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Incorporated 16th December, 1896. \ Entered, aecordinir to the Act of Parliament of Canada, in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred, by the Ontario Hockey Association, at the Department of Ajfriculture. ^"ftm^^^st^^^^m The Harold A. Wilson Co*t Outfitters of Eveiy Kiiown Posti mct 36 KING ST. WEST. TORONTO. WilHoii Hockey Hoots •3.00 pair. I.uiiii*s Skate and Wilson Boot, complete, 98.00. Wilson Hockey Boots •S.OO pair. Mio Mac Skate and Wilson Boot, complete. 96.00. "-'■■w' N-''n^'"Xj.'\,"-^' *.,'"s*'"s^'"s„"'.,''"^^' The Harold A. Wilson Co., 35 King; st. W^ Toronto I ■I The Ontario Hockey Association^ Constitution^ Rules of Competition -AND— Laws of the Game as Amended Dec. Ist, 1900. The Ontario Hockey Association: Organized 27th November, 1890. Incorporated 16th December, 1896. Entered, accordinar to the Act of Parliament of Canada, in the Year One Thousand Nire Himdred, by the Ontario Hockey Association, at the Department of • Asnriculture. 7At LIST OF OFFICERS I Patron— His Excellency, the Governor-General presidents. Veor 18901 1892-3 1894-5 1896-7 1897-8 1898-9 1899-1900 Name A. M. Cosby H. D. Warren C. A. B. Brown J. A. Macfadden Alexis Martin A. Creelman Clvh Victoria Granite Granite Stratford Osgoode Toronto 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894-5 1896 1897 1898-9 I 1899 1900 1890 1891-2 1893 1894 1896-1900 1890 1891 1892-1897 1897-1900 J. Ross Robertson Simcoes VICE-PRESIDENTS. / H. A. Ward Port Hope 1 John A. Barron H. D. Warren John A. Barron /P. D. Ross 1 W. A. H. Kerr /C. A. B. Brown 1 W. A. H. Kerr /J. A. Macfadden \ W. A. (Tilmour / Alexis Martin 1 Geo. J. Horkins A. Creelman F. W. Tiffin /J. S. Robertson 1 A. A. Macdonald U. C. College A. A. Macdonald U. C. College L. King Peterboro SECRETARIES. C. R. Hamilton Victoria J. A. Laurie H. A. Parkyn F. W. Tiffin A. H. Beaton f I { Ottawa Granite Ottawa Capitals Osgoode Granite Osgoode Stratford Osgoode Osgoode Peterboro Toronto Windsor St. George's New Fort Queen's UniV. Stratford Queen's Univ. TREASURERS. C. K. Temple St. George's C. R. Hamilton Victoria A. Creelman Toronto J. D. McMurrich Osgoode Residence Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Port Hope Lindsay Toronto Lindsay Ottawa Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Peterboro Toronto Windsor Toronto Toronto Toronto Peterboio Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto « OFFICERS FOR 1900 -1901 PRESIDENT Nome Cll(b Residence J. Ross Robertson Simcoes of Toronto Toronto VICE-PRESIDENTS A. A. Macdonuld U.C. College Toronto A. B. Poti'ie Victoria- 0. A. C. Guelph SECRETARY * A. H. Beaton Queen's Univ. TREASURER 18 Court St., Toronto J. D. McMurrich Osgoode EXECUTIVE (Elected) Toronto Frank Hobbs i^iOndon London W. A. Buchanan Peter boro Toronto Francis Nelson Belleville Toronto W.P.Thomson,MD. Midland Toronto ^ (Appointed) «• ' Geo. A. Stiles • Cornwall Cornwall Champions of the Ontario Hockey Associotion* SENIOR SERIES. 1891 Ottawa— Queen's University . . . 4- 1 1892 Ottawa — Osgoode Hall .... . 10- 4 1893 Ottawa— Queen's University . . • -JL V ^ . . -6-4 1894 Osgoode Hall — Queen's University . 3-2 1895 Queen's University— Trinity Univ. . 17- 3 1896 Queen's University — Stratford . . . 12- 3 1897 Queen's University— Toronto Univ . 12- 7 1898 Osgoode Hall — Queen's University . 7- 3 1899 Queen's University— Toronto Univ. . 19-11 1900 Toronto Wellingtons — Queen's Univ. 6- 4 INTERMEDIATE SERIES. 1897 Berlin — Frontenac . . . . . .• . . 3-0 ♦1898 Listowel — Waterloo . . 4-10 1899 Frontenac — National . ; . . 5-2 1900 London — Belleville 3-1 JUNIOR SERIES. 1893 Kingston Limestones — Gait . . . . 12- 1 1894 Peterboro — Toronto Granites . . 14- 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. CO . 7- 2 1900 Stratford — Peterboro .... . 12- 9 *Listowel won through the disqualification of the Waterloo Club. THE J. ROSS ROBERTSON SILVER CHALLENGE TROPHY. The above is a reproduction of the solid silver Challenge Trophy presented by Mr. J. Ross Robertson, on Saturday, the 3rd December, 1898, to the Ontario Hockey Association, for competition among'^t the Hockey Teams of the Province of Ontario. The cup, which is of tazza form, was made by Her Majesty's jewellers and silversmiths, London. England, out of the purest Canadian silver. It is lined with Canadian gold, and richly decorated with a bas relief of lions, masks, fells, etc., which stand out from the piece in high relief. The mo •it striking feature of the original cup is tnc three leopard handles, which are beautifully modelled and chased. Its weight is 130 ounces. It is thirteen inches in diameter and ten in height, and stands on a handsome ebonized plinth, six inches in height, with six silver Ho- garth shaped shields for inscribing the winners' names. A HISTORY OF THE O. R A. The Ontario Hockey Association came into existence on November 27th, 1890, and the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, was its birth place. The game had attained great popularity in Montreal, Ottawa and Kingston, but had not been taken up by the young men of the west until the organization of the Association. Hockey gradually became 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. Hon. Arthur Stanley, a son of a former Governor-General of Canada, was one of the founders of the Association. On coming to Canada he found hockey was a mere baby in the field of sport. He was captured by the many fine points of the game, and soon had a club organized at Rideau 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 Toronto. The delegates who responded to their call were D. Burke Simpson, y.C, Uowmanville ; VV. Kerr, Royal Military College, J. l\ Smellie, CJueen's University, Kingston; F. W. Jackson, St. George's, Toronto; W. Robinson, Athletic Lacrosse Club, Toronto; Capt. Evans, ''C" Company, Royal School oi Infantry, Toronto; C. Hamilton, Victorir Toronto; H. Creen, (Granites, Toronto; J. Tloinpson, Osgoode. Mr. Barron acted as chairman, and organiza- tion was at once proceeded with. The late Lieut.-Col. A. M. Cosby was cliosen Presi- dent, and later on in the season, he donated a cup to the Association, which is still in exist- ence, and is at present the championship trophy in the Intermediate Series. Messrs. Barron and Ward were made Vice-Presidents. The first Secretary was C. R. Hamilton, of the Victorias, while C. K. Teniple, of the St. George's, acted as Treasurer. P. D. Ross, now publisher of the Ottawa Journal, J. F. Smellie, Capt. Evans, J. S. Garvin, W. Hcndrie, Jr., Hamilton : A. F. D. MacGachen, then of Lindsay, now manager of the Bank of Mont- real, at Winnipeg, 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 the last annual meeting, when they were increased to $5. The Association con- t^m 8 denined rough play in unmeasured terms, and the policy of 1890 has been strictly adliered 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. Morel, goal ; Kerr, point ; Young, cover point; Ross, H. Kirby, O. Kirby and Smith, forwards, composed the Ottawa team, while the St. George's placed on the ice, McVittie, goal; Henderson, point; Hargraft, cover l)oint; Lucas, Thompson, Pemberton and Jackson, forwards. Lindsay had one of the best teams in the early days. Judge Barron was a star forward, as vvas W. J. Montgomery, afterwards captain of the champion Peterboro seven. Gait, Stratford, Granite Colts, of Toronto; Insurance and Loan, of Toronto; Royal Militarv College, of Kingston; Queen's Own, of Toronto; Queen's L^niversity, Kingston; *'C" Companv, Royal School of Infantry, 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 189T-2. Col. Cosby was again President of the Association, and H. D. War- ren 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 semi-finals, when the men from the wcit were beaten by the ii 9 Toronto Granites, whose team was made up of C. G. Crawford, goal; W. E. Meharg, point; Geo. Higginbothani, cover point; J. S. Garvin, F. Dixon, J. Walker and J. Shanklin, forwards. The Gait players were A. Jackson, goal ; G. A. Ball, point; A. Caldwell, cover point; A. M. Gildersleeve, E. Wand, T. Aitken, J. Hume. Lieut. Laurie, of Stanley Barracks, refereed contest. The Granites did not qualify for the final round, Osgoode being victorious over them by a rather one-sided score, 5 to o. The line- up of the Legalites was : W. A. Smith, goal ; H. Mack, point; J. F. SmelHe, cover point; E. C. Senkler, W. H. Kerr, F. Anderson, C. Swa- bey, forwards. Ottawa, having won in the east, met Osgoode in the finals, and captured the championship for the second time, the score standing 10 goals to 4. The teams in this con- test were: Osgoode — Smith, Swabey, W. A. Bovs (now of Barrie), E. C. Senkler (now of the Yukon) ; W. A. H. Kerr, J. F. SmelHe, H. Mack. Ottawa — Morell, Jenkins, Young, Rus- sell, C. Kirby, H. Kirby, Bradley. In the fall of 1892 the third annual meeting of the Association was convened in Toronto. Toronto Granites, Osgoode Hall, 'Varsity, Toronto Victorias, Trinity, New Fort and Bankers, all of Toronto ; Queen's, Limestones and R. M. C, of Kingston ; London and Gait being represented. The Limestones of Kings- ton, Peterboro, St. Thomas and London were admitted to membership. 10 The growth of the Association, and the marked increase in the popularity of the game, warranted the estabhshment of a second series for junior teams. Col. Cosby withdrew from the presidency, and he was succeeded by H. D. Warren, of the Toronto Granites. The other officers for the year were : P. D. Ross, Ottawa, and W. A. H. Kerr, Toronto, Vice-Presidents ; Lieut. Laurie, Stanley liarracks. Secretary; Alex. Creelman, Treasurer, a position he held until 1896. The Executive was made up of J. S. Garvin, Toronto Granites, H. nartshorn and J. F. Smellie, Osgoode ; S. T. Baldwin, Stanley Bar- racks ; W. G. Thomas, London ; Dr. Parkyn, Queen's. In the Senior Series five districts were ar- ranged, (i) Clubs west of Toronto. (2) Toronto City Clubs. (3) Peterboro and vicinity. (4) Kingston. (5) Ottawa. Gait won in the west. Granites in Toronto City, Peterboro in the midland district, Queen's in the east, and Ottawa in the group of clubs in the district surrounding the capital. Peter- boro in the semi-finals lost to the Queen's Uni- versity 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 ; Wald- ron, McLennan, Rayside and Weatherhead, forwards. 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 cham- pionship, though they had to fight hard to win. The score was 6 to 4. Ottawa's team was al- most the same that ranked as champions the year before. Queen's was represented by Giles, goal ; Curtis, point ; Taylor, cover point ; Waldi'on, McLennan, Rayside and Weather- head, forwards. The Limestones, of Kingston, a club still in existence, had the distinction of carrying off the championship in the freshly inaugurated Junior Series. They competed with Gait in Toronto, and won by the overwhelming score of 12 to I. The competing sevens were: Kingston Limestones — Walkem, goal; Mc- Rae, point; Irwin, cover point; Sutherland, Lowe, Sears anc Harty, forwards. Gait — Elliott, goal; Rando, point; Cutler, cover point, Hall, Wilkinson, Rothwell and Davis, forwards. When the next annual meeting of the As- sociation 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 Intermediate Championship. HH 12 H. D. Warren was again President of the Association, while C. A. B. Brown, ever since an active member, and W. A. H. Kerr were elected Vice-Presidents. Lieut. Laurie retired from the secretaryship, and Dr. H. A. Parkyn, of Queen's, was chosen to fill his position. The Executive of 1893 consisted of J. F. SmelHe, Osgoode; J. W. Gilmour, 'Varsity; Geo. Irv- ing, Granites; A. McVittie, Victorias; M. S. McCarthy, Hamilton; Hugh Hartshorn, Os- goode. Treasurer Creelman reported that the re- ceipts of the year 1892-3 had been $145.32, and the expenses only amounted to $15.81, Berlin, Petrolia, St. Catharines and Hamilton were among the new clubs in the O. H. A. that season. St. Catharines had to play all matches away from home as they had not an open rink. The class of hockey in that winter was re- markably 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 in the semi-finals. Ayr defeated London by 5 goals to 4, the teams being: London — Becher, goal ; Brown, point ; Johnston, R. Lind, Skey and Hobbs, forwards. Ayr — J. Elliott, goal; Wiley, point; Col- well, cover point ; Robson, Davis, Goldie and R. Elliott, forwards. In the next round the Ayr team had to face 18 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; Mur- ray, Carruthers, Ev^ing and Dixon, forwards. Though apparently having struck a winning pace, the team from the little town in the west, defaulted to Osgoode in the match that was to decide the seven men to enter the finals for the Senior Championship. 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 stub- bornly 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., and now a lawyer in British Columbia, goal : W. A. H. Kerr, point ; W. A. Bovs, now a leading Barrie citizen, cover point: J. F. Smellie, A. B. Cunningham, at present a Kingston alderman, J. F. Patterson and F. Anderson, forwards. Their opponents were R. Hiscock, goal ; Guy Curtis, who is now tlie veteran player in the O. H. A., point: F, Tavlor, cover point : J. F. Rayside, S. F. Wea- therhead, D. R. McLennan and E. W. Wald- ron. forwards. Peterboro had little difficultv in canturtne the Junior Championship, The match that 14 m decided the victors took place on its own ice, with the Granites, of Toronto, and the score was 14 to o in favour of the seven men from the east. Geo. Dixon, now of Winnipeg, goal ; W. J. Montgomery, now of Port Arthur, point ; J. Parson, cover point; J. Hedley, W. Phelan, W. Wonham and Lionel King, since a Vice- President of the O. H. A., forwards, made up the Peterboro team. The Granites were rep- resented by Livingstone, goal ; McArthur, point; Holland, cover point; Dixon, Car- ruthers, Lillie and McBrien, forwards. A notice ot motion to permit the puck being stopped by the hand was introduced \t the annual meeting in December^ 1894, but it did not win favour, and was not again pro- posed until 1900, when the rules were changed, and this proposal adopted. C. A. B. Brown became President in 1894, and he was sup- ported by James A. McFadden, Stratford and W. Gilmour, 'Varsity, as Vice-Presidents. Fred W. Tiffin, of London, now a barrister in Vancouver, B.C., succeeded H. A. Parkyn as Secretary, and Alex. Creelman was retained as Treasurer. The Executive was composed of A. F. Barr, 'Varsity; A. F. R. Martin, Os- goode ; G. J. Horkins, Peterboro ; J. D. McMurrich, Trinity; W. B. Laidlaw, London; and G. F. McDonnel, Kingston. The teams in the Senior Series that year were Queen's, Royal Military College and Limestones, Kingston ; Victorias, Osgoode, Granites, Toronto Athletic Club and Trinity, 16 of Toronto; Barrie, Hamilton, Ayr, Berlin, Giielph, London, Stratford, Sarnia, Petrolia. Ayr was defeated by Trinity in the semi-finals. The match took place at Berlin and the score was lo 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 occa- sion Queen's had won the senior honours and there was great rejoicing at Kingston. Queen's team was made up as follows : — R. Hiscock, goal ; Guy Curtis point ; F. Tay- lor, cover point; McLennan, Weatherhead, Ray side and Cunningham, who had played with the Osgoode team the season before, for- wards. For the second time in succession Peter- boro won the Junior Championship, their op- ponents again being the Toronto Granites, but the score, 7 to 6, evidences that the sevens were well matched and that the honours came to Peterboro after a determined fight. 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 R. Davidson, forwards. Granites — Livingston, gfoal; McArthur, point; F. Lillie, cover point: W. Lillie, Dixon, Ewing and Johnson forwards. C. A. B. Brown became President for a sec- ond term in iSgq, and the other officers also remained as in 1894. A. F. Martin. Oseoode; Geo. J. Horkins, Peterboro; H. C. Becher, 10 London; J. Bain, Granites; H. Southani, Trinity; A. H. Beaton, Queen's, composed the Executive. In his report, Treasurer Creehiian 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 ; Boys, point; Carruthers, cover point; Patter- son, Anderson, McDonald and McLennan, for- wards. Queen's came up from the east to face Stratford for the cup, and the result was most disappointing to the western team, the Kings- ton University men capturing the champion- ship by II goals to 4. The competing teams were : Stratford — Cassels, goal; Gibson, point; Ewing, cover point; J. A. Macfadden, after- wards President of the Association, Downs, Miller and McFarlane, forwards. Queen's — Hiscock, goal ; Curtis, point ; McLennan, cover point; Weatherhead, Mc- Kay, 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, 17 point; F. Clarke, cover point; T. Robson, W. Clarke, E. Deagon, W. Hilborn. Peterboro again got into the finals in the Jun- ior Series by defeating the Victorias, of Kings- ton, by 13 goals to i. In the west the Toronto Granites defeated Berlin by 4 goals to 2. Peterboro and the Toronto aggregation came together in Toronto and the ambitions that the eastern town had to win the Junior Champion- ship for a third time and retain the cup for all time to come, 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 — suc- ceeded in getting the Junior Championship after three years' efforts. The Granites were represented in that vear by Carlyle, ofoal : Davis point: Mc Arthur, cover noint; Craw- ford, Dixon, Lillie and Johnson, forwards. Peterboro lined up against them, J. Hamil- ton, goal; W. J. Montefomerv, point; S. Adams, cover point; W. Phelan, J. Parsons, L. KiuRf and Roger Davidson, forwards. At the annual meeting in this year Tames A. Macfadden, of Stratford, always an ardent pro- moter of hockey's best interests, succeeded in convincing the delegates that another series was necessarv, and as a result the Intermediate Series was formed. The O. H. A. also decided <-o seek incorporation, and from that vear on it ha*? t-ank'^d as an incornorated institution. The Treasurer's renort indicated that the finances were on the increase yearly, and Mr, 18 Creelman informed the Association that a balance of $236.07 existed. Mr. Macfadden, was promoted from the Vice-Presidency to the chair, and Alexis Mar- tin, of Osgoode, and Geo. J. Horkins, of Peter- boro, were elected Vice-Presidents. 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 has filled the position from that time until the present. J. S. Noble, Petrolia; R. G. Fitzgibbon, 'Varsity; H. C. Becher, London; E. P. Brown, Trinity, A. F. Campbell and T. 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 : Senior — Peterboro, Royal Military College, Toronto Athletic Club, Trinity University, Os- goode Hall, Queen's University, 'Varsity and Stratford. Intermediate — Victorias, Toronto Athletic Club and Osgoode Hall, of Toronto; Fronte- nacs and Crystals, of Kingston; Norwood, Peterboro, Sarnia, Petrolia, London, Berlin, Brampton and Ayr. Junior — Peterboro, Norwood, Frontenacs and Queen's of Kingston ; Wellingtons, Os- g-oode, Trinity and Upper Canada College, of Toronto; Gait, Guelph, Berlin, Hamilton, Brampton, St. Mary's, London, Stratford and Listowel, III 19 A shock came to the hockey world early in the season, when the Queen's team met its first defeat in four years at Peterboro. It was a Senior Championship match, but the Kingston men failed to induce Peterboro to play a return game in the Limestone City, and stepped into the finals, meeting V^arsity who had defeated the Toronto Athletic Club in the western group. Home and home matches took place for the Senior Championship. 'Varsity dis- couraged their supporters in the first contest which took place in Toronto, as Queen's came out victorious by 6 goals to i. '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; R. Parry, cover point; Shepard, Snell, Morrison and Elliott, forwards. This was Queen's third successive cham- pionship in the Senior Series. The honour of winning the first Inter- mediate Championship fell to Berlin, the Frontenacs, of Kingston, being their oppon- ents in the finals. The match took place in Toronto, and was a capual exhibition of hockey ; the score was 3 to o, with the follow- ing men representing the two clubs on the ice : BerHn — F. G. Boehmer, goal; J. Gibson, 20 point; Jos. Seagram, cover point: Ed. Sea- p^ram, Jas. McDonald, Dixon and Livingstone, forwards. Kingston Frontenacs — Lamb, goal ; Rig- ney, point: McDowall, cover point: Cunning- ham, Reynar, Harty and Murray, forwards. A new team, but one that has since distin- guished itself by capturing the Senior Cham- pionship and the Robertson Cup, the Wellinqr- tons, landed on ton in the Junior Series in this year, defeating Guelph in the round by to goals to 8. Neither team won the games on their own ice. Wellingtons got their lead bv scofincr 6 goals to Guelph's 7, at Guelnh. while the latter team tallied 5 goals to the Welling- ton « ^. at Toronto. The Junior champions were : "Dutch" Morison. sroal: Grav. point; F. Morrison, cover point: Hill. F. Morison, Donaldson and Rowland, forwards. Guelph's seven young plavers were : Johns- ton, p-oal ! Peters, point: Smith, cover point: Crawford. "Rarber. Till and Petrie. forwards. A ctnVt antt-r)rofe«?sionalism clause, fotbpt-^H Yt^r Tnc; A. Mpcfadden. foimd nlare m thp Rule Book ^t the annual meetinor in D<^cpmber. 'ot. Formed as an amateur or- erani7atton. the O. H. A. was boimd that it would adhere to the straio*ht and narrow roarl in thiq respect and it found the winter of if^o^ nrol'fic m protests, the new rlause nro"<^injy th** noint of dispute in everv instance. Thouo-h the Executive, which was composed of the 21 new President Alexis Martin, and Vice-Presi- dents F. W. Tiffin and Alex. Creelman, Secre- tary Ucaton, Treasurer McMurrich, and Messrs. Lionel King, i*eterboro; F. J. McLen- nan, Cornwall; J. b. Robertson, Toronto; A. A. Macdonald, Upper Canada College; E. i\ Brown, 'Varsity; and W. A. Boys, Barrie, had many difficult matters to adjucate upon, they strictly enforced the rules and emphasized the fact that amateurism reigned in the Associa- tion, Brockville and Cornwall for the first time entered teams in the Senior Series. In the Intermediate Series the new contestants were Toronto Garrison, Orangeville, Waterloo, Hamilton, Victorias, Listowel, Seaforth, Col- lingwood, Barrie, Orillia, Coldwater and Wau- baushene. Berlin had only played one match when it was summoned to appear before the O. H. A. Executive, charged with professionalism. The club put forth considerable effort to disprove the 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 interesting in the Association's his- tory. 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. 22 Upper Canada College — Temple, goal ; Howitt, point; Darling, cover point; Pether- bridge, Fraser, Morrison and Moffatt. Stratford — Rankin, goal ; Monteith, point ; Perry, cover point; J. Rankin, Poland, Irvine and Liglitfoot, forwards. Stratford again found misfortune with it, when the senior team endeavored to reach the finals by defeating Osgoode. The law stu- dents, after their victory over Stratford, had few to encourage them in their next battle for the championship. The consensus of opinion was that Queen's would retain the champion- ship, but opinion was in error, as the score stood 7 to 3 at the finish of the contest : Os- goode, 7 ; Queen's, 3. McMurrich, goal ; L. Cosby, point ; Geo. Carruthers, cover point; Johnson, Morrison, Lillie and Edgar Carruthers, forwards, wore the Osgoode colours, while the Kingston Col- lege placed on the ice Carmichael, goal*; Curtis, point ; Merrill, cover point ; Adams, Newlands, Harris and Dalton, forwards. Protests in profusion marked the contests for the Intermediate Championship. Waubau- shene, 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 but it failed. Waterloo travelled to Kingston and plaved the Frontenacs, who won by g goals to 5. The defeated team was not satisfied and protested the victors, alleging that Harty had played 23 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 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 pro- test and the Waterloo club was disqualified, Listowel being awarded the Intermediate Championship. The two teams who had gained notoriety before the Eexecutive and on the ice, were composed as follows : Listowel — Ford, goal ; Climie, point ; Meyers, cover point ; Livingston, Hacking, C^rr. Kidd. Waterloo — Koehler, goal ; Forrester, point ; Joe Seagram, cover point; Ed. Seagram, Dixon, Clemes, Hendry. 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 competitii^n in the Senior Series, a magnificent solid silver challenge trophv. The cun which is of tazza form, is made of the purest Canadian silver. It is lined w^ith Cana- dian gold and richlv decorated with bas-relief of lions, masks and fells, which stand out from the piece in high relief, A striking feature of 24 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 inscribing the winners' names. When Mr. Robertson made the pres- entation, 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 friendship of hockey enthusiasts, were these expressions : "Hockey is practically the winter sport for the young men of the Dominion and those of this 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, vieourous and self-reliant, we must encourage athletics." "A trophy is a prize for which clubs mav honourably contend. There is no personal PTain to anv plaver and vet the oniblem is an incentive to each to do his best." "Sport should be pursued for its own sake, for when professionalism begins true sport ends." Al(^x. Creelman, who had been Treasurer pnd Vicp-President. sticreeded Alexis Martin ^"^ President, and T. S. Robertson and A. A. ATacrlon^ld. were made Vice-Presidents. T. D. McMurrich and A, H. Beaton, were retained 25 as Treasurer and Secretary respectively. The Executive Committee chosen was: Lionel King, Peterboro ; E. P. Brown, 'Varsity ; Geo. R. Gray, Coldwater; A. B. Petrie, Guelph; F. Morrison, Wellingtons ; A. Gauthier, Windsor. W. A. Buchanan, of the Peterboro Club, introduced an amendment to the rules, provid- ing that the Junior Series should be Umited to players under twenty years of age. The pro- position evoked strong opposition, but the arguments in its favour impressed the dele- gates 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 profes- sionalism had to be deaU with by the Execu- tive. BerUn, Guelph, Victorias, Belleville, On- tario Agricultural College, Preston, Lakefield and Millbrook joined the Association. With their eyes on the new Robertson 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 by 19 to 11. Peter- boro put up a great battle against 'Varsity and nearly landed in the competition against the Kingston team. The seven men whose names were inscribed on the first shield of the trophy were: Car- 2e '1 michael, goal; Curtis, point; Merill, cover point ; Harty, Dalton, Harris and Newlands. The defeated seven were : Waldie, goal ; Is- bester, point ; Darling, cover point ; Snell, Mc- Kenzie, Sheppard and Broder, forwards. 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, defeat- ing the team from the college by 7 goals to 2. Pardoe, goal ; Plati, point ; Bish, cover point ; Temple, Birmingham, Gillies and Warden, played for the victors. Temple, goal ; Hender- son, point; Gray, cover point; Bert Morrison, Worts, Moffatt and Fraser, represented Upper Canada College. Protests in almost every important match caused the result of the contest for the Inter- mediate Championship 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 defeated, the score being 5 goals to 2. In the west Guelph had beaten Listowel. Listowel protested unsuccessfully, and then the Royal City team went to London and were van- quished. 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 Fronte- nacs for the championship, the two teams competing on that occasion being: 27 Guelph Nationals— Raymo, goal; Howitt, point; Morrison, cover ponit; Carmichael, Barber, Snell and Shields Kingston Frontenacs— Hiscock, goal; Mc- Rae, point ; McDowall, Reynar, Wilson, Mur- ray and Clarke, forwards. . ^ ^ The growth of the Association continued at a phenomenal pace, and at the annual meeting on Dec. 2nd, 1899, Secretary Beaton reported that there were nine more clubs in the mem- bership than the year previous, 21 more than in 1897, and 35 more than in 1896, Mr T 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 Mc- Murrich was re-elected Treasurer, and A. H. Beaton, Secretary. The new Executive was : T S. Robertson, Toronto; A. B. Petrie, Guelph- Dr. Thompson, Midland; Francis Nelson, Toronto ; A. J. Isbester, Toronto, and Gordon Crawford, Toronto. Mr Richard Garland presented a cup tor competition in the Intermediate Series. The Association decided at this meeting to raise the deposit in case of protests from ?S to Queen's expectations of retaining the Rob- ertson Cup for a second season seemed cheer- ful until the last match was played, the Wel- lingtons, of Toronto, overcoming at Kingston the lead secured by Queen's at Toronto, and 28 captured the cup and the championship. It was a remarkable victory on the part of the Toronto team. On their own ice the Welling- tons were beaten by 3 goals to i and their hopes were not buoyant when they journeyed to Kingston a week later. Queen's anticipated an easy victory, but when the result was announced, the college team had lost the match in their own rink by 5 goals to i, and the WelHngtons took the Senior Champion- ship and the cup. The competing teams were: Wellingtons — Morrison, goal; Smart, point; Darling, cover point; Chadwick, McKay, Hill and Warden. Queen's — Hiscock, goal; Curtis, point; McDowall, cover point; Dalton, Merrill, Carr Harris and Walkem, forwards. A lively contest for honours in the Junior Series kept up excitement in hockey at Strat- ford and Peterboro until late in the season. In two matches, Peterboro and Upper Canada College made even scores and a contest to decide the winners of the round was played at I ^Vid^ay, and Peterboro won, leaving them in b .. 'Is with Stratford, and the western club ; ' c <:Vit best by 12 goals to 9. iiic two teams were: Stratford — Woods, goal; Morrison, point; Gordon, cover point; Poland, Rankin, Hern and Lightfoot, forwards. Peterboro — Miller, goal; Cavanagh, point; 1 29 Armstrong, cover point; Lynch, Morgan, Whitcroft and Harry King, forwards. At Peterboro the score was 6 to 3 in tavour of the home team, but Stratford overcame the lead of their opponents on Stratford ice, winning by a score of 9 to 3. Though a new member of the Association Belleville came to the front rapidly in the hglit for the Intermediate Championship, and reached the final with London, who had won in the semi-finals from the St. George s, of Toronto. The championship battle occurred in Toronto and was closely contested, London came out victorious by 3 goals to i. iHe ^^ToiXn-Johns. goal : Peel, noint ; Brown, cover point: Ashplant, Ewmg, Hobbs, West- cott forwards. . ,. Belleville— Winchester, goal ; Wallace, point; Dubois, cover point; Lang, Emory, McGuire, Marks, forwards. Ten vears old and the Association thrives^ The anmial meeting of XQOO was characterized bv a perfect svstem in the conduct of business. As a legislative bodv the O. H. A. ranks far ahead of anv athletic organization in the Do- minion. It controls a ereater number of clubs, covers a vaster amount of territory pnd stands prominently before the pubhc as the leadinf^ association for tbe promotion of Pmatenr sport in Canada. All th. reports and the address of the President J. T^oss Robert- son emphasized these facts. The Secretary 30 'I reported that the O. H. A. controlled 52 clubs and the Treasurer gave 'the information that $309 still stood to the Association's credit. Mr. 3eaton in his report of the Executive pointed out that in the season of 1899-1900 the Na- tionals, of Guelph were thrown out for pro- fessionalism. CoUingwood met a similar fate, fate. President Robertson in his annual address struck out boldly against professionaHsm. He declared that "the aim of the O. H. A. to-day is just what it was ten years ago — to further and promote honest sport on amateur lines — in the national game of hockey. In line with this our endeavour is to foster a generous, broad-minded sporting spirit, one that will not be disturbed by either the plaints of defeat or by the joys of victory. Our creed is to en- courage the amateur and discourage the pro- fessional sport. The former has the first place in our list of friends. He has not only our good-will but our endorsement in all the forms within our power to give. He is as welcome to us as the weather on a zero morn- ing. The latter is our enemy. He prates and preaches, but he never practices. An open foe one may watch, but the pretended friend, the spurious amateur, the man who skates under false colours, the professional who treks in a disguise of hair dye and false whiskers, is the curse of all true sport in this Dominion. Per^ mit me to state that I have no objection to the professional sport as Ipng as be stands up in 31 his own cjass and is trade-marked accordingly, but there the Hne must be drawn. He must keep on his own ice and not disguise himself in the sweater of an amateur, when for so doing he ought to be playing with a piece of oakum instead of a bit of rubber. Just let me state here and now that there is no more dif- ficult task than the establishing of profession- alism. A first-class detective would find him- self knocked out on the first round in his hunt for evidence. The disguises of the profes- sional are as many and varied as the pebbles on the beach. He is a past master in the art of deception. His heart is as full of guile as an tgg is of meat. His schemes are so novel that they would stagger a politician. He mas- querades with the truth and is- as artful in speech as the itinerant purveyor of the sov- ereign cure for all our ills. 'The experience of twelve months in the pursuit of truth at our Executive meetings has been to me quite a revelation. In my travels and business occupations I have aver- aged up many examples of humankind, but during the year I have been your chief officer I have frequently had to turn the leaves of the dictionary in order that I might be enabled to properly diagnose and digest the exact dif- ference between the words ''fact" and "false- hood," between the terms "bona-fide citizen" and the bona-fide tourist." The cause of all our trouble may appropriately be called the suQ-downer," gr, to be more intelligent, the << 32 tourist hockeyist. He is a phenomenon in his line. He travels with a furniture polish repu- tation. He invades the railwa}^ train — I think he calls it the "Sunset Limited" on tne last afternoon in October and, just as old Sol goes down behind the horizon and the old lamp- lighter goes up before the lamp-post he arrives at the platform of his destination. He ambles into the best hotel, calls the clerk by his Christian name, transmits a thirteenth century autograph to the hotel register, gives the glad hand all round, has a vase of beer with friends who, unexnectedly of course, drop in, and next day with his favourite brand, *The Pride of Havana,' in the corner of his mouth, he walks the streets with all the airs of an old settler. He may have^ the business airs of an evangelist of commerce. He may have the enquiring. eye of a personallv conducted tourist. He may have graduated in an up-to-date barber shop. His worldly belongings may be limited to a couple of razors and a well-worn strop, and he may have a guarantee of so many shaves and so many hair cuts at so much per hepd and clean towels and hair tonic thrown in. He may be nn ex-clerk in a city rrrocerv or he mav have sold readv-mades on the ropd. But he is a hockev nlayer all the same. He is genuine as far as the eame pfoes. but the rest of his make-up is a fraud and a fake. The lio-htninpf chauQ-e n^^n is simplv not in it with thi« puck plaver. He can survev the situation like an t!^xpert in real estate and settle dpwn for a six ..'uu«u.vAa 33 months' rest, as if the particular town of his intended sojourn had been built specially for his comfort. These are the men who give us trouble. They are always ready for a job. Their habitations are known. They visit towns by request and eventually by agreement. They are willing to take $2 a week to work for a store, with the chance of $10 a week for work- ing for the club. This is the spurious sport. \^/ hen hockey is in full swing the store is short a clerk, and the barber's door bears a weird legend scrawled on paper, to the effect that the tonsorial fiend will return at ten o'clock — the next morning. It is almost unnecessary to say that as these tourists, one by one, pass out of hockey life, mourning hat bands will not be worn by the Executive. These are ex- amples of work dealt with by the Executive. It is hard enough to deal with cases where proof is available, but when a sun-downer, who enters a town on the 25th of December, brings hotel bills receipted and ante-dated, to prove that he registered on the ist of December, the Association will understand the combination that the Executive is up against in its efforts to keep the game clean." Mr. Robertson put forth a s trong argu- ment in favour of the better treatment of referees: urged that matches should start on time and emphasized the importance of fair and impartial time-keeping. A year had been spent in receiving and considering amendments to the Rules and 34 Regulations of the Association, and the Executive sul)mitecl a complete revision and it was adopted. The changes included an increase of the entrance and suhscription fees from $3 to $5 ; the adoption of the goal net ; per- mission to stop the puck with the hand ; the nomination by the President of two members of the Executive, 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 i, instead of November i. The Association also decided that each club should send a delegate for every team it entered. In the past every club had two delegates, but in the future, a one-team club will have only one delegate, while a club with three teams will have three. Mr. J. Ross Robertson was re-elected President without opposition. Only once in the history of the Association has one of its teams plaved for the Stanley Cup, and the championship of Canada, and that was in 1897, when Queen's competed with the Victorias, of Montreal, but failed to wrest the cup from its holders. The Victorias after- wards lost the trophy to the Shamrocks, of Montreal, who are at present in possession. THE RICHARD GARLAND CUP. This Cup, for competition in the Intermediate Series, is of Hterling silver, and is mounted on an ebony base. The body is surrounded by a hand chased girdle, below which is the inscrip- tion, while above, at equal distance around the cup, are three diminutive models of a hockey skate. The lid is crowned with three hockey sticks, the whole combining to make a handsome trophy. The trophy was presented to the Ontario Hockey Association in 1898 by Richard Garland, of the Dunlop Tire Co. It has been held by Listowel, Kingston Frontenacs and London. Constitution of the Ontario Hockey Association As Revised and Amended at the Annual Meeting, December 1, 1900. I'll d m 1. The Association shall be called the On- tario Hockey Association. 2. Its object shall be the furtherance of Hockey in the Province, including the enforce- ment of the rules of the game, as adopted by the Association, and the supervision and car- rying out of the Cup Competitions for the championships of Ontario. 3. Hockey Clubs willing to comply with and abide by the rules of the Association mav be admitted to membership, upon application, through the Secretary, to the Executive Com- mittee. 4. Notice of such application shall be given to each club of the Association, and within five days of the notification, the Executive shall proceed to consider and determine the applica- tion. 5. 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. 37 6. The Entrance Fee shall be $5.00, and the Annual Subscription $5.00 for each team en- tered, to be paid before the annual meetine^: and no club shall be entitled to compete for the championships or to be represented at any meeting, or to have any of the privilegfes of the Association, until its fees and fines, if any, have been paid. 7. At the annual meetiujcr and at all special jGTeneral meetinj^rs of the Association each club in the Association shall be entitled to represen- tation by one delegate, exclusive of the mem- bers of the Executive of the Association. 8. At such meeting's all clubs shall be en- titled to one vote for each team entered for the ensuing year, and the delejEjate, and he alone, shall be entitled to cast the vote*? of the club he represients. In the casting of ballots no dele- rr^^e shall cast more than his own ballot or ballots. o. Each member of the Executive not a delegate shall be entitled to cast one vote. TO. Past Presidents of the Association shall be members of the Executive and entitled to be present and vote at all meetincrs thereof. 11. Any club mav be represented by proxy, but no delegate shall be allowed to represent rrioro fV»^r» one club. 12. No delegate shall be admitted to the con- vention unless he shall have filed with the Sec- retary a certificate of his appointment signed r 38 by the President and Secretary of the club he represents, and has received from the Sec- retary of the Association a certificate that such credential is satisfactory. 13. The election of the officers shall take place yearly, by ballot, at the annual meeting of the Association, which shall be held on the first Saturday in December, at such hour and place as the Executive may determine. 14. The officers of the' Association shall con- sist of a President, a First and a Second Vice- President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who, with a committee of six, four to be elected at the annual meeting and two to be appointed by the President, shall form the Executive of the Association. Three of the Executive shall form a quorum. 15. All officers, including the Executive, shall be nominated, and the nominations must be in the hands of the Secretary seven days be- fore the annual meeting. Each club shall be furnished with a list of those nominated for office the day following the closing of the nominations. 16. A Committee on Credentials shall be ap- pointed by the President previous to each an- nual meeting. 17. The members of the Executive Com- mittee must be members of a club in the As- sociation. No club shall have more than one representative on the Executive Committee, exclusive of Past Presidents. d9 i8. During its term of office the Executive shall have control of the management of the finances of the Association ; it shall have power to fill any vacancies which may occur in its number, and to amend or alter the Regulations and Rules of the Cup Competitions. 19. 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 Secretary to all those qualified to attend. Notices calling general meetings shall be sent out at least ten days beforehand. 20. The Executive may call a special general meeting 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. 21. The Championships of the Association shall be contested for annually by tie matches. 22. The Executive may suspend or expel a club for notorious and continued foul play, or unfair, unsportsmanlike or ungentlemanly con- duct, individually or collectively, on the ice or in any rink where a hockey match is being played, or at any meeting or gathering in the interests of the game ; negligence to pay as- sessments, or for any persistent infringement of the laws of the game, or the rules of the As- sociation. Any club suspended can only be re-admitted by a majority vote and resolution of the whole Executive. 40 2^. The Constitution of the Association or the Rules of the Game shall not be altered ex- cept at an annual meeting, and notice of the proposed alterations shall be given to the Sec- retary, in writing, two weeks before the day of meeting, and he shall forthwith notify the Sec- retaries of the various clubs of the proposed changes. An alteration of the Constitution or Rules of the Game shall not take place unless two-thirds of those at the meeting agree. 24. 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. Clubs already members of the Associa- tion in good standing, wishing to enter a team in the Senior, Intermediate or Junior League, to pay for each of such teams an annual sub- scription of $5.00 ; other clubs entering a team in the Intermediate or Junior League to pay $5.00 entrance and $5.00 annual subscrip- tion for each team entered. No man shall be eligible to play in the Intermediate 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 a Senior scheduled match, or in more than one Inter- mediate scheduled match in that season. 25. The Association reserves to itself the right of placing teams in whatever series it may deem best for the interests of the Association, it being understood that the winning club of 41 the Junior or Intermediate series shall be eli- gible to compete in the following year m the series next above it. 26. The expenses of the travelling club shall be fixed at the rate of five cents per mile for one way for eight men, which expenditure must be guaranteed and paid by the home club. The Executive shall control final matches in each of the series, and shall divide the gate receipts from such matches, after de- ducting the rent ot the rink, the authorized advertising, the expenses of the referee and of a representative of the Association, equally between the Association and the competing clubs. 27. When home and home matches are nlaved in the same city or town, the home club *s to take the net proceeds of the gate. f 42 This is taken from a photograph of the Garland Cup 5«r Presented to the O. H* A* by the DUNLOP TIRE CO., Limited, Makers of the famous Dunlop Detachable Tires* Regfulations ond Rules of G>mpetftion of the Ontario Hockey Association Challengfe Cups« REGULATIONS. 1. The cups shall be called the J. Ross Rob- ertson Cup, the Richard Garland Cup and the A. M. Cosby Cup. 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 championship 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 con- tinuous resident of the town, city or village to which his club belongs since the first of Octo- ber next preceding the date of the. said match. A bona-fide and continuous resident shall in- clude a student who may be absent from home attendine a school of learning, but such stu- dent shall elect before the date of the first As- sociation match and shall notify the Secretary of the Association whether he will play with a club where his borne is situated, or with a w 44 club where the said school ot learning is located. 4. No player shall play for any of the cups for more than one club in the Association year, except in the case of a bona-fide change of residence. Certificate of same must be ob- tained from the Executive Committee before playing for the second club, and no one who is not an amateur in good standing shall be al- lowed to play in any Association match. 5. An amateur is a person who has not (since 14th December. 1883) competed in any open competition, or for a stake, public or admission monev or entrance fee, or competed with or against professionals for a prize; who has never at any period of his life, taUjBfht or as- sisted in the pursuit of anv athletic exercise or soort as a means of livelihood : whose member- ship of anv Hockev Club was not brousfht about, or does not continue because of, mutual agreement or understanding whereby his be- coming or continuing a member of any Hockev Club, would be of anv necuniarv bene- fit to him. either directlv or indirectlv: who has never, either directlv or indirectlv received any pavment in lieu of loss of time while playinsf as a member of anv Hockev Club, or anv money consideration whatever for anv services ren- dered as a plaver, except his actual travelling or hotel expenses: and who has not made anv offer, which if it had been accepted, would have made the recipient a professional. Everv 45 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. 6. Any club convicted of having in its mem- bership professionals of any kind, shall for- feit its membership in the Association. 7. No player who has been suspended or ex- pelled by this or any other recognized Associa- tion shall play with or against any club in the O. H. A. in any match to which an admission is charged until such player has been reinstated or the period of his suspension has terminated, and any club in the Association playing any such suspended or expelled player or playerj on its team or playing against a team playing any such players shall forfeit its membership in the Association. 8. If the conduct of any individual or club is such as to incur suspicion, the Executive may, if it consider such suspicion well-founded, suspend or expel such individual or club from the Association. 9. The Secretary of the Association shall be to all intents and purposes the legal holder of the cup, in trust for the Association. 10. Any club winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup shall, before receiving it, give for its safe keeping, to the Secretary of the Association, satisfactory and substantial bonds to the amount of $500 ; for the Richard Garland Cup 4(j a bond of $200, and for the A. M. Cosby Cup a bond of $100. 11. Questions arising from emergencies not provided for in these Regulations, or in the Rules of Competition, shall be referred to and determined by the Executive of the Associa- tion through the Secretary. A written state- ment of the case shall be mailed to the Secre- tary within twenty-four hours after the dis- pute ; provided that all or any questions arising with reference to matches about to be played, shall be referred to the sub-committee appoint- ed by the Executive for the control of the matches. Twenty-four hours notice of the hour and place appointed for the consideration of such question shall be given by the Secre- tary of the Association to each club interested. 12. Any club intending to default a match must send to the Secretary of the opposing club and also to the Secretary of the Associa- tion, at least three days' clear notice, ex- clusive 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. 47 13- Protests and all evidence in support thereof must be in duplicate and signed by the President or Secretary of the protesting club. Protests and evidence 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 for- feited to the Association should the Executive, whose decision shall be final, disallow the pro- test. A copy of said protest and evidence must be served upon the protested club within forty-eight hours after the 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 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. Each of the clubs interested may be represented at the hearing: of the protest. 14. Every player in the Junior series of the Association must file with the Secretary a statutorv declaration that the said player had not attained his twentieth birthday on the first dav of January next preceding any match in which he intends competing, and the Secretarv upon receipt of such declaration shall issue a 48 certificate entitling the said player to play with tl^e club specified, and no player shall be al- lowed to compete in any Junior match without first producing such certificate to the referee. 15. Every club in the Association shall fur- nish goal nets for all Association matches played on the ice of the said club. The said goal nets shall be of a pattern approved of by the Executive of the Association. I mi RULES OF COMPETITION 1. The cups shall revert to the Secretary of the Association, from the clubs which may be holding them, at such times as the Executive shall consider necessary. 2. The tie matches shall be arranged under direction of the Executive, and played until one club is declared the winner. 3. In each series the club winning the final tie shall hold the Challenge Cup and the cham- pionship of the Association. 4. The Executive shall fix the date within which ties shall be played. Immediately after the ties have been declared, the Secretary shall communicate the same to the secretaries of the different clubs of the Association. 5. Any club refusing or failing to play the club against which it is matched, within the stated time, shall be consid^rec} \q h<^v^ lost the tie. 6. 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. 7. In the event of two competing clubs fail- ing to agree upon a referee, either club shall notify the Secretary of the Association at least thirty-six hours before the schedule time of their match. In the event of no such notifica- tion, both clubs shall be considered to have lost the tie. 8. The Executive shall appoint a referee who shall act where the competing teams fail to agree, each club to pay half the expenses, which shall be allowed at the rate of ten cents per mile one way. In the final and semi-final ties, the Executive reserves the right to appoint the referee. 9. The Executive reserves the right, by a two-thirds vote, to allow any club to play the winner of the final tie — for the cup and cham- pionship — if they consider the circumstances warrant such action. 10. The Executive may 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 all tie 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," "Secretary" or "Secretary of the Association," be interpreted to mean "Sub-committee ap- f 50 pointed by the Executive for the control of tie matches" or "Secretary of sub-committee," as the context may require. 11. No player shall play iii 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 Association year, any other club in a recognized Hockey Association without special permission of the Executive. A recognized Hockey Association is a Hockey Association or League that elects officers and draws up a schedule for the playing of matches by the clubs fn such League or Association. 12. The referee must order the match to begin at the hour for which it has been fixed (if the ice be available), and any team or teams failing to comply with this order shall forfeit to the Association $io per team. The Execu- tive may refund this forfeit on good cause being shown to the referee. 13. All matches should be played on covered ice of reasonable dimensions, well lighted, free from obstructions, having sides and ends prop- erly boarded. 14. All clubs must re^, ater with the Secre- tary of the Association on or before January 1st, in each year, their club colours and a des- cription of the style and colour of the playing uniform of such club, and no two clubs shall be permitted to have uniforms or colours alike. 15. In two-club groups where home and home matches are played, a majority of goals ^ 51 scored in both matches shall decide the win- ners. In groups of three or more clubs a majority of matches shall decide the winner. Every match shall be played to a finish, as pro- vided by the rules of the game. RULES OF THE GAME GAME. 1. The game is played on ice by teams of seven on each side, with a puck made of vul- canized rubber, one inch thick all through and three inches in diameter. STICKS. 2. Hockey sticks shall not be more than three inches wide at any part and not more than thir- teen inches long at the blade. GOAL. 3. A goal is placed in the middle of each goal line, composed of official goal nets sup- ported 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 blow his whistle and the game shall not proceed until the post or net is re- placed. MATCH. 4. Each side shall have a captain (a member 52 of his team), who» before the match, shall toss for choice of goals. 5. Each side shall play an equal time from each end, a ten minutes' rest being allowed at half-time. The duration of championship matches shall be one hour, exclusive of stop- pages. The team scoring the greater numbe of goals in that time shall be declared the win- ner of the match. If at the end of that time the game is a draw, ends shall be changed and the match continued for ten minutes, each side playing five minutes from each end with a rest of five minutes between, and if neither side has then scored a majority of goals, similar periods of ten minutes shall be played in the same way until one side shall have scored a majority of. goals. TIME-KEEPERS. 6. Time keepers shall be appointed, one by each captain, to keep the time during match. REFEREE. 7. There shall be only one referee for a match, and in no case shall he belong to either of the competing clubs. He shall enforce the rules; adjudicate upon disputes or cases un- provided for by rule; appoint or remove goal umpires; control the time keepers; keep the score ; and at the conclusion of the match de- clare the result. The puck shall be considered in play until the referee .stops the game, which he may do at any time and which he must do at once when any irregularity of play occurs 53 by sounding a whistle. His decision shall be final. SCORE 8. A goal shall be scored when the puck shall have passed between the goal posts from in front and below the tops of the posts. GOAL UMPIRES. 9. Goal umpires shall inform the referee when a goal is scored. Their decision shall be final. FACE. 10. The game shall be started and renewed by the referee blowing his whistle or calling 'Tlay" after having placed the puck on its largest surface in the centre of the ice between the sticks of two of the players, one from each team, who are to face it. After a goal has been scored the puck shall be faced in Uke 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 being oflf-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. 54 If a player when off-side plays the puck, or annoys or obstructs an opponent, the puck shall be faced where it was last played before the off-side play occurred. KNOCKING-ON. 12. The puck may be stopped with the hand but not carried or held or knocked on by any part of the body. CHARGING, TRIPPING, ETC. 13. No player shall raise his stick above his shoulder. Charging from behind, tripping, col- laring, 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. WHEN THE PUCK LEAVES THE ICE. 14. When the puck goes off the ice behind the goal line it shall l3e brought out by the referee to a point five 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, GOAL KEEPER. 15. 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 55 assistance in keeping goal. The referee must rule off the ice, for any time in his discretion, a piayer, who, in the opinion of the referee, has offended against this rule. CHANGE OP PLAYERS. 1 6. No change of players shall be made after a match has commenced. Should any player be injured during a match, break his skate, or from any other accident be compelled to leave the ice, the opposite side shall immediately drop a man to equalize the teams and the match proceed, without such players until such time as the player so compelled to leave the ice is ready to return. In event of any dispute, the matter shall at once be decided 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 be- fore such infringement, accident or change of players shall have occurred. RULES OF ORDER. 1. The following are the regulations for the government of the Association during the time of business, and the business shall be dis- posed of in the following order: 2. No motion shall be received unless sub- 66 mitted in writing with the names of the mover and seconder thereon, and said motion shall not be open for discussion until so stated by the presiding officer. 3. All motions shall be decided by a ma- jority of votes. In the case of a tie the pre- siding 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 explanation, or the mover in reply. 5. A delegate desiring to speak or submit a motion shall rise and remain standing and re- spectfully address the chair, and shall confine his remarks to the question and shall not be interrupted unless upon a point of order. 6. On a point of order being raised while a delegate is speaking or when called to order by the presiding officer, he shall at once take his seat, when the point of order shall then be stated by the delegate objecting. The pre- siding 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 to amend, and these motions shall take precedence in the order named. 9. An amendment which entirely changes i '"A : i 57 ' i the subject of the original motion shall not be entertained as an amendment or substitute for the motion under debate. 10. No delegate, except one who has voted with the majority, shall be allowed to move for a reconsideration, and in this connection the word majority shall apply to the vote by which the question was first decided. 11. After a motion has been stated by the. presiding officer, it becomes the property of the Association, but may be withdrawn at any time previous to amendment, unless objected to by a delegate. 12. There shall be no debate upon any ques- tion after it has been put by the presiding of- ficer. 13. When a vote is called it shall be taken by each delegate holding up his right hand, unless the presiding officer should direct that it be either by standing vote or ballot. 58 ORDER 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. Reading of correspondence. 4. Reading the report of the Executive .Committee. 5. Consideration of reports from any other committees which may have been appointed. 6. Motions of which notice has been given. 7. General business. 8. Election of officers. We hereby certify that the foregoing Con- stitution, Rules and Regulations of Competi- tion 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 ist Dec, 1900. J. ROSS ROBERTSON, President. A. H. BEATON, Secretary. 1 The Harold A. Wilson Co 35 Kins: St* Westt Toronto* / Hookey Knickers. Hockey Jerseys and Sweaters No. 1, extra quality, white, made in any style or colour to $1.50 pair. No. 2, good quali- order. Prices on application, ty, white, $1 pair. Made in following colours at 25c pair extra: black, navy, royal, maroon, grey. Hookey Stockings. Athletic Emblems Any colour or combination made to order in any design, of colours to order. Prices on Prices on application. application. The Harold A. Wilson Co., 35 King St. W., Toronto The Harold A. 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