New York, Jan. 19.
The race for premier honours in the American Division of the National Ice Hockey League. continued io be a bitter battle between the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers, both the Bears and the Blueshirts winning to-night.
The Bruins took the Black Hawks Of Chicago into camp at Boston for a 54 drubbing, while the Rangers crushed the Canadiens of Montreal on New York's Madison Square Garden's artificial ice rink, 3-1.
Although only two points separate the Bruins from the Rangers, the Blueshirts have' played two more games, 26 against' 24, The Bears head the parade with 24 markers,
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