Very Useful: Chicago centreman Tom Cook jumps over the stick of teammate Doc Romnes while goaltender Charlie Gardiner stands netguard, circa November of 1933.
An accomplishment much practiced in Canada,
and a very useful
one, too,
is
jumping
over the stick
of an opponent
while under
full headway,
and thus avoiding many a fall or trip,
intentional or otherwise.
As ice hockey
is a very severe game
and one
that calls for
constant exertion,
on the part of the forwards
in particular,
players must be athletes of
exceptional endurance
and have any amount of grit and ‘sand.’
• Ice Hockey and Ice Polo Guide (1898), J.A. Tuthill, ed. Excerpted, edited, and poemized.
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