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Manager of New Bank Mr. Saunders, formerly of the Bank of Commerce branch at Many berries, Alta., arrived last week-end and has gone to Kimberley to take charge of the new branch of the bank which has lately been opened there. Mr. Ross, recently of the in spectors’ department, and who was in the Cranbrook branch for a short time, is with Mr. Saunders at Kim berley, Mr. Klinesiiver. A royal welcome will be in readiness for the newly weds when they arrive in Lumberton the first part of March, and the Lum berton band will be out in full force. 1 Piles Up Score of 23 Goals to 6 in Games With Greenwood WILL PLAY IN FINALS Kimberley hockey fans to the num ber of 300 journeyed to Cranbrook on Saturday night to witness the first game of the two-game series between Greenwood, winners of the Boundary District, and the Kimberley Inter mediates, winners of the East and West Kootenay sections. Accompa nied by the band a jolly time was had on the trip to Cranbrook. The fans, led by the band, marched to the rink, where they loyally backed and cheered their hockey warriors on to victory. First Game Not One-Sided While the result of the first game was 10 to 2 in favor of Kimberley, it was in reality not an indication of the game from the spectators’ stand point, for while the score was one sided, the play was interesting from start to finish, the Kimberley boys never letting up for one minute, it being apparent that they were not taking any chances of a sudden re versal of form on the part of the Greenwood players. In fact, up to within actually 4 minutes of the end of the second period the store was 3 to 1. The last 7 goals which our boys tallied were secured in the last twenty-five minutes of the playing periods. Every man on the Kimber ley team was out to do his best, and that they succeeded will not be ques tioned by anyone, because it would be difficult to point to one weak spot in the whole team. Great credit is due to the Greenwood boys for the plucky fight which they put up. Their effort to hold back the onslaught of the Kimberley team in the final peri od was much to their credit, and with jo more experienced goalkeeper, the difference in the count possibly would not have been as great. Morrison on the forward line and Taylor on the defence were the outstanding players in the losing team, the last named only receiving his doctor's permission to leave Greenwood a half an hour before the departure of the train. It would be difficult to differentiate between the players on the Kimber ley team. Peever in goal and Musser l and Rochon on the defence played an absolutely unbeatable game, while the forwards, Huffman, Blumenaeur, Lilly, Gill and La Fortune, all played star games. Huffman carried off the lead in the scoring honors with 5, while Blu menaeur and Lilly each counted 2 and Rochon 1. The game was ex ceptionally clean considering its speed. Greenwood players, while ad mitting they had met a superior team, anticipated that after a two days rest from the travel, they could put up a better fight on Monday night. It was noticable that the first five minutes of the three periods that Greenwood played a very fast game, which would indicate that they lacked the practice or the support of spare players. Kimberley Starts Scoring The game started with the play going to Greenwood territory. Mor rison of Greenwood started away with the fine rush which Huffman stopped, carrying the puck again to Greenwood territory. Hallett (G.) made a good stop and returned. Blumenaeur checked and passed to Musser, who made the first shot on Greenwood goal, but failed to score. Taylor (G) got in some nice work, Peever was drawn out to save score, Huffman, who was playing fast hoc key, made a good rush practically the full length of the rink, but failed to pass the Greenwood goal. Blumen auer next made a rush on goal, Green wood's goalkeeper dropping on his knees to save. From a face off in front of goal, Morrison (G) rushed, but was stopped by Musser, who re turned and again forced Greenwood goal to drop. Rochon followed later with a long left which went over the nets. This was followed quickly by hot shots from La Fortune and Huff man. Carlson (G) staged a good run, which was blocked by La For tune. Ten minutes after the start of the game, Blumenauer scored the first goal with a clean shot from the blue line. Soon after the face off, Lilly rushed, but was stopped by Morrison (6), who was playing a Brent game for the visitors. Morrison ‘gave Peever a difficult one to stop. ‘The pretty combination play of Gill, Huffman and Lilly failed to count by a narrow margin, as also did an other pretty piece of work by Huff man and Rochon. Morrison relieved and again called on Peever to aave, Lilly from his own blue line rushed the full length of the rink, but failed when tied up by the defence, Rochon went full length of the rink alone, but was stopped by Taylor (G). From a face off in front of the Green (Continued on Page Five)
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Cranbrook Herald
Cranbrook, British Columbia, CA
Thu, Feb 25, 1926
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