloo competed
and the latter team were successful by the score of 10
to 4. Listowel filed a protest and the Waterloo club
was disqualLfied, Listowel being awarded the Inter-
mediate Championship.
The two teams who had- gained notoriety before
the Executive and on the ice, were composed as follows:
Listowel — ^Ford, goal; Climie, point; Meyers, cover
point; Livingston, Hacking, Orr, Kidd.
"Waterloo — Koehler, goal; Forrester, point; Joe
Seagram, cover point; Ed. Seagram, Dixon, Clemes,
Hendry.
YEAR OF 1898-9.
The conduct of O.H.A. affairs had won for the sport
many warm admirers, and one of them, in the person of
Mr. J. Ross Robertson, then M.P. for East Toronto,
came forward at the annual meeting on December 3,
1898, and donated for competition in the Senior Series,
a magnificent solid silver challenge trophy. The cup,
which is of tazza form, is made of purest Can£.dian
silver. It is lined with Canadian gold and richly
decorated with bas-relief of lions, masks and fells,
which stand out from the piece in high relief. A
striking feature of this original cup are three leopard
handles, beautifully modelled and chased. Its weight
is 130 ounces. It is thirteen inches in diameter and
ten in height and stands on a plinth six inches in
height, with six silver Hogarth-shaped shields for in-
scribing the winners' names. When Mr. Robertsoz
made the presentation, the delegates were filled with
delight and his speech emphasizing his faith in amateur
sport, was enthusiastically received by the gathering.
Among other things he said that won him the friend-
ship of hockey enthusiasts, were these expressions:
"Hockey is practically the winter sport for the
young men of the Dominion and those of the province
should stand at the head of the game."
"A manly nation is always fond of manly sports.
If we want our boys to be strong, vigorous and self-
reliant, we must encourage athletics."
"A trophy is a prize for which clubs may honor-
ably contend. There is no personal gain to any player
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and yet the emblem is an incentive to each to ao his
best."
"Sport should be pursued for its own sake, for
when professionalism begins, true sport ends."
Alex. Creelman, who had been Treasurer and Vice-
President, succeeded Alexis Martin as President, and
J. S. Robertson and A. A. Macdonald were made Vice-
Presidents. J. D. McMurrich and A. H. Beaton were
retained as Treasurer and Secretary respectively. The
Executive Committee chosen was: Lionel King, Peter-
boro; ii. P. Brown, 'Varsity; Geo. E. Gray, Coldwater;
A. B. Petrie, Guelph; F. Morison, Wellingtons; A. Gau-
thier, Windsor.
W. A. Buchanan, of the Peterboro Club, introduced
an amendment to the rules, providing that the Junior
Series should be limited to players under twenty years
of age. The proposition evoked strong opposition, but
the arguments in its favor impressed the delegates and
the change was adopted.
The healthy spirit that characterized the annual
meeting dominated the O.H.A. during the season, and
very few allegations of professionalism had to be dealt
with by the Executive.
Berlin, Guelph, Victorias, Belleville, Ontario Agri-
cultural College, Preston, Lakefield and Millbrook
joined the Association.
With their eyes on the new Eobertson trophy, the
senior teams put unusual zest into the competition for
the championship, but Queen's University, bound to
possess the honour of first holders of the cup, set a
pace that could not be surpassed, and Toronto Uni-
versity, representing the western groups in the final
match, succumbed to 19 to 11. Peterboro put up a
great battle against 'Varsity, and nearly landed the
competition against the Kingston team.
The seven men whose names were inscribed on the
first shield of the trophy were: Carmichael, goal;
Curtis, point; Merrill, cover point; Harty, Dalton,
Harris and Newlands, forwards, xne defeated seven
were: Waldie, goal; Isbister, point; Darling, cover
point; Snell, McKenzie, Shepard and Broder, for-
wards.
Two Toronto teams — the St. George's and Upper
Canada College — were left in the Junior finals, and the
St. George's got the cup, defeating the team fror.i the
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college by 7 goals to 2. Pardoe, goal; Piatt, point:
Bish, cover point; Temple, Birmingham, Gillies and
Warden played for the victors. Temple, goal; Hen-
derson, point; Gray, cover point; Bert Morrison, "Worts,
Moffatt and Eraser, represented Upper Canada College.
Protests in almost every important match caused
the result of the contest for the Intermediate Cham-
pionship to be uncertain until the first week in March,
when the famous Guelph Nationals and the Frontenacs
of Kingston met in the latter city. Guelph was de-
feated, the score being 5 goals to 2. In the west,
Guelph had beaten Listowel. Listowel protested un-
successfully, and then the Eoyal City team went to
London and were vanquished. A protest was soon
forthcoming, and London was ordered to play over
again, because it had on its team three men who were
members of the City League. This order of the
Executive was not obeyed, and Guelph won by default
and faced the Kingston Frontenacs for the champion
ship, the two teams competing on that occasion being:
Guelph Nationals — Eaymo, goal; Howitt, point;
Morrison, cover point; Carmichael, Barber, Snell and
Shields.
Kingston Frontenacs — Hiscock, goal; McRae, point;
McDowall, cover point; Reynar, Wilson, Murray and
Clarke, forwards.
YEAR OF 1899-1900.
The growth of the Association continued at a phe-
nomenal pace, and at the annual meeting, on Dec. 2nd,
1899, Secretary Beaton reported that there were nine
more clubs in the membership than the year previous,
21 more than in 1897, and 35 more than in 1896.
Mr. J. Ross Robertson was persuaded to accept the
position of President for the next year. The two Vice-
Presidents chosen were Lionel King, Peterboro, and A.
A. Macdonald, Upper Canada College, Toronto. J. D.
McMurrich was re-elected Treasurer, and A. H. Beaton,
Secretary. The new Executive was: J. S. Robertson,
Toronto; A. B. Petrie, Guelph; Dr. Thomson, Midland;
Francis Nelson, Toronto; A. J. Isbister, Toronto, and
Gordon Crawford, Toronto.
Mr. Richard Garland presented a cup for competi-
tion in the Intermediate Series.
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The Association decided at this meeting to raise the
deposit in case of protests from $5 to $25.
Queen's expectations of retaining the Robertson Cup
for a second season seemed cheerful until the last
match was played, the Wellingtons of Toronto over-
coming at Kingston the lead secured by Queen's at
Toronto, and captured the cup and the championship.
It was a remarkable victory on the part of the To-
ronto team. On their own ice the Wellington were
beaten by 3 goals to 1, and their hopes were not buoy-
ant when they journeyed to Kingston a week later.
Queen's anticipated an easy victory, but when the re-
sult was announced the college team had lost the
match in their own rink by 5 goals to 1, and the Well-
ingtons took the Senior Championship and cup.
The competing teams were: Wellington — Morison,
goal; Smart, point; Darling, cover point; Chadwick,
McKay, Hill and Warden, forwards.
Queen's — 'Hiscock, goal; Curtis, point; McDowall,
cover point; Dalton, Merrill, Carr-Harris and Walkem,
forwards.
Though a new member of the Association, Belle-
ville came to the front rapidly in the fight for the
Intermediate Championship, and reached the final with
London, who had won in the semi-finals from St.
George's, of Toronto. The championship battle oc-
curred in Toronto and was closely contested. London
came out victorious by 3 goals to 1. The teams were:
London — Johns, goal; Peel, point; Brown, cover
point; Ashplant, Ewing, Hobbs, Westcott. forwards.
Belleville — Winchester, goal; Wallace, point; Du-
bois, cover point; Lang, Emory, McGuiie, Marks, for-
wards.
A lively contest for honors in the Junior Series
kept up excitement in hockey at Stratford and Peter-
boro until late in the season. In two matches, Peter
boro and Upper Canada College made even scores, and
a contest to decide the winners of the round was
played at Lindsay, and Peterboro won, leaving them
in the finals with Stratford, and the western club came
out best by 12 goals to 9.
The two teams were:
Stratford — Woods, goal; Morrison, point; Gordon,
cover point; Poland, Eankin, Hern and Lightfoot, for-
warrls.
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FRANCIS NELSON
TORONTO.
A.A.U. of C. Governor
Peterboro — Miller, goal; Cavanagh, point; Arm-
strong, cover point; Lynch, Morgan, Whitcroft and
Harry King, forwards.
At Peterboro the score was 6 to 3 in favor of the
home team, but Stratford overcame the lead of theii
opponents on Stratford ice, winning by a score of S
to 3.
YEAR OF 1900-1901.
Ten years old and the Association thriv s. The
annual meeting of 1900 was characterized by a perfect
system in the conduct of business. As a legislative
body, tne O.H.A. ranks far ahead of any athletic or-
ganization in the Dominion. It controls a greater
number of clubs, covers a vaster amount of territory
and stands prominently before the public as the lead-
ing association for the promotion of amateur sport in
Canada. All the reports and the address of the Presi-
dent, J. Ross Robertson, emphasized these facts. The
Secretary reported that the O.H.A. controlled 52 clubs,
and the Treasurer gave the information that $30P still
stood to the Association's credit. Mr. Beaton, in his
report of the Executive, pointed out that in the season
of 1899-1900 the Nationals of Guelph were thrown out
for professionalism.
A year had been spent in receiving and considering
amendments to the Rules and Regulations of the Asso-
ciation, and the Executive submitted a complete re-
vision, and u was adopted. The changes included an
increase of the entrance and subscription fees from
$2.00 and $3.00 to $.5.00; the adoption of the goal net;
permission to stop the puck with the hand; the nomi-
nation by the President of two members of the Execu-
tive, the Association electing the remaining four; the
nomination of officers seven days before the Annual
Convention, and the fixing of the time of residence of a
player in the town to which his club belongs at
October 1, instead of November 1. The Association
also decided that each club should send one delegate
with power to cast a vote for every team it entered.
Mr. J. Ross Robertson was re-elected President
without opposition. The officers of the year were
Vice-Presidents, A. A. Macdonald, Upper Canada Col-
lege, and A. B. Petrie, Jr., Guef^h. Secretary, A. H.
Beaton. Treasurer, J. D. McMurrich. Executive Com-
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mittee, W. A. Buchanan, Francis Nelson, Dr. W. P.
Thomson, Frank Hobbs, H. J. Powell, and George
Stiles.
When the annual meeting came around on Decem-
ber 7, 190i, the officers in their reports indicated that
the Association had enjoyed a year of unprecedented
prosperity. The President told about the condition of
the Association in these words:
"In the season of 1S99-1900 we had 13 teams in
the Senior Series; 23 in the Intermediate, and 16 in
the Junior Series — a total of 52.
"Last year (1900-1901) we had nine teams in the
Senior Series, a slight decrease; 31 in the Intermediate,
an increase; and 17 in the Junior, also an increase — a
total of 57, This season we have already applications
from 20 clubs, with a probability of ten affiliating.
"For tnese additions we feel more than ordinary
gratification, for many of our new affiliates hail from
important districts that were not represented last
year. The correspondence shows that this desire to
join hands with us is not only from a wish to partici-
pate in all the advantages for which our competitions
offer, as the premier Hockey Association of the Pro-
vince, but from a belief that our determination is to
make hockey the clean game of the honest amateur.
"Nine clubs entered in the Senior Series. In the
preliminary round ten matches were played, bringing
the .. ellingtons, of Toronto, and Queen's University
into the finals. Three contests were then necessary to
decide the winner of the Kobertson Cup. Queen's won
the first match at Kingston, but it was ordered to be
played over again, and the Toronto team won both at
home and in the second game in the Limestone City,
by a majority of 7 goals to 2.
"Altogether 68 matches took place in the second
round of the Intermediate Series for the Garland Cup.
Port Hope by defeating Queen's II and Orillia in the
second and third round, reached the finals, along with
St. George's, of Torontp, who had met Osgoode, Col-
iingwood and Stratford, winners of other groups. The
St. George's latidcd first, winning by 10 goals to 8 in
the two matches jdayed.
"Forty matches kapt up the interest in the Junior
Series tof the Cosby Clip until the close of the season.
The district winners were Frontenac II., Kingston,
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Peterboro, Simcoes, of Toronto, Penetanguishene,
Stratford and Barrie. Of these Peterboro, Stratford
and Barrie got into the semi-finals, and then Barrie
lost to Peterboro, and the teams from the east and
west competed for the championship, the seven young-
sters from Peterboro finally winning by a majority of
five goals. This is the second year in succession in
which these two teams competed against each other
for the junior championship. The total number of
matches played under the auspices of the Association
in the three series last season was 121. The attend-
ance on each occasion was a marked feature and in-
dica/ted that hockey has a large following in Ontario.
"Our finances are another indication of prosperity.
In 1899 our receipts were $685.05, and our expenses
$376.05. In 1900 our receipts were $743.60, and ex-
penses $458.95. Our receipts this year reach the high
figure of $1,094.95, with expenses of $451.08, leaving
$645 to our credit in the bank,
"Your Executive, in maintaining the honor of the
genuine amateur of the Association has had to meet a
good deal of off-side work. We thought that bitter ex-
perience had taught us all we could possibly learn of
ways that are dark and tricks that are vain. The Lon-
don Hockey Club, however, proved that the heathen
Chinee was a back number. We had yet a lot to learn.
We found that in the fine art of perjury there were
men to the fore that could give the child-like Oriental
cards and spades in this particular line of business.
The making of a false declaration may rank as a fine
art in some associations, but your Executive has deter-
mined that in the O.H.A. it shall rank as one of the
lost arts. The case has been fully reported in the
press, so that a summary of it will suffice for my pur-
post. The game took place on 16th Jan., 1901.
"London, in its match with stratford, on its own
ice, played a man who it alleged to be a resident who
lived in a township naar tha,t city. This resident had
been given permissionMo play, with London. The night
of the match everyboay, with the exception of those
who had arranged the deal, thought the stranger on
the ice was the man from the township. The belief
might have been held until ^is minute, and many
minutes hereafter, had not a spwtator acquainted with
the township man, discovered that it was not he who
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was playiag the phenomenally fast game on the Lon-
don teau, but a "tourist," a hockeyist from Mont-
real. The game ended. London won. Stratford pro-
tested the match, claiming that London had played a
"tourist." London defended the ease. It startled the
Executive by filing an affidavit from the township man
declaring that he had played on the night oi the 16th
January in London, against Stratford.
"A member of the Executive visited the locality in
order to unravel the mystery. He saw his employer.
The latter stated that the young man had not been off
the farm on the night of the 16th January. The town-
ship man saw the game was up. He acknowledged
signing the declaration that he had played for the
London club, and admitted what he had declared was
false from beginning to end. He then tried to make
amends. He saw that he was up against the criminal
code. He realized his position. He said that in order
to help London out of the hole he had made a false
declaration, and in set terms made a second declara-
tion, that he had not played against Stratford. The
members of the Executive reported the position of
matters to the London club. Their ignorance indicated
a large range of possibilities. Your Executive acted,
and London's career as an amateur hockey centre fell
with a dull thud. The officers of the club and the team
were expelled and professionalized. To make matters
worse, your Executive found that another player on
the London team had received financialinducements at
a match in Tavistock, and later that he had been paid
in London. The Montreal player finally admitted his
guilt. He told the truth, the whole truth, and, I think,
nothing but the truth. In an affidavit he gave the
details of how the scheme was put up and carried out,
showing the event as a disgrace to all who had been
connected with it.
"Your Executive took action. It was guided by
the best legal advice. It went M the limit of its power,
and it is not its fault i£Jthe i»vcrs of the law were
not also exercised. Youy Execmivc did not thirst for
vengeance, but ^lid think that per.iury should not be
regarded a.9iB mere boyish folly. The legal adviser of
the Association — an eminent counsel — gave every con-
sideration to the eviddSbe. His opinion was that "-here
wai a ^od case for prosecution, but that the diffi-
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culties arising out of local sentiment in favor of the
offenders would make success very doubtful."
The championship teams in 1901 were:
Senior: — Wellingtons, Toronto; Morison, goal;
Smart, point; Darling, cover point; Chadwick (Capt.),
Ardagh, Warden, Hill, forwards.
Intermediate: — ^St. George's, Toronto; Temple, goal;
platt, point; Bisch, cover point; lardoe, Gillies
(Capt.), Webster, Hynes, forwards.
Junior: — Peterboro' Colts; Brundrette, goal; Cava-
nagh (Capt.), point; Armstrong, cover point; King,
Morgan, Smith, Whitcroft, forwards.
For the third time J. Ross Eobertson was re-elected^
President by acclamation; Dr. Thomson succeeded A.'
B. Petrie, Jr., as one of the Vice-Presidents; while W.
A. Buchanan was chosen as Treasurer, J. T^. McMur-
rich retiring after having held the position since 1897.
The Stanley Cup, at that time the trophy carrying
with it the world's championship, was again competed
for by 0. H. A. champions. In 1897 Queen's Univer-
sity unsuccessfully attempted to wrest it from the
Victorias, of Montreal. Three winters elapsed before
another team made an effort to win this coveted cham-
pionship. In the latter part of January, 1902, the
Wellingtons, of Toronto, travelled to Winnipeg and
played very exciting matches with the Victorias of
that city, then holders of the Stanley Cup. They did
not return victorious, but brought distinction to the
0. H. A. neA'ertheless. The Winnipeg team won both
matches — the arrangement had been made that the
team winning two matches out of three should be the
victor — the score in each being five goals to three. The
team sent west by the Wellingtons waj composed of
Morison, goal; Smart, point; Ardagh, cover point;
McKay (Capt.), Chadwick, McLaren and Hill, for-
wards.
YEAE OF 1901-2.
The 0. H. A. seaso^^ 1902 was remarkably success-
ful, one of the featurelrbeingv that competition for all
the Association championshipsjwas almost void of any *_
dishonorable tactics, and pKessionalism seemed to ^
have wholly disappeared, an^floifuent W^bute to the
Associations strong stand in faiB of pure amateurism.
The Senior Series was eomproed of eight clubs, the
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same number as the previous year» The Intermediate
Series had grown to thirty-four clubs, an increase of
three; while the Junior Series increased to the extent
of ten clubs, bringing their to,tal up to twenty. This
made the total number of clubs, sixty-nine, the largest
on record up to then.
The final game in all the series were a marked fea-
ture of the success of the season. In every instance
were they well contested, and in at least one case the
most phenomenal game ever played in a final in the
O. H. A. up to that time, was witnessed. In the Senior
Series the extreme east and west met in the final game,
viz. — Cornwall vs. Wellingtons of Toronto; the latter
team fresh from their creditable performance in "Winni-
peg, proved a great drawing card in all games in which
they participated throughout the season. In Cornwall
the Wellingtons defeated the easterners by a score of
4 to 3. The return game, played in Toronto, March
3rd, favored the Wellingtons, by a score of 8 to 3, the
Wellingtons winning the round by 12 to 6.
In the Intermediate Series Peterboro' and Gait met
in the finals in very keenly contested games, the result
of which was in doubt until the last minute of the
second game. In Peterboro' the score on March 7th
was 4 to 3 in favor of the home club, and on March
10th, in Gait, the score at the end of time was 3 to 3,
Peterboro' therefore winning the round by the narrow
margin of one goal, viz., 7 to 6.
In the Junior Series, one of the most remarkable
contests in the history oi the O. H. A. was seen. On
March 3rd, in Stratford, U. C. C. and the home club
played a tie, 4 to 4. On March 6th, in Toronto, at the
end of one hour's play, the sciJre was 5 to 5. Two
extra periods (or twenty minutes in all) were required
to decide the winner, the score being 7 to 6 in favor
of U. C. C, the College team therefore winning the
round by 11 to 10.
The financial statement for (he year was most grati-
fying, the Association havingHinjalance of some $1,-
066.12, almost double the amount carried forward the
previous year. ^
At the atuilial ineQtjfk on December 6th the only
iflMBortant amendmentaPopted was that which removed
thSPast Presidents oWhe Association from the Execu-
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tive. The new rules provide that only the immediate
Past President can sit on that committee.
Mr. J. Koss Eobertson was for the fourth time re-
elected President by acclamation, and Messrs. A. H.
Beaton and Francis Nelson were elected Vice-Presi-
dents.
Mr. A. H. Beaton, after having held the position of
Secretary oi the Association for six years, retired, and
Mr. W. A. Buchanan was elected Sec.-Treas.
YEAK OF 1902-3.
In the season of 192-3 there were entered in the
Association seventy-two clubs, forty-three, of them in
the intermediate series, twenty-four in the junior and
five in the senior.
In every single district the race was as keen as the
most rabid enthusiast could hope for, several of them
being decided only after extra games were played be-
tween the two. leaders. It was a great season for
hockey and the rivalry was quite as keen after the
season closed as it was amid the hopes and Growings
before ice was available.
The senior struggle was not a great one in numbers,
but the quality of the hockey played was quite as
good as could be found anywhere. In the east the
Frontenacs fell away. Smith's Falls n^ade a gallant
stand against Cornwall, playing them a draw at Corn-
wall and losing by a single goal at home. In the west
the "Wellingtons required their best foot forward to
overcome the St. George's. They had a comparatively
easy time of it with the Sault, though the latter held
them five to three at home. The final game saw a
grand struggle, and, the vanquished Cornwall seven
derived quite as much honor out of the games as the
champion Wellingtons. The two fought a glorious bat-
tle in Toronto, each scoring 3, and at Cornwall the
game went to Wellingtons by 3 to 2, after one of the ;'
gamest and hardest fought matches ever played in the M
O. H. A.
The intermedin te series Was divided into thirteen
districts, and in no fewer than five of them the leader-
ship depended on the last g*nie played. The winners J^
were — Prescott, Belleville, ^^rt, Pei^^ Marlboro 's,,j(ir
Newmarket, Owen Sound, BalM, Gravenhurst, Thes-
salon, Seventh Eegiment (LotRou), Listowel, Paris
and Stratford.
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Trcusurer, O.II.A.. 1919 20.
In the struggle for the survival of the fittest Barrie
cleaned up the north, Paris the west, Marlboro's the
centre, and Belleville the east, all by hard games. The
Marlboro's were pitted against Belleville and lost by
a total on the two games of 11 to 12. They protested
Marks as a professional baseball player, and the two
were ordered to play over, which Bellrville refused to
do.
In the semi-final Barrie lost at Paris by 6 to 1, and
won at home 3 to 1, and the Marlboro's lost at Paris
in the linal by 6 to 2, and at Toronto by 6 to 5, giving
Paris a clean cut championship. The ice was very soft
during the last two series, and the games were played
on slushy sheets covered with water.
In this series the O. H. A. Executive considered
that Penetanguishene had not been fairly treated in-
asmuch as Midland had been placed at the head of
the district through the defaulting of Orillia and Cold-
water in their favor. Penetang was the loser by the
deal, and they were given an opportunity of playing
off with Midland for the leadership of the district, and
won it.
The struggle in the junior series was quite as excit-
ing as in the two higher grades. There were eight
districts, the winners of which were Frontenac-Beech-
groves (Kingston), Cobourg, Marlboro's, St. Andrew's,
'Varsity, Penetanguishene, Barrie and Stratford. The
Kingston team walloped everything to Toronto, Pene-
tang wiped out Barrie, and the Marlboro's attended to
the west. Penetang succumbed to Marlboro's by 8 to
2 at Toronto, and won by 7 to 6 at home, giving the
Toronto team the round.
The final between the Frontenac-Beechgroves and
the Marlboro's eclipsed all previous records in the
closeness of the contests and in the excitement raised.
At Kingston the Frontenacs won by 6 to 4, and lost at
Toronto 3 to 1, leaving the two a tie on the round.
The final at Port Hope was a' record-breaker. At half-
time the Marlboro's led by 1 to 0; at full time it was
a tie, two all, and it was not until after exactly an
hour's extra play had been indulged in that the To-
ronto team pulled out a victory and the championship
by a single goal, winning by 4 to 3.
The champions and runnera up in each series were
as follows: — w
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Senior — Champions Wellingtons — Goal, Louden;
point, Pringle; cover point, Ardagh; forwards, Hill,
Worts, Cnadwick, McLaren.
iiunners-up — Cornwall — Goal, Hunter; point, War-
wick; cover point, G. Stiles; forwards, McMillan, H.
Stiles, Eastwood, Allen.
Intermediate — Champions Paris — Goal, Fraser;
point. Brown; cover point, Howell; forwards, Gillard,
Munns, Adams, Taylor.
Runners-up — Marlboro's (Toronto) — Goal, Geroux;
point, Belrose; cover point, Lai Earls; forwards, J.
Earls, Birmingham, Ferguson, Reid.
Junior — Champions Marlboro's (Toronto) — Goal,
Geroux; point, Gall; cover point, Brown; forwards,
Smith, F. Toms, C. Toms, Anderson.
Runners-up — Frontenac-Beechgroves (Kingston) —
Goal, Macdonald; point, Robbins; cover point, Harold
Clarke; forwards, Kidd, Herb. Clarke, Potter, Wil-
liams.
YEAR OF 1903-4.
The hockey year of 1903-4 marked another stride
forward in the number of clubs .competing. Ninety-
seven began the season — twelve in the senior series,
fifty-four in the intermediate and thirty-one in the
junior — a substantial advance in each of the sections
over the year before.
It was Mr. J. Ross Robertson's fifth year in the
Presidential chair, and the season was a fitting one, to
mark the rounding ofif of the period. He had with him
Francis Nelson and D. L. Darroch as Vice-Presidents,
A. W. McPherson, Treasurer, and W. A. Hewitt as
Secretary, replacing W. A. Buchanan, who resigned.
The Executive was Messrs. Duff Adams, Paris; J. A
Washburn, Smith's Falls; E. G. Porter, Belleville; H.
D. Jamieson, Barrie; W. Wyndham, Hamilton, and A.
B. Cox, London. On the death of A. B. Cox, the
President appointed J. G. Merrick, of Toronto. The
financial statement showed receipts of $2,121.74, in-
cluding a balance of $1,066.12 from the year before and
disbursements of $898.72, leaving a balance of $1,243.02
The winter saw the best hockey in each of the series
that the Associatioiv. ever experienced. The severe
weather gave ice in plenty, the one diflBculty being the
unique one of towns ^ing snowed in and unable to
meet their dates on time.
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The senior series was divided into three districts —
two in the east and one, embracing two Toronto teams
and Barrie, in the west.
Some little difficulty was experienced in the east
tlirough a little too extended a schedule in one of the
districts, which was, however, happilv settled and
plenty of time given for the final games. The first
district had a close race of it, the first three teams
being tie on the first round. Prescott won out only
to succumb to Perth by 18 goals to 12 in the semi-
finals. The winners had captured group 2 only after
a close race, with Brockville right on their heels.
The western section furnished the greatest hockey
the 0. H. A. ever saw in Toronto. The Marlboro's had
a clean sheet of victories, defeating the strong St.
George's seven both times they met, but only through
the closest and cleverest kind of hockey. Barrie lost
all four games, but their defeat on each occasion was
no disgrace, particularly at the hands of the two To-
ronto teams.
The final games between the Marlboros and Perth
showed the western team to be much superior. They
won at Perth 9 to 3, and at Toronto 19 to 6.
Fifteen groups accommodated the intermediates.
Two of them were sub-divided and two were amal-
gamated, making actually sixteen districts. The east
furnished two groups with seven teams; central On-
tario five with eighteen clubs; the west two with ten
representatives, and the north four with thirteen
sevens. The winners in the first round were Brockville,
Belleville, Stouffville, St. George's, Marlboros, George-
town, Midland, Bracebridge, Sudbury, Thessalon, Wat-
ford, Stratford and Welalnd. Burk's Falls had beaten
Bracebridge in the deciding game m group 8, but was
disqualified for playing Eobert Morison, of Guelph,
an ineligible man. Kincardine drew a bye in the
first round, but when it came time for the second round
their communication with the outside world was by
me*ns of the telephone and telegraph lines only, and
the snow banks being unnegotiable, they were obliged
to withdraw from the series.
The second round developed as winners Belleville,
St. George's, Marlboros, Midland, Thessalon, Watford
and Stratford, and the third «brought to the front
Belleville, Midland and Stratforcf.
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Meanwhile it developed that Belleville had em-
ployed ways that were dark, and the Association was
forced to throw out the games in which Angus McMil-
lan played for them, leaving Midland and Stratford to
fight it out under d deluge of injunctions Irom Belle-
ville. The championship went to Stratford by 13 to 11.
As usual, the junior struggle furnished some of the
cleverest and most scientific hockey of the season.
Nine groups faced the starter, which, with two sub-
divided, made eleven actually, but Guelph had a bye,
and Owen Sound coming in later took their place when
they dropped out.
The east and north again brought out the Fron-
tenac-Beechgroves of Kingston and Barrie, while Co-
bourg, Whitby, Upper Canada College, St. George's
and Listowel filled in space between. The Kingston
seven outclassed Cobourg, and Upper Canada had an
easier time with Whitby than they had in landing their
own district froni the Westerns of Toronto. Barrie
won from St. George's and Listowel had a default
from Owen Sound. The Beechgroves and Listowel
were returned for the final, which the snow blockade,
which isolated the latter for a week or more, held back
for ome days. The Kingston youngsters, in splendid
hockey, cleaned up the sudden-death game in Toronto
by 9 to 5.
The champions and runners-up in the three series
were as follows:
Senior champions — Marlboros (Toronto) — Goal, Ge-
roux; point, Charlton; cover point, Wright; forwards,
Birmingham, Philliips, Winchester, McLaren.
Kunners-up — Perth — Goal, Eutherford; point, Elliot;
cover point, R. McLaren; forwards, W. McLaren, Lan-
non, Wilson, Rooney.
Intermediate — Winners, Stratford — Goal, Woods;
point, Eason; cover point, Forbes; forwards, Edmunds,
Lightfoot, Lloyd, Hern.
Runners-up — Midland — Goal, Thompson; point, Han-
ley; cover point, Fenton; forwards, Gould, Kempt. Eng-
lish, Miller.
Junior — Winners, Frontenac-Beechgroves (Kings-
ton)— Goal, Macdonald; point, Harold Clarke; cover
point. Van Home; ^rwards. Herb Clarke, Potter, Wil-
liams, Derry. ,
Eunners-up — ListoVel — Goal, Spears; point, Meyers;
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cover point, Bruce; forwards, Taylor, Hay, Brooks,
Hacking.
For the third time the O. H. A. champions strove to
lift the Stanley Cup, emblematic of the world's cham-
pionship, held by Ottawa, The two previous attempts
were made by Queen's University in 1897 against the
Montreal Victorias, and by the Wellingtons of To-
ronto, in 1902, against "Winnipeg. As on these occa-
sions, the Marlboros were also unsuccessful, but made
a clever showing, leading by 3 to 1 at half time in the
first match, which, however, they lost 6 to 3. The sec-
ond one also slipped from them by 11 to 2.
During this year the Association was involved in a
law suit with Belleville over the declaration that
Angus McMillan, of Belleville, was ineligible to play
for the latter team under the residence clause. The
question arose and Belleville ignored the Association's
request for a defence. Finally affidavits were sent to
show that McMillan had been in that town before
October 1st. Proof was, however, secured that Mc-
Millan had resided in Smith's Falls up to the last
week in October, and the Executive declared him in-
eligible and threw out the games he had taken part in.
Belleville secured injunctions preventing Peterborough
competing in the semi-final matches. The suit was fin-
ally decided against McMillan with costs.
The Peel case was made a great issue during the
year. Harry Peel, of London, who was thrown out
with that team in 1901, in the historic Wynn case, and
during the next year played professional hockey for
$20 a week in Pittsburg on his own acknowledgment,
again made aplication for reinstatement. On Dec.
10th, 1903, at a full meeting of the Executive, the re-
quest was refused by a vote of 9 to 1. On Feb. 13,
1904, during the absence of the President, he was de-
clared an amateur by the Executive on a vote of 5 to
4. On Nov. 30th, 1904, the Executive at its last meet-
ing confirmed the action taken at the first meting on
December 10th, and declared his reinstatement illegal.
The declaration was as follows: —
"That, whereas the Executive of the 0. H. A. has
always acted upon the principle that (a question once
decided) a decision once rendered, cannot be re-opened,
reconsidered or reversed (the same season) without
fresh evidence, be it resolved that the Executive here-
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by affirms the decision of December 10th, 1903, refus-
ing the application of the late A. B. Cox for the rein-
statement of Harry Peel, and that the said Executive
of the 0. H. A. declares that all proposals or resolutions
purporting to vary, reverse or in any way alter the
said decision of December lOth, 1903, are illegal, of
no effect, and contrary to the fundamental law of the
O. H. A., and that the said Harry Peel is still a pro-
fessional, according to the rules of the O. H. A., and
the final decision of this Executive."
At the annual meeting on Dec. 3rd, 1904, the "Peel
case" was made an issue by London, and an attempt
was made to override the last action of the Executive
and reinstate Peel. After a discussion of two hours
involving a pretty warm debate, the meeting, by a
vote of 43 to 26, confirmed the resolution passed by the
Executive in its meeting of Nov. 30th, 1904, in the fol-
lowing resolution: —
"Whereas, the Executive of the 0. H. A. has always
acted upon the principle that a question once decided,
a decisioi , once rendered, cannot be reopened, recon-
sidered or reversed during the same season without
fresh evidence, be it resolved that this Association
hereby" endorses the decision of the Executive of
Thursday, Dec. 10th, 1903, refusing the application of
the late A. B. Cox for the reinstatement of Harry
Peel, and that this annual meeting of the 0. H. A. de-
clare that all propositions or resolutions purporting to
vary, reverse, or in any way alter the said decision
of December 10th, 1903, are illegal, void, of no effect,
and contrary to the fundamental law of the O. H. A.,
and that the Association declare that the said Harry
Peel is still a professional according to the rules of
the O. H. A., and to the first and only legal decision of
the Executive, and directs the incoming Executive to
enter this resolution in its minute book."
The total votes registered at this meeting were 74,
of which 69 were cast on the Peel resolution. The 69
included the names of the President, Mr. Robertson;
the First Vice-President, Mr. Nelson; the Treasurer,
Mr. McPherson; the Secretary, Mr. Hewitt, and Mr.
Merrick, of the Executive, who all had one vote each
and voted "yea." Mr. Darroch, Second Vice-Presi-
dent, and Mr. Wyndham, of the Executive, voted
"nay." The yeas were 43, nays 26, total 69; 5 clubs
did not vote.
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The clubs as represented in this vote were 47, of
which 30 voted yea and 17, nay.
The following clubs voted yea: Argonauts (2),
Brockcille (1), Belleville (1), Cobourg (1), Gore Bay
(1), Ingersoll (1), Kingston Frontenacs (1), Markham
(2), Morrisburg (1), Orillia (1), Preston (1), Peter-
borough (2), Prescott (1), Parkdale A. E. H. (1)> Port
Golborne (1), Parry Sound (1), Port Perry (1), Strat-
ford (2), St. Mary's (1), St. George's (Toronto) (2),
Smith's Falls (2), Sturgeon Falls (1), Sudbury (1), St.
Andrew's College (1), Toronto (Waverleys) (3), Ux-
bridge (1), Victoria Harbor (1), Varsity Third (1),
Whitby (1), Welland (1)— 30.
.The following clubs voted nay: — Ailsa Craig (1),
Barrie (2), Brantford (1), Collingwood (2), Cornwall
(1), Hamilton (2), London (Hortons) (1), Little Cur-
rent (1), London (1), Marlboros (2), Midland (2),
Newmarket (2), Paris (1), Simcoe (1), St. John's
(London) (2), Thessalon (1), Woodstock (2)— 17.
The following clubs did not vote: — Gait (2), Inger
soil Juniors (1), Lindsay (1), Port Hope (1) — 4. And
Mr. J. A. Washburn, of the Executive; Mr. Hunt, ot
Gait; Dr. Sinclair, of Ingersoll Juniors; Mr. O'Neil, of
Lindsay, and Dr. Wood, of Toronto, did not vote. These
representatives were unavoidably absent when the vote
was called.
Following the Peel case came the amendment by
J. M. Martin, of Barrie, which states in as many words
that henceforth no professionals shall be reinstated.
The principle "once a professional always a profes-
sional," which had long been the spirit of the rule to
those who had the best interests of hockey at heart,
was thus once and for all embodied in the rule book.
It was passed unanimously.
The changes in the constitution, the regulations and
rules of competition made were in brief:
That a club refusing to obey the orders of the
0. H. A. or its Executive suspends itself.
That the annual meeting be the second Saturday in
November, instead of the first Saturday in December.
That the schedules of the O. H. A., where other
leagues are concerned, have precedence.
That no professional can be reinstated.
That the ice size in rinks be 60 x 160.
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W. A. HI-: WITT
I ORONIO
Secrctar\. O.H.A., 1919-1920
That city and town league players be permitted to
play in the O. H. A.
That when mileage is below 80 miles the referee is
allowed mileage for 80.
That in addition to the regular time-keepers there
will also be a penalty time-keeper, and that all time-
keepers are controlled by the referee.
That the goal umpire reports the goal to the referee,
who awards and announces it. This takes away the
power of the goal umpire to award.
That play shall be started by "dropping" instead
of "placing" the puck.
That the referee may be an amateur or a profes-
sional.
During the year a scandal arose in the Toronto
Lacrosse Club in the N.A.L.U., resulting in the pro-
fessionalizing of all but three by the C.A.A.U. The
C.L.A., whose professional leanings had been grow-
ing apace, came out during the season in its senior
series without the trouble of wearing the amateur mask
except in its rule books. As a result the president
placed the ban on all senior lacrosse players, whether
in the C.L.A. or in the N.A.L.U. His action was up-
held by the Executive, in the following resolution:
"That this Executive hereby affirms the funda-
mental law of the O.H.A. in that it is an amateur and
not a professional organization, and that its definition
of an amateur as contained in its rules and regula-
tions is absolutely the standard under which players
will be allowed to become members of clubs in the
Association.
"That this Executive hereby endorses the action
of its president in notifying clubs that players of
senior lacrosse in the C.L.A. and N.A.L.U. cannot
qualify for membership' in the O.H.A., and that there-
fore all such players are precluded from entrance into
the annual meeting as delegates."
The annual meeting was held on the 3rd Dec,
1904. For the first time in six years Mr. J. Eoss
Robertson had opposition for the presidency in Mr.
William "Wyndham, of Hamilton. The vote was 49
for Mr. Robertson, and 22 for Mr. Wyndham. Francis
Nelson received the first Vice-presidency by acclama-
tion, and W. A. Hewitt was given the secretaryship,
and A. W. MePherson the treasurship by the same
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route. D. L. Darroch, CoUingwood, defeated J. W.
Chowen, of Stratford, for the second vice-presidency
by 45 to 26. The Executive was elected as follows: —
J. A. Washburn, Smith's Falls, 59; D. J. Turner, Mid-
land, 57; Dr. D. J. Sinclair, Woodstock, 49; and F. D.
Woodworth, Toronto, 39. The President's appointees
were W. F. Nickle, of Kingston, and J. W. Chowen,
of Stratford.
The financial statement for the year showed a bal-
ance in the treasury of $1,078.12. The receipts totalled
$2,488.67, made up mainly as follows: Balance from
preceding year, $1,243.02, and club fees $605.00. The
disbursements reached $1,410.55.
YEAR OF 1904-5. «
There v/ere 88 teams playing this year, 10 senior, 48
intermediate, and 30 junior. The senior championship
was, foT the second consecutive year, won by the Marl-
boros, of Toronto. The series was divided into three
districts, the winners being Morrisburg in No. 1,
Smith's Falls in No. 2, and Marlboros in the 3rd. In
the semi-finals Smith's Falls defeated Morrisburg
decisively, but lost to Marlboros in the finals.
There were some unpleasant features connected
with the final matches. Home and home games were
first arranged by the Executive and th^ first game was
played in Toronto, the Marlboros winning by 8 to 3.
In the return game at Smith's Falls there was con-
siderable rough pla}' and at half-time the Marlboros
claimed that only two of their men were able to con-
tinue, the remainder being incapacitated by reason of
injuries received during the match. Smith's Falls con-
tended that as five Marlboro players were playing at
half time, they should be compelled to put, at least,
four men on the ice. The upshot of it all was that the
game did not proceed further, the referee, under the
very unusual circumstances not giving a decision, but
leaving the matter entirely in the hands of the Execu-
tive. The Executive decided to cancel both games,
and ordered the teams to play a single match on neu-
tral ice at Peterboro to decide the championship. The
game was played and Marlboros were victorious by a
score of 9 to 3.
The intermediate championship was won by Victoria
Harbor, who defeated Berlin in the finals by 3 goals.
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The first game was played at Victoria Harbor, tHe
home team winning by 7 goals to 4. In the return
game at Berlin the score was a tie, 2 all, so that Vic-
toria Harbor won the honors by 9 to 6. The district
winners were as follows: No. 1, Smith's Falls; No. 2,
Peterboro; No. 3, Markham; No. 4, Orangeville; No.
5, Welland; No. 6, Victoria Harbor; No. 7, Parry
Sound; No. 8, Thessalon; No. 9, Gore Bay; No. 10,
Berlin; No. 11, Stratford (after Woodstock had been
suspended for importing three iplayers, E. Larose, B.
McCourt and A. DeGray, from Cornwall); No. 12,
Goderich.
The junior championship went to Stratford after a
hard struggle with St. Andrew's College. Stratford
won at home by 10 to 3, while the Collegians won in
Toronto by 7 to 2. Stratford, therefore, won the round
by 12 to 10. The district winners: No. 1, Queen's III;
No. 2, Cobourg; No. 3, Uxbridge; No. 4, St. Andrew's
College; No. 5, Parkdale; No, 6, Owen Sound; No. 7
and 8, Stratford; No. 9, Gravenhurst; No. 10, Meaford.
The players of the champion teams and the runners-
up were as follows:
Senior (winners): Marlboros — C. K. Tyner, P. Charl-
ton, H. Armstrong, E. Young, H. T. Birmingham
(Capt.), B. Eidpath, E. Winchester.
Eunners-up: Smith's Falls — Le Sueur, Wylde, May,
Cowan, H. Smith, Serviss, Fraser.
Intermediate (winners): Victoria Harbor — D. Be-
gan, Con. Corbeau, G. Goodwin, G. Goode, H. Corbeau,
Ed. Drolett, Ed. Switzer.
Eunners-up: Berlin — 'Bricker, Forrest, Gross, G.
Cochrane, Knell, Cochrane, Schmidt.
Junior (winners) : Stratford — E. Eankin, Eoberts,
Baker, Killer, McCallum, Davidson, Hamilton.
St. Andrew's College — E. L. Warden, A. M. Doug-
las, L. Crossen, G. D. Cotton, J. Sale, C. B. Grier, H.
T. Bronson.
The 16th annual meeting of the O.H.A. was held at
the Temiple Building, Saturday, November 11, 1905,
with President J. Eoss Eobertson in the chair.
The president's address, reviewing the season's
work, included the following declarations of principles
of the Association:
"We may differ in regard to questions of policy.
There may be one, two, or a dozen policies for the
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advancement of hockey, and the good government oi
the O.H.A. There can be only one principle if the
O.H.A. is an amateur organization. That principle is
amateurism without reinstatement.
"The U.H.A. has so 'far navigated a troubled sea,
and the whole coast line of that sea is strewn with
the wrecks of organizations that professed amateur-
ism and practiced expediency.
"We make no man a professional and no man an
amateur. The man makes himself a professional and
the O.H.A. should never unmake him. He goes wrong
with his eyes open, and must abide by his own choice.
He chooses his class and should be content to play
in it."
In announcing his retirement from the office of
president, which he had so well filled for six years,
Mr. Robertson said:
"The office is not one that can be grouped in the
sinecure class. No; it is an office that requires a
watchful eye, a tactful mind, so that decloions well
digested may prevail, and that in tho varied questions
that come up for settlement, no injustice may be done
to even the most humble junior whi. swings a stick in
the smallest club in the smallest town on the roll of
this Association.
"The years I have spent as President of the O.H.A.
will always be a green spot in my memory — yes,
pleasant as the thought of summer time amid the
storms of a winter night.
"We have a great game — a great country and a
great empire. If you gentlemen are as great as the
possibilities of the O.H.A., if we Canadians are as
great as the possibilities of Canada, and if we Britons
are as great as the glory of our empire — the flag of
amateurism in your hands will be as safe from harm
as the Union Jack was in the hands of your fathers
and mine."
By a standing vote, the Association adopted the fol-
lowing resolution over the retirement of Mr. Robert-
son from the office he fiUed for the past six years:
"The Ontario Hockey Association records the high-
est appreciation of the invaluable services of our
retiring President, Mr. J. Ross Robertson, who, for the
past six years, has directed its affairs with such wis-
dom and energy that it has grown to be the most
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useful, the most powerful and the most respected gov-
erning body connected with the national winter game.
His connection with this Association has been a mat-
ter of pride and profit to us, and will always be remem-
bered with gratitude and affection, and we feel
assured that, no matter what his relation to the active
government of the Association, the orgi*nization will
always retain his genuine interest and support."
Vice-President Francis Nelson also retired after
many years' valuable service to the Association.
The statement of the Treasurer, A. W. McPherson,
showed a cash balance of $1,205. The receipts from
final games were $754.77.
The following changes in the rules and regulations
were made:
No offsides to be declared on the defending side
taking the puck from the goal-keeper within a space
of three feet in front of the goal.
Referees shall be required to measure the goals
before each game.
Sticks are to be composed entirely of wood.
Annual fee raised from $5 to $6 in order to pro-
vide each club with ten copies of the rule book.
Date of annual meeting changed from 2nd to 3rd
Saturday in November.
Players' certificates are to be issued to all players,
Senior, Intermediate and Junior.
Mileage raised from five cents to ten cents for
eight men, to guard against loss in defaulted games.
Enforcement of personal service on any of the
recognized officers of the club, or service by registered
post on either the president, secretary of a club is to
be sufficient service in the matter of protests and evi-
dence in them.
The contest for the presidency resulted in the elec-
tion of Mr. D. L. Darroch by 36, to 25 for Dr. C?. K.
Clarke; J. C. Makins, 1st Vice; F. D. Woodworth, 2nd
Vice; W. A. Hewitt, Secretary, and A. W. McPherson,
Treasurer, were elected without opposition. The vote
for the Executive was: L. Blake Duff, 49; H. D. Jamie-
son, 35; D. J. Turner, 32; R. J. Burns, 31; H. E. Wett-
laufer, 31; Mr. Hamilton, 25; Mr. Brebner, 19; and
Mr. Doyle, 15.
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TEAR 1905-6.
The Association was hampered by a very open win-
ter, but managed to get all the championships decided.
There were 85 teams entered; of these, 80 played — ^9
Senior, 46 Intermediate, and 25 Junior.
The Senior championship was won by Berlin after
two great games in the finals with the Argonauts of
Toronto. These clubs were the winers of their re-
spective groups, Berlin going through without a single
defeat, while Argonauts won out after losing the first
game of the season at Midland. The Berlin and Argo-
naut teams were very evenly matched. The game in
Toronto was a tie — one goal each, while Berlin cap-
tured the return game at home by 4 to 3, thereby
winning the championship by one goal. Some time
subsequent to the second match the Argonauts put
in a claim for consideration on the ground that they
had not been given credit by the referee for a goal
which they claimed they scored, and which was not
allowed by the goal umpire, Mr. Welch, of Stratford.
The Executive declined to reopen the question, accept-
ing the referee's report as a finality.
The Intermediate championship was won by Peter-
boro, who defeated Goderich by 6 goals in the finals.
The first game was played at Peterboro, the home team
winning by 10 to 3. In the return game at Goderich
the home team won by 5 to 4, so that Peterboro won
the championship by 14 goals to 8. The district win-
ners: No. 1, Invincibles, BroPkville; No. 2, Peterboro;
No. 3, Uxbridge; No. 4, Milton; No. 5, Welland; No.
6, Berlin II.; No. 7, Stratford; No. 8, Goderich; No.
9, Alliston; No. 10, Parry Sound; No. 11, Sturgeon
Falls; No. 12, Gore Bay; No. 13, Orangeville.
The Junior championship was won by Port Hope,
who defeated Woodstock in the finals in a sudden-
death game at Toronto, by 7 goals to 1. The district
winners were: No. 1, St. George's, Kingston; No. 2,
Port Hope; No. 3, Lindsay; No. 4, Waterloo; No. 5,
Woodstock; Nos. 6 and 7, Owen Sound; No. 8, Mid-
land.
The players of the champion teams and the run-
ners-up were as follows: —
Senior (1906) — Winners, Berlin — J. Mickus, P.
Charlton, N. Gross, G. Cochrane, W. Knell, J. Mc-
Qinnis, C. Schmidt.
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Eunners-up— Argos— F. Cochran, Reiffenstein, E. R.
Hamber, F. Toms, McGaw, E. Blomfield, Hamilton.
Intermediate— Winners, Peterboro— E. Wassen, E.
M. Glover, W. F. Crowley, F. Whitcroft, H. Morgan,
W. Kavanagh, Chris. Graham.
Eunners-up— Goderich— Mclvor, Caiipbell, Carr-
Hams, McGaw, Wiggins, Melvor, McDonald.
Junior— Winners, Port Hope — A. Gamble, W. Ben-
nett, J. M. McLean, A. Hemmick, W. Mercer, E. Hem-
mick, P. H. Murphy.
Eunners-up— Woodstock^Childs, Scott, Thompson,
Sutherland, Laflamme, Henry, Schemmerhorn.
The Barrie Hockey Club, President H. D. Jamie-
son, and Manager McLaren, were suspended from
membership in the Association by virtue of the clause
in the Constitution which provides for the automatic
suspension of clubs and members that refuse to accept
and obey the rulings and decisions of the Executive.
This arose out of what is known as the Eowe case.
The player in question, Robert Price Eowe, was granted
a playing certificate by the sub-committee on the
strength of a sworn declaration by Eowe that he had
only participated in two games with the Houghton,
Mich., club, and those when a boy of 15, before the
Houghton club had been put under the ban of the
O.H.A. This was soon ascertained to be untrue, and
Eowe was suspended by the committee, wi+h the privi-
lege of appearing before the sub-committee later lin
the week, to show his innocence if he could. Instead
of appearing, he took legal action against the Associa-
tion, with the endorsation and backing of Messrs.
Jamieson and McLaren. Eowe, being declared a pro-
fe^ional, was not allowed to again participate in an
O.H.A. game, and the injunction proceedings eventu-
ally wound up in favor of the Association, the courts
ordering the Barrie contingent to pay all costs.
F. D. Woodworth, 2nd Vice-President, resigned
during the year, and A. G. Webster, of Toronto, was
appointed to his place by the Executive.
The seventeenth annual meeting of the Ontario
Hockey Association was held at the Temple Building
on Saturday, November 7th, 1906, with President D. l'
Darroch in the chair. Other members of the Execu-
tive present were: Past President J. Eoss Robertson,
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fl. E. Wettlaufer, K. J. Burns, L. Blake Duflf, anu Vv.
A. Hewitt.
The annual address of the President and the an-
nual reports of the Executive Committee and the
Treasurer, were read and adopted. The Treasurer's
report showed a balance in the bank of $1,625.74.
The principal changes were the establishment of the
Residence Rule as the 1st of August instead of the
1st of October, and the adoption of a motion making
playing certificates revocable without notice.
A rule was passed debarring players from taking
part in exhibition matches where an admission fee is
charged, without the sanction of the Executive.
The affiliation of the O.II.A. with the Canadian
Amateur Athletic Union was approved of, and the Ex-
ecutive empowered to act as it thought advisable.
The immediate Past President was made a member
of the Executive by virtue of his office, and the voting
power of clubs was limited to one vote for each club,
regardless of the number of teams it may have in the
Association.
The Executive was given power to issue change of
residence certificates to players.
The only change in the playing rules was to remove
the peremptory requirement of the referee to stop
play imemdiately on the occurrence of any irregu-
larity.
The election of officers resulted as follows: —
President, D. L. Darroch, Collingwood, acclama-
tion; immediate Past President, J. Ross Rober«-son;
1st Vice-President, D. J. Turner, Toronto, acclama-
tion; 2nd Vice-President, L. B. Duff, Welland^ acclama-
tion; Treasurer, A. W. McPherscn, Toronto, acclama-
tion; secretary, W. A. Hewitt, Toronto, acclamation-
Executive — E. Gould, Midland; H. E. Wettlaufer, Ber-
lin; A. M. Edwards, Gait; Bert Short, St. George's.
President Darroch, in his address, said: —
"What has been done during the year by the offi-
cers of the Association has been done for the advance-
ment of the great game of hockey throughout the
Province, and to keep the sport on the same high
plane that it occupied during the tenure of office of
our predecessors. I think I can say, without fear of
contradiction, that this has been successfully accom-
plished, and that the name, 'Ontario Hockey Associa-
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tion,' stands for the very highest type of amateur
sport. To maintain the exalted standard of the Asso-
ciation has not been the easiest task in the world.
Those of us who have been entrusted with the burden
of office have found that our positions were not easy
ones, but rather seething centres of activity, requiring
constant vigilance, sincere aplication, and strict ad-
herence to enunciated principles and firmness of de-
cision."
The thanks of the Association were tendered Presi-
dent Darroch for his bold and unselfish stand for the
interests of the O.H,A. during the past year. The
motion was offered by Mr. Nelson and seconded by Mr.
Robertson.
The thanks of the Association were voted to Mr.
Francis Nelson for his efforts on behalf of amateur
sport.
YEAE OF 1906-7.
This was a strenuous season for the Association.
There were 85 teams in the three series — 10 Senior, 41
Intermediate, and 34 Junior. The hockey season
was just about to open when Secretary W. A. Hewitt
was taken ill, and did not recover until the season was
over. His work was thrown unexpectedly into the
hands of J. P. Fitzgerald, who did splendid work, de-
spite the handicap. A prolonged thaw also mixed
things up badly.
The Executive had a lively time with what was
known as the "Irving charges." The Gu 'ph club
and management were expelled for professionalism,
and Mr. N. F. Irving, manager of the Guelph team,
preferred a long list of vague charges involving a
number of teams, including Stratford, Gait, Peterboro,
Midland, Argonauts, Marlboros, St. George's, and
Lindsay. The charges were, on the whole, largely
general suspicions. A rigid investigation was in-
stituted, but nothing definite enough to convic< was
ascertained. The Berlin club had a player named Mc-
Ginnis under suspicion, and when he was suspended the
team turned professional.
The Senior series opened with five teams in Group
1, and the name number in Group 2 The Kingston
team celebrated their first year in the Association by
capturing the first group, beating Peterboro out
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WM. EASSON
STRATFORD
Member O.H.A. Executive, 1919-20
through winning from Midland in Toronto, in a game
which, according to agreement in schedule, counted
two. As a protest against the O.H.A. for not giving
them a chance against Kingston, the Peterboro team
withdrew from the Association.
Guelph was maKing a runaway of Group 2 when
they were expelled. The Berlin, Stratford and St.
George's were running aeck and neck when the "Fly-
ing Dutchmen" came to grief on the professional
rock, leaving Stratford to beat St. George's in a close
contest. The home-and-home finals were delayed
through the regrettable death of poor Charlie Eankin
in a train wreck, but Stratford showed a superiority
and annexed the John Eoss Eobertson cup.
The Intermediate series had thirteen groups and
forty-one teams. Of these, three defaulted. The
group winners were: Smith's Falls, Cobourg, Port
Perry, St. George's, Port Golborne, Orangeville, Sim-
coe, Berlin, Paris, Goderich, Collingwood, Parry
Sound, Sudbury, and Little Current. In the north,
Sudbury devoured Little Current, to knuckle in turn
to Parry Sound, which went down to Collingwood,
which also trimmed Orangeville, and, later, St.
George's. The centre saw St. George's beat Simcoe,
while Berlin whaled Paris and Goderich in turn, and
in the east Cobourg walloped Port Perry, to drop out
before Smith's Falls, Collingwood and Berlin, and the
latter won out.
The Junior series had nine groups and thirty-four
teams. The group winners were: Belleville, Lindsay,
St. Michael's College, Parkdale, Stratford, Paris,
Markdale, Collingwood and Bracebridge. Ties de-
veloped in groups 1, 6 and 9, necessitating .playing
off. Belleville and Picton fought it out to the last
ditch in Group 1, and the former won, to drop before
Lindsay, defaulting the return game. St. Michael's Col-
lege spent their first year in the Association by going
through the college district without a defeat, and cap-
tured the series from Parkdale of Group 4, after
playing a tie in the first two games, and going over-
time in the deciding contest. Stratford took in Paris,
while Markdale lost to Collingwood before their in-
iquities were found out. Bracebridge had a tie to fight
off with Gravenhurst, to go down and out later.
Lindsay beat Collingwood, and there were left the
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pair of midgets, Stratford and Lindsay. The finals
were delayed because of the railway accident, but
Stratford, who had beaten St. Michael's soundly, as
easily trounced Lindsay at home and abroad. Lind-
say, Stratford and St. Michael's went through their
groups without defeat.
Markdale and Ingersoll Junior clubs were sus-
pended for bold violation o^ the regulations. Mark-
dale's secretary, C. H. Telford, who was a player him-
self, sent in a false declaration of age, and was ex-
pelled. Ingersoll played a man on his brother's certifi-
cate, and the club was suspended. The CoUingwood
club was suspended for failing to pay monies to the
Association and the Berlin club.
The players of the champion clubs and the runners-
up were as follows: —
Senior — Stratford, winners — K. MacLaren, C. Rob-
ers, D. Forbes, W. Hern, A. Killer, C. Lloyd, W.
Easson.
14th Kingston, runners-up — Hiscock, J. Richardson,
Van Home, Potter, Bernier, Powell, G. Richardson.
Intermediate — Berlin, winners — A. Karges, C. Rose-
kat, V. E. Cochrane, J. Brinkert, L. M. Watson, J. M.
Cochrane, F. Roschman.
Runners-up, CoUingwood — ^Law, Newbold, Cameron,
Wright, Fryer, Collins, Belcher.
Junior — Stratford, winners — R. Rankin, W. Rich-
ards, Ramsay Rankin, F. Simpson, F. Rankin, J. Pres-
ton, R. Dunbar.
Lindsay, runners up — Newton, Koyl, Sullivan, Stod-
dart, McDougall, Randall, Cotey.
The 18th annual meeting of the Association was
held in the Temple Building, Saturday, November 16th,
1907, with Vice-President D. J. Turner in the chair, in
the absence of President D. L. Darroch. Mr. Dar-
roeh's address was a splendid review of the previous
season.
During the season the O.K. A. had cause to mourn
one of its most efficient referees in the death of
Charlie Rankin, of Stratford, who was killed while re-
turning from a hockey game in Toronto, in a terrible
wreck near Berlin.
The report of the Treasurer, Dr. A. W. McPherson,
showed a balance of $1,451.75. The receipts from the
final games were $646.95.
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The following resolution was unanimously carried:
» "That in view of the invaluable services to the
Association and the game of hockey by Mr. J. Boss
Robertson, for six years President of the Association,
he be elected a life member of the Association and of
the Executive."
It was also decided to make the C.A.A.U. repra-
sentative a member of the Executive, Mr. Francis Nel-
son continuing in that capacity.
YEAE OF 1907-8.
There were 81 teams in the three series this season,
and they provided a splendid winter of hockey. Of
these, 7 played Senior, 45 Intermediate, and 30 Junior.
In the Senior series there were three teams in
group No. 1, and four teams in group No. 2. A tie
developed in group No. 1, between the 14th Regiment
team of Kingston and the St. George's of Toronto.
In the play-off the Kingston soldiers won, and went up
against Stratford, who had again won their group in
handy fashion in the finals. Home-and-home games
were played, and the 14th not only captured the cham-
pionship, but also achieved the distinction of winning
both games, the score at Kingston being 4 to 2, and at
Stratford 9 to 7 in their favor.
The Intermediate series had eleven groups, and
forty-five teams started the season. The group win-
ners were: 41st Regiment of Brockville, Lindsay, Port
Perry, Simcoe, London, Preston, Collingwood, Midland,
Sudbury, Hamilton, and St. Catharines. In the second
round Lindsay beat Brockville, Hamilton defeated St.
Catharines, London won from Simcoe, and Midland
beat Sudbury. Port Perry, Collingwood and Preston
drew byes.
In the third round Lindsay won from Port Perry,
London beat Preston, Collingwood trimmed Hamilton
(after an extra game, due to the temporary suspension
of Tom Collins), and Midland drew a bye. In the
semi-finals, Collingwood beat London, and Midland de-
feated Lindsay.
The finals developed a unique situation. Colling-
wood won the first game at home by 12 to 8, and Mid-
land captured the return game by 7 to 3, thus creating
a tie on the round, the first in O.H.A. finals since 1903,
when Marlboros of Toronto and Frontenac Beech-
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groves of Kingston played two tie games in the junior
finals. In 1902 Upper Canada College and Stratferd
also played two tie games in the junior finals. A de-
ciding game was played on neutral ice at Orillia,
Midland coming out victorious after a hard-fought
and exceedingly well-played game by a score of 8 to
5. This was Collingwood's second consecutive year
as runners-up, while it was Midland's first cham-
pionship. Midland made a splendid showing, only
losing one game during tho season, and that in the
finals.
The Junior series, as usual, had many interesting
features. There were 30 teams, divided into 9 groups
The group winners were: Kingston, St. George's, Pic-
ton, St. Michael's College,. Eurekas of Toronto, Strat-
ford, Paris, Barrie, Midland, and Gravenhurst. Mid-
land had a tie with Victoria Harbor for district hon-
ors, out came out victorious.
The second round saw some big surprises. Barrie
lost the Drst game at Gravenhurst by 15 to 2, but won
the round by four goals, scoring 20-3 at home. Picton
land the Kingston St. George's away. Stratford won
from Paris, and St. Michael's beat Eurekas after a
couple of the hardest games on record. In the next
round Stratford, fet. Michael's and Picton drew byes,
while Barrie and Midland settled the championship of
the north. Midland won the first game at home by
11-3, but Barrie made another phenomenal finish, and
at home reversed the score 9-1, tieing the round. On
neutral ice at Orillia, Midland won by a single goal.
In the semi-finals Stratford beat Midland, though
the latter played them a tie game — 6 all — on Stratford
ice, and St. Michael's won from Picton, defeating
them in both games.
The final resulted in an overwhelming victory for
Stratford, though St. Michael's won by a single goal
on Toronto ice. At Stratford, though, the home team
had a big margin, the score being 21-4, and therefore
captured the championship with ease.
The Hamilton team protested Collingwood, charg
ing that Tom Collins had been paid for playing three
games with Portage la Prairie in 1905. Collins was
suspended on suspicion, and, so as not to delay the
series, Collingwood was ordered to play Hamilton in
Toronto. Later on, Collins produced evidence refuting
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the charges made against him, and was restored to good
standing, playing after that one game against London
and three against Midland.
John Wiggins, a player of the Goderich team, was
expelled for life for assaulting a referee u.l Clinton,
and the team was suspended for their share in the riot
that followed. The referee is the official representa-
tive of me Association at all games, and must, and
will, receive absolute protection. His authority can-
not be questioned by any club or player, as he is di-
rectly responsible to the Association itself.
The players of the champion clubs, and the run-
ners-up, were as follows:
Senior — Winners, 14th Kingston — E. Hiscock, J.
Powell, G. Van Home, K. Crawford, A. Bernier, T. E.
Kennedy, G. Eichardson.
Eunners-up, Stratford — McLaren, Forbes, Eamsay
Eankin, Hern, Edmunds, Baker, Easson.
Intermediate — Winners, Midland — F. Cook, J. Han-.
ley, A. McLennan, E. C. Gould, E. Switzer, F. Chase,
W. Beatty, H. Hastings.
Eunners-up, Coilingwood — Hammond, Cameron, T.
Collins, Belcher, Bums, Freyer, Prebble.
Junior— Winners, Stratford — E. Eankin, W. Eich-
ards, Jas. Preston, F. Eankin, B. Borland, D. Brad-
shaw, E. Dunbar.
Eunners-up, St. Michael's College — Doheny, Tim-
mins, Dissette, McCool, Laflamme, Bulger, Kelly.
The annual meeting was held at the Temple Build-
ing, Toronto, on Saturday, Nov. 2L President Dwight
J. Turner was in the chair.
This amendment, by J. Eoss Eobertson, was' car-
ried:
"No member of the Executive shall be eligible to
serve on the ExeciTtive or on any committee in con-
nection with any protest or question involving directly
or indirectly the club he represents, nor shall any mem-
ber of the Executive be eligible to vote on any ques-
tion raised by or affecting the club he represents."
Francis Nelson moved that "A Junior certificate
used in Intermediate matches, or an Intermediate cer-
tificate used in Senior matches, shall have the date and
occasion of such use written across the face by the re-
feree, and two such uses shall cancel such certificate for
the series for which they were issued."
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W. A. Hewitt's amendment in regard to defaults
was carried. It was as follows: "A club defaulting
any match in the series shall be debarred from further
competition in the series; all scheduled matches played
by such club shall be counted as played, and all un-
played matches shall count as wins to the team sched-
uled against the culb defaulting."
It was decided that the Executive shall have no
power to refund protest fees.
A motion to have club secretaries furnish complete
lists of membership was defeated.
It was decided that when clubs are tied on the
round in two club groups on home ice, the tie shall be
played off in the second game.
The following resolution was carried unanimously:
Moved by Louis Duff Blake, seconded by J. Ross Rob-
ertson, "That the Ontario Hockey Association, in
annual convention assembled, desires to place on record
its high appreciation of the services of Dr. A. W.
McPherson as Treasurer of this Association, and re-
greats that circumstances have rendered it advisable on
his part to no longer accept office in this Association.
Mr. McPherson has been Treasurer from 1903-4 until
to-day, and his work has been of a most superior qual-
ity, and he has played his own part in creating the
gratifying success of the O.H.A. The O.H.A. will
never have a more careful, efficient and reliable Treas-
urer than Dr. McPherson."
Mr. Moody was elected as Dr. McPherson 's suc-
cessor without opposition. There was a tie for fourth
place on the Executive Committee, between Mr. Han-
ley and Mr. Dyment, with 26 votes apiece. The three
elected on the first ballot were: Mr. Farquharson, Mr.
Irving, and Mr. Rule, with 30, 28 an^ 27 votes, respec-
tively. On another vote for fourttl place, Mr. Dyment
was elected by one vote. The complete list of officers:
President, Dwight J. Turner, Toronto; Past President,
D. L. Darroch, Calgary; Life Member, J. Ross Rob-
ertson, Toronto; C.A.A.U. Governor, Francis Nelson,
Toronto; 1st Vice-President, L. Blake Duff, Welland;
2nd Vice-President, H. E. Wettlaufer, Berlin; Secre-
tary, W. A. Hewitt; Treasurer, R. A. E. Moody, To-
ronto; Ijxecutive — Charles Farquharson, Stratford; W.
P. Irving, London; Norman Rule, Collingwood; John
Dyment, Barrie.
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YEAR OF 1908-9.
This was another fine year. There were 89 teams
entered — 5 Senior, 45 Intermediate, and 38 Junior.
There were no less than 10 ties in 24 districts.
St. Michael's College, of Toronto, with a young
team, fresh from the junior ranks, won the Senior
championship, defeating Kingston 14th Regiment in
finals by 11 to 8, at Toronto, and 12 to 9 at Kingston,
a total of 23 to 17 on the round.
In the Senior series there were two teams in group
No. 1, and three teams in group No. 2. St. Michael's
College cleaned up the honor in No. 1, winning easily
from the Simcoes, also of Toronto, in a double sched-
ule. In group No. 2, a tie developed between the 14th
Regiment of Kingston and Toronto A.A.C. Home-and-
home games were played, and the Kingston soldiers
came out victorious. They expected little difficulty in
retaining the championship which they had won the
year \»efore, but St. Michael's College upset all calcu-
lations by beating them decisively, not only in To-
ronto, but on Kingston ice as well.
There were 44 teams in the Intermediate series,
comprising eleven districts. The group winners were
as follows: Lindsay, Port Perry, Toronto Rowing
Club, Milton, Niagara Centrals of St. Catharines, Gait,
Stratford, Brantford, Ingersoll, Wiarton, and Colling-
wood. In 5 of the 11 districts there were ties for the
championship, viz.: Lindsay and Peterboro, Niagara
Centrals and Niagara Falls, Stratford and Goderich,
Ingersoll and Simcoe, and CoUingwood and Midland.
Three games were found necessary to decide the
winners between Niagara Centrals and Niagara Falls.
In the second round Toronto Rowing Club defeated
Port Perry, Midto^yyi beat '€ralt, Ingersoll won from
Brantford, and Wiarton beat CoUingwood. Lindsay,
Stratford and Niagara Centrals drew byes. In the
next round Lindsay beat Toronto Rowing Club, Inger-
soll beat Milton, and Stratford beat Wiarton. Niagara
Centrals, having still their district to win, drew an-
other bye.
The semi-finals brought together Lindsay and Ni-
agara Centrals, and Ingersoll and Stratford. Lindsay
scored an easy victory over the St. Catharines team in
a sudden-death game at Toronto, while Ingersoll and
Stratford, having tied on the round in home-and-home
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games, were ordered to play a sudden-death game in
Brantford, Stratford eventually winning out. The
final was another great struggle between Lindsay and
Stratford. Both games were desperately contested,
but Lindsay showed their superiority by winning at
home by 7 to 2, and at Stratford by 5 to 3, a total of
12 goals to 5.
The Junior series, with 38 teams, divided into 11
districts, provided a great season of hockey for the
youngsters. The group winners were as follows: 14th
Regiment of Kingston, Picton, Whitby, Eureka A., Ber-
lin, Mount Forest High School, Stratford, Orangeville,
Barrie, Midland, and Haileybury. Ties developed in
four districts, between whitby and Port Hope, Moui-t
Forest High School and Listowel, Stratford and
Woodstock, and Midland and Gravenhurst. Three
extra games were necessary to decide the winner of
the Mount Forest-Listowel group. In the second
round Picton beat 14th Regiment, Berlin defeated
Mount Forest, Eurekas beat Orangeville, and Barrie
won from Midland. Stratford and Haileybury drew
byes. In the next round Eurekas beat Picton, Strat-
ford won from Berlin, and Barrie beat Haileybury. In
the semi-finals Stratford drew the bye and Eurekas
defeated Barrie.
The final games between Stratford and Eurekas
were magnificent contests, the game in Toronto result-
ing in favor of Stratford by 7 to 6, while they also
won at home by 6 to 5, a total of 13 to 11 on the
round, the closest of any of the series. This was Strat-
ford's third consecutive win of the Junior champion-
ship.
The champion players and runners up were as fol-
lows: ^ . ;
Senior series — Winners, St. "^lichael 's College —
Thompson Timmins, Dissette, Roche, Laflamme, Rich-
ardson, Lowes.
Runners-up — 14th Regiment, Kingston — Hiscock, J.
Richardson, Powell, Crawford, Bernier, Davidson, G.
Richardson.
Intermediate — Winners, Lindsay — Newton, Koyl,
Sullivan, Stoddart, Randall, Cotey, Blomfield.
Runnera-UD — Stratford — Rankin, Forbes, Dunbar,
Easson, Simpson, Verner, Barlow.
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Junior — Winners, Stratford — Dillon, Richards, Pres-
ton, F. Rankin, Borland, Bradshaw, Simpson.
Runners-up — Eurekas, Toronto — Shank, Kyle, Mc-
Eachren, Lane, McCreath, Matthews, Pridham.
The 20th annual meeting was held at the Temple
Building, Toronto, on Saturday, November 20th, with
President Dwight J. Turner in the chair. The acting
Treasurer's report showed a cash balance of $2,396.97.
Treasurer Moody resigned during the year. Mr. Hewitt
presented the report.
A motion was adopted to reduce the maximum age
in the Junior series from 20 to 19, the same not to go
into force until the season of 1910-11. It was decided
uO get suitable Intermediate and Junior trophies. A
suggestion that all Junior games be played in quarters
was defeated. The following officers were elected by
acclamation: President, L. Blake Duff; 1st Vice-Presi-
dent, H. E. Wettlaufer; 2nd Vice-President, Chas. Far-
quharson; C.A.A.U. Representative, Francis Nelson;
Secretary, W. A. Hewitt; Treasurer, Dr. W. G. "Wood.
Following was the vote for the Executive: J. Dyment,
25; K. Casselman, 21; Rev. A. F. Barr, 19; Dr. A. W.
McPherson, 18; Bert Short, 16; Dr. S. A. Weismiller,
7; H. J. C. Burgess, 6.
The following amendment was carried unanimously:
"Each captain must wear a four-inch armlet, distinc-
tive in color from the color of his sweater, marked
with the letter C, and to be worn on the right arm be-
tween the elbow and the shoulder, to distinguish him
from the other players."
The following amendment was carried: "Moved
by L. Blake Duff, seconded by John Dyment, That this
convention recognizes that the Junior and Interme-
diate cups are not fit trophies to be held by our cham-
pion teams in these, series, "and a recommendation is
hereby given to the Executive to take the matter into
consideration, and to take such action as it may pro-
perly do to secure trophies suitable and aproprfate to
the respective series."
The new President, Mr. Duff, then took the chair,
and made a very strong speech of acceptance, which
was greeted with loud applause. A vote of thanks to
the retiring President, Mr. Turner, was moved by Mr.
Robertson, and carried unanimously by a standing
vote.
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YEAE OF 1909-10.
The season of 1909-10 was from every point of view
the most successful ever held in the history of the
Association. There were 89 teams entered in the three
series, St. Michael's winnig the Senior championship
from a field of 11, Collingwood the Intermediate
against 41 elubs, and Kingston Frontenac, the Junior,
with 37 opponents.
The Senior champions of the O.H.A. brought further
glory on themselves and the Association by winning
the Sir Montagu Allan Cup, emblematic of the Senior
Amateur Championship of Canada, and afterwards
successfully defending it at a few days' notice. St.
Michael's had to battle for their lives to win the
championship of their own Association, but they went
right into the camp of the enemy and captured the
trophy, defeating Queen's University team in Kings-
ton by 5 to 4, on Wednesday, March 19. Three days
later St. Michael's defended the cup in Toronto by de-
feating the Sherbrooke team, the St. Lawrence League
champions, by 8 to 3. This left St. Michael's undis-
puted champions of Canada, Queen's having previously
beaten the Ottawa Clififsides, the Inter-Provincial
champions, for the trophy.
In the Senior series there were three teams each in
groups Nos. 2, 3, and 4, while Stratford and Kingston
Frontenacs had a bye in groups Nos. 1 and 5. In group
No. 3 there was a three-cornered tie between Parkdale
Canoe Club, University of Toronto, and Toronto A. A,
C, the ultimate winner being the Parkdale club. The
Argonauts won in group No. 2, and in the second round
defeated the Frontenars both in Kingston and in To-
ronto. St. Michael's CoUoge won i^ffroup No. 4 with-
out losing a game, but in the play^Wiwith Stratford in
the second round there were two great games, a tie, 8
all, at Stratford, and 4-3 in Toronto in favor of St.
Michael's. Parkdale disposed of the Argonauts after
two gruelling battles by one goal, which they scored
just ten seconds before the call of time.
St. Michael's and Parkdale had a grand struggle
for the championship. The first game was a tie — 4 all
— and the second game went 20 minutes overtime before
St. Michael's scored the winning goal, thereby defend-
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ing the John Ross Eabertson Cup they had won the
year before.
There were 41 teams in the Intermediate series,
comprising 12 districts. The group winners were as
follows: Group No. lA, Trenton; Group No. IB, Lind-
say; Group No. 2, Cobourg; Group No. 'd, Newmarket;
Gjoup No. 4, Drumbo; Group No. 5, Milton; Group
No. 6, St. Catharines; Group No. 7, Paris; Group No.
8, London; Group No. 9, Goderich; Group No. 10,
Sarnia; Group No. 11, Wiarton; Group No. 12, Cilling-
wood. In four districts there were ties for the cham-
pionship, viz.: Cobourg and Whitby, Newmarket and
St. Paul's of Toronto, Milton, Preston and Guelph
Lyons; Sarnia, Watford and Strathroy. Wiarton and
Collingwood won their districts by default of Owen
Sound and Midland.
In the second round Collingwood beat Wiarton,
London won from St. Catharines, Trenton defeated
Lindsay, Cobourg beat Milton, and Drumbo laid Paris
away. Goderich drew a bye.
In the third round Collingwood won from New-
market, London defeated Sarnia, Goderich beat Drum-
bo, and Cobourg put Trenton out.
In the semi-finals Collingwood beat Cobourg and
London defeated Goderich. In the first series of home-
and-home games Goderich won by one goal, but the
game at Goderich was successfully protested, and or-
dered replayed, the teams tieing on the round. The
play-off took place at Stratford, London winning by 5
goals to 2.
The finals between Collingwood and London furn-
ished two excellent games, though the teams were
handicapped at London by ^oft, watery ice. Colling-
wood was beaten at -London by 6 to 4, but won the
return. game at home by 5 to 1, thereby having a two-
goal margin on the round. London made a most stub-
born defence, and it was not until near the expiration
of time that the championship was won. This was the
first championship for Collingwood, though, in 1907 and
1908, they were runners-up.
As usual, the Junior series, with 38 teams, divided
into 12 districts, produced some great hockey, and the
record of the Preston club, runners-up for the cham-
pionship, will not likely be equalled for many years to
come.
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K. BUTLER
LINDSAY
Membtr O.H.A. Executive 191il-.i0.
The group winners were as follows: Group No. li
Kingston Frontenacs; Group No. 2, Oshawa; Group
No. 3, Peterboro Collegiate; Group No. 4, Siracoes A.
of Toronto; Group No. 5, St. Michael's College; Group
No. 6, Preston; Group No. 7, London; Group No. 8,
Markdale; Group No. 9, Barrie; Group No. 10 A., Grav-
enhurst; Group No. lOB., Midland; Group No. 11, Ni-
agara Falls; Group No. 12, Markham. To win their
group championship, Preston had to play 60 minutes
overtime in the second game with Berlin. Markham
and Niagara Falls drew byes owing to their late en-
trance in the series. In Group No. lOA. there was a
three-cornered tie between Gravenhurst, Braeebridge
and Huntsville.
In the second round Kingston beat Oshawa, Barrie
won from Markdale, Simcoes A. defeated Niagara Falls,
Markham beat Peterboro Collegiate, Preston won from
London, and Gravenhurst beat Midland. Kingston
was compelled to replay its first game with Oshawa
owing to the ineligibility of one of its players, who
was successfully protested by Oshawa.
In the third round Kingston defeated Markham,
Simcoes A. won from St. Michael's College, Barrie beat
Gravenhurst, and Preston put London out. An extra
game was necessary for Preston to beat London, the
teams having been tied on the round in the home-and-
home games. Barrie and Simcoes A. were protested
by Gravenhurst and St. Michael's, and the games
ordered replayed on the protests being sustained. Grav-
enhurst then defaulted to Barrie, while Simcoes A. won
the round from St. Michael's.
In the semi-finals Kingston defeated Simcoes A.,
and Preston won from Barrie after one of the most sen-
sational series of games on record. It took four and
a half games to beat Barrie. The teams were tied on
the round in home-and-home games, and in the first
play-off at Toronto went thirty minutes overtime to a
tie, when the lights went out at midnight. In the
fourth game Preston put Barrie out of the running.
Previous to the Preston-Barrie series the record for
O.H.A. hockey was held by the Frontenac-Beechgroves
of Kingston and the Marlboros of Toronto in the final
for the Junior championship in 1903. The teams were
tie in home-and-home games, and in the play-off at
Port Hope went eighty minutes overtime before the
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Marlboros got the decision. Thus the total in this
series was four and a third games of sixty minutes
each, against four and a half in the Preston-Barrie
series. The scores are worthy of reproduction:
At Barrie — ^Preston 8, Barrie 6.
At Barrie — ^Barrie 9, Preston 7.
At Toronto, first game — Preston 2, Barrie 2 (three
overtime periods).
At Toronto, second game — Preston 4, Barrie 2.
Total on four games — Preston 21, Barrie 19.
The final games between Kingston and Preston for
the championship weJe great struggles, and were wit-
nessed by record crowds in both places. The first
game, at Preston, resulted in favor of the home team
by 6 to 3, and the three-goal lead seemed enough to
win the championship in the return game at Kingston,
but the Frontenacs made a sensational finish and
scored 3 goals in the last six minutes of play, winning
the round and the championship by 8 goals to 7. The
goal that decided the location of the cup for the year
was scored just 40 seconds before the expiration of
time.
The players of the champion teams and the runners-
up were as follows:
Senior — Winners, St. Michael's College — W. Thomp-
son, P. Spratt, Jas. Dissette, C. E. Roche, W. J. La-
fljamme, H. Matthews, Wm. Richardson.
Runners-up — Parkdale Canoe Club — Wallace, Kyle,
Lawson, Lane, Rennie, Hunter, Bidpath.
Intermediate — Winners, Collingwood — F. Cook, B.
Cameron, A. F. McLennan, E. Freyer, H. Cain, W.
Beatty, J. Belcher.
Runners-up — London — Pearson, Casselman, Bern-
hardt, Mallen, Orr, Prodgers, Carrothers.
Juniors — Winners, Kingston Frontenacs — R. W.
Marchand, A. M. Davidson, M. Hyland, A. G. Brouse,
B. Hunt, R. Somerville, Leo. Millan.
Runners-up — Preston — Short, Bowman, Rahn, Walk-
er, Beith, Scherer, Sullivan.
The largest cash balance in cha history of the As-
sociation, $2,948.93, wag reported by the Treasurer, Dr.
Wood. The Association took in $636 in fees, and
$828.51 in their share of the final games. The expenses
totalled $1,062.65.
At the 21st annual meeting of the Association,
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held at the Temple Building on Saturday, Nov. 19th,
1910, President Louis Blake Duff, of Welland, occupied
the chair.
J. Eoss Robertson presented two handsome cups to
the Association for competition in the Intermediate
and Junior series, and to be known as the J. Ross Rob-
ertson Intermediate and Junior Cups.
It was moved by Francis Nelson, seconded by Rev.
A. F. Barr: "That the annual convention of the On-
tario Hockey Association endorses the President's
acceptance of the J. Eoss Robertson Intermediate and
Junior trophies, and tenders its heartiest appreciation
and gratitude to their generous donor, whose increas-
ing interest has done so much for the Association, for
the game, and for the spirit of sport throughout
Canada."
It was decided to retain the age limit of 20 years,
and to compel all Junior players to furnish official
declarations of their ages before being granted cer-
tificates. Conveners will be required to give 24 hours'
notice of meetings. It was decided to make the fee
for referees $5, and an allowance of 10 cents per mile
one way for all distances, with a minimum of $8 for
fee and expenses, except where a local referee acts. The
honorarium of the Secretary was increased from $400
to $500.
The following officers were re-elected by acclama-
tion: President, L. B. Duff; 1st Vice-President, H. E.
Wettlaufer; 2nd Vice-President, Chas. F?rquharson;
Secretary, W. A. Hewitt; Treasurer, Dr. "W. G. Wood.
For the Executive the following vote was cast:
Kenneth Casselman, 41; Rev. A. F. Barr, 38; Norman
Rule, 34; H. J. Sterling, 34; R. M. Glover, 22; John
Dyment, 11. The first four were elected. Mr. Sterl-
ing was moved to Winnipeg before the season opened,
and the Executive appointed Jas. Sinclair, of Wood-
stock, in his stead. R. M. Glover and Jas. T. Suther-
land were apointed to the Executive by President
Duff.
Mr. Robertson moved the following resolution,
which was carried unanimously:
"That the Ontario Hockey Association, assembled
in its twenty-first annual convention, sends its mes-
sage of greeting and good wishes to our former Presi-
dent, Mr. D. L. Darroch, and expresses the hope that
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he may soon be restored to his wonted health and
strength — this in remembrance of his long and faithful
service to our noble game."
YEAR OF 1910-11.
The season of 1910-11, the twenty-first year of the
Association, which was most succesrsful, opened on De-
cember 28th, and continued steadily until March 7th,
exactly ten weeks and one day, without cessation,
nearly 300 games being necessary to determine the
various championships. The winter was steady in most
parts of the Province, and the schedules were complet-
ed promptly and on time. The final games were com-
menced on Wednesday, March 1st, and concluded on
Monday, March 7th, all six games being played on per-
fect ice and before capacity crowds. There were many
surprises, only the Junior champions repeating. St.
Michael's College and Collingwood, last year's Senior
and Intermediate champions, did not get out of their
own groups-
There were 88 teams entered in the three series. Of
these, 8 played in the Senior, 38 in the Intermediate,
and 42 in the Junior. In the Senior series there were
three groups. Group No. 1 was won by the Argonauts,
who defeated University of Toronto in both games.
In group No. 2 there were three teams — Parkdale, St.
Michael's College and Stratford. The district pro-
duced some great hockey, and witnessed the downfall
of the champion St. Michael's, who were beaten in
both games by Parkdale, the winners of the district.
Batons won the honors in group No. 3 from Toronto
A. A. C. and Toronto Rowing Club without losing a
game. Batons drew a bye in the semi-final, and Argo-
nauts put Parkdale out of the running, though the first
game was a tie. Batons and Argonauts had a keen
struggle for the championship, and the J. Ross Robert-
son Senior Cup. The first game was a tie — 3 goals all
— but in the second game, Batons showed their super-
iority and won a hard-fought contest by 7 goals to 4,
thereby capturing the round and the championship by
10 goals to 7.
There were 38 teams in the Intermediate series,
comprising 11 districts. The group winners were as
follows: Group No. 1, Trenton; Group No. 2, Whitby;
Group No. 3, Markham; Group No. 4, Broadviews;
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Group No. 5, Grimsby; Group No. 6, Drumbo; Group
No. 7, Preston; Group No. 8, Listowel; Group No. 9,
Watford (by the disqualification and expulsion of Ghat-
ham); Group No. 10, London; Group No. 11, Midland.
In three districts there were ties for the champion-
ship, viz: Trenton and Peterboro; Listowel, Stratford
and St. Mary's; Chatham and Watford.
In the second round Whitby beat Markham, Mid-
land won from Broadviews, Preston defeated Drumbo,
and London put Grimsby away. Trenton, Listowel and
Chatham drew byes.
In the third round Whitby beat Trenton, Preston
disposed of Listowel, and London won from Chatham.
Chatham, however, tried some crooked work, and were
summarily expelled, Watford being given another
chance by the sub-committee. Midland drew a bye.
In the semi-finals Preston beat London handily, and
also disposed of Watford in a game on neutral ice,
while Midland defeated Whitby in two close games.
The final games between Preston and Midland
aroused tremendous interest, and were keenly con-
tested. Preston won the first game at home by 6 goals
to 3, and Midland had to make a tremendous up-hill
fight to win by 7 to 6 on their own ice. Preston, there-
fore, won the round by 12 goals to 10, and became the
first winners of the J. Eoss Eobertson Intermediate
Cup.
The Junior series had the largest entry on record
in the history of the Association, 42 teams playing in
13 districts.
The group winners were as follows: Group No. 1,
Kingston Frontenacs; Group No. 2, Oshawa; Group
No. 3, Peterboro; Group No. 4, Toronto Canoe Club;
Group No. 5, University of Toronto; Group No. 6,
Upper Canada College; Group No. 7, West Toronto
Victorias; Group No. 8, Preston; Group No. 9, London;
Group No. 10, Seaforth; Group No. 11, Orillia; Group
No. 12, Chesley; Group No. 13, Collingwood. There
were three ties for district honors, viz.: University of
Toronto and Argonauts, Woodstock and London; Oril-
lia, Penetang, Midland.
In the second round Frontenacs beat Peterboro,
Oshawa won from Upper Canada, Toronto Canoe Club
defated Collingwood, Seaforth put Chesley out, Orillia
retired the University of Toronto team, and Preston
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beat West Toronto Victorias. London drew a bye.
The Frontenac-Peterboro games were replayed owing
to the ineligibility of Kay Marchand of Kingston.
In the third round Frontenacs def^ated Oshawa,
Orillia won from Toronto Canoe Club, Seaforth beat
London, and Preston drew a bye.
In the fourth round Frontenacs and Orillia drew
byes, Preston put Seaforth out. In the semi-finals
Orillia won from Preston, while Frontenacs were idle.
Frontenacs and Orillia met in the finals, and the
Northerners furnished one of the big surprises of a
season of surprises by winning from the Kingston
champions on Orillia ice by 6 to 5. However, in the
return game at Kingston, the Frontenacs showed their
superiority, and won by 16 goals to 5, thereby winning
the championship for the second time in succession,
and becoming the first possessors of the new J. Ross
Robertson Junior Cup.
The champion teams and runners-up were as fol-
lows:
Senior Champions, Eaton Hockey Club of Toronto —
Gordon Bricker, Wm. Hyland, Gordon Meeking, Herb.
Flesher, Albert Leroux, James Preston, Frank Rankin.
Manager — Joe Cooke.
Runners-up, Argonaut Hockey Club of Toronto—
T. B. Yule, Clarence E. Kidd, W. E. G. Murphy, R. M.
Moore, A. A. Fleming, W. E. Gordon, Jack Murphy, J.
M. Brady. Manager — Bert Darlington.
Intermediate Champions, Preston Hockey Club —
Roy Johnson, James Eltherington, Matthew Mulroy,
Alfred Rahn, Cecil Walker, Irvin A. Bernhardt, Oscar
Q. Bernhardt, Irvin Bowman. Manager — Allan T.-
Kerr.
Runners-up, Midland Hockey Club — Chas. Scott,
Jas. B. Hanley, E. C. Gould, Ernest Lavigne, Frank
Chase, Howard Hastings, Joe Lavercaux, W. Nicholls.
Manager — W. H. Duncan.
Junior Champions, Frontenacs of Kingston — G. Leo
Williams, Wm. McCammon, Allan M. Davidson, A. G.
Brouse, Bernard Hunt, L. Millan, A. R. Boyer. Man-
ager— Jas. T. Sutherland.
Runners-up, Orillia Hockey Club — E. B. Corbould,
Norman Cooke, Kenneth McNab, Quinn Butterfield,
Ernie Jupp, Lovering Jupp, Peter F. Thornton. Man-
ger— F. R. Fowlie.
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The Markdale club failed to defend a protest en
tared by Wiarton in regard to tK? eligibility of a
player named B. E. Fletcher under the residence rule,
and were suspended. Chesley afterwards protested
Wiarton for playing George Sinimie and George Solo-
mon, neither of whom was eligible, and the Wiarton
club was suspended. In both of these cases the trans-
gression was due to an imperfect knowledge of the
rules of the Association. Trenton protested Peterboro
Intermediates, and the game of January 24 was ordered
replayed, a certificate having been issued to Maurice
Park, a Peterboro school teacher, under a misappre-
hension of the facts. Park's certificate was cancelled.
The Ayr club entered a protest against Drumbo, ques-
tioning the residence qualifications of some of the
Drumbo players, but withdrew it after hearing the
previous ruling of the committee.
The Simcoe, Ont., club was suspended for leaving
the ice December 30 at Simcoe in their first game with
London, because several of the players disagreed with
the referee's ruling on a question of fact. The Brace-
bridge club was suspended for playing David Jocque,
an ineligible player. The Baden club was also suspend-
ed for failure to furnish the Association with proof of
the residence qualifications of J. V. Arnold, one of
their players. Expulsion was the punishment meted
out to the Chatham club for crooked work in their
final game of the season and also for having players
on their team not properly qualified under the resi-
dence rule. Arthur D. McLean and Daniel McDonald,
of Goderich, who played under assumed names for
Chatham against London, were also expelled. John M.
McCoig wag President, and F. C. Smyth, Secretary cf
the Chatham club, and the players were as follows:
H. Dennis, K. Marges, Norman Glidner, C. Brundage,
E. C. Briscoe, Clarence E. Stringer, H. C. Higgin-
botham, H. Gowan, W. C. Livingstone, Earl Miers, W.
Gemmell, Miller Begley and K. H. McKae. The Tren-
ton club was allowed a claim of $21.50 against the
Belleville club, and the Drumbo club one of $15.55
from New Hamburg club.
The Allan Cup, which was won and defended by the
St. Michael's College team at the end of the season of
1909-10, after winnig the Ontario Hockey Association
championship, was not played for last season by our
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champions. The trustees, contrary to the terms of
their own deed of gift, ordered St. Michael's to defend
the cup on February 20 and 22 against the Victorias
of Winnipeg, whose championship season had ended
before the 2nd of February. The St. Michael's had
not won their 0. H. A. district and it was manifestly
unfair and in direct contravention of the Allan Cup
deed of gift to make such an order. St. Michael's de-
clined to play under advice of the sub-committee, and
the trustees, after much correspondence, notified the
0. H. A. that the cup had been awarded to Winnipeg.
The 0. H. A. disputed the authority of the trustees to
make any such ruling or order and retained possesion
of the cup, inviting the trustees to test the matter in
the courts.
The 0. H. A. contention was that the trustees, as
well as the cup holders, were bound by Section 2 of
the deed of gift, which says: "The cup is to be com-
peted for only at the end of a season between clubs
having won the championship of some recognized
league or association in Canada."
As a matter of fact, that was the ruling of the trus-
tees themselves, who, in 1909, refused to allow a chal-
lenge from St. Michael's College to hold over until the
following season, on the ground that St. Michael's
might not be the champions of the 0. H. A. the next
season, or Queen's (the holders) champions of the In-
ter-collegiate.
It is worthy of note that the first game for the
cup in 1909 was played on Match 16. In 1910 the
first game for the cup was played on March 12, with
subsequent games on March 16th and 19th. This year
the O. H. A. concluded its championship season on
March 4, and notified the trustees that the cup holders
would be willing to meet all comers after thai; date.
As a matter of fact, St. Michael's failed to win their
group, and if the Allan Cup games had been played as
ordered it would not have been a test of the represent-
ative 8trength of the Association, nor would it have
been fair to the Eaton team that subsequently won
the championship.
On December 5, the Allan Cup trustees withdrew
the cup from competition, unconditionally, and the
trophy was returned by the O.H.A. to the original
donor, Sir Montague Allan.
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The 22n(i aanual meeting of the Association was
held at the Temple Building, Toronto, November 18,
1911, with President Louis Blake Duff in the chair.
The residence rule was made a little tighter and a
little clearer in the cases of sailors and residents of
rural districts. Home teams are to be made respons-
ible for providing goal nets without defects. The
duration of penalties is fixed in actual playing time.
When a puck strikes the goal cross bar it is not a goal
unless it goes into the net.
Dr. Wood, Treasurer, reported that the Association
has a cash balance in the bank of $3,567.31, as against
$2,948.91 last year.
The following officers were elected by acclamation:
President, H. E. Wettlaufer; Amateur Athletic Union
Governor, Francis Nelson; First Vice-President, Chas.
Farquharson; Second Vice-President, Kenneth Cassel-
man; Secretary, W. A. Hewitt; Treasurer, Dr. W. G.
Wood. For the Executive the following were elected:
A. E. Copeland, Midland; E. M. Glover, Peterboro;
•Tas. T. Sutherland, Kingston; J. E. Beaton, Ingersoll.
The defeated candidates were: I. A. Bernhardt, of
Preston; James Sinclair, of Paris; A. G. Simpson, of
Lindsay, and Geo. T. Stott, of Cobourg. Dwight J.
Turner and J. F. Paxton, of Whitby, were appointed
to the Executive by President Wetlaufer.
On motion of Jas. T. Sutherland, of Kingston, a
■ resolution wa^ passed extending sympathy to Bruce
Ridpath, who was the victim of an accident.
YEAE OF 1911-12.
The season of 1911-12 opened on January 1st, and
continued without cessation until the 27th of February,
when the last game of the season was played, a record
of early closing. The winter was the steadiest for
many years, and after the first day of the season there
was not a single postponement for any cause whatso-
ever. The final games commenced on February 17th,
and the six games were completed in ten days' time,
with record attendances at all points. Five of the six
teams in the finals the year before qualified this year,
the Argonaut Seniors being replaced by Toron! - Canoe
Club, who won the Junior championship. Kingston
Frontenacs, last year's junior winners, reached the
finals in the Senior series.
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GEO. B. McKAY
Member O.M.A. Executive, 1919-1920
The winners of the three ■championships for 1911-12
were the Eaton Hockey Club of Toronto, the Preston
Club, and the Toronto Canoe Club, who thereby become
possessors of the J. Eoss Robertson Senior, Intermed-
iate and Junior Cups.
The Eaton club challenged the Winnipeg Victorias
for the Allan Cup, and were beaten in the two games
played at Winnipeg, March 9th by 8 to 4, and March
11th by 16 to 1. Winnipeg had. an exceptionally clever
team, won absolutely on their merits, and were entitled
to possession of the trophy that had been given them
to defend by the trustees after having been withdrawn
from competition by the trustees and returned uncon-
ditionally by the O. H. A. to the original donor, Sir
Montagu Allan,
There were 113 teams entered in the three series.
Of these, 8 played in the Senior, 56 in the Intermediate
and 49 in the Junior.
In the Senior series there were eastern and western
groups. Frontenacs of Kingston won the champion-
ship of group No. 1 from University of Toronto and
Argonauts of Toronto without losing a game. St.
Michael's College defaulted in this group. In the west-
ern group were Eatons, T.A.A.C, and Parkdale teams
of Toronto, and the Stratford team. Though losing the
first games of the season on their own ice by T.A.A.C,
the Eaton club won the group honors. Eatons and
Frontenacs then played off for the championship and
the J. Eoss Eobertson Senior Cup. Eaet team scored
a decisive victory on its own ice. Eatons won at home
by 13 to 4, and in the return game lost in Kingston by
B to 3. This, however, gave the championship to Ea-
tons by a total score of 16 to 12.
There were 56 teams in the Intermediate series,
comprising 13 districts. The group winners were as
follows: No. 1, Peterboro; No. 2, Cobourg; No. 3, Mark-
ham; No. 4, Argonauts of Toronto; No. 5, Preston; No.
6, Elmira; No. 7, St. Mary's; No. 8, Mount Forest; No.
9, Paris; No. 10, Strathroy; No. 11, Tillsonburg; No.
12, St. Catharines; No. 13, Midland. In four districts
there were ties for the championship, viz.: Cobourg
and Oshawa, Mt. Forest and Listowel, St. Catharines
and Niagara Falls, Midland, Colllngwood and Victoria
Harbor. In the second round Peterboro beat Cobourg,
Midland won from Markham, Preston defeated Elmira,
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St. Mary's disposed of Strathroy, Mt. Forest trimmed
Argonauts, and Paris put Tillsonburg out. St. Cath-
arines drew a bye. In the third round Midland de-
feated Peterboro, Preston won from St. Catharines and
Paris beat St. Mary's. Mt. Forest drew a bye. In the
semi-finals Preston won* both -games from Paris and
Midland defeated Mt. Forest in a sudden-death game
at Toronto. The first game of the finals was played at
Midland, when Preston won by the remarkably large
score of 18 to 17. The return game at Preston was a
much better contest, the champions again winning by
6 to 4, thereby capturing the round by a total of 24 to
21, the largest final score since the series was estab-
lished in 1897.
The Junior series had 49 teams entered in 13 series,
and, as usual, furnished some of the most interesting
hockey of the season. The group winners were as fol-
lows: No. 1, Trenton; No. 2, Peterboro; No. 3, Oshawa;
No. 4, University of Toronto; No. 5, Toronto A. A. C;
No. 6, Toronto Canoe Club; No. 7, Berlin; No. 8, Wood-
stock; No. 9, Seaforth; No. 10, Alvinston; No. li, Col-
lingwood; No. 12, Orillia; No. 13, Dundalk. In the sec-
ond round Peterboro beat Trenton, Oshawa defeated
Toronto A. A. C, Woodstock won from Alvinston, Ber-
lin put Seaforth away, Toronto Canoe Club won from
Dundalk, and Orillia defeated CoUingwood. Univer-
sity of Toronto drew a bye. In the third round To-
ronto Canoe Cllub won from Oshawa, Orillia beat Uni-
versity of Toronto, and Berlin defeated Woodstock.
Peterboro gol> the bye. In the semi-finals Orillia beat
Peterboro, and Toronto Canoe Club won Irom Berlin.
In the first match of the finals, played at Toronto, the
Toronto Canoe Club won by a score of 7 to 2, while in
the return match at Orillia the home team were vic-
torious by 5 to 3. Canoe Club, therefore, won the
round and the J. Ross Robertson Senior Cup by 10
goals to 7.
The champion teams and runners-up were as fol-
lows:
Eaton Hockey Club of Toronto (Senior Champions)
— Gordon Biicker, Wm. Hyland, Gordon Meeking, W.
.1. Laflamme, Frank Foyston, Frank Rankin, Herb Mat-
thews. Manager — Joe Cooke.
Frontenac Hockey Club of Kingston (Runners-up)
— A. M. Daniels, Melville Hyland, H. Nicholson, A. G.
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Brouse, Reg. CrawforO, A. E. teoyer, George Richard-
son, Chas. Edwards, J. K. Eeid, Manager — Jas. T.
Sutherland.
Preston Hockey Club (Intermediate Champions) —
Leonard Short, James Eltherington, Matthew Mulroy,
Alfred Eahn, Cecil Walker, Oscar G. Bernhardt, Irvin
Bowman. Manager — I. A. Bernhardt.
Midland Hockey Club (Runners-up) — Chas. Scott,
Wilbert Beatty, E. C. Gould, Ernest Lavigne, Frank
Chase, Howard Hastings, W. Nicholls. Manager — W.
H. Duncan.
Toronto Canoe Club (Junior Champions) — E. H.
Laird, F. J. Gooch, Eugene Sidley, Alex. Romeril, Mal-
colm Mackenzie, Eugene Dopp, Gordon Murray. Man-
ager— Art Etwell.
Orillia Hockey Club (Runners-up) — Ralph Cooke,
Norman Cooke, Kenneth McNab, Quinn Butterfield, H.
Mohan, Lovering Jupp, Peter F. Thornton. Manager —
George A. Moore.
A game at Baden was protested by New Hamburg,
and ordered replayed. The certificate of H. Troup was
cancelled. Waterloo protested Joseph Karges of Ber-
lin, and his certificate was cancelled and the game or-
dered to be replayed. The certificate of H. Hergen-
roeder of Waterloo was also cancelled.
The 23rd annual meeting of the Association was
held, at the Temple Building, Toronto, on Saturday,
Nov. 16, 1912, with the President, H. E. Wettlaufer, of
Berlin, in the chair. After a spirited debate it was
decided to debar from membership any club playing
under the name of any commercial organization. This
excluded the Eaton Hockey Club, Senior champions of
the Association. Juniors were given the choice of
playing one Senior or one Intermediate match during
the same season with their own club without disquali-
fication, and teachers were put on the same footing as
students in regard to the residence rule. The Treas-
urer's report showed a cash balance of $4,337.38.
For the first time in the history of the Association
all of the officers were re-elected by acclamation, and
President Wettlaufer made the same apointments as
the year before, leaving the Executive composed as
follows:
Past President, L. Blake Duff, Welland; President,
H. E. Wettlaufer, Berlin; Life Member, J. Ross Rob-
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ertson, Toronto; A.A.U. of C. Governor, Francis Nel-
son, Toronto; First Vice-President, Charles Farquhar-
son, Stratford; Second Vice-President, Kenneth Cassel-
man, London; Secretary, W, A. Hewitt, Toronto; Treas-
urer, Dr. W. G. Wood, Toronto. Executive Committee
— A. E. Copeland, Midland; B. M. Glover, Peterboro;
Jas. T. Sutherland, Kingston; J. E. Beaton, Chatham;
Dwight J. Turner, Toronto; Sheriff J. F, Paxton,
Whitby.
President Wettlaufer gave notice of motion to
change the date of the annual meeting from the 3rd
Saturday in November until the 1st Saturday in De-
cember, and it will go into effect in 1913.
YEAR OF 1912-13.
Notwithstanding unfavorable conditions, the regu-
lar schedule was maintained and played out in all
three series, commencing on the 26th of December,
1912, and concluding on March 17th, 1913, both open-
ing and closing games being played on artificial ice in
Toronto.
There were 108 teams entered in the three series.
Of these, the Toronto Rowing Club, Lourdes, and St.
Paul's Club of Toronto decided not to play, leaving
12 in the Senior, 53 in the Intermediate, and 43 in the
Junior.
In the Senior series there were three districts, the
winners beii^g as follows: Group No. 1, St. Michaels
of Toronto; »«roup No. 2, Toronto R. & A. A.; Group
No. 3, Midland.
Peterboro, University of Toronto, and Kingston
Frontenacs were in Group No. 1, with St. Michaels,
while Preston, Stratford, and Parkdale Canoe Club
were grouped with Toronto R. & A. A. St. Michaels
and Toronto R. & A. A. went through their groups
without a defeat, while Midland and Toronto Canoe
Club wore tic in their district when Collingwood and
Toronto Sinicoes defaulted. In the play-off, at Orillia,
Midland beat Canoe Club by 3 to 2, though the North-
erners were behind 2 to 1 within 20 seconds of full
time. In the semi-finals, Toronto R. & A. A. drew
the bye, and St. Michaels and Midland played four
memorable games to decide the supremacy. In the
first series of home-and-home games, the teams were
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tied, and in a similar play-oflf St. Mikes won by a fair
margin. The finals furnished a surprise in the defeat
of St. Michaels by Toronto E. & A. A. In the first
game the Torontos secured a lead of five goals, the
score being 7 to 2, which St. Michaels were unable to
overcome, although they won the second game by a
score of 6 to 3. The Torontos, therefore, won the
championship by a total score of 10 to 8, in a series
of games that tested the capacity of the new Arena
in Toronto to the limit.
In the Intermediate series there were 50 teams
entered, comprising 15 districts, the winners being as
follows: — Group No. 1, Peterboro; Group No. 2,
Whitby; Group No. 3, Markham; Groups Nos. 4 and 5,
Simcoe; Group No. 6, Berlin; Group No. 7, London;
Group No. 8, New Hamburg; Group No. 9, St. Thomas;
Group No. 10, Goderich; Group No. 11, Wiarton; Group
No. 12, Sarnia; Group No. 13, Collingwood; Group No.
14, Gravenhurst; Group No. 15, Brampton.
In five groups there were ties for the champion-
ship, viz., Peterboro and Cobourg, Berlin and Elmira,
Loudon and Paris, Chatham and Sarnia, Midland and
Collingwood. In the second round, Whitby beat
Gravenhurst, Markham won from Brampton, London
defeated Sarnia, Berlin disposed of New Hamburg, and
Wiarton beat Goderich. Peterboro, Simcoe, Colling-
wood and St. Thomas drew bye^ In the third round,
Whitby beat Peterboro, Berlin trimmed Simcoe, Coll-
ingwood won from Wiarton, London defeated St.
Thomas. In the semi-finals, London defEratod Berlin
and Collingwood beat Whitby. The final, between
London and Colling-wood was a record-breaker in point
of interest and closeness of the score. Perhaps it is
not too much to say that two more evenly-matched
teams never faced each other on the ice in the O.H.A.
In the first game, played at Collingwood, the home
team won by 6 to 5, and in the return game, at
London, the Collingwood boys were beaten by 2 to 1,
in a desperate struggle on water-covered ice. This
tied the teams on the round, with seven goals apiece,
and the play-off took place in Toronto on March 17th,
Collingwood coming out victorious by 3 goals to 2,
after another grand contest, thereby winning the
championship by 10 goals to 9. The last previous tie
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In an O. H. A. final was in 1907-8, when Collingwood
and Midland were tie, 15 goals all, in home-and-home
games, and Midland won the play-off in Orillia by
8 to 5.
The Junior series had 43 teams entered in the eleven
sections. The group winners: — Group No. 1, Kingston
Frontenacs; Group No. 2, Oshawa; Group No. 3, St.
Andrew's College; Group No. 4, Varsity III.; Group
No. 5, New Hamburg; Group No. 6, Guelph Victorias;
Group No. 7, Woodstock; Group No. 8, Stratford;
Group No. 9, Owen Sound; Group No. 10, Collingwood;
Group No. 11, Orillia. In the second round, Orillia
beat St. Andrews, Oshawa won from Varsity III.,
Stratford beat New Hamburg, Woodstock defeated
Guelph Victorias, Collingwood beat Owen Sound.
Kingston Frontenacs drew a bye.
In the third round, Oshawa beat Kingston Fron-
tenacs, Orillia defeated Collingwood, and Woodstock
won from Stratford. In the semi-finals, Woodstock
drew a bye and Orillia won from Oshawa.
The final games, between Orillia and Woodstock,
were won by the former team by the same score, 7
goals to 4, making a total of 14 to 8 on the round.
The first game was played at Stratford, owing torink
diflSculty at Woodstock, and the return game at
Orillia. The wiunors^lnyed fine hockey and had the
distinction of bcinp '*jrie only club to go through the
season without a defeat in their championship series.
Also, it is-jEorthy of note that ttieir list of penalties
for the seiSron was the lightest in the Association — a
record for clean play that should be envied by every
club playing the game.
The champion teams and runners-up were as fol-
lows:—
Toronto Rugby and Athletic Association of Toronto
(Senior Champions) — G. D. Addison, J. A. Brown, Jack
Burrcll, M. MacKenzie, W. H. Williams, A. Maclean.
J. H. Heffornan, Gordon IVIeeking, A. N. Hunter, Cecil
Hill. Manager — E. J. Livingstone.
St. Michaels Hockey Club of Toronto (Runners-up)
— Gordon Bricker, F. Winnett Thompson, W. E. Gor-
don, J. A. McCamus, Wm. Richardson, Frank Rankin,
W. J. Laflamme, Jamos R. Dissette, W. E. G. Murphy,
Herb. C. Matthews. Manager — Frank Dissette.
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Collingwood Hockey Club (Intermediate Cham-
pions)— Frank Cook, Angus MacKinnon, John Dance,
Ernie Freyer, Jack Burns, A. A. Hall, Harold Law-
rence. Manager — W. L. Hamilton.
London Hockey Club (Runners-up) — Geo. Ward-
rope, W. C. Borland, J. P. C. Grannary, L. H. Gillies,
A. McAvoy, W. E. Eeid, L. Walden. Manager — W. E.
Vining.
Orillia Hockey Club (Junior Champions) — Quinn
Butterfield, Norman C. Cooke, Kenneth L. Macnab,
Richard W. Eeid, E. Lovering Jupp, Andrew H. Tud-
hope, Norman Johnson, P. F. Thornton. Manager —
George A. Moore.
Woodstock Hockey Club (Eunners-up) — Chilton
Childs, George C. Sutherland, Eussell H. Sandercock,
John C. Timm, G. G. Smith, Charles E. Jones, E. C.
Amstrong. Manager — James Gunn.
The Alerts, Limited, of Hamilton, imported a team
of hockey players to that city and secured admission
in the Association. Their membership was cancelled
when certificates were applied for, and the players
in question were declared ineligible. The list included:
Eay Marchand, E. W. Gustin, H. G. Mohan, Eeg. Boyer,
E. C. Langman, Clayton Frechette, Fred B. Denison,
and B. V, Hunt. Players whos^ suspensions were raised
included: A. D. McLean ancl Ernest C. Briscoe, of
Chatham; Dan McDonald, ofrGoderich; Earl Jliers
and Norman Gildner, of Wiarton; Hajry Gowan, of
Toronto; John C. Wiggins, of Goderich^
Seaforth protested a Goderich game unsuccessfully,
the referee's decision being final on questions of fact.
Niagara Falls Tecumsehs and Hamilton had a dispute
over a game at Hamilton regarding time, and as it
affected the group championship it was replayed later.
Elmira protested Berlin regarding the appointment of
a referee. The protest was disallowed, there not being
sufficient grounds to interfere with the result, as the
game was played. The Guelph Victorias registered a
complaint against John Timm, of Woodstock, contend-
ing that he did not qualify under the residence rule.
The Committee found that Timm was eligible, and
dismissed the complaint. The Waterloo Junior Club
was suspended for playing ineligible players. Two
of the players, Oscar Gies and Wm. Wendell, were
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H H FERGUSON
LONDON
Meml.cr O.II.A. Executive, 1919 20.
expelled for furnishing fraudulent declarations of age.
The 24th annual meeting of the Association was
held at the Temple Building, Toronto, on Saturday,
December 6, 1913, with the President, H. E. Wett-
laufer, in the chair. The Treasurer's report showed a
cash balance in the bank of $6,049.12, an increase of
$1,711.74 over the previous year. It was decided to
give the players of police villages the privilege of
playing in their nearest O.H.A. towns. The rule re-
lating to bounding shots off goalkeepers was amended
so as to legalize offside play ten feet from the goal-
keeper instead of three feet, as formerly. Clubs will
be required to have auxiliary jumpers for their play-
ers, and more definite rules were made regarding over-
time games and timekeepers' duties. It was decided
to designate players as follows: Goalkeeper, Right De-
fence, Left Defence, Eover, Centre, Right Wing, Left
Wing.
Officers were elected as follows: Past President,
H. E. Wettlaufer, Berlin; President, Chas. Farquhar-
son, Stratford; Life Member, J. Ross Robertson,
Toronto; A. A. TJ. of C. Governor, Francis Nelson,
Toronto; First Vice-President, Kenneth Casselman,
London; Second Vice-President, Jas. T. Sutherland,
Kingston; Secretary, W. A. Hewitt. Toronto; Treas-
urer, Dwight J. Turner; Execjjtive Committee — Sheriff
•J. T. Paxton, Whitby; A. E. Copeland, Midland; R. M.
Glover. Peterboro; Frank Hyde, Woodste'ck; appointed.
Louis Blake Duff, Welland; C L. MacnaB, Orillia.
YEAR OF 1913-14.
The weather conditions in the early part of the
season, especially during the last tVo weeks of January,
were entirely unsuited for hockey, and it was with diffi-
culty that the preliminary round was completed within
a reasonable time. However, an opportune cold snap
set in early in February, and good ice was obtained
from then until the end of the season in March.
There were 107 teams entered in the three series.
The St. Paul's Club of Toronto decided not to play,
leaving 8 in the Senior, 48 in the Intermediate, and 50
in the Junior.
In the Senior Series there were two districts, the
winners being as follows: Group No. 1, St. Michaels
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of Toronto; Group No. 2, Toronto R. & A. A. In the
group with St. Michaels were Frontenacs of Kingston,
University of Toronto, ami Osgoode Hall of Toronto.
St. Michaels wore beaten in Kingston by Frontenacs,
but the latter lost to Universit}- of Toronto in Toronto,
and the group championship was settled before the
game in Kingston was played.
In Group No. 2, Toronto R. & A. A. had worthy
opponents, in Midland, Toronto Rowing Club and Argo-
naut Rowing Club and only won the district after a
hard season. The group winners lost the final district
game at Midland, but it had no effect on the champion-
ship.
The final games between Toronto R. & A. A. and St.
Michaels broke all attendance records in Toronto, and
resulted in two stirring contests. Toronto R. & A. A.
proved themselves superior in both games, winning the
first by a score of 6 to .5, by scoring the winning goal
in the last 10 seconds of play, and winning the second
by a score of 3 to 2. This gave them the round and
championship, by a total score of 9 to 7. The paid
attendance at the first game was 6,506, and at the
second game 7,127, the latter constituting a new record
in Toronto for a hockej' match, either amateur or
professional.
In the Intermediat^Beries there WCTe 48 teams en-
tered, compi;i«ing 11 mstricts, the winners being as
follows: Gro^ No. 1, Peterboro; Group No. 2, River-
sides of Tororto; Group No. .3, Hamilton Hockey Club;
Group No. 4, Dunnvillc; Group No. 5, Berlin; Group No.
6. New Hamburg; Group No. 7, London; Group No. 8,
Sarnia; Group No. 9, Stratford; Group No. 10, Wiarton;
Group No. 11, Orillia.
In three districts there were ties for the champion
ship, viz., Berlin and Preston, Sarnia and Alvinston,
and Orillia and Midland. Instead of a sudden death
game on neutral ice, Berlin and Preston were allowed
home-and-homc games to break the tie, on the under-
standing that they should return a winner, and as a
result of the arrangement had to play 50 minutes over-
time in the second game at Berlin before a decision
was reached. In the second round Orillia beat Peter-
boro, Hamilton won from Dunnville, Sarnia defeated
London, Berlin beat New Hamburg, and Wiarton de-
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feated Stratford. Riversides of Torontc drew a bye.
In the third round, Wiarton beat Riversides and Sar-
nia defeated Hamilton. Berlin and Orillia drew byes.
In the semi-finals, Berlin defeated Sernia and Orillia
beat Wiarton. The final games between Berlin and
Orillia indicated that the teams were evenly matched.
Berlin won on their own ice by 4 to 0, but were beaten
at Orillia by 3 to 1, thereby winning the round and the
championship by 5 goals to 3. The Orillia team were
the surprise of the series. The Berlin team, however,
had a splendid lecord during the season and proved
themselves the better team.
The Junior Series had 50 teams entered in the eleven
sections, and the games furnished some of the best
hockey of the season. The group winners were as
follows: Group No. 1, Kingston Frontenacs; Group No.
2, Belleville; Group No. 3, Oshawa; Group No. 4, Upper
Canada College; Group No. 5, Varsity III.; Group No.
6, Berlin Union Jack; Group No. 7, Hamilton; Group
No. 8, "Woodstock; Group No. 9, Stratford; Group No.
10, Owen Sound; Group No. 11, Orillia.
In the second round, Kingston beat Belleville,
Oshawa defeated Upper Canada, Varsity III. won from
Hamilton, Berlin Union Jacks beat Stratford, and
Orillia defeated Owen Sound. Woodstock drew a bye.
In the third rou&d, Kingston beat Oshawa, and, being
successfully protested against, dropped out, and Oshawa
beat Belleville in the play-off. Berlin beat' Woodstock.
Varsity III. and Orillia drew byes. In the semi-final
Orillia defeated Oshawa and Varsity III. won from
Berlin. The finals, between Orillia and Varsity III.
furnished a surprise, inasmuch as the collegians won the
first game in Toronto by 4 to 3. In the return game
at Orillia the home team won by 10 to 3, thereby cap-
turing the round and the championship by 13 goals to
7. This was Orillia 's second consecutive win of the
Junior championship, after being runners-up in this
series for two previous years.
The Champion teams and runners-up — Toronto
Rugby and Athletic Association of Toronto (Senior
Champions) : Darcy Smith, Harry Meeking, J. A. Brown,
R. Stephenson, F. J. Gooch, S. Horsefield, A. Maclean,
J. H. Heffernan, Gordon Meeking, P. Thornton, C. J.
Davey, G. Sargent. Manager, E. J. Livingstone. St
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Michaels Hockey Club of Toronto (Runners-up) : G. D.
Addison, F. Winnett Thompson, J. A. MeCanms, Wm.
Richardson, W. Chartrand, Frank Rankin, W. J. La-
flamme, James R. Dissctte, W. E. G. Murphy, W. W.
Davidson, Herb C. Matthews. Manager, Frank Dissette.
Berlin Hockey Club (Intermediate Champions): Geo.
Hainsworth, Frank B. Seibert, Frank Trushinski, H.
L. Boettger, J. V. Arnold, Albert Leroux, Otto Solo-
mon, E. L. Roschman, J. C. Timm, Harry Boettger.
Manager, Harry Wismer. Orillia Hockey Club (Run-
ners-up) : E. B. Corbould, Gordon Ferryman, N. J. Har-
vey, G. C. MacDonald, Mat Nealon, Morley Carter,
George Ross, R. Lovering Jupp, L. B. Avery, Manager,
Albert Carswell.
OriMia Hockey Club (Junior Champions) : Quinn
Butterfield, Kenneth L. Macnab, Richard W. Reid, Vic-
tor Draper, C. H. Teskey, Andrew H. Tudhope, Norman
Johnson. Manager, J. E. Tudhope. Varsity III. Hoc-
key Club (Runners-up) : M. E. Malone, F. G. Mathers,
C. B. Adams, W. C. Milne, G. P. Pearson, Connie
Smythe, L. B. Saunders, W. A. Dafoe, W. W. Stratton.
Manager, J. Roy Strome.
After frequent and exhaustive hearings in the
charge that Messrs. Frank Walsh and Bert Short of
the Toronto Rowing Club had offered a monetary in-
ducement to certain players to play with the Toronto
Rowing Club^ the decision was that the charge had not
been proven* After consideration of a year-old charge,
the committee found nothing to justify any suspicion
that the Parkdale Canoe Club Hockey Section was, or
had been, carried on in other than as a strictly amateur
organization. Players whose suspensions were raised
included: Le Roy Devitt, Walter Mickus, Theodore
Wescloh, S. Uffelman, N. Jacobi, of Waterloo; Law-
rence Clayton, of Berlin; Fred. B. Denison, of Peter-
boro; Reg. Boyor, of Kingston; E. C. Langman, of Ham-
ilton. Certificates were refused the following players
to play with the Sarnia Club; J. C. Dore, Louis Imbleau,
J. C. Grannary, Harold Farlow, and H. G. Proutt. A
certificate was refused Vincent Whitty to play with
Trenton. The ban was lifted on the Syracuse team and
rink. A protest of T. R. & A. A. against Midland was
allowed and game ordered to be replayed. N. H. Arm-
strong, of Midland, had his certificate cancelled, being
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declared ineligible under the residence rule. Biver-
iales successfully protested Eoss Summerfeldt, of Mark-
ham, under the residence rule, and game was ordered
replayed. On protest of Oshawa Club, the certificate
of Rupert Milan, of Kingston Frontenac Juniors, was
cancelled under the residence rule, anf' teams ordered
to play off on neutral ice. Kingston declined to play
and Belleville, who had been beaten by them in the
second round, took their place. A protest by Belleville
against Thomas Eiordan, of Oshawa, was dismissed,
there being absolutely no evidence to support the
charge made. Three overtime games were played in
three different districts within a week without a winner
being decided. They were Niagara Falls Hockey Club
at Dunnville, Toronto Riversides at Markham, and To-
ronto R. & A. A. v. Toronto Rowing Club, at Toronto.
The rules provided no penalty, so the sub-committee
ordered all the games to be replayed. The Midland
Club appealed unsuccessfully to the Executive Com-
mittee against this ruling in so far as it related to the
game in Toronto, their contention being that each team
should have been credited with a loss. The certificates
of Ernie Freyer, of Collingwood, and Cyril Giroux, of
Peterboro, were cancelled for unbecoming conduct on
the ice. The Collingwood Olub was warned for not fur-
nishing proper protection for visiting teams and
referees.
The 25th annual meeting of the Association waa
held at the Temple Building, Toronto, on Saturday,
Dec. 5, 1914, with the President, Chas. Farquharson, in
the chair. The Treasurer's report showed a cash bal-
ance in the bank of $6,867.3, an increase of $817.91
over the previous year. It was decided to make it
obligatory for a student, not only to register, but to
attend lectures regularly. Players living in villages
were given the privilege of playing in their nearest
O. H. A. town. It was decided to play games in three
20-minute periods, instead of two 30-minute periods, as
heretofore. An assistant referee will be used in semi-
final and final games if considered advisable. It was
decided to limit all overtime games to 30 minutes extra
play and when, ver clubs agree to abandon a game or
decline to play upon order of the referee in any of th«
extra periods a loss shall be . barged. Substitutes will
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be allowed only in case of injury to goal-keepera. The
sum of $1,000 was voted to the Canadian Patriotic Fund
and $2,000 to endow an 0. H. A. Cot in perpetuity in
the Hospital for Sick Children.
The greetings of the newly-formed Canadian Amateur
Hockey Association were brought to the convention
from Ottawa by Dr. Taylor, of v>innipeg, the President
of the national governing body. Dr. Taylor was au-
thorized to offer the Hon, Presidency of the C. A. H. A.
to Mr. J. Ross Robertson.
The officers: President, C. Farquharson, Stratford;
Past President, E. Wettlaufer, Berlin; Life Member, J.
Ross Robertson; Athletic Union Representative, Francis
Nelson; First Vice-President, J. T. Sutherland, King-
ston; Second Vice-President, Sheriff J. F. Paxton,
Whitb}-; Secretary, W. A, Hewitt, Toronto; Treasurer,
D. J. Turner, Toronto, all by acclamation. Executive —
A, E. Copeland, Midland; F. Hyde, Woodstock; C. L.
McNab. Orillia; R. M. Glover, Peterboro; Robt. Hamil-
ton, Hamilton; G. B. Dawson, Sarnia.
YEAR OF 1914-15.
The weather conditions were splendid for hockey
from early in December, and very few postponements
were necessary until the ^^eliminary round- had been
finished. However, there wore no serious postpone-
ments, an(l the, season was endeU on the 11th of March.
There were 98 teams entered in the three series. The
St. Paul's Club of Toronto decided not to play, leaving
8 in the Senior, 45 in the Intermediate, and 45 in the
Junior.
In the Senior Series, there were two districts, the
winners being: Group No. 1, Victorias of Toronto;
Group No. 2, St. Michaels of Toronto. In Group No 1
with Victorias were Riversides of Toronto, Kingston
Frontenacs, and University of Toronto. Victorias lost
the game at Kingston, but it had no effect on the
standing. Riversides, who finished second, made an
excellent showing for their first year in senior company.
In Group No. 2, St. Michaels had as opponents Toronto
Rowing Club, Argonaut Rowing Club, and Midland.
The last named club dropped out after playing and
losing a game at home with Argonauts, but the other
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three clubs had keen contention for group honors, St.
Michaels winning and qualifying for the finals.
The final games between Victorias and St. Michaels
attracted the largest crowds that ever saw hockey
played in Toronto, and resulted in two splendid con-
tests, the Victorias winning the round by a single goal.
The first game was won by the Victorias by 2 to 1,
neither side scoring until after 46 minutes of play.
In the second game, a tie resulted, each team scoring 2
goals, so that Victorias won the championship by a
total score of 4 goals to 3, The paid attendance at
the first game was 7,366, a new record for Toronto,
and at the second game 6,982, a total attendance of
14,348 for the two games.
In the Intermediate Series there were 45 teams en-
tered, comprising 13 districts, the winners being as
follows: No. 1, Picton; No. 2, Brampton; No. 3, Coll-
ingwood; No. 4, Hamilton A. A.; No. 5, Port Colborne;
No. 6, Berlin; No. 7, Drumbo; No. 8, Seaforth; No. 9,
Ingersoll; No. 10, Sarnia; No. 11, Orillia; No. 12,
Bracebridge; No. 13, Wiarton. In four districts there
were ties for the championship, viz., Picton and Peter-
boro, Port Colborne, Dunnvill^ and Niagara Falls, In-
gersoll and Paris, and Orillit, and Midland. In the
second round, Brampton bejrt Picton, Collingwood de-
feated Hamilton, Berli^i, won from Drumbo, Sarnia
beat Ingersoll, Orillia defeated Bracebridge, and Wiar-
ton won from Seaforth. Port Colborne got a bye. In
the second round, Orillia beat Brampton, Collingwood
defeated Port Colborne, and Wiarton trimmed Berlin.
Sarnia drew a bye. In the semi-finals, Orillia defeated
Collingwood and Wiarton beat Sarnia. The final games,
between Orillia and Wiarton, were splendid contests
between two evenly matched teams. In the first game
at Orillia, on fast ice, the home team won by 5 to 1,
but were defeated at Wiarton on soft ice by 3 to 1,
thereby winning the round by 6 goals to 4. Both teams
were excellently balanced and ripe for senior company.
The Junior Series had 45 teams entered in the 12 sec-
tions, and the games furnished some of the best hockey
of the season. The group winners were as follows:
No 1, Kingston Collegiate Institute; No. 2, Lindsay;
No. 3, Oshawa; No. 4, St. Andrew's College; No. 5,
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Varsity III.; No. 6, Welland; No. 7, Woodstock Col-
lege; No. 8, Western University (London); No. 9, Ber-
lin Union Jacks; No. 10, Collingwood; No. 11, Mid-
land; No. 12, No winner. There were two district ties,
viz., Collingwood and Barrie, and Western University
and Woodstock. In the preliminary round, Port Hope
and Hamilton Rowing Club finished first in Groups
Nos. 2 and 7, but were disqualified for using ineligible
players. Lindsay and Peterboro played off in No. 2,
the former winning, while Woodstock College replaced
Hamilton R. C. Both Owen Sound and Markdale were
disqualified in Group No. 12 for using ineligible players.
In the second round, Lindsay defeated K. C. I., St.
Andrews beat Oshawa, Varsity III. defeated Welland,
Berlin Union Jacks defeated W^oodstock College, Coll-
ingwood won from Midland. Western University of
London drew a bye. In the third round, Varsity III.
defeated St. Andrews, and Berlin beat Western Uni-
versity. Collingwood and Lindsay drew byes. In the
semi-finals. Varsity III. defeated Lindsay and Berlin
won from Collingwood, an extra game on neutral ice in
Toronto being required to determine the winner of
the latter round. Tlie finals provided fine hockey.
On soft ice at Berlin, the Union Jacks and Varsity III.
played a tie, 7 goals all. \J!he return game at Toronto
attracted a large crowd, and was won by Varsity by
9 to 4, who thereby became champions by a total score
of 16 to 11.
Champions and runners-up: Victoria Hockey Club of
Toronto (Senior champions): Hugh Aird, Harry Meek-
ing, R. Stephenson, F. J. Gooch, V. R. McGiffin, C.
Primeau, J. H. Heffernan, Gordon Meeking, C. J.
Davey; Manager, Leon, W. Reade. St. Michaels
Hockey Club of Toronto (runners-up): G. D. Addison,
Gordon Bricker, J. A. McCamus, Wm. Richardson, P. Y.
Merrick, Frank Rankin, W. J. Laflamme, James R.
Dissette, W. E. G. Murphy ,C. W. Dohcny, Herb C.
Matthews; Manager, Frank Dissette.
Orillia Hockey Club (Intermediate Champions) : E. B.
Corbould, Gordon Perryman, N. J. Harvie, G. C. Mc-
Donald, K. L. Macnab, A. H. Tudhope, Morley Carter,
Oeorgc Ross, R. Lovering Jupp. Victor Draper; Man-
ager, Albert Caswell. Wiarton Hockey Club (runners-
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up) : W. E. Ashley, G. R. Porter, J. F. Rock, Earl Miers,
Norman Gildner, Allan Ashley, Robt. W. Simmie, Nor-
man Johnson; Manager, S. J. Cameron.
Varsity III. Hockey Club (Junior champions) : M. E.
Malone, W. B. Ramsay, G. R. Gouinlock, J. M. Sheldon,
Connie Smythe, L. B. Saunders, W. "W. Stratton, W. N.
Robertson, G. W. Davis; Manager, A. B. Whaley. Ber-
lin Union Jacks (runners-up) : A. White, J. Krug, Geo.
Karges, F. Merner, I. Schroeder, A. Shirk, W. Schnarr,
Irvin Erb, G. Maier; Manager, Frank Selke.
Owen Sound successfully protested Markdale Juniors,
and a counter-protest by Markdale was also allowed.
Secretary J. E. Mercer, of Markdale, was permanently
suspended for furnishing a false birth certificate for his
brother, Harold Mercer, who played under the certifi-
cate of his dead brother, Kendal Morden Mercer. The
Markdale Club and the rest of the players were sus-
pended for the season. The Owen Sound Club was sus-
pended for the seasop for playing Truman A. Bell, who
did not qualify under the residence rule. The Hamilton
Rowing Club Juniors lost their chance for the cham-
pionship by playing Alex. Murray under the birth
certificate of his brother Frank. Alex. Murray was
expelled from the O. H. A. and Frank Murray sus-
pended. The Woodstock College team were declared
winners of the group. The Port Hope Juniors were
suspended for the balance of the season for playing
Wilfred Hills under the age certificate of his brother,
Robert L. Hills. Wilfred Hills was expelled and Robt.
L. Hills suspended. The peculiar feature of this case
was that Wilfred Hills was not over age, and there
was no apparent reason for the deception. Oshawa was
required to give substantial assurance for the proper
protection of visiting teams or O. H. A. hockey will be
forbidden in that town. The officers and members of
the Peterboro Intermediate Hockey Club were sus-
pended because of the discovery that Joe Tetrault had
played on that team under the name of Joe Moines.
Information was laid for the arrest of Tetrault or
Moines on a charge of attempted fraud.
The Victoria Hockey Club of Toronto, Senior cham-
pions, played at Melville, Sask., on March 6th, 1915,
contrary to O. H. A. instruction, and automatically
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suspended themselves from the Association. Subse-
quently the club permanently disbanded, and the Pre-
sident, Mr. F. N. Gooch. reported to the O. H. A. that,
so far, he has been unable to secure a proper financial
statement, but that proceedings were being taken to
secure the same, and any balance recovered will be
turned over to the Patriotic Fund. The trouble at
Melville occurred over a misunderstanding between
the O. H. A. and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Asso-
ciation, as to the application of the three month resi-
dence rule. The C. A. H. A. ruled that it did not go
into effect until this coming winter, while the O. H. A.
held that it applied to last year's teams. The question
of jurisdiction was also raised by the C. A. H. A.
officials, and befogged the direct issue which was solely
regarding the eligibility of certain Melville players
under the residence rule. The Victorias showed a
singular lack of loyalty to their own Association, es-
pecially the officials in charge of the club, and in con-
sequence of their action have put themselves out of
the Association.
The Executive decided that individual players prac-
tising with regular professional teams or given trials
by such clubs should bo considered as professionals, as
it would be prima facie evidence of professionalism,
and would, therefore, debar such players from getting
O. H. A.' certificates.
The Executive called the attention of the Provincial
Government to the danger at hockey rinks from fire
and snow accumulation, and asked for governmental
inspection of all rinks under the jurisdiction of the
0. H. A. The Government replied that such matters
were under the control of the municipalities, and not
of the Government. The Executive urges every club
to have its rink thoroughly inspected by the local
authorities and every precaution taken to have it put
in an absolutely safe condition.
The 26th annual meeting of the Association was held
at the Temple Building, Toronto, on Saturday, Decem-
ber 4th, 1915, at 10 a.m., with the President, Charles
Farquharson, in the chair. The treasurer's report
showed a cash balance of $5,041.41. It was decided
that enlisted men, no matter where located, may play
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with their home team, their regimental team, or with
any team in the town in which their company or bat-
talion is located. The 0. H .A. will see to it that only
men who are properly enlisted and passed for overseas
service are granted these options. It was decided that
any player who is under suspension from the O. H. A.
for any cause whatever arid who enlists for Overseas
Service shall automatically be reinstated and eligible
for membership in this Association. This, of course,
does not apply to professionals. Henceforth players
will be compelled to sign their names in full on certifi-
cates and duplicates, and a new rule compelling all
players to sign their names in full on the referee's
report, and the clubs to keep a set of ".ash and expense
books, open to inspection, was also passed. Players in
facing off the puck will have to stand with their left-
hand side towards their opponents' goal.
The election of officers resulted as follows: President,
James T. Sutherland, Kingston; Life Member, J. Boss
Robertson; First Vice-President, Sheriff J. Paxton,
Whitby (acclamation) ; Second Vice-President, R. M.
Glover, Peterboro (acclamation) ; A. A. U. of C. Gov-
ernor, Francis Nelson, Toronto ''acclamation) ; Treas-
urer, Dwight J. Turner, Midland (acclamation) ; Secre-
tary, W. A. Hewitt, Toronto (acclamation); Executive
Committee — A. E. Copeland, Midland; George B. Daw-
son, Sarnia; Frank Hyde, Woodstock; C. L. Macnab,
Orillia. President Sutherland subsequertly appointed
George McKay, of Kingston, and Frank Dissette, of
Toronto, to the Executive.
YEAR OF 1915-16.
An unusual mild spell towards the end of January
and the first week in February delayed the settling of
the group championships. It was a military year with
many of the players and officers of clubs in khaki.
There were many teams composed exclusively of sol-
diers. The winners of the three championships were
the Riverside Hockey Club of Toronto, the Sarnia
Hockey Club, and the Aura Lee Hockey Club of To-
ronto. None of these clubs had ever won an O.H.A.
championship before, nor figured in the finals. There
were 101 teams entered in the three series. The St.
Michael's College Club of Toronto, Upper Canada Col-
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lege of Toronto, the St. Michael's Senior Hockey Club
of Toronto, St. Paul's Intermediate Hockey Club of
Toronto, the Cobourg Intermediate Hockey Club, the
Lindsay Intermediate, New Hamburg H. C, Con-
naughts of Ottawa, and Welland Juniors, decided not
to play, leaving 18 in the Senior, 43 in the Interme
diate, and 40 in the Junior.
In the Senior Series, there were four districts, the
winners being as follows: Group No. 1, Frontenacs of
Kingston; Group No. 2, Riversides of Toronto; Group
No. 3, Berlin; Group No. 4, Seaforth. In Group No.
1, with Frontenacs, were Brockville and Queen's Uni-
versity. Frontenacs went through their group with-
out a defeat, but had several players injured, and
were weakened for the semi-finals by reason of the
fact that several of their soldier players had to leave
for the front.
In Group No. 2, Riversides had as opponents Argo-
nauts, 40th Battery and Toronto R. and A. A. This
was known as the "Toronto Group," and a double
schedule between equally matched teams made the
season a notable one in this city. T. R. and A. A.
failed to win a game during the season, but the other
three teams were almost on a par, and nearly every
game resulted in a sensational contest. Unfortunately
the 40th Battery teajii were called overseas when they
were at the top of their form, and with a royal chance
to win the group. This left the Argonauts and River-
sides to fight it out, and the oarsmen, by virtue of
winning three overtime games, tied up the district
with the Riversides. In the play-off the Riversides
won out, and were undoubtedly the better team,
though the Argonauts were weakened by injuries to
plaj'ers.
Group No. 3 had a compact group of five clubs, in-
cluding Berlin, Preston, Stratford, Elmira and Water-
loo. Berlin went through the group without a defeat,
though there were a number of close games..
Group No. 4 had three clubs entered: Seaforth, Sar-
nia and Hamilton R.C. Sarnia defaulted to Seaforth
in the first round, and Seaforth beat Hamilton Rowing
Club decisively in liomc and home games.
In the semi finals Riversides beat Kingston Fron-
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tenacs by big scores both abroad and at home, viz.,
10 to 1 and 18 to 2. Berlin also won both games from
Seaforth by 7 to 3 and 4 to 1.
The finals were rather disappointing, as Eiversides
defeated Berlin in the first game at Toronto by 8 to 1.
The Toronto team showed their class oy winning in
Berlin, the score being 4 to 3, though the home team
made a much better showing than in Toronto.
In the Intermediate Series there were 43 teams en-
tered, comprising 11 districts, the winners being as
follows: Group No. 1, Belleville; Group No. 2, Peter-
boro 93rd; Group No. 3, Oshawa; Group No. 4, Bramp-
ton; Group No. 5, Port Colborne; Group No. 6, Paris;
Group No. 7, Sarnia; Group No. 8, Seaforth; Group
No. 9, Midland; Group No. 10, Wiarton; Group No.
11, Alvinston, a bye. There were no less than 7 dis-
trict ties, viz., Belleville and Picton, Peterboro 93rd
and Peterboro Electrics, Oshawa and Bowmanville,
Brampton and Weston, Midland and Collingwood, and
76th of Barrie, Gravenhurst and Orillia, Wiarton and
Markdale, and 147th Battalion, Owen Sound.
In the second round Belleville beat 93rd of Peter-
boro, Sarnia defeated Alvinston, and Seaforth default-
ed. Oshawa, Brampton, Paris, Port Colborne, Midland
and Wiarton drew byes. In the third round Bellevills
beat Oshawa, Sarnia won from Paris, Midland beat
Brampton, and Port Colborne won from Wiarton. In
the semi-finals Belleville won from Midland, and Sarnia
defeated Port Colborne.
The finals showed the most remarkable reversal of
form of many seasons, and the most exciting finish
to a championship in years. Sarnia first visited Belle-
ville, where they were soundly beaten by 14 goals to
5, and with a 9-goal lead, it looked all over but pre-
senting the trophy to Bellevile. However, in the re-
turn game at Sarnia, the home team won by 14 to 4,
and captured the championship by a single goal. To
do this Sarnia had to score 3 goals in the last six min-
utes of play. They tied the score in the last minute
of play, and scored the necessary goal with about ten
seconds to play,
The Junior Series had 40 teams entered in 13 dis-
tricts, the group winners being as follows: Group No.
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1, Kingston C.I.; Group No. 2, Port Hope; Group No.
3 A, Belleville; Group No. 3B, St. Andrew's College;
Group No. 4, Aura Leo, ot Toronto; Group No. 5, Sim-
coe Norfolks; Group No. 6, London Ontarios; Group
No. 7, Sarnia St. George's, a bye; Group No. 8, Berlin
Union Jacks; Group No. 9. Collingwood; Group No. 10,
76th Battalion, Barrie; Group No. 11, Toronto High
School Association, a bye; Group No. 12, Owen Sound,
a bye.
In the second round Kingston C.I. defeated Port
Hope, Belleville beat St. Andrew's College, Aura Lee
won from Owen Sound, Berlin Union Jacks beat Sim-
coe Norfolks, London Ontarios defeated Sarnia, St.
George's, Collingwood beat 76th Battalion of Barrie,
Toronto High School Assocration drew a bye. In the
third round Belleville beat K.C.I., Aura Lee defeated
Toronto High School, and Berlin Union Jacks won
from London Ontarios. Collingwood drew a bye. In
the semi-finals Aura Lee beat Belleville, both in Belle-
ville and in Toronto, and Berlin Union Jacks won
from Collingwood after an extra game in Toronto, the
teams as in the year before), being tie in the home
and home games.
The finals were very closely contested. The first
game was played at Berlin, where Aura Lee beat
the Union Jacks, who were without the services of
their rover, Corp. Art. Schnarr, by 4 goals to 2. Schnarr
played in the return game in Toronto, where the teams
played a tie game, 2 goals all. Aura Lee, therefore,
won the championship by a total of 6 goals to 4.
The players of the champions and runners-up were
as follows: Riverside Hockey Club of Toronto (Senior
Champions): E. J. Collett, Glenn Smith, Plomer Y
Merrick, Reg. Noble, Wm. T. Collins, Ken H. Crane.
Gordon H. Applegath, Eugene J. Dopp, Cecil Hill,
Percy J. Rcesor; Manager. Alf. Smith. Berlin Hockey
Club (Runners-up): George Hainsworth, Frank B.
Seibert, Frank Trushinski, Harry Boettger, E. L.
Roschman, Albert Loroux, Otto Solomon, George W.
Ililler, Wilfrid Schnarr; Manager. Harry Wismer.
Sarnia Hockey C;iub (Intermediate Champions): Mi-
chael J. Dwyer, James Grannarv, Wm. D McCart
Grover F. Halpin, Tiieo. G. Hillman, John A. Dore]
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Robert V. Finch, James M. Brady; Manager, G. B.
Dawson. Belleville Hockey Club (Runners-up) : Wro.
Conley, G. V. Whitty, W. Symons, Wm. H. Finkle, Ed-
ward Whalen, Herbert Mitchell, Samuel Symons;
Manager, Brock Shorey.
Aura Lee Hockey Club of Toronto (Junior Cham-
pions) : R. Wylie Wilkinson, J. Mac Sheldon, James R
M. Green, Wilfred F. Wright, Henry D. Hudson, G. R.
Goninlock, W. L. Rennie, Gordon J. Little, C. Mason
Humphrey; Manager, Wm. Marsden. Berlin Union
Jacks (Runners-up) : Chilton Childs, Stanley Brown,
Isaac Masters, Allan Shirk, Herb Schell, Art. Schnarr,
Irvine Erb, John H. Krug; Manager, Frank Selke.
The season was singularly free from trouble, and
there was only one protest heard by the Executive
Committee, and that was after all the final champion-
ship games had been played. The decision, which in-
cludes the charge, was as follows: "Resolved: That
the ground of the protest of the Belleville Hockey
Club against Sarnia, in the case of T. G. Hillman (viz.,
that he was in Ottawa after August 1st, 1915) does not
involve a violation of the residence rule; also that the
statement of fact alleged by the Belleville Club is not
maintained by the evidence." W. Harold Birks of
the Brockville Club, was suspended for the balance of
the season for inciting an attack upon a r-^feree.
The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Associ-
ation vvas held at the Temple Building, Toronto, on
Saturday, December 2nd, 1916, at 10 a.m., with the
Acting President, Sheriff J. F. Paxton, in the chair.
The treasurer's statement showed a cash balance of
$5,065.29. The' delegates expressed themselves as
against six-man hockey in small rinks and as opposed
to the abolition of body-checking. The only amend-
ments to carry were to the regulations and the rules
of competition. It was unanimously agreed that in
the case of a returned soldier he may play wherever
he desires to locate, and in the case of an honorably
discharged soldier he may play in his home town — in
both cases the credentials to be passed upon by the
Executive Committee. Clause 6 of the regulation was
amended to read as follows: "No player shall play for
any of the cups for more than one club in the Associ-
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TORONIO
Member O.II.A. Executive, 1919 20.
ation year, and no one who is not an amateur in good
standing shall be allowed to play in any Association
match." It was also decided to put the onus of noti-
fying the Association regarding the referee upon the
"home club" instead of "either club," and to allow
players who compete in "county, military district, and
interscholastic" teams to also play in the O.H.A.
The officers of 1914-15 were re-elected by acclama-
tion, and the following resolution adopted on a stand-
ing vote: "Eesolved: That the minutes of this annual
session of the Ontario Hockey Association record the
congratulations of the Association to Captain J. T.
Sutherland, now with the Canadian overseas forces as
quartermaster of the Casualty Training Battalion, on
his unanimous re-election to the office of president,
and make this formal appreciation of his long and
valuable services to the national game and the Ontario
Hockey Association, and express our hope for his
early and safe return to our councils."
YEAR OF 1916-17.
There were 17 exclusively soldier teams in the
various competitions, and nearly every team engaged
in the game had some of its players in khaki, even to
the junior teams. The winners of the th^-ee cham-
pionships for 1916-17 were the Dental Hockey Club of
Toronto, the Hamilton Hockey Club, and the Aura Lee
Hockey Club of Toronto. Aura Lee repeated their
victory of the year before in the junior series, but
with an entirely different team. It was the Dentals'
first appearance in the O.H.A., and they achieved a
notable victory in winning the senior championship
on their first season out. It was also Hamilton 's first
hockey championship, and the intermediate cup was
won by them after a most successful season. In addi-
tion to winning the O.H.A. championship, the Dentals
went to Winnipeg, and took part in the annual com-
petition between the senior champion teams of the
various provinces under the auspices of the Canadian
Amateur Ho^'key Association, and won the amateur
championship of Canada, represented by the Allan
Cup. There were S9 teams entered in the three series.
In the Senior Series, there were two districts, the win-
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ners being as follows: 1 — Riversides of Toronto; 2 —
Dental Hockey Club of Toronto. In Group No. 1 with
Ei%'ersi.Ies were Queen's University of Kingston,
228th Battalion of Toronto, and Aura Lee Hockey
Club of Toronto. Riversides went through their group
without a defeat, although Queen 's and Aura Lee both
gave them hard games. Group No. 2 was in two sec-
tions. In Section A wnth Dentals were St. Patrick's
of Toronto. T. R. & A. A., and the 227th Battalion
team of Hamilton. The Dentals lost the first two
games of the season, and had to win the balance of
their games to take the group honors. This thej' did,
although they had several close calls. The 227th
team started off in whirlwind fashion, but faded to-
wards the finish. St. Patrick's showed great improve-
ment near the end of the season, playing Dentals to
a thirty-minute overtime tie. In Section B Preston
beat Sarnia in home and home games. Dentals then
played off with Preston and beat them handily in
both games. ]
The finals were in keeping with the best traditions
of the O.H.A. Dentals and Riversides were very
evenly matched, and attracted two great crowds. Den-
tals, however, won both games, the first by 3 to 3,
and the second by 2 to 1, and thereby demonstrated
their superiority and the right to claim championship
honors.
In the Intermediate Series there were 44 teams
entered, comprising 12 districts, the winners being as
follows: No. 1. Depot Batteries, Kingston; No. 2,
Peterboro, 247th Battalion; No. 3, Oshawa; No. 4,
Brampton; No. 5, Hamilton; No. 6, Niagara Falls,
176th Battalion; No. 7, Kitchener; No. 8, Milverton;
No. 9, London, 118th Battalion; No. 10, Glencoe; No.
11, Collingwood; No. 12, Owen Sound. There were
two ties in this series. Brampton defeated Weston
f) to 2 in a sudden death game at Toronto, and Owen
Sound beat Markdalc on neutral ice at Chesley, 3 to 2
in the play-off. In the second round 247th Battalion
beat Depot Batteries; Oshawa won from Brampton;
Hamilton beat 17Pth Battalion; Kitchener defeated
Milverton; 118th Battalion won from Glencoe, ana
Owen Sound beat Collingwood. In the third round
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2'i7th Battalion won from Oshavva, Kitchener defeated
Owen Sound, and Hamilton beat llSth Battalion of
London. In the semi-finals Hamilton beat 2-17th Bat-
talion, and Kitchener drew a bye. The finals were
very keenly contested, but Hamilton secured such a
big lead in the first game at home that Kitchener was
unable to overcome it. The score at Hamilton was
8 to 3, while Kitchener won the game at home by
3 to 1. The teams were well matched, but Hamilton
had the "punch," and played aggressive, clever
hockey, and deserved the honors.
The Junior series had 34 teams entered in 10 dis-
tricts, the group winners being as follows: No. 1,
Kingston; No. 2, Peterboro; No. 3, De LaSalle C. I.;
No. 4A, Aura Lee of Toronto; No. 4B, Newmarket;
No. 5, Kitchener; No. 6, Brantford; No. 7A, London
A. A. A.; No. 7B, Ingersoll; No. 8, no winner; No. 9,
Goderich, a bye; No. 10, Barrie. There were two
group ties in this series, De LaSalle beating Unive-
rsity Schools 3 to 2 in a single game in Toronto, and
Kitchener winning from Stratford 5 to 4 iu two
games. In the second round Kingston defeated Peter-
boro, Aura Lee won from De LaSalle, and Ingersoll
beat Brantford. Newmarket used an ineligible player
against Barrie, and the latter club was awarded the
round. London A. A. and Kitchener drew byes, and
Goderich dropped out. In the third round Kitchener
won from Barrie, London beat Ingersoll. and Aura Lee
and Kingston drew byes. In the semi-finals Aura Leo
beat Kingston, and Kitchener won from London. The
finals provided a big upset. Kitchener won the first
game at home by 3 to 2 after a very evenly played
game, but in the return match at Toronto the Kitch-
ener team was outclassed by Aura Lee, who won as
they pleased by 16 goals to 2, thereby taking the
round by IS to 5. The Aura Lee boys rose to tlie
occasion, and every one of them played brilliant
hockey.
The players of the champion teams and the run-
ners-up were as follows: Dental Hockey Club of To-
ronto (Senior Champions) : J. Mac Sheldon, Charles K.
Stewart, E. H. Hodgen, Dr. W. J. Laflamme, Willard
M. Box, M. J. Doyle, Rupert P. Milan, James L. Stew-
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art, Roderick Sniylic; Manager. Harvey W. Reifl.
Riverside Hockey Club of Toronto (Ruuners-np):
Lieut. G. D. Addison. Ernest J. Collett, Glenn Smith,
G. E. Parkes, B. Ferriman, E. G. Farr, Plonier Y.
Merrick, Albert McCafferv. E. J. Dopp, Manager, Alf.
Smith.
Hamilton Hockey Club (Intermediate Champions) :
Frank Sloane. Leo Reise, A. H. Parker, Harry Reid,
Eric Reise. W. K. Coir, G. McEwen, W. J. Boyd, J. A.
Murray; Manager, Frank Wright. Kitchener Hockey
Club (Runners-up) : X. Johnson, George Karges, Al
bert Leroux, Allen Shirk. John Krug. Otto Solomon.
Alfred Klaehn, Albert White; Manager, Fred Snyder.
Aura Lee Hockey Club of Toronto (Junior Cham-
pions) : Verner V. Forbes. Hugh J. Fox, George C.
MacKay. Albert Hughes. Frank G. Sullivan. H. Louis
Hudson. Cecil H. Dye, H. R. Gallaugher, B. N. Gar-
rett; Manager, William Marsden. Kitchener Union
Jacks (Runners-up) : A. Hanenberg, Irving E. Erb,
E. J. Xowak, G. N. Schnarr, Earl K. Jamieson, Allis-
ter Huehnergard. C. J. Gildner, W. J. Sattler; Man-
ager. Charles Kaplan.
The NewTirarket junior club in the second round
played David Pugsley. who was over age, on the cer-
tificate of his brother, Harold, against Barrie, on
Wednesday, January .31st, at Newmarket. The game
and round were awarded to Barrie, and the Newmar-
ket club suspended, the Pugsley brothers also being
barred from amateur sport as a consequence.
At the 28th annual meeting of the Association,
held at Temple Building at 10 a.m. Saturday, Decern
ber 1st, with the President-elect, Sheriff J. F. Paxton,
of Whitby in the chair, it was decided to change the
rules of the game, reducing the number of players
from seven to six. with a one-man substitute and to
retain the present penalty system. The convention
also granted privilege to play to civilians on national
service, who failed to qualify under residence rule;
gave O.H.A. towns of under 5,000 population permis-
sion to use players from adjacent towns where there
is no O.H.A. team; adopted amendment in regard to
oflf-side off a goalkeeper increasing the distance from
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10 to 20 feet, so as to speed up the game and prevent
sjrimmaging in front of goal; voted for the suspension
of the annual meeting of the Canadian Amateur
Hockey Association, and the retention of the present
officers, and the continuance of the AVlan Cup com
petition.
Treasurer Turner reported a surplus of $5,973.50,
and on motion of Mr. J. Eoss Eobertson, it was de-
cided to invest $5,000 in Victory Loan bonds.
The following officers were elected by acclamation:
President, Sheriff J. F. Paxton, Whitby; fiirst vice-
president, E. M. Glover. Peterboro; second Vice-presi-
dent, A. E Copeland. Midland; A.A.U. of C. governor,
Francis Nelson, Toronto (re-elected); treasurer,
Dwight J. Turner, Toronto and Midland (re-elected);
Secretary, W. A. Hewitt, Toronto (re-elected); exe-
cutive committee (elected), Frank Dissette, Toronto,
Frank Hyde, Woodstock; G. B. Dawson, Sarnia; W.
A. Fry, Dunnville; (appointed), George McKay,
Kingston; Eobert Parker, Hamilton. Past President
Captain James T. Sutherland, of Kingston, and life
member and chairman of the sub-committee J. Eosa
Eobertson of Toronto, are also members of the exe-
cutive committee for the season of 1917-18.
YEAE OF 1917-18.
The winter was cold and steady from early in De-
cember, and the ice held right through to the finish
except for the senior final at Kitchener and the junior
final at Barrie, where soft ice was encountered. The
winners of the three championships were the Kitchener
Hockey Club, the Collingwood Hockey Club, and the
De La Salle Collegiate team of Toronto. The Kitch-
ener Club not only won the O.H.A. senior championship,
but they also defended the Allan Cup, emblematic of
the championship of the Dominion, in two series in
Toronto. In the first series they easily defeated the
Columbus Hockey Club of Port Arthur, champions ot
Thunder Bay Association, and in the second series
with the Ypres team of Winnipeg, champions of the
Manitoba Hockey Association, won out after two
wonderfully exciting games.
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ANGUS D. CAMPHIiLI.
COBALT
Member O.ir.A. Exenitive. 1910 20.
There were 71 teams in the three scries, the de-
crease being chiefly in tlie Intermediate ranks.
In the Senior Series there were two districts, the
winners being Dental Hockey Club of Toronto, and
Kitchener. The Dentals had their chief opposition
from the Crescents of Toronto in their group, but St.
Patrick's made it close for them on nearly every occa-
sion. Queen's University of Kingston also played in
thia group, and performed better on Toronto ice than
they did at home. In Group No. 2 there "were five
teams, viz., Kitchener, Hamilton, Sarnia, London Mili-
tarj Hockey Club, and Preston. Kitchener had the
best team in the district, and went through the group
without a defeat. The finals between Kitchener and
Dentals produced some great hockey, and attracted two
large crowds. The game in Toronto was a tie, 4 all,
while at Kitchener the Dentals were beaten 3 to 0,
thereby giving Kitchener the championship bv 7 goals
to 4. ■
In the Intermediate Series there were 20 teams en-
tered, comprising 9 districts, the winners being as fol-
lows: No. 1, Depot Batteries, Kingston; No. 2, Oshawa;
No. 3, Port Colborne; No. 4, Gait; No. 5, Thamesville
Unions; No- 6, Brampton; No. 7, Collingwood; No. 8,
Toronto Military District League; No. 9, Sarnia.
In the second round Oshawa defeated Depot Bat-
teries of Kingston, Port Colborne won from Gait,
Thamesville Unions beat Brampton, and Collingwood
and Toronto Military League drew byes. Sarnia de-
faulted. In the next round Oshawa beat Thamesville
Unions, and Collingwood won from Port Colborne and
the Toronto Military League champions. In the finals
Collingwood and Oshawa had a magnificent struggle,
requiring three games to reach a decision. At Colling-
wood the home team won bj'^ 4 to 1, and the return
game at Oshawa the home team won by 3 to 0, tieing it
up on the round. The third, and deciding game was
played in Toronto on March 22nd, and won by Colling-
wood by 2 to 1, who thereb}^ annexed the championship
by 6 goals to 5 in three games.
The Junior Series had 40 teams entered in 13 dis-
tricts, the group winners being as follows: 1, Cornwall
Junior Hockey League; 2, Kingston; 3, Oshawa; 4,
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Peterboro; 5, University of Toronto Schools; 6, De La
Salle Collegiate Institute; 7. Woodstock; 8, Seaforth;
9, Kitchener; 10, Owen Sound; 11, Barrie; 12, Midland;
13, Dunnville. In the second round Kingston beat
Cornwall, Oshawa were beaten by Peterboro, University
of Toronto Schools won from Dunnville, Woodstock
beat Seaforth, Kitchener won from Owen Sound, and
Barrie beat Midland. In the third round De La Salle
beat Peterboro, Barrio won from Kitchener, U. T. S
defeated Woodstock, and Kingston drew a bye. Tu
the next round De La Salle beat Kingston and U. T. S.
while Barrie drew a bye. The final games between
Do La Salle and Barrie were strenuously contested. De
La Salle won the game in Toronto by 6 to 3, while
Barrie won the return game on their own ice by 5 to
4. This gave the championship to De La Salle by a
total score of 10 goals to 8. The teams were very
evenly matched, qnd play was close all the way.
Champions and Eunners-up: Kitchener Hockey Club
(Senior Champions): George Hainsworth, George Kar-
ges, Frank Trushinski, Otto Soloraan, G. Ernest Parkes,
George W. Ililler, Albert Leroux, Albert Ferriman;
Manager, Harry Wismer. Dental Hockey Club (Run-
ners-up) : J. Mac Sheldon, Charles E. Stewart, Dr. W.
J. Laflamme, Willard M. Box, Rupert P. Milan, James
Ij. Stewart, Roderick Sniylie, W. LeRoy Rennie: Man-
ager, Dr. W. J. Laflamme. *
Collingwood Hockey Club (Intermediate Champi-
ons): Frank Cook, Jack Dance, Jack Burns, John
Walton, David J. Foulis, Ernie Freyor, Bert McLeod,
James W. Herbert; Manager, I). H. Currie. Oshawa
Hockey Club (Runners-up) : Chilton Childs, Charles F.
Hall, Walter Fair, F. W. Roenigk, James EUherington,
Clififord Rowden, Jos, Jocque, J. Bone, Eugene Jocque;
Mamger, H. E. Bradley.
Do La Salle Collegiate Institute of Toronto (Junior
Champions): Albert V. Koster, Jesse Spring, John
Cain, Christopher R. Green, Edmund Roddcn, Cecil H.
Dye, Alphonse Ingoldsby, Jack Travera, Edward S.
Lynch; Manager, James Deacon. Barrie Hockey Club
(Runners-up): F. W. Moore, W. B. White, A. W. Suth-
erland, Clarence S. Dyment, Dalton P. Meeking, Roy
W. H. Bogardis, Gcorgo B. Clarke; Manager, Nat
Dyment.
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The Niagara Falls Club protested N. J. Gildner and
Earl Miers of Port Colborne under the residence rule,
but after an exhaustive enquiry the protest was dis-
missed. The Kitchener Union Jacks played Earl K.
Jamieson against Barrie in the first game at Barrie,
and the sub-committee finding that he was not eligible
under the age rule, cancelled his certificate, and at the
request of the Barrie Club, ordered the game re-played.
The game played at Seaforth on February 8th, and
won by Mitchell, was ordered re-played because Mitch-
ell played H. A. Tuer, who was ineligible. The Cobourg
junior club was suspended for playing two boys, Clif-
ford Maher and Joseph E. Drumm, on certificates of
other players. The protest was lodged by the Oshawa
Club, and was not defended. The Barrie Club unsuc-
cessfully protested the De La Salle Collegiate club
on the ground that John Cain did not qualify under
the age rule. The De La Salle club established the fact
that Cain was born March 22, 1899, and baptized
under that name, though he was incorrectly registered
at the Parliament Buildings under the name of Den-
nis Francis Cain.
At the 29th annual meeting of the Association,
held at the Temple Building, Toronto ,on Saturday De-
cember 7th, at 10 a.m., with the president, Sheriff J.
F. Paxton, in the chair, it was decided to amend the
playing rules so as to allow for two substitutes to be
used at any time and an extra goalkeeper in cases of
injury to the goalkeeper, and abolished offside rule
on defending team within a zone twenty feet out from
its own nets; also to number all players on the ice and
to penalize habitual "offside" loafing. An amend-
ment to change date of annual meeting to third Sat-
urday in November was defeated, as was also one re-
quiring players to remain with the club with which
they sign until that club desires to release them. The
war-time residence clauses were extended to cover the
current season. It was decided to consider the estab-
lishment of a memorial of an enduring character to
O.H.A. members who have fallen on the field of war..
The retiring treasurer reported a balance in the
bank of $2,107.12 in addition to $5,000 in Victory
Bonds.
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The following resolution was passed by a standing
vote:
"Moved bv Francis Nelson, Toronto, seconded by
Frank Hyde, Woodstock, that the Ontario Hockey As-
sociation, in annual convention, and at the height of
its success as a governing body for the national winter
game, bereft through the death of Mr. John Eoss Rob-
ertson, life member and past president, of the aid.
counsel, and guidance so unsparingly bestowed by him
on our affairs for more than a score of years, hereby
acknowledges with heartfelt gratitude those invalu-
able services which went so far to bring the Asso-
ciation to its preser* bigh position, and records its
deepest regret at the loss to the Association and the
community at largo suffered by the death of one who
so pre-eminently combined the qualities of a good
sportsman and a good citizen, and in both capacities
stood as a shining example of the good which an earn-
est man may do his fellows."
The following officers wore elected: Past President,
Sheriff J. F, Paxtou, Whitby; president, R. M. Glover,
Peterboro; first vice president, A. E. Copeland,Mid-
land; second vice-president, Frank Hyde, Woodstock;
A.A.U. of C governor, Francis Nelson, Toronto; treas-
urer, Sheriff J. F. Paxton, Whitby; secretary. W. A.
Hewitt, Toronto; executive (elected), Richard Butler.
Lindsay; William Easson. Stratford; W. A. Fry, Dunn-
ville. and Robert Parker, Hamilton; (appointed), G. B.
McKay, Kingston, and P. S. Pearce, Kitchener.
YEAR OF 1918-19.
There wjw a marktsl increase in teams as a roflult
of the armistice being declared just previous to the
annual nieetimg. This increase wa,s most noticeable in
the internie<liate scries. The winter turned out to be
unu.sually mild an<l many games were played on very
fioor ice. The winners of the three cilinmpionships were
the Hamilton Tiger Hockey CluJ), the CoUinigwood
Hockey Club and the University of Toronto Schools
Hockey Club. The Hamilton Club also successfully
defended the Allan Cup, emhleniatic of the senior cham-
pionship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Associa-
tion. The Quol>ec champions defaulted to the O. H. A.
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chaniipioiiis iu tlie first iioumdj, wthile theiSelkirkSj.of Mani-
toba, eliminated the Columbus team, of Port Arthur,
Thunder Bay cliampions, by 23 g'oals to 8. The "West-
ern champions from Selkirk then met th© Hamilton
team in Toronto and were defeated by one goal in a
two-gaime series, overtime being ne'cessary in the second
game to decide the winners. The Tigers won the first
game by 6 to 1, and at the expiratio^n of full time in
the second game Selkirks had scored 5 goals to 0.
Hamilton sicored their only goal of the .game in the
first minute and a half of overtime, and as there was
no further score in the balance of overtime play Ham-
ilton wom the round and the cup by 7 goals to 6. It
was a sensational finisih to a splendid series. In mem-
ory of those who fell in the war the Association de-
cided to present what is known as "The O. H. A.
Memorial Oup" for Dominion-wide competition in the
junior series, and' the Canadian Amateiur Ho'Ckey Asso-
ciatioin, at its aninual meeting, adopted the trophy as
the championship junior cup for the whole Domiinion.
The O. H. A. Memorial Cup was successfully defended
by the University of Toronto iSchools' team, junior
champions of the O. H. A., first against the Melvilles
of Montreal, junior champions of Quebec, in a sudden-
death game by the score of 8 to 2 and afterwards against
the Patricias of Eegiua, Saskatchewan, junior cham-
pions of Western Canada and winners of the Abbott
Oup, by 14 to .3 and 15 to 5. All gamts were played
in Toronto under the ausipices of the O. H. A. and con-
stituted the first Dominion-wide competition ever held
for junior clubs.
There were 93 teams in the three series. In the
senior there were two districts, the winners beiag.. No.
1, Hamilton Tigers; No. 2, St. Patricks, Toronto. Ham-
ilton and Dentals were tie on the round after a doiible
schedule liad been played and homc-and-home games
were played to decide the winner, the Tigers winning
the round by one goal after two exciting contests. The
Veterans' Club of" Toronto had a team in this group,
Ixit did not win a game. In Group No. 2 the three
teams, iSt. Patricks and Newman Hall of Toronto, and
Kitchener, the 'cluampio-iTs and cup-holders, were very
evenly matched and ' every game was a battle to the
finish. St. Patricks played a tie game at Kitchener
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on soft ice, after thirty minutes' overtime play, and
by winning the play-off of this game at Toronto, cap-
tured the group honors. The Newman Hall team was
always a keen contender. Hamilton won the cham-
pionship by defeating St. Patricks in the finals by a
total of 11 goals to 8. In the first game, at Hamilton,
Tigers easily won from St. Pats by 10 to 3, but in the
retuTn game at Toronto St. Pats turnod the tables and
won by 5 to 1.
In the intermediate series there were 40 teams en-
tered, comprising 12 distriota, the winners being as
follows: No. 1, Cornwall Hockey Leatgue; No. 2, King-
ston; No. 3, Osihiawa; No. 4, Hamilton; No. 5, Niagara
Falls; No. 6, London; No. 7, Preston; No. 8, Seaforth;
No. 9, Collingwood; No. 10, Gravenhurst; No. 11, To-
ronto Beaches Leaigue; No. 13, Glencoe-Thamesville.
In round two Kingston beat Cornwall, Oshawa won
from Gravenliurst, Hamilton beat Preston, London de-
feated Glencoe-Thamesville, Collingwood beat Niagara
Falls. Seaforth and Toronto Beaches drew a bye. In
the third round Kingston beat Oshawa, Collingwood
won from Hamilton, Seafort^h beat London. Toronto
Beaches Hockey League drew a bye. In the semi-finals
CollingTFood defeated Seaforth and Kingston won by
default from Beaches. Owing to the mild weather and
the soft ice, the finals between Collingwood and King-
ston were played on the artificial ice at Toronto and
resulted in two splendid games. Collingwood won both
contests, by 6 to 4 and 3 to 2, and thereby captured the
championship by 9 goals to 6.
The junior series had 43 teams entered in the 14
districts, the group winners being as follows: No. 1,
Cornwall Hockey League; No. 2 A, Kingston; No. 2B,
Picton; No. 3, Lindsay; No. 4, Belleville; No. 5, Uni-
versrty of Toronto Schools; Nos. 6 and 7, Aura Lee;
No. 8, Woodstock; No. 9, Kitcihencr; No. 10, Stratford;
No. n, Rarrie; No. 12, Midland; No. 13, Mt. Forest;
No. 14, Sudbury. In the second round Cornwall beat
KiiKgston, Belleville won from Picton, Woodstock beat
Kitche<ner, Barrie l:>eat Midland, ami Stratford downed
Mt. Forest, V. T. S., Lindsay, Aura Lee and Sudbury
drew byes . In the third round V. T. S. defeated Lind-
say, Aura Loe won from Belleville, Woodstock beat
Btratford, and Sudbury downed Barrie. Cornwall drew
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a bye. In the fourfh rouad U. T. S. beat Aura Lee,
Woodstock won from Sudbury. Cornwall drew a bye.
In the semi-finals U. T. S. defeated Cornwall and Wood-
stock drew a bye. In the final U. T. S. beat Wood-
stock for the championship by one goal on the round.
In the first game, at WoodstO'Ck, the home team beat
U. T. S. by 5 to 1, but in the return game, at Toronto,
U. T. S, won by 7 to 2, theireby winning the round and
the championship by 8 goals to 7.
Champions and runners-up. — ^Hamilton Hockey Club
(senior ohampions) : Herbert E. Reauine, Leo Reise,
Joe Matte, A. Harold Parker, M. R. Roach, T. E. Mc-
Carthy, Wilfrid T. Green, William Duncan, Roger
Smith. Manager, P. J. Jones. St. Patrick's Hoickey
Club (runners-up): G, L. Crook, M. J. Rodden, J. F.
Heffernan, John Cain, D. M. Breen, Hugh R. Aird, E.
G. Parr, Jas. A. Etherington, E. R. Paterson, Stan
Muston, Cecil Dye, Wm. V. Adams. Manager, George
O 'Donoghue
Collingwood Hockey Club (intermediate champions):
Frank Cook, J. G. Belcher, Ernie Fryer, Bert O. Mc-
Leod, R. A. Storey, Jack Burns, D. J. Foulis, Geo. 'T.
Foulis, Jas. Herbert, Wm. A. Saudereon. Manager,
D'Arcy Bell. Kingston Hoickey Club (runners-up):
Jas. B. Walsih, W. W. Elmer, E. F. Hagerman, Lloyd
W. Brown, N. B. Derry, R. P. Millan, Norman J. Millan,
J. L. D. Smith, Harold Nicholson. Manager, JaKk
Powell.
University of Toronto Schools (junior champions):
Joseph T. A. Sullivan, Duncan B. Munroe, W. Langton
Rowell, J. T. Aggett, Donald J. Jeffrey, Steve M. Greey,
Donald R. Gunn, Richard J. Kearns. Manager, Dudley
Irwin. Woodstock Hockey Club (runners-up): Beach
P. Reid, Norman Shay, Harry J. King, William Carson,
Gordon Dunloip, Howard Johnston, Francis Carson, Paul
Debrulc, Clarence Trump, Gordon Mogg. Manager,
George Childs, Sr.
Subsequent to the junior final game in Toronto, on
Saturday, March 15, the Woodstock Club asked for a
meeting of the Executive to investigate a complaint
tha^ the iclothirag and skates of the Woodstock team
had been tampered with prior to said game, in the
dressing-room at Arena Gardens. The committee ioun<l
that there was no evidence that the skates had been
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Former President O.H.A.
tampered with, and this part of the co'inplaint was not
pressed. It was shown, however, that five straps, which
had beeai left on a radiator, had been smeared with
pepper and eowitch by someone unknown, but this was
discovered by C'oach Breen of the Woodstock team
prior to the dressing of the team and three new ones
procured. It was admitted by the Woodstock manage-
ment that none of the straps tampered with had been
put on or worn, and that no player had suffered any
physical discomfort. It was also shown that every
latitude was offered the Woodstoek team by the officials
befcre the game to procure new clothing before going
on the icei, and that the refereeis were instructed to
hold the game until the Woodstock team were per-
fectly ready to proceed with the play. In view of this
evidence, it was decided that no action should be taken
by the Executive and the game should stand as played.
Investigation by city and private detectives failed to
discover the culprits, though both report-ed that, in
their opinion, every reasonable precaution had been
taken by the Arena Gardens management to prevent
such an oocurrence, by the employment of watchmen
and keeping the doors of the rooms and eorrido-rs
locked.
The 30th annual meeting af the Association was
held at the Temple Building, Toronito, on Saturd)ay,
Dec. 6, at 10 a.m., with the President, R. M. Glover,
Peterboro, in the cliair. The following policy was
unanimously adopted: "In cities anid towns desirous
of playing in the senior series no club is to be ad-
mitted to me^mbersihiji unless it represents what is
regarded by the O. H. A. Executive as a bona-fide,
permanent and general established amateur dub or
association, and that in all towns and villages repre-
sented in the O. H. A. in any series precedence be given
to civic amateur organizations representing the whole
commnnity. " It was also decided to adopt the sug-
gestion to have all hockey i)layers hold A. A. U. of
0. cards. That will come into operation next year.
It was decided that the winner of the intermediate
championship should be allowed to comj>ete for the
Allan Cup through a play-oflf with the senior O. H. A.
champions. Whore a club has both senior and inter-
mediate teams the seniors must register at least six
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bona fide players, iiione of whom can play in the inter-
mediate series during the current season. The clauses
in the re«ideace rule giving soldiers special privileges
were withdrawn. It was decided to increase the mile-
age for clubs to 15 cents a mile for ten men instead of
10 cents for eight men. Referees will be paid at the
same rate. The Executive may appoint two referees for
any game. The Treasurer's report showed a balance
of $2,212.30 and $5,000 Victory Bonds.
Officers were elected as follows: President, R. M.
G-lover, Peterboro; 1st Vice-President, A. E. Ck)pelanid,
Midland; 2nd Vice-President, W. A. Fry, Dunnville;
Past President and Treasurer, Sheriff J. F. Paxton,
Whitby; A. A. U. of C. Governor, Francis Nelson, To-
ronto; Secretary, W. A. Hewitt, Toronto; Executive
Committee, R. Butler, Lindsay; Geo. B. McKay, King-
ston; W. W. Davidson, Toronto; "Wm. Easson, Strat-
ford; (appointed), H. H. Ferguson, I^ondon; Angus D.
Campbell, Cobalt.
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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
Delivered at the 30th Annual Meeting, held at tho
Temple Building, Toronto, on Saturday, December 6th,
1919, by the President, R. M. Glover, Peterboj-o.
To the Officers and Members of the Ontario Hockey
Association:
Gentlemen :
This, the 30th Annual Meeting of your historic
Association, is being held under more normal conditions
than any previous meeting during the past five years,
and I feel that I should express, on behalf of the
Oiiicers and Clubs of the O.H.A., the pleasure with
which we welcome home from their gallant services over-
seas, the splendid men from the Senior, Intermediate
and Junior Series of our Association, who in the past
year have returned to us.
Familiar names are re-appearing in the sporting
pages of the newspapers, after three or four years' ab-
sence— the names of former O.H.A. Players, who fight-
ing in France, in the North Sea with the British Navy,
or in the Air Forces of the Empire, have helped to
establish the imperishable fame of Canada.
I am sure you all rejoice with me in the home-
coming of our comrades and in the fact that they will
be found again this winter engaged in our great na-
tional winter sport, the horrors of warfare, we hope,
fading out of their recollection. And in welcoming
them home, we will not have forgotten those who will
not come back, the gallant players of our Association
who sleep beneath the wooden crosses of France and
Belgium. Their memory will be ever dear to us.
The season of 1918-19, I am happy to be able to
say, in spite of unusually mild weather, was a splendid
one from all points of view. The Secretary's report
will cover the details of all the games, but I will take
the liberty here of mentioning several of the special
features. The Hamilton Club, our senior winners, suc-
cessfully defended the Allan Cup against all comers.
Collingwood, for the third time since 1910, won the
Intermediate Series, while the U.T.S. Team, winners of
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the Junior Series, also captured the O.H.A. Memorial
Cup, emblematic of the Junior Championship of Canada.
All Clubs in the Association, 1 am sure, are proud of
the records established by these worthy Champions, and
to them I extend my heartiest congratulations, and
assure them that the prestige of our Association has
been enhanced greatly by the extra honors won during
the season.
In some respects, this is to be one of the most im-
portant meetings the Ontario Hockey Association has
held for some time, as you will require to deal with a
iletermined policy outlined by the sub-committee, fully
considered and accepted by the Executive, and to-day
to be presented to you at the Annual Meeting of the
Association, with the unanimous recommendation that
you accept the report of the Sub-committee in this mat-
ter. I refer now to the notice that wijl be given that
all Senior Clubs must be represented by what we regard
as a bona fide and permanent Amateur Club or Asso-
(iatiou, and that in any series precedence shall be jriven
to Civic Amateur Organizations. We hope that the
tendency to have iiockey in some of the cities, towns and
villages in our Assocdation, controlled by a small clique,
as has been unfortunately too often the case, will be
checked by this amendment, which, we believe, will be
an iniportant stejt that will benefit not only hockey but
all other forms of amateur sport.
It is felt that our decision in this matter will lead
to the formation throughout Ontario of a large number
of Amateur Athletic Associations, which will assume
charge of all brandies of sport in tiieir neigliborhood.
If it has this happy result, the cuniulativ** effect will
be felt in all j)arts of the Province, where clean amateur
sport is desired.
The Ontario Hockey Association is looked to
fliroughout Canada to take the lead in all matters that
will tend to keep the game of Hockey clean, both on
and off the ice. The object of the .Association is to
I>rovide the young men of this Province with a widely
competitiAe oj>|K)rtunity to be first-class athletes, and a
first-class athlete in any game shoud bear all the ear-
marks of a gentleman, and if your officers, in the course
of thr-ir term of ofTice, see faults they do not rectify,
tiiey are not living up to the ideals whii'h pi()rni)tc<l the
formation of the Association.
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A state of affairs existing that will allow of a youug
man jjosing as an amateur in sport when in reality he
is a professional, is not conducive to the betterment of
that young man 's morals, or of developing a strong
character, and cannot help but be an adverse factor in
a business or professional career.
We have no quarrel -with the open professional who
conducts himself properly and plaj^s the game fair, and
there are any numljer of them -uho do, but as the recog-
nized and most influential Amateur body in Canada, we
must take issue with the hidden professional in our
ranks, and meet the situation in such a manner as will
tend to give the players whom we control the proper
surroundings that will assist in guiding them in right
channels, so that when their athletic career is over,
they will have^ no regrets and will have developed into
men of ambition, straightforwardness, resourcefulness,
honesty and other good qualities, that a proper and
carefully looked-after sporting career is bound to assist
materially in bringing about.
I am sorry to have to state that if application is
made for certificates to play in this Association by some
of our most prominent players, that your Executive
have recommended that they be not issued. This drastic
action was not taken without the most careful investiga-
tion, and there was no other course that could have been
followed, consistent with our conception of what our
duties as officers of your AssiO'ciation should be. In this
action Ave also ask your support and co-operation.
The resignation of Mr. Frank Hyde, of Woodstock,
Second Vice-President of the Association, is a loss to
the Association. His best efforts were always given to
the Association. His judgment was excellent, and his
decision on all questions fair and impartial. The Execu-
tive regrets the circumstances which brought about Mr.
Hyde's resignation, for as a future President, he would
have been a credit to the Association.
We will miss greatly, for the balance of the season,
the excellent services of Mr. Francis Nelson, who was
a member of the subcommittee, where his careful
handling of difficult problems in the course of a season 's
hockey, made him a most valued member.
The financial statement, when presented, will prove
to be a very satisfactory one. As our playing rules
have been adopted by the Canadian Amateur Hockey
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Association, in order to provide the same style ot
hockey liy all amateur bodies in Canada, any proposed
changes in the paying rules can only be discussed and
referred to the C.A.H.A. to be dealt with. The amend-
ments to the constitution I leave for your consideration.
In your Secretary, Mr. Hewitt, and Treasurer, Sheriff
Paxton, I can assure you you have most excellent offi-
cials, and to them and to the members of the outgoing
Executive, T wish to express my heartiest thanks for
their co-operation and for the constant attention to their
important duties, and assistance in guiding the destinies
of your Association, during the past season, in a man-
ner that I hope will have met with your approval.
Respectfully submitted,
R. M. GLOVER, 4
President Ontario Hockey Association
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CONSTITUTION OF THE ONTARIO
HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
As Eevised and Amended at the Annual Meeting,
December 6, 1919.
1. The Association shall be called the Ontario
Hockey Association.
2. Its object shall be the furtherance cf hockey in
the Province, yicluding the enforcement of the rules
of the game, as adopted by the Association, and the
supervision and carrying out of the Cup Competitions
for the championships of Ontario.
3. Amateur Hockey Clubs willing to comply with
and abide by the rules of the Association may be ad-
mitted to membership, upon application, through the
Secretary, to the Executive Committee.
4. An amateur is a person who has not (since
December 14, 1883) competed in any open competi-
tion, or for a stake, public or admission money or
entrance fee, or competed with or against profession-
als where gate money is taken; who has never at any
period of his life taught or assisted in the pursuit of
any athletic exercise or sport as a means of liveli-
hood; whose membership of any Hockey Club was not
brought abo^t, or does not continue because of, mutual
agreement or understanding whereby his becoming or
continuing a member of any Hockey Club would be of
any pecuniary benefit to him, either directly or in-
directly; who has never, either directly or indirectly,
received any payment in lieu of loss of time while
playing as a member of any Hockey Club or any money
consideration whatever for any services rendered as a
player, except his actual travelling or hotel expenses;
and who has not made any offer, which if it had been
accepted, would have made the recipient a professional.
Every charge against the status of an individual must
be supported by statutory declarations, and the onus
of proving his innocence shall rest with the accused.
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5. Any club convicted of having in its membership
professionals of any kind, shall forfeit its membership
in the Association.
6. No player who has been suspended or expelled
by this or any other organized association shall play
with or against any club in the O. H. A. in any match
to which an admission is fliarged until such player has
been reinstated or the period of his suspension has
terminated, and any club in thp Association playing
any such suspended or expelled player or players on
its team, or playing against a team playing any such
players, shall forfeit its membership in the Association.
Provided, however, that no player who has been pro-
fessionalized, whether by this or any other recognized
association, or who has by his conduct become a pro-
fessional under the conditions of those regulations,
shall be eligible for reinstatement into this Associa-
tion upon any ground whatsoever; and provided fur-
ther that the Executive of this Association shall have
no power to even entertain an application for the re-
instatement of any such player. In all applications for
reinstatement to the Association to be considered at
the annual convention, notice must be given in the
regular w^. Any player who is under suspension from
the O. H. A. for any cause whatever and who enlists
for Overseas Service shall automatically be reinstated
and eligible for membership in this Association. This,
of course, does not apply to professionals.
7. No club whose members average under fourteen
years of age shall be admitted, and no club shall be
admitted or remain a member which has not a bona
fide membership of at least ten active members, or
plays under the name of any commercial organization.
In citii's aiid towns desirous of jilayiiii; in the senior
series no club is to be admitted to membership unless
it represents what is regarded by the O. 11. A. Execu
tive as a bona fi<le permanent alid general established
amateur dub or association, and that in all towns and
villages represented in the O. 11. A. in any series pre-
cedence be given to civic amateur organizations repre-
senting the whole coinmiinitv.
8. The Entrance Fee shall be $5.00, and the Annual
Subscription $6.00, for eacli team entered, to be paid
before the annual meeting; and no club shall be en-
titled to compete for the championships, or to be rep-
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resented at any meeting or to have any of the privileges
of the Association, until its fees and fines, if any, have
been paid. Each club shall be entitled to 10 copies of
the Rule Book.
9. At the annual meeting and at all special general
meetings of the Association each club shall be entitled
to representation by one delegate, exclusive of the
mmbers of the Executive of the Association.
10. At such meetings all clubs shall be entitled to
one vote, and the delegate, and he alone, shall be
entitled to east the vote of the club he represents. In
the casting of ballots no delegate shall cast more than
his own ballot.
11. At such meeting each member of the Executive
shall be entitled to cast one vote.
12. The immediate Past President shall he a mem-
ber of the Executive.
13. A club must be represented by a club member,
but no delegate shall be allowed to represent more
than one aluh.
14. No delegate shall be admitted to the convention
unless he shall have filed with the Secretary a certi-
ficate of his appointment signed by the President and
Secretary of the club he represents, and has received
from the Secretary of the Association a certificate that
such credential is satisfactory.
1.5. The election of officers shall take place yearly,
by ballot, at the annual meeting of the Association,
which shall be held on the first Saturday in Decem-
ber, at such hour and place as the Executive may
determine.
16. Th&s officers of the Association shall consist of
a President, the immediate Past President, a First
and Second Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treas-
urer, and a committee of six, four to be elected at the
annual meeting and two to be appointed by tli*^ Presi-
dent, and these, with the representative of the O.II.A.
on the A. A. TT. of C, shall form the Executive of the
Association. Three of the Executive shall form a
quorum The honorarium of the Secretary shall not
exceed $750 and that of the Treasurer $50. No money
grants shall be made at the annual meeting without
two weeks' notice.
17. All officers, including the Executive, shall bo
nominated in writing by a club in the Association or
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by an ofiicer of the Association, and the nominations
must be in the hands of the Secretary seven days
before the annual meeting. No one shall be nomin-
acted for more than one office. Each club shall be fur-
nished with a list of those nominated for oflBce the
day following the closing of the nominations.
Xote. — At the annual convention of the Association
held on Saturday, November 16, 1907. the following
resolution was unanimously adopted: "That, in. view
of the invaluable services to the Association and the
game cf hockey by Mr. J. Eoss Robertson, for six
years President of the Association, he be elected a
life member of the Association and of the Executive."
18. The Executive may call a special general meet-
ing at any time, and must do so on the requisition
of the secretaries of ten clubs of the Association.
At all general meetings twenty delegates shall form
a quorum. Due notice of all meetings, both general
and executive, and of the business to come before
each meeting, shall be given in writing by the Sacre-
tary to all those qualified to attend. Notices calling
general meetings shall be sent out at least ten days
beforehand.
19. In balloting for members of the Executive,
every delegate entitled to vote shall vote for four
names, and no less, and any ballots which contain
less than four names shall be bad ballots and there-
fore not counted.
20. No member of the Executive shall be eligible to
serve on the Executive or on any committee in con-
nection with any protest or question involving, directly
or indirectly, the club he represents; nor shall any
member of the Executive be elcgible to vote on any
question raised by or afifecting the club he represents
21. A Committee on Credentials shall be appointed
by the President previous to each annual meeting.
22. The members of the Executive Committee must
be members of a club in the Association. No club
ehall have more than one representative on the Execu-
tive Committee, exclusive of the immediate Past Presi-
dent.
2.3. The Treasurer shall furnish bonds in a guaran-
tee company for $6,000, the Association paying the
Premium.
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24. The championships of the Association shall oe
contested for annually by tie matches.
25. The Constitution of the Association or the rules
of the game shall not be altered except at an annual
meeting, and notice of the proposed alterations shall
be given to the Secretary, in writing, two weeks
before the day of the meeting, and he shall forth-
with notify the secretaries of the various clubs of
the proposed changes. An amendment to the Consti-
tution or rules of competition or of the game shall
not take place at the annual meeting unless two-thirds
of those at the meeting agree.
26. The Association shall include a Junior and
Intermediate League, on parallel lines to the Senior
League, the ties to be drawn at the same time. In
addition, the Executive Committee, if they think it
advisable, may establish a consolation series in the
Intermediate and Junior series for beaten clubs in their
groups, such series to begin immediately after the date
set for the various groups to decide their winners, viz.,
Feb. 1. Clubs already members of the Association in
good standing, wishing to enter a team in the Senior,
intermediate or Junior League ,to pay for each of such
teams an annual subscription of $6.00; other clubs en-
tering a team in the Senior, Intermediate or Junior
League to pay $5.00 entrance and $6.00 annual sub-
scription for each team entered.
27. No man shall be eligible to play in the Inter-
mediate series who has played in more than one Senior
scheduled match in the same season; and no man shall
be eligible to play in the Junior series who has played
in more than one Intermediate or Senior scheduled
match in that season. A Junior certificate us d in
Intermediate or Senior matches, or an Intermediate
certificate used in Senior matches, shall have the
date and occasion of such use written across the
face by the referee, and two such uses shall cancel
such certificate for the series for which it was issued.
Each senior club shall register 6 bona fide payers, none
of whom can play in the intermediate series in the cur-
rent season.
28. The Association, through its Executive, reserves
to itself the right of placing teams in whatever series
it may deem best for the interests of the Association,
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it being understood that the winning club of the Junior
and Intermediate series shall be eligible to compete in
the following year in tlie series next above it. The
intermediate chajnpions shall also be allowed to com-
pete for the Allan Cup through a play-off with the
senior champions. Any (). H. A. club having a team
in another association must accept the schedule of
matches allotted to it at the O. H. A. district meeting.
29. The powers and duties of the Executive during
its term of office shall be:
(a) To conduct the business of the Association,
authorizing all expenditure in connection therewith.
(b) To fill any vacancies which may occur in the
Executive, the names of those proposed for the va-
cancies to be sent to each member of the Executive
one weeK before election.
(c) To amend or alter the regulations and rules of
the cup competition.
(d) To issue or revoke certificates without notice
of such action.
(e) To grant certificates in case of change of resi
dence of players.
(t) To hear and determine all protests.
(g) To suspend or expe: a club, member or player,
for notorious and continued foul play, or unfair, un-
sportsmanlike or ungentlemanly conduct, individually,
or collectively, on the ice or in any rink where a hoc-
key match is being played, or at any meeting or
gathering in the interests of the game; negligence to
pay assessments, or for any persistent infringement of
the laws of the game, or the rules of the Association.
(h) To suspend or expel any club or player or
member refusing to accept and obey the ruling of the
Executive.
(i) To readmit by a resolution and a majority vote
of the Executive, any club or member, or player, under
suspension.
(j) To place teams as regulated by clause 28 of the
Constitution.
(k) To control the final matches in each of the
series, and to divide the gate receipts from such
matches after deducting the rent of the rink, the
authorized advertising, the expenses of the referee,
and of a representative of the Association, equally
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between the Association and the competing clubs.
(1) To require any club on its own initiative or
at the instance of another club in the Association, to
satisfy it by statutory declaration evidence that such
club is being conducted on a strictly amateur basis.
(m) To determine all questions arising from emer-
gencies not provided for in these Regulations, or in
the Eules of Competition. Twenty-four hours' notice
of the hour and place appointed for the consideration
of such questions shall be given by the Secretary of
the Association to each club interested.
(a) To arrange the tie matches, which shall be
played until one club is declared the winner. Imme-
diately after the ties have been declared, the Secre-
tary shall communicate the same to the secretaries of
the different clubs of the Association.
(o) To at any time appoint three of its members
resident in Toronto and representatives of different
clubs, to be a sub-committee to take, control of ali
the matches; to fix dates, and generally to act in the
name of the Executive in all matters appertaining to
said matches, and that the word "Executive," "Sec-
retary," or "Secretary of the Association" be inter-
preted to mean "Sub-Committee appointed by the
Executive for the control of tie matches," or "Secre-
tary of sub-committee," as the context may require.
(p) To allow any club, by a two-thirds vote of the
Executive, to play the winner of the final tie for the
cup and championship — if they consider the circum-
stances warrant such action.
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Regulations and Rules of Competition of
the Ontario Hockey Association
Challenge Cups
REGULATIONS.
1. The cups shall be called the J. Ross Robertson
Cups, senior, intermediate and junior. They shall be
open for competition only to clubs in the Ontario
Hockey Association, and shall be played for under
the Regulations, Rules of Competition and Rules of
the Game of the Association.
2. The engraving on the cups after each champion
ship has been decided, shall be done in Toronto, under
the supervision of the Executive.
3. No player shall compete in an association match
who has not been a bona fide and continuous resident
of the town, city, or village to which his club belongs
since the 1st of August next preceding the date of said
match. In case of a player residing in a rural district
village or police village he must play with the O.H.A.
club in the nearest town to his residence, it being under-
stood that a junior player has the privilege of playing
in the nearest place to his residence which has a junior
O. H. A. team. A bona fide and continuous resident
shall include a teaciier or a student who may be absent
from home and registered and in actual and regular
attendance at lectures at a preparatory school, a High
school, a university, or an affiliated college, but such
teacher or student shall elect before the date of the first
association match and shall notify the secretary of the
association whether he will play with a club where his
home is situated, or with a chil) where the said school
of learning is located. In case of a sailor who has not
been a continuous resident under this rule, he must play
with the club of his town, city, or village of which he
has been a resident from the 1st of January preceding
the Ist of August mentioned in this clause.
4. No team shall take part in any Association
match unless the captain shall have furnished the
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referee with a full list of the players and their play-
ing certificates. Certificates shall be issued in the fol-
lowing form: On blue paper for senior, pink paper
for intermediate, and white paper for junior series, on
application to the Secretary of the Association. A
player shall sign his name in full on the space provided
in the certificate, and also on the duplicate. The Execu-
tive may in its absolute discretion issue, revoke or
refuse to is'sue such certificates.
5. No player who has received a certificate from
the Association shall play in any exhibition match
where an admission fee is charged, unless as a mem-
ber of the r-lub with which he is signed, except his so
playing is sanctioned by the Association, through its
Executive.
6. No player shall play for any of the cups for
more than one club in the Association year, and no one
who is not an amateur in good standing shall be al-
lowed to play in any Association match.
7. The Treasurer of the Association shall be to all
intents and purposes the legal holder of the cup, in
trust for the Association.
8. Any club winning one of the J. Eoss Robertson
Cups, senior, intermediate, or junior, shall, before
deceiving it, give for its safe keeping to the Treasurer
of the Association, satisfactory and substantial bonds
to the amount of $500.
9. Any club intending to default a match must
send to the secretary of the opposing club and also
to the Secretary of the Association, at least three
days' clear notice, exclusive of the day on which the
match was to have been played. Unless the Executive
shall otherwise order, any club failing to send such
notice shall be subject to a penalty of $25, together
with all legitimate expenses incurred by the competing
club in connection with such match, and shall, in
default of payment of such sum to the competing
club within two weeks of the date arranged for the
match, be struck off the roll of membership of the
Ontario Hockey Association. In the case of home and
home matches between tvv'o clubs, the club accepting
and playing the home game on its own ice shall, in
case of default of the return game on its opponents'
ice, pay the opposing club, in addition to the mileage
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already provided for, a sum sufficient to completely
cover the expenses of the club in its first game, ex-
penses to be hotel and bus bills for the ten men, and
one-half of the referee's expenses. A club defaulting
any match in the series shall be debarred from further
competition in the series; all scheduled matches played
by such club shall be counted as played, and all un-
played matches shall count as wins to the teams sche-
duled against the club defaulting.
10. Protests, and all evidence in support thereof,
must be in duplicate, and signed by the President or
Secretary of the protesting club. Protests and evi-
dence in support thereof must be in the hands of the
Secretary within forty-eight hours of the advertised
time of the match protested, and must be accompanied
by a deposit of $25, which sum shall be forfeited to
the Association should the Executive, who3i3 decision
shall be final, disallow the protest, and the Executive
shall have no power to refund such forfeited sum. A
copy of said protest and evidence must be served upon
the protested club within forty-eight hours after thn
said match. The club protested shall be allowed
thirty-six hours to file a defence and evidence with
the Secretary of the Association, which must be accom-
panied by a deposit of $25, to be forfeited to the
Association should the Executive allow the protest. A
copy of the defence must also be sent to the protesting
club. A reply to the said defence may be entered by
the protesting club, provided a copy thereof is served
upon the protested club at least twelve hours before
the time fixed for hearing the protest by the Executive.
Personal service on any of the recognized officers of a
club or service by registered post on either the Presi-
dent or Secretary of a club to be sufficient service in
any case, and the protest is to be considered if it is
shown that the evidence has been sent by registered
post in time to reach the protested club within th3
time limit fixed by the rule. Each of the clubs inter-
ested may bo represented at the hearing of the protest.
11. Every player in the Junior series of the Asso-
ciation must file with the Secretary an official docu-
ment issued by the Registrar-General 's Department
or a local registrar, or an extract from a church ba[)-
tismal record that the said player had not attained
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his 20th birthday on the first day of January in the
season in which he intends competing, and the Secre-
tary upon receipt of such declaration shall issue a
certificate entitling the said player to play with the
club specified, and no player shall be allowed to com-
pete in any Junior match without first producing such
certificate to the referee.
12.' When the home and home matches are played in
the same city or town, the home club is to take the net
proceeds of the gate.
13. The expenses of the traveling club shall be fixed
at the rate of fifteen cents per mile for one way for
ten men, which expenditure must be guaranteed and
paid by the home club.
14. Each club shall have a set of books setting
forth the receipts and expenses of each year in detail,
which books may be examined by the O.H.A., or any
of its officers appointed for such purpose at any time.
The set of books is to consist of cash book and ledger.
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The J. Ross Robertson Senior Silver Challenge Cup
is a solid silver Cliallcnge Tropliy presented by Mr. J. Ross
Robertson, on Saturday, the 3rd December, 1898, to the On-
tario Hockey Association, for competition amongst the senior
hockey teams of the Province of Ontario. The cup, which is of
tazza form, was made by Her Majesty's Jewelers and Silver-
smiths, London, England, out of purest Canadian silver. It is
lined with Canadian gold, and richly decorated with a bas
relief of lions, masks, fells, etc., wliirh stand out from the
piece in high relief. The most striking feature of this original
cup is the three leopard handles, which are beautifully modeled
and chased. Its weight is 160 ounces. It is 13 inches in di-
ameter and 10 inches in liright, and stands on a handsome
ebonized plinth, six inches in height, with six silver Hogarth
shaped shields for inscribing the winners' names. It is now
liflil by the Trnmjllon Hockey CInb.
Rules of Competition
1. The cups shall revert to the Treasurer of the
Association, from the clubs which may be holding
them, at such times as the Executive shall consider
necessary.
2. In each series the club winning the final tie shall
hold the Challenge Cup and the championship of the
Association.
3. Any club refusing or failing to play the club
against which it is matched, within the stated time,
shall be considered to have lost the tie.
4. Notice of the result of each match shall be sent
to the Secretary of the Association within twenty-
four hours, by the victorious club, through the referee.
5. In the event of two competing clubs failing to
agree upon a referee, the home club shall notify the
Secretary of the Association at least seventy-two hours
before the schedule time of their match. In the event
of no such notification, the home club shall be con-
sidered to have lost the tie.
6. The Executive shall appoint a referee who shall
act where the competing teams fail to agree, each
club to pay half the expenses. The referee's fee shall
be $5, and in addition an allowance at the rate of fifteen
cents a mile one way for all distances. The minimum
of fee and allowances is not to be less than $8, except
in cases of local referees. In the final and semi-final
ties, the Executive reserves the right to appoint the
referee, and if they deem it advisable may appoint
an assistant, as well as the regular referee to act in
finals and semi-finals, or any match in any series.
7. No player shall play in an O.H.A. scheduled
match who is, or has been in the then current season,
a member of, or has played with, in the same Associa-
tion year, any other club in a recognized Hockey Asso-
eiation (city, county, military district, interscholastic,
or town leagues excepted) without special permission
of the Executive.
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8. The referee must order the match to begin at tho
hour for which it has been fixed (if the ice be avail-
able), and any team or teams failing to comply with
this order shall forfeit to the Association $10 per team.
The Executive may refund this forfeit on good cause
being shown to the referee. '
9. All matches shall be played on covered ice of not
less than 60 feet in width and 160 feet long, well
lighted, free from obstructions, having sides and ends
properly boarded.
Note. — Rinks in use in 1903-04, or in the course of
construction at the time of the annual meeting,
December 3, 1904, shall not come under this rule.
10. All clubs must register with the Secretary of
the Association, on or before December 15 in each
year, their club colors, and a description of the style
and color of the plajing uniform of such club, and
no two competing clubs shall be permitted to have
uniforms or colors alike. All clubs must have an
auxiliary jumper directly opposite in color to their
regular club sweaters, the home club to wear same
when referee finds regular club sweaters conflicting.
11. In two-club groups, where home and home
matches are played, including the play-off of the dif-
ferent group winners in the semi-finals and finals, and
of ties in the first round in any group, one hour's play
only shall constitute cacli match, and a majority of
goals in both matches shall decide the winner. In
case of both tlubs scoring an equal number of goals ?n
the two matches there shall be a third and decisive
game on neutral ice, time and place to be fixed by the
Executive, unles.3 both clubs are playing in their own
city, town or village, in which case the tie will bo
played off in the second game, .but no match shall con-
tinue for more than 30 minutes (actual play) overtime.
In groups of three or more clubs a majority of matches
jihali decide the winner. Every match, except as here-
inbefore provided, shall . he played to a finish, as
provided in No. 5 of the Rules of the Game. Clubs
agreeing to abandon a tie game before the three extra
periods (if necessary) have been played shall be each
charged with a loss.
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12. Before every game the referee shall receive from
the captains of the opposing teams a full list of the
players on his side, and each man shall answer to his
name at the call of the referee, and shall sign his name
on the referee's report in the presence of the referee.
13. A convener of a district shall be required to
notify each club in his district at least twenty-four
hours previous to time of meeting, particularly meet-
ings called for the drawing of schedules.
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The J. Boss Robertson Junior Silver Challenge Trophy
is exceedingly graceful, with a design o( maple leaves on the
bowl,. and the lid surrounded with entwined maple leayes. Pre-
sented to the O. H. A. Saturday, November 19th, 1910. The
cup is of sterling silver, height 18% Inches without pedestal.
'i'iVi inches with pedestal, woight 74 ounros. It is now held
by the II. of T Srhnol. Tr.r....t...
Rules of the Game
PLAYERS.
1. The game is played on ice by teams of six men
on each side, with a puck made of vulcanized rubber,
one inch thick all through and three inches in diame-
ter. The players to be designated as follows: Goal-
keeper, right defence, left defence, centre, right wing,
left wing. In addition to the players mentioned, each
team may use two extra players as substitutes, but
there shall not be more than six players a side on the
ice at any time during the match.
Another substitute shall also be allowed in the case
of a goal-keeper who, in the referee's opinion, has
been so injured as to make his continuing in the game
impossible, but this substitute shall not play any other
position but goal. In place of a penalty to a goal-
keeper he shall be replaced by one of the players who
are on the ice at the time the penalty is inflicted.
All players shall be numbered with conspicuous
figures, displayed on the backs of their jerseys, the
numbers to be assigned to the players upon registra-
tion with the Association, and to coincide with the
numbers on the playing certificates.
STICKS.
2. Hockey sticks shall not be more than three
inches wide at any part, and not more than thirteen
inches long at the blade. They shall consist entirely
of wood, with tape binding permissible.
GOAL.
3. A goal is placed in the middle of each goal line,
composed of official goal nets supported by two upright
posts, four feet in height, placed six feet apart, and
at least five feet from the end of the ice. The goal
posts shall be firmly fixed. In the event of a goal
post or net being displaced or broken, the referee shall
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blow his whistle, and the game shall not proceed until
the post or net is repaired. It shall be the duty of
the referee before each match to measure the goals.
A dark distinguishing line shall be drawn on the ice
between the centre of each goal post. The home team
shall be held responsible for the strict observance of
this rule, and the referee shall not permit any game to
be started until this rule is strictly complied with.
MATCH.
4. Each side shall have a captain (a member of
his team), who, before the match, shall toss for choice
for goals. Each captain much wear a 4-inch armlet
distinctive in color from the color of his sweater,
marked with the letter C, to be worn on the right
arm between the elbow and the shoulder, to distin-
guish him from the other players.
5. The teams shall play three periods of 20 minutes
each, a ton-minute rest being allowed at expiration of
each period. The duration of championship matches
shall be one hour, exclusive of stoppages. The team
scoring the greater number of goals in that time shall
be deflared the winner of the match, subject to the
qualifications contained in Rules of Competition, No.
11. Jf at the end of that time the game is a draw,
ends shall be changed, and after ten minutes' rest the
match continued for ton minutes, each side playing
five minutes from each end,> and if neither side has
then scored a majority of goals, additional similar
periods of ten minutes shall be played in the same
way until one side shall have scored a majority of
goals, with a five minutes' rest after each ten minutes
of play. In case either club should decline to play
in any of the necessary extra periods, it shall be de-
clared a loss for that team.
TIME KEEPERS.
6. Two timekeepers shall be appointed, one by
each captain, before the commencement of the match,
whose duty it shall be to keep an :iccuratc account of
the tinie of each game, deducting time for stoppages
in the play, and the timekeepers shall report to the
referee by ringing a gong any variance in their
time, and the matter shall be at once decided by him.
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The referee also shall appoint a time-keeper, who shall
keep the time of penalisred players, and shall direct
them to enter the game. The time-keepers shall be
under the control of the referee. A gong shall be
kept for their use. A penalty imposed on any player
shall not commence until said player has reported to
the penalty time-keeper. The duration of the penalty
shall be measured in actual playing time, exclusive
of stoppages.
KEFEREE.
r. There shall be only one referee for a match, ex-
cept in the finals and semi-finals, when the Executive
may ay;point an assistant in addition to the regular
referee, and in no case shall he belong to either of the
competing clubs, and he may be an a*mateur or a pro-
fessional. He is to enforce the rules, adjudicate upon
disputes or cases unprovided for by rules, appoint or
remove goal umpires; control the timekeepers, keep
the score, announcing each goal as scored, and at the
conclusion of the match declare the result. The puek
shall be considered in play until the referee stops the
game, which he may do at any time, by sounding a
whistle or ringing a bell. Plis decision shall be final,
and there shall be no appeal,
SCORE.
8. A goal shall be scored when the puck shall have
passed between the goal posts from in front and be-
low the top of the net. If the puck strikes the iron
cross-bar at the top of the net and bounds over the
bar the referee shall not allow a goal to be counted.
GOAL UMPIRES.
9. There shall be one umpire at each goal; they
shall inform the referee when the puck has been put
into the goal from the front; and the home club shall
furnish the goal umpires with small white flags to be
raised when a goal is scored.
FACE.
10. The game shall be started and renewed by the
referee blowing his whistle or calling "Play" after
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dropping the puck in the centre of the ice between
the sticks of two players, one from each team, who
are to face it. The left hand side of the players who
face the puck shall be towards the opponent's goal,
and they must keep the blades of their sticks on the
ice until the referee drops the puck. After a goal has
been scored the puck shall be faced in like manner in
the centre of the ice.
OFF-SIDE.
11. A player shall always be on his side of the puck.
A player is off-side when he is in front of the puck,
or when the puck has been hit, touched or is being
run with, by any of his own side behind him (i.e.,
between himself and the. end of the rink near which
his goal is placed).
A player shall endeavor to be always on his own
side of the puck, and persistent failure to be on-side
shall be designated as loafing, and penalized as a foul.
A player being off-side is put on-side when the
puck has been hit by, or has touched the dress or
person of any player of the opposite side, or when
one of his own side has run in front of him, either
with the puck or having played it when behind him.
If a player when off-side plays the puck, or annays
or obstructs an opponent, the puck shall be faced
where it was last played before the off-side occurred.
A player on the defending side shall not be off-side
when he takes a pass from or plays the puck as it
bounds off his goal-keeper or the end of the rink or
netting, or is passed by any of his team mates within
a space of 20 feet out from the goal and extending to
the side of the rink, and a line shall be drawn across
the ice of the rink to desigilate the distance.
KNOCKING-ON.
12. The puck may be stopped with the hand, but
not carried or held or knocked on by any parrt of the
body.
CHARGING, TRIPPING, ETC.
13. No player shall raise his stick above his shoul-
der or throw it along the ice. Charging, tripping,
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collaring, kicking, cross-checking, or pushing shall not
be allowed. And the referee must rule off the ice, for
any time in his discretion, a player who in the opinion
of the referee, has deliberately offended against the
above rule. If a player makes any unfair or rough
play, or disputes any decision of the referee, or uses
any foul or abusive language, the referee may rule
hira off for the remainder of the game or for such
time as he may deem expedient, and no substitute
shall be allowed. If, in the opinion of the referee, a
defending player has deliberately committed a foul
to prevent a score he shall not stop the play until
that play has been completed.
WHEN THE PUCK LEAVES THE ICE.
14. When the puck goes off the ice behind the goal
line it shall be brought out by the referee to a point
hve yards in front of the goal line, on a line at right
angles thereto, from the point at which it left the ice,
and there faced.
When the puck goes off the ice at the side it shall
be similarly faced three yards from the side.
When the puck hits the referee play shall cease
and the puck faced where the accident occurs.
goal-k:eepee.
lo. The goal-keeper must not during play, lie, sit or
kneel upon the ice; he may stop the puck with his
hands, but shall not throw or hold it. He may wear
pads, but must not wear a garment such as would give
him undue assistance in keeping goal. The referee
must rule off the ice, for any time in his discretion,
a player who, in the opinion of the referee, has offend-
ed against this rule.
CHANGE OF PLAYEES.
16. Two extra players may act as substitutes on
each team during a match (making eight players alto-
gether), and a change of players may be made at any
time by the substitute or substitutes reporting to the
referee, when that official has stopped the play, but
must not get on the ice while play is in progress; such
substitute or substitutes must be all ready to play and
must take his or their position without delaying the
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game. Tlie player for whom the substitution is made
nHist also leave the ice promptlj' when the substitute
appears. In case of injury to the goal-keeper an extra
substitute may be allowed, but he must play in goal
and in no other position. Should any player be injured
during the match, break a skate, or from any accident
be compelled to leave the ice, his side shall immediately
put on a substitute to equalize the teams, and the
match proceed until such time as the player so com-
pelled to retire because of accident is ready to return-
Should more than two players of one team (eixclusive
of the goal-keeper), be compelled to retire because of
accident, the opposing side shall drop a man to equal-
ize the teams. No player shall resume play until he
has received permission from the referee to go on. In
event of any dispute, the matter shall at once be de-
cided by the referee.
STOPPAGES.
17. Should any match be stopped by the referee by
reason of any infringement of any of the rules or
because of an accident or change of players, the puck
shall be faced again at the spot where it was last
played before such infringement, ^iccident or change
of players s-hall have occurred.
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The Annual Convention
The annual meetings of the Association were held
from 1890-98 in the Queen's Hotel, Toronto; from
1898-1919 they were held in the Temple Building,
north-west corner of Bay and Kichmond Sts., Toronto.
ORDEE OF BUSINESS.
1. Reading the minutes of the last general meeting
or any special meetings held during the year.
2. The President's address.
3. Receiving and reading the report of the Com-
mittee on Credentials.
4. Reading of correspondence.
•5. Reading the report of the Executive Committee.
6. Reading the Treasurer's report.
7. Consideration of reports from any other com-
mittees which may have been appointed.
8. Motions of which notice has been given.
9. General business.
10. Election of oflBicers.
FORM OF OBLIGATIONS FOR SCRUTINEERS OF
THE BALLOTS AT THE ANNUAL MEET-
INGS OF THE O. H. A.
I, , hereby solemnly
promise on my honor, that while acting as Scrutineer
of the ballots cast for the officers of the Ontario
Hockey Association, on the occasion of this, the annua]
election, to make a careful and accurate examination,
count, and report of the same, and pledge myself to a
faithful and conscientious discharge of all my duties.
RULES OF ORDER.
1. The following are the regulations for the govern-
ment of the Association during the time of business
and the business shall be disposed of in the following
order:
2. No motion shall be received unless submitted in
writing .with the names of the mover and seconder
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thereon, and said motion shall not be open for discus-
sion until so stated by the presiding officer.
3. All motions shall be decided by a majority of
votes. In the case of a tie the presiding officer shall
have a second or casting vote.
4. No delegate shall speak twice on the same subject
without the permission of the chair, unless in explan-
ation, or the mover in reply.
0. A delegate desiring to speak or submit a motion
shall rise and remain standing and respectfully address
the chair, and shall confine his remarks to the question,
and shall not be interrupted unless upon a point of
order.
6. Upon a point of order being raised while a dele-
gate is speaking, or when called to order by the
presiding officer, he shall at once take his seat, wiien
the point of order shall then be stated by the delegate
objecting. The presiding officer shall decide thereupon
without debate, and the delegate may then proceed.
7. No amendment to a motion shall be in order
after an amendment to an amendment.
8. When a motion is under debate, no motion shall
be entertained except to lay on the table, or amend,
and these motions shall take precedence in the order
named.
9. An amendment which entirely changes the sub-
ject of the original motion shall not be entertained as an
amendment or substituted for the motion under debate.
10. No delegate, except one who has voted with the
majority, shall be allowed to move for a reconsidera-
tion, and in this connection the word majority shall
apply to the vote by which the question was first
decided.
11. After the motion has been stated by the presid-
ing officer, it becomes the property of the Association,
but may be withdrawn at any time previous to amend-
mont unless objected to by a delegate.
12. There shall be no debate upon any question
after it has been put by the presiding officer.
13. When a vote is called it shall be taken by each
delegate holding up his right hand, unless the stand-
ing vote, at which the yeas and nays may be taken by
ballot.
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ONTARIO HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
FORM OF APPLICATION.
19....
(Name of place.)
To the Secretary of the Ontario Hockey Association:
We hereby apply to the Ontario Hockey Association
for the admission of Club to mem-
bership in the Association, promising on behalf of the
said club that, if admitted, it will conform, abide by
and obey the provisions of the Constitution, the Rules
and Regulations, and all orders, instructions and edicts
issued bv the said Association or its Executive Com-
mittee.
President
Secretary
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O. H. A.. 19
BALLOT PAPER
This ballot paper Is for the election of the officers of
the Association including four members of the Executive
Committee.
Mark a cross thus X in the blank space opposite the
name of the candidate you vote for.
For the Executive Committee you must vote for FOUR
of the candidates — if you vote for LESS or MORE than
FOUR TOT'R BALLOT WILL NOT BE COLTNTBD.
FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Name of Candidate
FOR
TREASURER
Name of Candidate
FOR
SECRETARY
Name of Candidate
Name of Candidate
FOR SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Name of Candidate. -..
Name of Candidate ...••.....
FOR FIRST
VICE-PRESIDENT
Name of Candidate ....i ..................a
FOR
PRESIDENT
Name of Candidate
Note — At the Annual Meeting when this ballot Is used,
names of candidates are printed In space indicated by
words — "Name of Candidate." The number of specec
depend* upon the number of candidates.
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Number of Teams
DELEGATE'S CERTIFICATE
ANNUAL MEETING ONTAEIO HOCKEY
ASSOCIATION.
.19.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT ; . . .
has been duly appointed by the
Hockey Club as its representative at the Annual
Meeting of the Association at Toronto on Saturday.
President.
Secretary.
We hereby certify that the foregoing Constitution,
Rules and Regulations of Competition of the Challenge
Cups, Rules of the Game and Rules of Order were, in
accordance with the requirements of the Constitution,
adopted by the Ontario Hockey Association at its
annual meeting held in Toronto on December 1, 1900,
and amended on December 7, 1901; December 6, 1902;
December 5, 1903; December 3, 1904; November 11,
1905; November 17, 1906; ISovember 16, 1907; Novem-
ber 21, 1908, November 20, 1909, November 19, 1910,
November 18, 1911, November 16, 1912, December 6,
1913, December 5, 191-t, December 4, 1915, Decemb>3r
2, 1916, DecembeT 1, 1917, December 7, 1918, Decem-
ber 6, 1919.
R. M. GLOVER,
President.
W. A. "HEWITT,
Secretary.
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1919-1920
PLAYER NO.
PLAYING CERTIFICATE
SEASON OF 1SI9-20 ONLY
Intermediate
Series
This certificate is issued at the dis-
cretion of the Executive of the O.H. A
and is revocable without notice.
Mr.
of
of
Cbt8 Is to Certify that
whose signature appears below, is eligible to play
in matches for the
_Hockey Club
and no other club during the season of 1919-20.
During the past three years I have played with the following clubs
(name town or city)
1916
1917
1918
I have been a continuous resident of
since
Countertigned,
(Playsr ilgn name In full here In Ink)
Secretary OH A.
This certificate and duplicate must be filled in with ink and returned
(to Secretary of O.H. A.) No player can play with.jut a certificate.
Reverse side of Playing Certificate)
e If^rebg Qlerttfg ttjat
Mr
whose signature appears herewith, now is and has
been a bona-fide member of the
Hockey Club
of
and is an amateur in good standing.
Player's Occupation.
President
Secretary
Hockey Club
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O.H.A. Schedules 1919-20
SENIOR SERIES
GROUP No. 1.
Clubs — Dental Hockey Olub of Toronto, Aura Lee A.
C. of Toronto, University of Toronto, Hamilton A. A.
Hockey Club, Balmy Beach Club.
January 8 — Hamilton at Aura Lee,
January 16 — Aura Lee at U. of T.
Janiiary 21 — Dentals at U. of T.
January 23 — Aura Lee at Hamilton.
January 28 — U. of T. at Aura Lee.
January 31 — Haniiltion at Dentals.
February 5- — Hamilton at U. of T.
Februa'ry 6 — Aura Lee at DentaJs.
February 13 — Denrtals at Aura Lee.
February 13— U. of T. at Hamilton.
February 20 — Denitals at Hamilton.
February 25— U. of T. at Dentals.
(Balmy Beacih Club did not play).
GROUP No. 2.
Clubs — Kitchener Hockey Club, Parkdale Canoe
of Toronto, Argonaut Eowing Club of Toronto, Don
Rowing Club of Toronto^ Granite Club of Toronto.
January 2 — Parkdiale at Kitchener.
January 7 — Parkdale at Argos.
January 10 — Kitchener at Granites.
January 12 — Dons at Parkdale.
January 16 — Argos at Kitchener.
January 19 — Granites at Dons.
January 22 — Kitchener at Argos.
January 26 — ^Granites at Parkdale.
Jarnuary 30 — Kitchener at Dons.
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February 7 — Kitchener at Parkdale.
February 9 — Argos at Dons.
February 12 — Parkdale at Granites.
February 13 — Dons at Kitchener.
February 14 — Granites at Argos.
February 17 — Parkdale at Dons.
February 18 — Argos at Granites.
February 20 — Dons at Argos.
February 20 — Granites at Kitchener.
Fe'bruary 26 — Argos at Parkdale.
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INTERMEDIATE SERIES
GROUP No. 1.
(Section A)
Convenor — J. P. Fleming, 225 Earl vSt., Kingston.
Met at Kingston.
Clubs — King<!ton Hockey Club, Qneen'.s University,
Royal Military- College.
.January 9 — Kingston at Queen's.
January 14 — Queen's at Kingston).
January 19 — Kingston at Queen's.
(Royal Military College flifl not play).
(Section B)
Convenor — Wm. House, Trenton. Met at Trenton.
Clubs — Belleville, Trenton, Picton.
January 6 — Belleville at Piston.
January 9 — Trenton at Belleville.
.January 12 — Picton at Trenton.
.January 15 — Picton at Belleville.
.January 20 — Belleville at Trenton.
.January 2'A — Tremtou at Picton.
Referees — Ijawson Wliitdiead, Dr. W. J. J.afl.aniine,
F. C. Waghome, Toronto.
Geo. Van Home will referee all games jilayod in
Kingston.
GROUP No. 2.
Convenor — J. .'^. Wald'en, Cobourg. Met at Oshawa.
Clubs — <.'obourg, Oshawa, Port Hope, Bowmanville,
Whitby.
December 29 — Bowmanville at Port Hope.
December 30 — Oshawa at Cobourg.
January 5 — Oshawa at Port Hope.
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January 8 — Bowmanville at Whitby.
January 9 — Cobourg at Oshawa.
January 12 — Port Hope at Cobourg.
January ]4 — ^Oshawa at Bowmanvire.
January 16 — Port Hope at Oshawa.
January 16 — Whitby at Oobourg.
Janniary 20 — Cobourg at Whitby.
Januar}' 21 — Port Hope at Bowmanville.
Janoiarj'- 23 — Oshawa at Whitby.
January 23 — ^Cobourg at Port Hope.
January 26 — Bowmanville at Oobourg.
January 26— Port Hope at Whitby.
January 28 — Cobourg at Bowmanville.
January 28 — Whitby at Oshawa.
January 30 — Whitby at Port Hope.
January 30 — Bowmanville at Oshawa.
GROUP No. 3.
Convenor — Father Leo E. Corman, Petorboro. Met
at Peterboro.
Clu'bs — Peterboro, Can.nington, Linrlsay.
January 2 — Peterboro at Camiijigton.
Janiuar\' .5 — Cannington at Peterboro.
January 7 — Pet:e'rboro at Liiwlsay.
January 9 — ^Lindsay at Canningtori,
January' 12 — ^Camiington at Limlsay.
Januan,' 16 — ^^Lindsay at Peterboro.
Jannxary 19 — Peterboro at Lindsay.
January 21 — Cannington at Peterboro.
January 23 — Lindsay at Cannington.
January 26 — Cannington at Lindsay.
JanuarA' 30 — Lindsay at Peterboro.
February 2 — Peterboro at Cannington.
GROUP No. 4.
Convenor- — A. 0. Murray, Aurora. Met at Aurora.
Clubs — Aurora, Newmarket.
January 6 — Newmarket at Aurora.
January 13 — Aurora at Newmarket.
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January 20 — Xewniarket at Aarora.
January 27 — Aurora at Newmarket.
O.H.A. to appoint referees.
Total goals to count.
GROUP No. 5.
Convenor — H. C. Snyder, Brampton. Met at Bramp-
toa.
Clubs — Weston, Brampton, Bolton.
December 26 — Weston at Brampton.
Dec^'mber 30 — Brampton at Bolton.
January 2 — Bolton at Wesi:on.
January 5 — Brampton at Weston.
January 7 — Bolton at Brampton.
January 9 — Weston at Bolton.
January 12 — Brampton at Weston.
January 16 — Bolton at Weston.
Januarj' 21 — Bolton at Bra.m;pton.
January 23 — Weston at Bolton.
January 27 — Brampton at Bolton.
Jaaiuary 30 — Weston at Bramptooi.
Board of Referees — Brampton, Irving Ardagh, Dr.
O. A. Peaker; Weston, L. R. Barlett, A. R. Smith;
Bolton, Stuart Cameron.
GROUP No. 6.
Convenor — Paul Fisher, Burlington. Met at Burling-
ton.
Clubs — Milton, Burlington.
January 20 — Burlington at Milton.
January 23 — Milton at Burlington.
January 27 — Burlington at Milton.
January 30 — Milton at Burlington.
Total goal a to eount.
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GROUP No. 7.
Conven'or — T. A. LanniDj Port Colboriie. Met at
Welland.
•Clu'bs — Port Oolborue, Welland, Niagara Falls.
January 2 — ^Port Colborne at Niagara Falls.
Janiuary 6 — Welland at Port OolboiU'e.
January 9 — Niagara Falls at Wellaiiyd.
January 12 — ^Niagara Falls at Port Oolborne.
January 14 — Welland at Niagara Falls.
January 16 — Poirt Colborne at Welland,.
January 19 — 'Port Colborne at Niagara Falls.
January 21 — Welland at Port Colborne.
January 23 — Niagara Falls at Wellandi.
January 26 — Niagara Falls at Port Colborne.
January 28 — Welland at Niagara Falls.
January 30 — Port Colborne at WeWand.
GROUP No. 8.
CJonvenor — M. J. Brophy, Woodsitock. Met at Wood
sto«k.
Cliubs — Tillsoniburg, Ingersoll, Simeoe, Paris, Wo'od-
stock.
MoTi'., December 29 — ^^Tiillsomburg at Ingersoll.
Mon., Dec&miber 29 — ^Simeo'e at Paris.
Fri., January 2 — Ingersoll at Simeoe.
Fri., January 2 — Paris at Tillsonburg.
Tue., January 6 — Paris at Woodstock.
Tue., January 6 — ^Simicoe at Tillsonburg.
Thoir., January 9 — Tillsonburg at Paris.
Thur., Jainiu'ary 9 — Woodstock at Simicoe.
Mon., January 12 — Woodstock at Ingorsioll.
Moni., Janarary 12 — ^^Tillsonburg at Simcoe.
FrL, January 16 — Ingersoll at Tilsomburg.
Fri., January 16 — Simieoe at Woodstock.
Mom., January 19 — Ingersoll at Paris. *
Tue., Janiuary 20 — Tillsoniburg at Woodisto'ck.
Fri., January 2.3 — Paris at Ingersoll.
Fri., January 23 — Woodstock at Tilsonburg.
Mom., January 2G — Woodstock at Pards.
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Moni., January 26 — (Siimeoe at Iiigersoll.
Frii., January 30 — Paris at Simcoe.
Fri., January 30 — Ingersoll at Woodstock.
Referees — P. S. Gill, Paris; A. D. Fraser, Paris; W.
Piett, Simcoe; Sid Rankin, London; Jas. Grunn, Wood-
stock; Reg. iStone, Woodstock.
GROUP No. 9.
Convenor — Rosa V. McGuire, Thamesville. Met at
Thamesville.
Clubs — Gleneoe, Thamesville, Blenheim.
Ja,mi.ary 5 — iThamesville at Gleneoe.
Janiuary 7 — ^Gleneoe at Blen'heiin.
JaniDary 12 — ^Blemlieim at Thamesville.
January 16 — Thamesville at Blenheim.
January 19 — 'Blenheim at Gleneoe.
January 22 — ^Gleneoe at Thamesville.
Referees — A. B. SMlliington, Blenheim; T. E. Weaver,
Gleneoe; A. Davenport, Gleneoe; I. J. Davidson,
Thamesville; C. Willis, Thamesville.
GROUP No. 10.
Contvenor — H. H. Ferguson, Londoa. Met at Don-
don.
Clubs — Doiidon, Watford, Sarnia.
Jamuary 6 — ^Lon/don at Watford.
January 9 — Sarnia at Londoai.
January 13 — ^Samia at Watford.
January 17 — London at (Sarnia.
January 23 — Watford at Lou'dOn.
January 27 — Watford at iSarnda.
Refei-ees^W. MeCart, 346 N. Christina St., Phone
434w, Sarniia; Stewart D. Simpson, Christina St., Sarnia;
F. Rogers, Watford; Alex. Elliott, Watford; W. H.
Legg, 143 Grey St., Phone- 5304, London; J. A. Greer,
c|o A. B. Greer & Sonis, Phones 643, 2313, London;
Thos. Munro, o|o Brisco's, Phone 6586, London; Sid
Rankin, ej'O John. Marsh all & Co., London.
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GROUP No. 11.
Convenor — Wni. Easson, Stratford. Met at Strat-
forcL
Clubs — Section A. — St. Mary 's, Milverton, Stratford. 1
Section B.— Seaforth, Goderich, Mitchell. "
Section A
January 2 — St. Mary 's at Milvorton.
Janoiary 7 — Milverton at Stratfordi.
January 9 — Stratford at St. Mary's.
January 14 — Milverton at St. Mary's.
January 16 — Stratfor<l at Milverton.
January 22— St. Mary's at Stratford.
Section B
December 26 — Seaforth at Goderich.
January 1 — Goderich at Mitchell.
January 6 — Goderioh at Seaforth.
January 9 — Seaforth at Mitchell.
January 12 — Mitchell at Goderich.
January 20 — Mit-chell at Seaforth.
Play-off — Section B play at A, Section A play at B.
Datee to be arranged by Convenor.
Referees— A. W. Dick, Joe Sills, Seaforth; D. Eizer-
man, Mitchell; J. Wi^ins, Goderich; E. P. Edmunds,
Stratford; Sid Spencer, Milverton.
GROUP No. 12.
Convenor — P. S. Pearce, Kitchener, Met at Kit-
chener.
Clubs — Kitchener, Elmira, Gait.
January' 2 — Kitchener at Blmira.
January 5 — Gait at Kitchener.
January 9 — Elmira at Gait.
January 14 — ^Elmara at Kitclienor.
January 16 — Kibohencr at Gait .
January 19 — Gait a/t Elmira.
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.lanuary 21 — Gait at Kitchener.
January 23 — Kitchener at Elmira.
January 26 — Elmira at Gait.
January 28 — Elimira at Kitchener.
January 30 — Kitchener at Gait.
February 2 — Gait at Elmira.
Referees — M. Weiehel, Elmira; Jas. Eraser, Gait;
Allan Kinder, Preston; E. L. Parkes, Phone 256, Kit-
chener; Wm. Uffelman, Waterloo; Doe. Merrick, Phone
256, Kitchener.
GROUP No. 13.
Convenor — B. C. Puddieom.be, New Hamburg. Met
at New Hamburg.
Clubs — Drumbo, Ayr, New Hamburg.
.January 2 — Druimibo at Ayr.
January 6 — Ayr at Xew Hambui'g.
January 9 — New Hamburg at Ayr.
January 12 — Ayr at Drumbo.
January 14 — Drumbo at New Hamburg.
January 16 — New Hamiburg at Drumbo.
.January 19 — Drumibo at New Hamburg.
January 21 — New Hamburg at Drumbo.
January 2.3 — Drumbo at Ayr.
.lanuary 26 — Ayr at New Hamburg.
January 28 — Ayr at Drunnbo.
Januarj" ,30 — ^New Hamburg at Ayr.
Referees — H. Baxter, Dnimbo; R. C. Puddicombe,
Phone 27, New Hamburg; Walter Bowman, Phone 12,
New Hamburg.
GROUP No. 14.
Convenor — A. E. Copeland, Midland. Met at Barrie.
Clubs — Midland, Barrie, Ooldwater, Orillia, Colling-
wood.
Deeemiber 29 — Midland at Barrie.
December 29 — Coldwater at CoUingwood.
January 2 — Orillia at Midland.
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January 2 — CoUing-wood at Barrie.
Jaiwiary 5 — Collingwood at Orillia.
January- 6 — Barrie at Coldwater.
Janu'ars- 7 — Orillia at Coldwater.
Januarj- 9 — Barrie at Midland.
January 12 — Midland at Collingwood.
January 13 — Barrie at Orillia.
January 1.3 — Mndland at Coldwater.
.Tanuary 16 — Coldwater at Barrie.
January 16 — Orillia at Collingr«ood.
January 20 — Midland at Orillia.
January 20 — Colling^-ood at Coldwater.
January 23 — Orillia at Barrie.
January 23 — CollingTvood at Midland.
January 27 — Barrie at Collingwood.
January 27 — Coldwater at Orillia.
January .30 — Coldwater at Midland.
GROUP No. 15.
Convenor — ^Roy Zilliax, Gravenihurst. Met at Grav-
enhurst.
Clubs — Group A — Huntsville, Bracebridge, Graven-
hurst. Group B — Parry Sound, Depot Harbor.
Group A.
December 30 — Huntsville at Bracebridgp.
January 6 — Gravonhurst at Huntsville.
January 9 — Bracebridijre at Gravenihurst.
January 14 — Huntsville at Gravenhurst .
Janiuary 20 — ^Bracebridge at Huintsville.
January 23 — Graven'hunst at Brax;ebridge,
Group B.
.'aiuiary s — Parry Sound at Depot Harbor.
January lo — Depot Harbor at Parry Sound.
January 20 — Parr\- Sound at Depot Harbor.
January 2.3 — Depot Harbor at Parrj- Sound.
Play-off.
January 27 — Section B winners at winners Section A.
January 30 — Section A winners at winners Section B.
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GROUP No. 16.
Section A.
Convenor — H. H. Lucas, Markdale. Met at Mark-
dale.
Clubs — Markdale, Fleshertoii, Dundalk.
January 5 — 'Flesherton. at Markdale.
January 9 — Dundalk at Flesh ertora.
January 15 — Markdale at Dundalk.
January 1& — Markdale at Flesherton.
January 23 — Dundalk at Markdale.
January 27 — Flesherton at DundaJk.
Referee — Jack Moxoa, Toronto.
Section B.
Clubs — Owen vSound, Wiarton, Chesley.
January 1 — Owen Sound at Wiarton.
January 6 — ^Chesley at Wiarton.
January 9— Chesley at Owen Sound.
January 12 — Wiarton at Owen Sound.
January 16 — Wiarton at Chesley.
January 23— Owen Sound at Chesley.
GROUP No. 17.
Xorthem Ontario Haekey Association.
GROUP No. 18A.
Toronto Hockey League.
GROUP No. 18B.
Toronto Amateur Hoekev Association.
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GROUP No. 1.
Convenor— J. P. Fleming, 228 Earl St., Kingston.
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Clubs — Kingston Hockey Club. Queen's University, ^^
Royal Military College.
January 12 — Kingston at R. M. C.
.January 16 — Queen's at Kingston,
.lanuary 19 — R. M. C. at Queen's.
.January 21 — R. M. C. at Kingston
.January 26 — Kingston at Queen's.
January 2.S— R. M. C. at Queen's.
Rffpn-e — Geo. Van Home. Kingston.
GROUP No. 2.
Section A.
Convenor — ^Father Cornian. Peterboro. Met at
Peterboro.
Chibs — Limlsay, Peterboro.
January 7 — Lindsay at Peterboro.
January 14 — Peterboro at Lin<lsay.
January 19 — Linttsay at Peterboro.
.January 2y> — Peterboro :tt Limlsay.
Goals to count.
O.H..\. to appoint all referees.
Section B.
Convenor — Wm. House, Trenton. Met at Trenton.
Oubs— Trenton, Picton, Belleville.
January o — Picton at Belleville.
January 8 — Trenton at Picton.
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Jamiary 12 — ^Trenton at Belleville.
January 16 — Pieton at Trenton.
January 19 — Belleville at Pieton.
Janiuary 22 — Belleville at Trenton.
Rreferees — Dr. W. J. Laflanime, Lawson Whitehead,
F. C. Waghorne, Toronto.
GROUP No. 3.
Convenor — J. S. Walden, Cobourg. Met at Oshawa.
Clubs — Cobourg, Whitby, Osihawa, Bowmanville.
January 2 — Whitby at Oshawa.
January 2 — Cobourg at Bowmanville.
January 6 — Bowmanville at Whitby.
January 8 — ^Osihawa at Coboairg.
January 12 — O'shawa at Bowmanville.
January lo — 'Cotoourg at WJiitby.
January 19 — Whitby at Coibourg.
January 19 — ^Bowmanville at Osliawa.
January 2^ — Whitby at Bowmanville.
January 26 — Co'bourg at Oshawa.
January 29 — Bowmanville at Cobourg.
January 2n^0shawa a.t Whdtby.
GROUP No. 4.
Convenor — P. J. Mulqueen, Upper Canada College.
Met at Toronto.
Clubs — University oH Toronto Schools, Upper Can-
ada Co'll'ege, St.- Andrew's College. St. Miehael's Col-
lege, De La Salle Colliegiate Institute.
January 7— U. T. S. at De la -Salle,
.lanaiary 12 — De la Sa.l'le at St. Andrew's.
.January lH — Upper Canada at St. Midhael 's.
.lanuary l.j — St. Andrew's at V. T. S.
.(anuary 16— ^St. Mioliael's at Do la Salle.
January 19 — U. T. S. at Upper Canada,
.lanuary 20 — St. Andrew's at St. Michael's,
.ranuary 22 — De la Salle at Tapper Canadia.
.lanuary 2.'5 — St. Michael's at U. T. S.
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January 26 — Upper Canaila at St. Andrew's.
January 29 — St. Andrew's at De la Salle.
January 30 — Upper Canada at St. Michael's.
February 2— St. Andrew's at U. T. S.
February 3 — St. Miohael's at De la Salle.
February 5 — U. T. S. at Upper C^anada.
February 6 — St. Michael's at St. Andrew's.
February 9 — De la Salle at Upper Canada.
February 10 — U. T. S. at St. Micihael's.
February 12 — Upper Canada at St. Andrew's.
February 13— De la Salle at U. T. S,
All games played at 4 p.m.
Referees — Peter G. Campbell, 118 St. George St..
Coll. 8356; Wilfred Stratton, 10 King St. E., Main 623;
Frank B. Feeney, 194 Kenil^NOrth Ave., Beach 3064; F.
C. Waghorne, T. Eaton Co., Adel. 5000; Lou E. Marsh,
Daily Star, Ad:el. 2200.
GROUP No. 5.
Clubs — Aura Le« A. C, Toroato Canoe Club, Uni-
versity of Toronto, Parkdale Canoe Club.
January 1 — Aura Lee at Parkdale.
January 6 — Aura Lee at T. C. C.
January- 10 — (Afternoon) Parkdale at U. of T.
January 13 — Parkdale at T. C. C.
January 1.5 — U. of T. at Aura Lee.
Januarj' 17 — (Afternoon) T. C. C. at Parkdale.
.lanuarv 20 — U. of T. at Parkdale.
January 23— T. C. C. at U. of T.
.ranuary 24 — (Aft<>rnoon) Parkdale at Aura Lee,
.lanuarv 27 — Aura Lee at U. of T.
.January 29— U. of T. at T. C. C.
.January 31 — (Afternoon) T. C. C. at Aura I^e.
GROUP No. 6.
Convenor — W. A. Fry, Dunnville. Met at Dunnville.
Clubs — Dunnville, Welland.
January 13 — Dunnville at Welland.
-January 19 — Welland at Dunnville.
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January 26 — Dunnville at WellanJ.
January 30 — Welland at Dunnville.
GROUP No. 7.
Convenor — M. J. Brophy, Woodstock. Met at Wood-
stock.
Clubs — Woodstock, Paris, London Orients, Tillson-
huTg, St. Thomas.
Fri., December 26 — ^^Tillsonburg at St. Thomas.
Alon., December 29 — Woodstock at Tillsomburg.
Mon., December 20 — Paris at London,
Fri., January 2 — ^London at Paris.
Fri., January 2 — Tillsonburg ait Woodstock.
Mon., Jamiiary 5 — Woodstoick at Paris.
Toiei., January 6 — St. Thomas at London.
Fri., Januiaiy 9 — London at St. Thomas.
Fri., January 9 — Paris at Woodstock.
Mon., January 12 — London at Tilgoniburg.
Hon., January 12 — St. Thomas at Woodstock.
Fri., January 16 — Tilsonfburg at London.
Fri., January 16 — Woodistock at iSt. Thomas.
Mon., January 19 — Paris at Tillsonburg.
Fri., January 23 — Tillsonburg at Paris.
Fri., Jamuary 23 — London at Woodstock.
Mon., January 26 — 'Paris at St. Thomas.
Fri., January 30' — St. Thomas at Paris.
Fri., January 30 — Woodstock at London.
Mon., February 2 — St. Thomas at Tillsonburg.
GROUP No. 8.
Convenor— Wm. Easson, Stratford. Met at Strat-
ford.
Clubs — Section A — Seaf orth, St. Mary 's. Section B
— Stratford,, Preston, Kitcihener, Gait, Elora.
Section A.
•January 13 — ^St. Mary's at Seaforth.
January 21 — Seaforth at St. Mary's.
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Section B.
December 2,9 — Elora at Kiteheiier.
December 30 — Stratford at Gait.
January 2 — ^Galt at Preston.
January 2 — Stratford at Elora.
Jaiuuary 5 — Elora at Gait.
January 8 — Kitchener at Stratford.
January S — Preston at Elora.
January 12 — Gait at Kitchener.
January 13 — Preston at Stratford.
January 14 — Gglt at Elora.
Jamiary 16 — Kitchener at Pi-eston.
January 16 — Elora at Stratford.
January 20 — Kitchener at Gait.
January 20 — Stratford at Preston.
January 23 — Stratford at Kitchener.
January 23 — Elora at Preston.
Januars- 26— Presiton at Kitchener.
Jan.uar^' 26— Gait at Stratford.
Janaiary 28 — Kiitohener at Elora.
Januarj' 28 — Preston at Gait.
Play-off to the arranged by O.H.A.
Referees — L. KLreuger. c]o Grand Union; Nelson
Gross, 107 Joseph St., Phone 246; Doc Merrick, c|o
Dominion Tire Co., Phone 256, Kitchener; W. Uffelman,
Waterloo; Allan Kindier, Preston; Jas. Eraser Gait; E.
P. Edimundis, Stratford.
GROUP No. 9.
Convenor — J. A. Gibb, Collingwood. Met at Col-
lingwood.
Clubs — Collingwood', Stayner, Meaford.
Decenil>er 26— Meaford at Stayner.
Deeemlber 29 — CoHingwood at Meaford.
January 2--Stayner at Collingwood.
January o — ^Collinfrw'ood at Stayner.
JanAiary 9 — Meaford at Collingvs^ood.
January 12 — ^Stayner at Meaford.
January 15 — .Meaford at Stayner.
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January 19 — Collingwood at Meaford.
January 21 — Stayner at Oollingwood.
January 26 — Colling^wood at Stayner.
January 2S — ^Meaford at Collingwood.
January liO — Stayner at Meaford.
GROUP No. 10.
Convenor — A. E. Copeland, Midland. Met at Barrie.
Cluibs — Bradtford, Midland, Bracebridige, Orillia,
Barrie.
December oO — ^Bradford at Midland.
December 30 — Bracebridge at Orillia.
Janoiary 2 — Orillia at Bradford.
January 2 — Midland at Bracebridge.
January 5 — Orillia at Barrie,
January 7 — ^Barrie at Midland.
January 9 — iBracebridge at Bradford.
January 9 — Midland at Orillia.
January 12 — ^Bradford at Orillia.
January 12 — Midland at Barrie.
January 13 — Bradford at Bracebrid/ge.
Jainuar\' 15 — Barrie at Bracebridge.
January 16 — Orillia at Midland.
January 19 — Midland at Bradford.
January 19 — Bracebridge at Barrie.
January 21 — Barrie at Orillia.
January 21 — Bracebridge at Midland.
January 26 — ^Barrie at Bradford.
January 28 — Orillia at Braoebridige.
January 30 — Bradford at Barrie.
GROUP No. 11.
Convenor — H. H. Lucas, Markdale. Met at Mark-
dale.
Clubs — Owen .Sound, Markdale, Shelburne.
January 2 — Markdale at Owen Sound,
•lanuary H — Owen Sound at Shelburne.
.Fanuary 12 — Shelburne at Markdale.
.lanuary 16-^Markdale at Shelburne.
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January 20 — Shelburn* at Owen Sound.
January 26 — Owen Sound at Markdale.
Eeferees — Dr. "W. J. Laflammie, Jack Moxon, Steve
Yair, Percy LeSueur, Toronto.
GROUP No. 12.
Northern Ontario Hockey Association.
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Club Secretaries of the O.H.A.
1919-20.
Avr — A. I). Maclutyre. * ^
Aurora — H. L. Alcorn, Bank of Montreal. *
Blenheim— J. h. Rutherford. 4^. [
Brampton — J. O. Adanus. '
Bowiiranville — W. A. Edger.
Barrie — John B. Barr.
Belleville— Gerald Lynch, 302 Coleman St.
Burlington— D. H. Oole.
BracebrJdge — K. M. Anderson.
Bradford — Geo. G. Green.
Bolton— P. W. McMurter, Box 21.
('old water — Russell Robinson.
Cobourg — J. S. Walden.
Collingwood — J. A. Gibb.
Cannington — Dr. E. Blancharfl.
Chesley — G. E. Turner.
EVundalk— W. H. Clariuge.
DuTinvUle — W. A. Fry^
Depot Harbor — H. Irwin Turner.
Drumbo — W. L. Ainslie.
Elmdra — M. Weichel.
Elora— A. A. Badley, Box 419.
Fleaherton — Jos. Legard.
Gait— W. A. Smith, Phone 2?2.
Goderich — W. J. Biue^hanan.
Gravenhurst — ^Geo. Overn.
Glencoe — R. M. ^faoPherson.
Hamilton — J. D. Chilman, 54 King St. West.
Huntsville — S. R. Davis.
Ingersoll — T. N. Dunn.
Kitchener — Seniors — A. E. Pernfiiss, 19 King St. W.,
Phone 140; Intermerliates — T. ^fastors, 214
Queerest. S., Phon« 97; Juniors— H. W. Sturm,
146 King St. W., Phone .193 or lG71w.
Kingston H. C— J. P. Fleming, 22;') Earl St.
Kingston, Royal ^Tilitary College — ^Hugh Mackenzie.
Kingston, QueeTi 's T'niversity — Jamos G. Bcws.
Lindsnv — R. Butler.
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Londou — Hennitage Club, J. A. Greer, c|o A. B. Greer
& Son. Orients, H. V. Doidge, 706 Colborue
St., Phone 4190.
Markdale Int. — ^H .H. Lucas.
Mitchell— J. T. Levy.
Mid'land — F. Freu'Cli.
Milverton — W. J. Bundscho.
Milton— H. B. Youell.
M&aford— J. C. Veitcih.
Markdale Jr. — D. A. Jackson.
Niagara Falls — W. S. Byers, 137 Victoria Ave.
New Hamburg — R. C. Puddicombe, Phone 27.
Newmarket — J. H. Fee, Box 627.
Northern Ontario Hockey Association — H. P. Charlton,
Cobalt, Phone 152.
Owen Sound^ — J. H. Ramsay, 022 Second Ave. East.
Oshawa— H. E. Bradley.
Orillia— J. E. Tudhope.
Paris — Chas. E. Walker.
Picton— T. L. Woods, Box 64.
Preston — iR. E. Nafe, Box 153, Phone 225.
Port Hope — W. L. Rathe.
Peterboro— H. A. Cranfield, 504 Bolivar St., Phone 1236.
Port Co.l)boru«— H. G. Foote.
Parry Sound — W. H. C. Jackson, l>ox 85.
Peterboro (Holy Name Society) — Thos. J. MeCabe, 470
GilmO'ur St.
Shelburne — Lome McOonnell.
Stayner — W. A. Sawtell.
Simcoe^-E. D. Hollidlay.
Stratford — H. Denroche.
Seaforth— A. W. Dick.
St. Thomas — ^Leo P. Doan.
St. Mary's— R. S. Adiam, Box 365.
Sarnia — Bert Crouchman, c!o Imperial Oil Co.
Tillsonburg — A. iS. Rennie.
Thamesville — I. J. Davidson.
Trenton — Wm. House.
Toronto —
University of Toronto — T. A. Reed, Hart House,
Coll. "244.
Toronto Dental Society — Leo D. Leonard, 13 Thor-
burn Ave., Park. 7228.
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Balniv Beach Club — H. S. Fowlie, British-American
Oil Co., Royal Bank.
Aura Lee A. C. — W. B. Riohardaon, 205 Avenue Bd.,
North 3580.
Argonaut R. C. — J. Lesslie Fergoisson, 23 Toronto
St., Main 1352.
Don R. C— W. Martin Gill, 191 King St. East.
Parkdale C. €.— Roy Henders, 400 Richmond St. W.,
Adel. 1040.
Toronto C. C— W. H. Reid, 15^^ Toronto St., Main
7521.
Granite Club — Harry Watson, 64 Admiral Road,
Hillcrest 6506.
Toronto Playground Association' — S. H. Armstrong,
123 Shuter St.,
Toronto Hockey League — Frank B. Feency, 194
Kenilworth^Ave., Beaeh 3064.
U. of T. Schools— W. J. Lougheed, 316 Indian Rd.,
Park. 1046.
Upper Canada College — G. C. Richardes, 16 Home-
wood Ave., North 8271,
St. Andrew's College — E. A. Chapman, Sit. George
St., College 1848.
St. Michael's College— Rev. E. J. McOorkell, North
224, North 1325.
De la Salle C. I.— Brother Gregory, 69 Bond St.,
Main 5590.
Toronto Amateur Hockej' Association — ^A. W.
Steele, 68 Dewson St.
Woodstock — M. J. Brophy.
Whitby — ^C. C. Parsons, Bank of Commerce.
Welland — Lynn B. Spencer.
Wiarton — G. E. Reckin.
Watford — A. Tj. .Tohnston, Box 54.
Wvston— .\. R. Smith.
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Board of Referees.
1919-20.
Boltmi — S'tuart Cameron.
Belleville— W. P. Allen, E. Lang, Clayton Frechette.
Burlington — Stan Coates, Phone 66.
Blenheim — A. B. Shillington.
Brampton — Irving Ardiagh, Dr. O. A. Peaker.
Elmira — M. Weichel.
Gait — Jas. Fraser.
Goderioh — J. Wiggins.
Gl«mcoe-^A. Davenport, T. E. Weaver.
Kingston — Geo. Van Home, Prineess St., Phone 574.
Kitchener — E. L. Parkes, Phooe 256; Doc Merrick,
Phone 256; L. Kreuger, c|o Grand Union; Nel-
son Gro.ss, 107 iSt. .Joseph St., Phone 246; A.
Leroux, 109 Elgin St., Phone 1398.
Londion — ^^Tom Munro, c|o Brisoo's, Phone 6586; J. A.
Greer, c|o A. B. Greer & Sons, Phones 643,
2.313; W. H. Legg, 143 Grey St., Phome 5204;
Sid Rankin, c|o John Marshall & Go.
Mit'chell — D. Eizerman.
Milverton — iSid Spen'Cer.
New Hamburg — R. C. Puddicombe, Phone 27; Walter
B'owman, Phone 12.
Niagara Falls^ — E. Eugene Eraser, 14 Clark St., Phone
1513.
Paris— P. S. Gill, A. D. Fraser.
Preston — Allan Kinder.
Seafortih— A. W. Dick, .Toe iSills.
Stratford — E. P. Edimunds, 117 Downde St.; Wm. Eas-
son^ 188 William St., Phone 424w.
Sarnia— W. McCart, 346 N. Christina St., Phone 434w;
Stewart D. Simipson, Christina St.
St. Catharines — Geo. Hiller, 31/2 King St., Phone 2012.
Simeoe— W. Piett.
Thamesville^T. J. Davidson, C Willis.
Toronto —
P. H. LeiSuour, Militarv Headquarters, College
8390. 43 BrookmountRd., Beach 1274.
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Lou E. Marsh, Dailv JStar, Adelaide 2200, Hillcrest
2664.
Stc-ve Vair, 1072 Batburst St., Adiel. 2103, Hillcres*
3382.
B. J. Murphy, 13 Beatrice St.. Coll. 7873. Adel. 830.
W. P. Irving, 246 Huron St., Collej^e 1135.
O. F. Burkart, 53 Manor Road, Belmont 1745.
J. Lewis Brown, 338 Coxwell Ave., Gerrard 5610.
C. N. Grorrie, Station E, Postoffiee, College 1258.
F. Harvey Sproule, 112 Winchester St., North 2951.
J. Douglas Stewart, 615A College St., Main 4942.
Wilfred Stratton, 10 King St. E., Main 623.
Peter G. Campbell, 118 St. George St., College 8356.
H. H. .lacobi, 214 Jarvis St., Room 205 Stair Bldg.,
Main 498.
Wni. Marsden, 205 Avenue Rd., North 3580.
Willard Box, Colloge 3055.
Lawgon Whitehead, 27 Colborne St., Maiu 1682.
Dr. W. .1. Latlanune. 2 College St., North 4044.
F. C. vVaghorne, T. Eaton Co., Adelaide 5000.
W. A. M<"Cor<l, 60 St. George St., College 2010.
.lames Labbett, 76 Richmond St. E., Main 584.
C. L. Querrie. 12 Earl St., North 2193, Main 1623.
Robert Hewitson, Evening Telegram, Adel. 2600,
Junction 2372w.
Leonard Smath. Toronto Railway Co., Main 7040,
Belmont 1272.
H. W. Mitehell. 153 Walmer Rd., Hillcrest 1296.
Mike Rod4en, The Glabe, Main 5400, Park. 2905.
W. i[. Tackaborry, 17 Washington Ave., College
.'.243, Hillcrest 2574.
F. B. Feenev, 194 Kenilworth .\ve., Beach 3064,
Main 124. Main 7199.
F. I». .McLure, 37 Tyndall .\vc., I'arkdale 5435.
.1. H. Mo.xoii, 41(IA Crawford St., College 9116.
Weston — Ivorno R. Barlett, A. R. Smith.
Woo<l6tock — Reg intone, Phone 712; .las. Gunn.
Waterloo — Wm. rflfelman.
Welland — <Jeo. Foulis, C. W. Book. .las. Herbert, Alvin
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