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Hockev
1he bright days following the opening of school in the autumn were hailed with joy by those who were anxious to begin the hockey season.
I wice a week the lawn at Oakwood was scattered with enthusiastic girls in mithiies and bloomers flourishing their hockey sticks. The practices did not last \’ery long, howe^’er, as the influenza epidemic necessitated the closing of school for a few weeks in October. Nevertheless, the teams were chosen during the beginning of November and the first match was scheduled for No\'emher eleventh. Fhere was great excitement among the two teams over the selecting of a captain and the choosing of the colors.
I he Blue team elected Nancy Doggett as their captain, and the Green team elected ;
na I'razar. On the morning of November eleventh news came of the signing of the armistice, and as the school was given a holiday the match was put off until the next day. Precisely at three o’clock the teams took their places on the field. There were groups of anxious spectators on the side lines, each shouting encouragement as the ball flew up and down the field. I'irst one team would make a goal and then the other team, spurred on by its captain, would fight its way down the field amid wild shouts of applause. .At the end of the first half the Greens were in the lead. Phe next half was e\'en more exciting than the first, and though the Blue team worked \-ery hard to bring up its score, the victory fell to the Greens, with the score 6-3.
The second game was played on November fourteenth. This prom­ ised to be a \’ery exciting game, as the Blue team had met the day before to practice up their team work, and it was with trembling hearts that the Green team took its position when the whistle blew, for they had not prac­
ticed at all. The ball went up and down the field, just getting within a few yards of the Blue goal, then almost within the circle of the Green goal.
Luck was with the Green team, and although the Blues played with ex­ cellent pass work, the Greens kept ahead and when the final whistle blew, the score was 5-1 in favor of the Greens.
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