The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-01
LOCAL
BASKET BALL,

The Y. NJ. &. A, Teams Close the season
Medntsday by Winning two Games
feated.
The Brattlcboro Y Nc \ basket ball teams
closed the soason Wednesday evening in u
ScS, ana most brilliant audience they have
mo-, 'llly 100 persons being present 10 up.
plaud the sensational plays of Dunleyy and
cundill, the local fNorite,, Two fine
games were played. The \ VI & 4 won
from he crack Fitchburg association team in
gallop. by the Overwhelming score
OF 10 to y. The ID team also defeated the
Estey Guard, in close and exciting game
3to2.
Inc y team outpiayel it. NlasSa-
chllssetrs opponents ut all stages and won, rs
she has from her other mighty rivals, such
as Vermont Academy, northampton. Rut-
ianu. ,heene and Iiolyoke. by putting up 4
most brilliant game of team work, in which
every player had his part to play and in
winch he always put that wonderful "snap"
winch has made lirattleboro's name Il syno-
nym of victory in all branches of athletic en-
deayor. Individual work was always sacri-
feed on the altar of that much abused term.
team work." Dunlevy was the star of the
evening. His PUSHES and snappy passes
which helped lnndtl to place so many goals
were one of the most brilliant features of II Sc
rieslof sensational plays. His long distance
throws from the field, were always greeted
with Il burst of enthusiasm. Capt Daniels
was in the game from the start to the finish
and his two goals were fine exhibitions of
floor work and clever shoots. Cundfl and
Howe played their usual excellent game. es-
pecially the former throwing for goals, Seven
of which he secured. Sanders out played his
opponent at all stages and how well he guar
ded his goal will be seen by the Fitchburg
score. Mckinney, Harley and Spraguc did
some brilliant passing for Fitchburg while
the former shot two pretty goals. As this is
probably the last game Of the season.
word OF thanks is due the mana
ger. Burton Z Austin. who has worked
faithfully to bring this unknown game TO the
fro n n substitute. in the off season for
base ball and foot ball. Leitsinger's orches-
ira discourscd some of their brilliant music
during the halves of both games. The line
up:
Brattleboro Fitchburg
HOWE. + + eh IIaElSy
Cunditl, centre Cushing
Daniels, r. II Mckinney
Sanders. l. IF Downs
Summary Score. Bratteboro. Is, Fitch
burg,'5. Goals by Duulevy 90 by Cundtf
@, by Daniels (3) by Downs ~ by McKen-
hey (2) by Gushing ~ by HarleyU. Twen-
ty minute halves. Umpire, Taylor of Fitch
burg. Referee, q |; Crowell.
But the greatest surprise of the evening
was when the Ind team defeated the Estey
Guards. The knowing ones expected to see
the guards "play horse" with the subs on
account of the brilliant force they showed
against the finest" week ago, when they
were only defeated bv TWO points. Flagg
played fine all around game for the ''subs"
and Henkel INDUCED in some of his sensa-
tional football slides. which were greeted
with Great cnthus iIstn The. line m and
SCOre:-
Second Team E>tey Guards
Plimpton, II ~ henkel
Flagg. RI e Whitney
Parkes>, centre Swift
Norris, H. ~ Crcssy
Meen, IL y Dunklee
Summary: score II { \ ID teams, Is
tey Guards .. Goal. by Flagg. by Parkes>,
by Norris by IIcnkeI t2l. twenty minute i
halves. Taylor of Fitchhurg referee. Crow
ell umpire.
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