HOCKEY

a game which has {ts origin in Scotland, where it is known as shinty. The game as it is known in the United States, however, is known as ice hocking and is played almost entirely on the ice. It was introduced into the United States. from Canada in 1894. It has become very popular. It is played with a vulcanized rubber disc known as the puck, which is advanced by lifting or pushing with hockey sticks about 4 feet long, terminating in a curved end. The object of the game is to drive the puck into the opponent’s. goal which counts as one goal. The goals are pockets of netting extending back from posts and are 6 feet. wide and 4 feet high. The players number 7, which consist of 4 forwards and three for defense. Nearly all American colleges in the northern latitudes maintain hockey teams and play for records and championship during the winter.