1891-
“For the winning team, Young played a faultless game at cover point”
1892-
“Young at cover point was playing a star game and two or three superb runs by Bradley and Russell put more life into the forward play”
“faultless at cover, except that in one or two instances he showed the error, rare with him, of unnecessarily holding or dodging the puck”
“Young, though unwell, played his usual splendid game at cover point, while Russell and Morel were a sure defence”
“the brilliant play of Young and Russell was seen as time and again they broke a dangerous combination”
“The Ottawas were playing a much rougher game, especially Young and little Kirby”
“Who put up the best individual game is hard to say, but probably Young of the Ottawas carried of the palm, his headwork saving many goals to his side”
1893-
“was all that could be desired. He accepted every chance and played all the game for Ottawa”
“Sick or not Weldy Young at times own the ice and it was a sight to see him time and again get away with that puck and send it up the side”
“Weldon Young was the bright star of the evening. He repelled many a fierce attack, and his rushes were brilliant”
“was a bad man for even this phalanx [the Quebec forwards] to run up against, and time and again its rush was checked at the play turned in the opposite direction by the brilliant coverpoint in white”
“played a marvelous game, covering the ice in inimitable style”
“caught the Crystals on their off-side play time after time and the way they fell into the trap and took the puck back was well worth seeing”
“‘ There’s a hockey player’, said a Montreal man as Weld. Young made one of his phenomenal rushes, dodging everybody, after successfully checking an opposing forward. The Crystal forwards never could get past Weld.”
“played a capital game and sustained his reputation as the best cover-point in Canada”
“Young was not as brilliant as he was during other matches, however”
“was all over the ice making grand runs”
1894-
“Morel was o.k in goal, and Young as reliable as ever at cover-point”
“Morel in goals played a good game, but Young was no doubt the star of his team and constantly sent the rubber towards his opponents goals”
“superb and almost impassable at cover-point”
“The Ottawa defence was kept busy throughout, but they fought off the enemy in a rattling manner, the burden of the work being attended to by Weldy Young and Pulford”
“At cover-point Weldy Young as usual was everywhere when wanted and strengthened the opinion that is now pretty general that he is the best defence player in Canada. He is the key of the Ottawa team. Pulford did well at point and will probably be a fixture there now”
“Weldy Young, who had been playing magnificently for Ottawa, here received a severe check in the stomach, and for a time it was thought he could not resume, but he did so and continued his splendid defence”
“Weldy Young earned great Kudos by his play as cover-point, which was almost flawless”
“Up to within an hour of the match it was doubtful whether Weldy Young could play, as he had been ill all week from the blow in the stomach received in the Victoria match in Ottawa. However, Brown gave him a great rub-down, and Halder Kirby swathed him in a bandage, and Weldy played his best game”
“The play of Kirby and Russell was immense. On the defense Morel and Young were grand. Young especially distinguished himself by his coolness and good judgment. He never missed a chance.”
“Young certainly was a host in assisting to repel the determined attack”
“[t]he puck however seldom got behind Weldy Young”
“Young must have known, however, that there was no possibility of winning. He resolved at any rate to do or die. Getting the circulator, he made a long run, avoided James and Cameron, passed out to Russell, who was near the Montreal goal, and the big fellow pushed it through”
Most of the battle was as usual fought by Young and Pulford, but the odds against them were too great to effect the result.”
“the greatest cover point in Canada”
“Weld. Young and Chaunce Kirby showed that they are probably the two best hockey players in Canada. It was they who bore the great brunt of the fierce onslaughts of the Montreal besiegers. Their checking was grand, and could not be improved upon. Not only did they stand firm to stop the rush of the heavy Montreal line which gathered greater impetus as they swept along the keen ice, but often did Ottawa’s white-shirted players charge also. And it wasn’t the white shirts that gave away the most times in these collisions, for often they would not only repel the onslaught, but take the puck and attack in return. Pulford did good work also”
“Weldy Young was undoubtedly the ‘star’ of the Ottawas. He fully sustained his reputation as the best cover-point in Canada”
[p]robably most of their [Ottawa’s] success was due to Young, who again showed that he has no equal in his position. His quick and fine returns of the puck many times from even the Quebec team’s territory saved the forwards a great deal of tiresome skating, owing to the bad condition of the ice, and the latter when called upon were consequently able to more than cope with the fast and sturdy rushers of the Ancient Captial’s team, who were not thus saved by their cover point. Weld. did so much of the playing that he weakened himself and fell exhausted. He is as ‘gritty’ a player as he is good, however, and as soon as he was on his feet again he played with unabated vigor. Next to Weld., Joe McDougal played the best. He was phenomenally fast”
“Hodgson’s repeated runs, brilliant and clean as they were, Young’s artistic stops, Kirby’s amazing dodges, and Barlow’s neat clever play were noticeable”
“Captain Young, whose plucky play had won the admiration of friend and foe alike, was stretchered out on the floor in a faint”
“the play of Young and Kirby was simply phenomenal. Young in the opinion of many put up the finest defence game ever witnessed in hockey. He was everywhere and always in the right place; nothing could pass him if he had half a chance at it, and apparently throughout the game he never missed or misplaced a lift”
1895-
‘Weldy’ Young played one of the best games of his life”
“Pulford was not up to the mark, and it was only the excellent work of Young that prevented a bigger score against them”
“Weldy Young put up his usual splendid game for the Ottawas until he was hurt”
“was easy to see that the Ottawas missed their star cover point, although Dan Watters at point was putting up a grand game”.
“Young’s tactics were, as usual, very clever and very effective, and towards the end of the game he did a great deal of rushing”
“Finally Young, who was putting up his usual clever game at cover point, made a fine lift”
“Weldy’ Young lifted beautifully at cover”
“There was every sort of good play in the match and plenty of ‘lifting’ the puck. Young outlifted Cameron of the Montrealers and twice nearly scored. He also made brilliant rushes. To his splendid work much of the victory was due”
“Young played a steady, headdy game that helped materially to lessen the dangers threatening the Ottawa flags”
“Why don’t you faint, Young?”
“Had it not been for the grand lifting abilities of Young and Pulford and other splendid stops of Chittick the score for the Victorias would have been much larger”
“All the Ottawa forwards in turn then came within an ace of scoring, and Ottawa were getting considerably the best of the game. Young kept them well fed”
“Time after time Young rushed forward in a desperate effort to score”
“Smith made an effort that will go down into hockey history as one of the bravest attempts of a hockey player. Captain Young, too, seeing that it was best, left his position and threw himself into the breach with the last desperate attempt of a man who knows he has got to do or die. And it was grand, aye, sublime, the hockey these two men put up in the eventful minutes.”
“Smith was the bright star of the fourteen. He outshone all others and elicited great admiration. His playing was commented upon and praised by everybody. Next to him came Shirley Davidson of the Vics. He played marvelously. But Young in his position put up a game none the less good. He probably played better than he ever did before”
1896-
“Weldy Young was as tricky as ever”
“ Weldy Young played the same old game, tricky, but he almost always got the rubber when it came his way. In the course of his hockey career Weldy has learned a few things. He never faints now, for instance; but Weldy ought to learn the fact that the rules of the game forbid tripping”
“There can be little doubt that the best team won, although the game throughout was a toss up, and the unruly tempers of Smith and Young had considerable to do with their team’s defeat”
“When Young was on he played as brilliantly as usual, and there is no doubt that the three defence men of the Ottawas compose a back division that is the strongest in Canada”
“On the defence Young was, as ever, the best of coverpoints”
“Weldy Young did yeoman work for Ottawa at cover point, which was the more effective on account of the almost entire absence of his tricky habits.”
“Young at point made no mistakes and he and Pulford both indulged in runs up the ice”
“Young, Pulford and Chittick did not make one mistake”
1897-
“Smith was the star of the Ottawas, and ‘Weldy’ Young showed that he has not forgotten how to play, filling his position in a most credible manner.”
“The Ottawas all put up a good game, but Smith, Westwick, and Young did the major part of the work”
“‘Weldy’ Young was slightly off in his play, and also committed an inexcusable foul in the first half. He played splendidly in the second”
“Young, missing a rush by the Quebec cover-point Watson, let go a vicious slash at Watson’s ankles which stopped the big player’s traveling for some minutes. Nominally it was an attempt to stop the puck, but a stricter referee would have relegated Young to the platform”
“And when matters were reversed and McKerrow or Barlow would come down the ice like ghosts on skates, Weldy Young would attempt to demonstrate something about the old problem of an irresistible force running into something it couldn’t hurt”
“Barlow and McKerrow broke through the attack several times, but always lost to Young or Pulford”
“Young had his work cut out for him, but he was equal to the occasion and Chittick was a great stopper”
“Young was everywhere, until he and Macdougall came together and commenced a fight, which was speedily stopped. After that Young retired to cover point and was less conspicuous”
“Young and Pulford did a lot of good defence work, but did not seem to be able to use their bodies as effectively as usual”
“Toward the end of the match Weldy Young, who had been working like a beaver, had to move to point,”
“Only the splendid work by Ottawas’ defense and particularly by Weldy Young at cover point prevented the score from being much larger”
“Despite the fact that Weldy Young gave his attention all last week to other club business and was unable to practise he played splendidly, and was perhaps the hardest worked man on the ice. He did the biggest amount of defence work and whenever an opportunity showed itself got out and gave the forward line assistance”
“Young worked hard and used his body as he probably never did before”
“Of the visitors, Drinkwater was a little off color, but nevertheless played well, while the others were well nigh perfect. ‘Mike’ Grant showed that he is almost the equal of ‘Weldy’ Young at cover-point”
“Howard and Barlow made some great efforts, but the Ottawa defence were on deck for keeps. Pulford and Young were not the gentlest players on the top of the earth, but they were very serviceable”
“Young did occasional good service playing fairly throughout, but the others were nowhere”
“During the first fifteen minutes Young was less effective than usual, but afterwards he did grand work. He deserved most of the credit for the scoring of Ottawa’s second goal”
“Contrary to general expectation Weldy Young appeared on the ice and played an excellent game”
“Weldy Young went on and played at cover point, but his knees were in too poor condition to permit him to play anything like his usual game”
“Young’s excellent play on the defence made the Shamrock attack weary for his lifts were always put in in the right time and he never lost his head. He could keep a whole forward line guessing where he was at, and all of the sudden the puck would slip away from his stick and be out of danger. This is what saved the Senators goals several times”
“The match was a good exhibition, and at times some beautiful work was done by both teams, but when the ice got heavy and the pace slackened up, but even then there was plenty of excitement for the spectators by reason of the heavy checking indulged in. Young and Pulford were the leaders in this style of play and were not very particular how they stopped an opposing forward as long as they saved a score”
“For some reason or other, too, the crowd seemed particularly down on Weldie Young. Why, it is difficult to say, unless because, in spite of his being out of condition, he played the star game of the night for Ottawa”
“Young and Pulford on the defence put up their usually strong games. Young played particularly well in the second half, and his rushes to help the forward line were always good”
“Weldy Young played with a dash and vim for a while, but he looked as if he had been gathering flesh lately and was rather weak by the time the match ended”
“Young’s lifts were puzzling”
“The play of both teams was characterized by a looseness and want of combination on the forward line. This was especially noticeable on the part of the visitors, who, though well served by Pulford and Young, were unable to do much with the puck when they did get it.”
“Young was the only one who played well”
1899-
“It was the steadiness and strength of the Ottawa’s defence which won Saturday night’s match. Weldy Young was in his old-time form and played splendidly. WIth Bert McDonald, who played at point, he held out the Shamrock attacks in fine style”
“Weldy Young seems to be as good as ever, and played a great game, although his lifting at times was a little off color”
“Charlie Spittal and Weldy Young played their old tome, steady game. Young did some excellent interference, and sent many a Shamrock man to the ice with his body. He overdid it once or twice and was cautioned by the referee”
“The game was characterized by a lot of slashing and individual work. Weldy Young was ruled off five minutes for fouling Moran. Young played a rough game. He was warned several times for using his body unduly severely”
“Weldy Young played his usual good game at cover point. His lifts into the Quebec goals were a feature of the match”
“ ‘Chalk’ Young played his old-time game at cover point. He perhaps was a little uncertain of the result on account of the novices around him. Every time any of the Quebecers came his way he set himself and waited for the worst. But the strangest part of it was that the other fellow always got the worst of it. When Chalk could not successfully stop him with his stick he brought his body into play in characteristic style. Few indeed passed him, as the ‘jolts’ that Young was dishing up were too tart for the ‘Ancients’”
“For Ottawa, Young and Kirby as old timer showed up well, and were the only thing who could make a stand against the Montreal forwards”
“Of the Ottawa team, Young was unquestionably the star. His work at times was phenomenal. He repeatedly went up the ice through the Montreal crowd with apparent ease. ‘Chalk’ was up to all Howard and Horsfall’s tricks, and the two speedy Montreal forwards were fooled many a time. Every Montrealer laid for Young, and gave him as much dirt as possible. He was tripped, struck of the legs, body-checked and knocked about generally, but Chalk always came up serenly, and was in the game until his shoulder was dislocated. Chittick did not put up his usual game, and allowed several easy shots to go through. He complained that the defence men, Madonald and Young, crowded him and that he was unable to see the puck coming.”
“Young played well for the Ottawas, but not his usual good game. He did not take any great risks with his sore shoulder”
“Young made a couple of mistakes, but nevertheless played well”
“Young is still in the game. And he is the most scientific rusher of the seven”
“Young, for the visitors, from whom a good game is always expected, seemed off colour, and was not supported strongly enough to make many ventures against such veterans as the Vics. His absence in an assault on the Victoria’s flags was very weakening to their forward line”
“The Ottawa’s defence on the other end were badly off color. Young was not in anything like his usual shape, and the Victoria forwards found out quickly that it was easy to go past him”
“Young played a marvelous game, and in addition to going the full length of the ice, looked after several of the Montreal forwards, and time and again saved the flags. Macdonald was as cool as ever, and in the play-off, when he went out to cover point, he proved conclusively that he could fill that position satisfactorily. His lifting was a feature of the game, and under Young’s tuition Bert now uses good judgment”
“The defense played well and Young’s assistance to the forwards, particularly in the first half, had a lot to do with winning the game”
“There were three men on the Ottawa team who seemed to be about equal to the occasion. They were Henry, Stewart and Young. The latter came in for his usual share of disapprobation from the spectators, but Weldy did not seem to mind it a little bit and continued to play good hockey and check as hard as his weight would allow”
