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A Great Game

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by Stephen J. Harper


  Patrick, Lester, 113, 166, 220–22, 251, 255, 257, 258

  Patrick, Ted, 221

  Patterson, W. A., 76

  Paul, Saint, 19

  Peel, Harry, 48, 56–58

  Pellatt, Sir Henry, 220

  Perth Crescents, 51

  Peterborough, 49, 102

  Phillips, R., 105

  Phillips, Tom, 51–54, 52, 56, 67, 104, 105, 105, 137, 166

  Pietri, Dorando, 162–63

  Pitre, Didier, 103, 104, 166

  Pittsburgh Bankers, 43, 55

  Pittsburgh Pirates, 108–9

  Pogo, 41

  Portage Lake Hockey Club, see Houghton Portage Lakers

  Portage La Prairie Cities, 63, 138, 147, 171

  Porter, Gus, 49, 57

  Poulton, Ron, The Paper Tyrant, 23, 26, 123–24

  Power, L., 10

  Powers, Eddie, 229

  Pringle, C., 36

  professional hockey, 17–18, 21–22, 28, 75–77, 79–86, 120–21, 124–25, 164–66, 201–2, 207, 211, 268, 270, 285–86

  all-star games, 123, 123, 148

  amateur structures parallel to, 165, 201

  barnstorming circuits in, 90, 125, 126, 139, 150, 230

  baseball and, 45–46

  CAAU and, 80–84, 81, 118–19, 164

  Canadian nationalism and, 26–28, 70

  CHA-NHA war and, 206–7, 209, 211

  contract jumping and, 122, 166, 202

  divisions between management and players in, 212

  early matches compared with modern era, 95–101

  first game (Toronto Professionals vs. Canadian Soo), 92–93, 95, 98, 101–2

  free agency and, 91, 109, 122

  Gibson and, 41–42

  lack of regulation and, 121–22

  lacrosse and, 76–77, 81

  MAAA and, 76–77, 79, 81, 82

  Nelson and, 30

  OHA and, 16, 21–22, 46, 48–50, 57–59, 58, 61–62, 66, 70–72, 74–76, 75, 79, 80, 84–86, 102, 106–7, 124, 210

  player salaries in, 166, 176, 202, 211, 212, 223, 233, 286

  players as entrepreneurs in, 109

  players’ union and, 212

  profitability of, 121

  Robertson and, 24–30, 45–46, 57–59, 61, 66, 70, 77, 79–82, 123, 124, 165, 210, 266

  Ross and, 71–72, 73

  semi-professionalism, 43, 107

  and social discrimination against professionals, 17–18, 17, 228

  Stanley Cup and, 71–72, 80, 121, 122, 238

  syndicate, 221–22, 264

  Toronto Marlboros and, 74–75, 75, 85–86

  Toronto Wellingtons and, 32

  professionalism, 16–22, 270

  in lacrosse, 76–77, 81

  see also amateurism; Athletic War; professional hockey

  Quebec, 5, 8

  Quebec Bulldogs, 44, 202, 203, 211, 250

  Toronto Blue Shirts vs., 244, 251

  Queen’s University, 15, 16, 31

  Querrie, Charlie, 224, 229, 230, 231, 232, 264

  Quinn, Emmett, 223, 224

  Quinn, Percy, 168, 223–24, 224, 229, 231, 244, 246–47, 264

  rail travel, 2, 101

  Rat Portage Thistles, see Kenora Thistles

  Ravina Rink, 232

  Renfrew Creamery Kings (Renfrew Millionaires), 121, 135, 166, 182, 204, 206, 211–12, 221, 224, 255

  Richard, Maurice, 283

  Rideau Canal, 19

  Rideau Rebels (Ottawa Rebels; ViceRegal and Parliamentary Hockey Club), 9–12, 10, 13, 280

  Ridpath, David Bruce “Riddy,” 67, 68–69, 68, 74, 83, 85, 86, 96, 109, 196, 206, 210, 213, 225–26, 232, 244–45, 281–82

  automobile accident of, 226–29, 227, 233, 242, 281

  benefits held for, 228

  canoeing of, 226, 281

  canoer’s life saved by, 226, 228

  death of, 281, 282

  departure from Toronto Professionals, 189, 190, 191, 194, 196

  as Toronto Blue Shirts manager, 225–26, 229, 233, 233, 238, 239, 241–42, 242, 244, 255

  on Toronto Professionals, 91–93, 103, 104, 105, 109, 111, 113, 128–30, 134, 138, 139, 142–45, 148, 152, 154, 155, 157, 159, 160, 169, 171, 175, 179, 185, 227

  Riel, Louis, 23, 25

  Robertson, Jessie, 25

  Robertson, John Gilbee, 24

  Robertson, John Ross, vii, 22, 23–32, 29, 36, 39, 41, 93, 107, 118, 123–24, 182, 198, 200, 201, 210, 216, 217, 219, 231, 259–60, 266, 269, 270, 283–84, 286

  appearance and personality of, 24

  baseball and, 45–46

  contradictions in life of, 24

  death of, 266–68, 267

  free trade issue and, 216, 270

  funerals attended by, 124

  hockey team started up by, 28, 130

  office of, 71

  OHA and, 70–72, 77, 117, 124, 215, 266, 267, 268

  as OHA president, 25–30, 45–47, 56–59, 58, 61, 66, 70

  philanthropy of, 24, 25, 124, 259, 266

  Poulton’s biography of, 23, 26, 123–24

  professionalism opposed by, 24–30, 45–46, 57–59, 61, 66, 70, 77, 79–82, 123, 124, 165, 210, 266

  Robertson, J. S. “Cully,” 26

  Robertson Cup, 26, 29, 31, 87, 196, 199, 214, 253

  Robinson, Frank, 223, 244

  Robinson, John “Black Jack,” 124, 216, 260

  Ronan, Erskine Rockcliffe “Skene,” 170, 170, 171, 175, 177, 194, 250, 275, 279

  departure from Toronto Professionals, 183, 184

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 122

  Rose, Ralph, 199

  Ross, A., 105

  Ross, Art, 152, 153, 156, 212

  Ross, G. W., 216

  Ross, Philip Dansken, 10, 16, 71–72, 73, 110, 120, 147–50

  Rowe, Bobby, 72–73, 74, 91, 102, 255

  Royal City Rink, 106, 167

  Rumpel, Oscar, 22, 169

  Runions, Zina, 170, 171, 173, 175, 176, 275

  running meets, 201

  Russell, Ernie, 114, 118, 152, 153

  St. Catharines Athletics (“St. Kitts”), 166, 167, 176, 179

  breakup of, 181–81, 187

  Toronto Professionals vs., 176

  St. Leger, F., 68

  St. Michael’s College, 196, 199, 209, 240, 246

  Saskatchewan League, 207, 233

  Sault Ste. Marie, see Algonquin Hockey Club; American Soo Indians

  Schenley Park Casino, 90

  Seattle Metropolitans, 272, 273

  Seinfeld, Jerry, 286

  Serviss, Art, 171

  Seton, Ernest Thompson, 20

  Shore, Hamby, 172

  Slean, W., 68, 93

  Smaill, Walter, 150, 152, 155, 156, 255

  Smart, W., 36

  Smith, Alf, 122

  Smith, Donald, 147, 148, 169, 183, 185, 186–88, 194, 234, 234, 250, 275

  Smith, Harry, 122

  Smith, Howard “Hank,” 186, 188, 188

  Smith, Tommy, 174

  Smith, W., 52, 68

  Smiths Falls Hockey Club, 67–69, 182

  Smythe, Conn, 232, 265, 271–72, 271

  social purity movement, 6–7, 259

  Solman, Lawrence “Lol,” 209, 209, 224, 232

  Sons of Canada: Short Studies of Characteristic Canadians (Bridle), 260

  Spanner, B., 86

  Spittal, Baldy, 122

  Sports Hall of Fame, 283

  Stanley, Arthur, 10, 10, 13

  Stanley, Edward, 10, 10

  Stanley, Lord Frederick, 7, 10, 13, 27, 80

  Stanley, Victor, 10

  Stanley Cup, 7, 16, 31–32, 35, 39, 44, 62, 65, 104, 110, 115, 149–50, 165, 196, 201, 202, 213, 220, 238, 242–44, 250–51, 255, 258–59, 285

  Dawson City Nuggets and, 65, 65

  Miln and, 87

  Montreal Wanderers and, xi-xiii, 64

  OHA and, 66, 69–71, 74, 75, 80, 84–85

  OPHL and, 126

  Ottawa Silver Seven vs. Toronto Marlboros ga
me, 51–56, 63

  professionalism and, 71–72, 80, 121, 122, 238

  Toronto Blue Shirts and, 252, 254–55, 258–60, 259, 261, 262, 265, 272, 282

  Toronto Professionals and, 117, 147–50, 157–58, 161, 172, 179, 181

  Toronto Wellingtons vs. Winnipeg Victorias game, 31–39, 87

  Stark, William, 82

  Stuart, Bruce, 153, 154, 156, 172, 212

  Stuart, William Hodgson “Hod,” 55, 113, 123, 123, 153

  suffragette movement, 124, 210

  Sullivan, James E., 119

  Sweetland, John, 16

  Sydney Millionaires, 258

  syndicate hockey, 221–22, 264

  Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, 199

  Taylor, Billy “Lady,” 128, 132, 141, 171, 174

  Taylor, Fred “Cyclone,” 61–64, 63, 85–86, 128, 172, 206, 213, 233, 239, 280

  Tecumseh Hockey Club, see Toronto Tecumsehs

  Tecumseh Lacrosse Club, 175, 209, 224, 230, 246

  telegraph, 2

  television, 269, 269

  Temiskaming League, 74, 84, 85, 102, 109, 144, 166, 183, 184, 190–91, 204

  Throop, Art, 174, 239

  Timmins, Noah, 204

  Tom Brown’s School Days (Hughes), 19

  Tooze, Mark, 92, 102, 104, 109, 128, 129, 138, 176

  Toronto, 1–7, 4, 209–10, 270

  early-season thaw in, 131, 131

  hockey’s emergence in, 7–9

  Montreal compared with, 5, 7

  number of teams in, 213

  as “Queen City,” 1, 6, 7

  Queen Street, 6

  Toronto 228th Battalion, 263

  Toronto Amateur Athletic Club (TAAC), 168, 174, 185, 194, 224, 240

  Toronto Aquatic Hockey League, 92

  Toronto Arenas, 264, 271–72

  Toronto Argonauts, 47, 72, 74, 82, 118

  Toronto Athletics, 165, 187, 223

  Toronto Bank Hockey League, 14

  Toronto Baseball and Amusement Company, 209

  Toronto Blue Shirts (Toronto Hockey Club), 224, 225, 229–30, 233, 234–35, 240–45, 242, 246–60, 248, 255, 256, 271–74

  absence from 1916–17 season, 263

  Livingstone’s ownership of, 262, 263, 272

  Marshall as manager and coach of, 244, 249, 257, 258

  Marshall on, 241–44, 243, 254, 262, 272–73

  Montreal Canadiens vs., 234–35, 244, 250–54

  Montreal Wanderers vs., 251–52, 252

  Quebec Bulldogs vs., 244, 251

  rebrandings of, 264, 265, 271

  recruitment strategy of, 238–40

  Ridpath as manager of, 225–26, 229, 233, 233, 238, 239, 241–42, 242, 244, 255

  Seattle Metropolitans and, 272, 273

  Stanley Cup and, 252, 254–55, 258–60, 259, 261, 262, 265, 272, 282

  Toronto Tecumsehs vs., 230–31, 237, 243

  TR&AA and, 240

  Victoria Aristocrats vs., 250, 255–59

  First World War and, 261–62

  Toronto Church Boys Brigade Hockey League, 14

  Toronto Daily Mail, 11

  Toronto Eatonias, 215, 237, 240

  Toronto Globe, xii, 2, 25, 30, 47, 48, 53, 72, 73, 75, 84–85, 92, 102, 103, 127, 131, 160, 172, 193, 206, 210

  Toronto Granites, 8, 11–12, 13

  Toronto Hockey Club (Bellingham’s failed 1903 franchise), 46, 46, 51, 75

  Toronto Hockey Club (formed in 1906), see Toronto Professionals

  Toronto Hockey Club (formed in 1911), see Toronto Blue Shirts

  Toronto Island, 209

  Toronto Junior Hockey League, 14

  Toronto Lacrosse Club, 86, 137, 223–25, 224, 246–47, 280

  Toronto Lacrosse Hockey League, 14, 50

  Toronto Mail and Empire, 2, 11–12, 13, 102, 108–9

  Toronto Maple Leafs, xiii, 9, 265, 271, 271

  Toronto Marlboros (“Little Dukes”), ii, 49, 50–51, 52, 66–67, 68, 73–76, 88, 102, 112, 130, 132

  Haileybury Comets vs., at New Liskeard, 74–75, 75, 85, 190

  Hewitt and, 61–62

  OHA and, 50–52, 54–56, 66, 73–76, 75, 79, 85

  professionalism and, 74–75, 75, 85–86

  in Smiths Falls game, 67–69

  Stanley Cup challenge against Ottawa Silver Seven, 51–56, 63

  Taylor and, 61–62

  Toronto New Forts, 12

  Toronto News, xiii, 2, 17, 51, 54, 72, 82, 87, 103, 131–32, 157, 170, 195, 210, 213, 231, 254

  Toronto Northmen, 285

  Toronto Ontarios, 246–47

  Livingstone’s purchase of, 262

  see also Toronto Tecumsehs

  Toronto Osgoodes, see Osgoode Hall

  Toronto Professionals, xii-xiii, 91–93, 112, 114, 115, 117, 125, 126, 128–30, 134, 146, 151, 157–58, 168–70, 177–79, 246, 274

  Algonquin Hockey Club vs., 92–93, 95, 98, 101–2

  American Soo vs., 102–4

  in barnstorming circuit, 90, 126, 139

  Berlin Dutchmen vs., 111–12, 130–32, 138–40, 142–43, 144, 145–46, 159–61, 171, 173, 177, 187–88

  Brantford Braves vs., 132–33, 140–42, 146–47, 174, 185–86, 192, 194–95, 195

  breakup of, 197–98, 202, 207–8, 213, 214

  and breakup of Guelph and St. Catharines teams, 183, 187

  colours changed by, 130

  downward trend of, 159, 161, 179, 192–97

  ECHA and, 168

  first game of, 92–93, 95, 98, 101–2

  formation of, xii, 82, 83, 86

  Galt Professionals vs., 175, 185, 188–89, 192–94

  Guelph Royals vs., 108, 133–34, 138, 144, 146, 160, 173–74, 179, 181

  Kenora Thistles vs., 104–6

  last game of, 194–95, 195

  Miln and, 86, 87, 92

  Montreal Wanderers vs., xi-xii, 113–14, 151–56, 157–59, 221, 238, 256

  Ontario All-Stars vs., 148

  Ottawa Silver Seven vs., 172–73

  Pittsburgh Pirates vs., 108–9

  players working for other teams, 109–10

  St. Catharines Athletics vs., 176

  Sault Ste. Marie Algonquins vs., 95

  Stanley Cup and, 117, 147–50, 157–58, 161, 172, 179, 181

  Toronto Rugby and Athletic Association (TR&AA), 240, 253, 262

  Toronto St. Georges, 12, 50–51, 88, 110–11, 112

  Toronto St. Patricks, 264, 265, 271, 272

  Toronto Shamrocks, 262, 279

  Toronto Simcoes, 28, 130

  Toronto Star, 2, 30, 47, 48, 51, 53, 56, 62, 72, 85, 88, 91, 102, 127, 147, 176, 177, 190, 209, 210, 229, 243, 250, 251, 256, 269, 275, 281

  Toronto Tecumsehs (“Indians”), 175, 224, 229–30, 230, 232, 234–35, 240–41, 241, 246–47

  Montreal Wanderers vs., 244

  recruitment strategy of, 238–39

  selling of, 245–46

  Toronto Blue Shirts vs., 230–31, 237, 243

  see also Toronto Ontarios

  Toronto Telegram, xii, 2, 24, 25, 30, 47, 56, 72, 73, 74, 75, 79, 85, 91–92, 102, 106, 107, 117, 124, 127, 132, 137, 144, 148, 152, 157, 158, 181, 186, 191, 195, 198, 199, 210, 211, 216, 219, 237, 258–60, 259, 266, 283

  Toronto Victorias, 12

  Toronto Wellingtons (“Iron Dukes”), 36, 38, 50, 51, 79, 112

  Miln and, 86–87

  in Stanley Cup challenge vs. Winnipeg Victorias, 31–39, 87

  Toronto Westerns, 67

  Toronto World, xiii, 2, 132, 189, 281

  transportation, 2, 101

  see also automobiles

  Tyner, Chuck, 128, 277–78, 278

  death of, 278

  theological career of, 278,

  on Toronto Marlboros, 67, 68, 74, 107, 128, 129, 130

  on Toronto Professionals, 133, 134, 139, 140, 142, 143, 148, 149, 152, 154, 156, 160, 169, 172, 175, 176, 179, 185, 188, 194, 195, 277–78

  Tyner, Mary Sprague, 278

  Ulrich, Jack, 255

 
University of Toronto Varsity Blues, 50, 142

  Upper Canada College, 28

  Vair, Steve, 91, 102, 239, 247

  Vancouver Millionaires, 221, 280

  ViceRegal and Parliamentary Hockey Club, see Rideau Rebels

  Victoria, Queen, 5–6

  Victoria Aristocrats, 221

  Toronto Blue Shirts vs., 250, 255–59

  Victoria Harbour, 129

  Victoria Hockey Club, see Winnipeg Victorias

  Victoria Skating Rink, 88, 96

  Vivian, G., 52

  Waghorne, Fred, 50, 52, 141

  Walker, Jack, 248, 249, 254, 258, 272

  Wall, Tom, 246

  Walsh, Marty, 92, 172, 213

  Ward, H., 10

  Ward, John, 128

  Waterloo, 22

  Waterloo Colts, 279

  Welch, T., 68

  Wellington Hockey Club, see Toronto Wellingtons

  Westbrook, Fred, 130

  Western Ontario Athletic Association, 110

  Western Pennsylvania Hockey League (WPHL), 29, 43, 63–64, 125, 169, 191

  Westmount Arena (Montreal Arena), xi, 69, 88

  Whitcroft, Fred, 166

  Whitehead, Lawson, 175, 175, 176, 230

  Williams, W. G. “Pop,” 169, 173

  Willow Arena, 222

  Wilson, Carol “Cully,” 239, 249, 258, 272

  Winchester, Edgar, 52, 54, 68, 74, 107, 170

  Winged Wheelers, 103, 118, 242–43

  Wingfield, C., 10

  Winnipeg Arena, 88

  Winnipeg Maple Leafs, 122

  Montreal Wanderers vs., 147, 150

  Winnipeg Rowing Club, 69

  Winnipeg Shamrocks, 166

  Winnipeg Victorias, 51, 83, 104, 165, 242

  in Stanley Cup challenge vs. Toronto Wellingtons, 31–39, 87

  Women’s Christian Temperance Union, 6

  World Football League, 285

  World Series, 46

  Worts, J., 36

  Wright, A. “Doc,” 52, 67

  Wyndham, William, 57–58

  Yewman, Frank, 124

  Young, Elizabeth Ross Greene, 279

  Young, Fred, 176, 179, 191

  Young, Roland Wilbur “Rolly,” 67, 68, 68, 74, 84, 109, 185, 190, 275–76, 278–79

  on Berlin Dutchmen, 171, 173, 187

  death of, 279

  OHA and, 85

  on Toronto Professionals, 86, 91, 92, 103, 105, 108, 110, 113, 128–30, 134, 134, 138, 139, 141, 142, 145, 148, 149, 152–55, 159

  Zweig, Eric, 62

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