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Play In Switzerland On Open Rinks Of Alpine Camps

Hosting games of hockey, in which the eagerness of players and enthusiasm of spectators would rival a big match at the Toronto Arena, are now in progress at the camp of Chateau d’Oeux [note 1] writes Douglas Robertson, to The Toronto Evening Telegram. Never were goals contested more keenly by teams of the Ontario Hockey Association than by these late Canadian soldier captives in Germany, now interned in Switzerland. Beneath cloudless blue Alpine skies such of the Canadians who are physically able are pitting their skill at our distinctly native game against rival teams of French and Belgians. The hockey rinks are in the open air, and the playing carried on under ideal conditions.

In this connection the Canadian Red Cross has just sent them ten hockey suits to augment the outfits already at the disposal of the Canadians. The garments consist of heavy white sweaters, strong duck short pants and heavy stockings of heather mixture wool [note 2]. As a Christmas gift all the Canadians in Switzerland also received from the Red Cross 10 francs ($2) each to be spent on tobacco, or if non-smokers, upon chocolates or gum.