Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-25
ANOTHER VICTORY.
Springfield Completely Outplay-
ed by BrattlebOrO.

the Home Team Gave the Finest and
Fastest Exhibition Ever Seen I'm the
Armory ---Score ~ to O-.-YaIe VIII Re
Here Saturday Night.
The local Y. NJ. C. A. basket ball team
covered itself with glory Monday evening
oy defeating the Springfield Bicycle club
team, one OF the fastest If not the fastest
Team IN Massachusetts, by score of 1926.
me playing OF both teams was extremely
tast, and the absence of any intentional
roughness made the game one of the pref
tlest ever seen here. AS usual the home
team excelled in passing, but the visitors
gave some fine exhibitions of lodging and
blocking.
The local players began the game with
series of team plays which were worth
going good distance to see. A foul was
soon called on Ferre for holding and Capt.
sanders lodged the ball neatly in the bas
ket, scoring Brattleboro's first point. Two
more fouls on Springfield players enabled
sanders to score another point for his
team, and he soon won the applause of the
spectators by throwing a goal from the
centre of the floor.
After some minutes of furious PLAYING
by both teams Cundiff made a pretty bas-
ket from the field and soon followed It by
another and more difficult one. After a
short stop, on account of some slight in
jury to one of the players, Cundiff scored
his third goal from a difficult running
throw. Corser then added two points to
the score, and Allen two more by one of
his backward shots. Ferre made the first
goal for the Springfield team, but 1t was
soon followed by pretty throw by Howe,
which made the score at the end of the
first half 1862 in favor of Brattleboro
In the second half the playing was less
spirited, although it was fast enough to be
interesting. Sanders threw the first basket
in this half and Corser Immediately fol-
lowed it with another. Two fouls on
Springfield players were taken advantage
OF by Sanders, who made two baskets from
free throws. Springfield also had two
chances but missed both. Buckbee and
Gibson each made goal from the field for
the visitors.
The Brattleboro team has seldom been
seen to better advantage. Sanders COM
pletely outplayed Ferre, who has gained
an almost national reputation as an aggres-
sive forward, and his shooting from fouls
was especially noticeable. Corser played
wonderful game for player who is in fast
company for the first season, his ability to
jump making him invaluable in blocking
Howe put up hard fast game but was un-
lucky in shooting for baskets. He easily
outplayed his man in putting the ball in
play. Allen covered his position at for
ward creditably, although he had a very
hard man for an opponent. Cundiff played
cool heady game, covering large amount
of territory. His shooting was especially
accurate.
The Springfield men were all expert
enced players and it is seldom that Brat
tleboro has the chance to contest in such
fast company. If the Brattleboro team is
as fast tomorrow night as it was Monday,
the Yale University team will have to play
almost perfect basket ball to escape de-
feat.
BRATTLEBoRo. sPRINGFIELD
Howe centre Ohlson
Allen ,.-..I Ferre
Cundlff io'""us Buckbee
CorSer l Allis
Sanders e"u Sackett
Score, Brattleboro D. SpringfeldG Goals from
field, Cundiff 3, Sanders .. Howe !, Corser 2 Al
len !, Ferre l, Buckbee l, Gibson l. Goals from
fouls, Sanders 4 Fouls on Bratteboro :: Fouls
on Springfield Referee Clinton; umpires De-
| vine OF Bratteboro and Gregory Of Springfield
The Springfield boys were surprised at
being taken into camp so easily, but they
acknowledged that Brattluboro played
faster game than any team they had met.
Buckbee, the Springfield guard, was
trainer of Eddie Bald, Americas champion
cyclist, for three years. Buckbee was in
Brattleboro with the Columbia team in '95,
and the pictures of the Vermont Wheel
club race meet for that year show him in
the act of starting Bald in the mile open,
which the champion won.
Ferre, the Springfield forward, has been
transferred into the professional racing
class of wheelmen by the League of Amer
lean Wheelmen. The Springfield boys
say he is a simon-pure amateur, but they
cannot get him reinstated until the meet
ing of the national assembly next winter