Those who knew just how to go about it had seen that the water was just the right depth, and this was now frozen almost solid.

As the enclosure was limited in dimensions, it became apparent that half of the ice should be given over to the hockey players.

When the game was finished the entire pond could be used by the general public.
The "rink" had been scientifically measured off, and such lines as were necessary marked, after the rules of the game.

The two goals in the center of the extreme ends were stationary, the posts having been rooted to the ice in some ingenious fashion, with the nets between.
Hugh Morgan had been unanimously chosen to serve as leader of the Scranton Seven.

He was admirably fitted for the position, since his playing was gilt-edged, his judgment sound, and he never allowed himself to become excited, or "rattled," no matter what the crisis.
The other members of the team consisted of fellows who had done nobly in the stirring baseball encounters of the previous summer, and were, moreover, well up in the various angles of skating.
By name they were as follows, and those who have read previous stories in this High School Series will recognize old friends in the list: Julius Hobson, Thad Stevens, Joe Danvers, Owen Dugdale, Horatio Juggins and Justin Smith, commonly known as "J.