Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04

Gums work as a referee was highly
satisfactory, but every time he called
foul on St Johnsbury man, no matter
what the proVoCaton, the kickers IN the
crowd would hiss and denounce him.
NJ. +. Hickey. three years an inhelder
on the Brattlcborc team, has signed atlin
with the Lowell club of the New En-
gland league Hickey has been i'll Tor
long time at his home in Springfield, but
is now recovering. He has been IN the
New England league most of tn" time
for ten years, but has also played with
the Boston Nationals, Kansas city ana
Nashville.
Company - will come to Brattlchoro for
the second championship game. Brattlo-
boro will win if the boys are up 10 their
usual standard. In case "A third game is
necessary it will be played on some neu-
trail floor probably at White River juno
ton The Company ID boys are deserving
of cordial reception. and ii is hoped
that everyone will receive them in the
spirit of good sportsmanshp.
Two picked teams have visited llins-
dale recently. one containing three oi
the high school players was beaten Thurs
dav night Is to 16. on Saturday night
collection largely of Catholic Union rep
resentatives trimmed Hinsdale 20 To :.
The first half ended with a score of to
A in favor of the Union. but early in the
| second half the Union lads forged rap
| idly ahead. DunleaVy of the Union team
| threw basket on every try from foul,
| Last year the st. Johnsbury Republican
| made a story without the slightest foun-
dation to the effect that the Brattleboro
| basket ball team contained two profess
SIGNALS who were imported for the pur-
pose of winning the state championship
| Probably the Republican will not enlarge
| upon the fact that Company ID is using
| at i1N
| of Concord and Lawrence, who was
| hired to come to ST. JohnsburY to coach
| the militiamen and the academy boys.
! 1t is explained i'm st. Johnshury that
Stewart has been an honorary member
| of the company, but the Republican will
| probably not claim that he is an enlisted
soldier. or that he is "A resident of st.
| JohnsbIry.
st. Johnsbury, although a holier than
| thou town. is afflicted with a variety of
cheap tin-horn sports Company ID has
| been playing games of three periods of
| If minutes each. When Referee Gum
announced that the game Friday would
be 20 minute halVes-which is in accord
| ance with the rules for all championship
games-he was greeted with Kisses and
| cries of "rOtten! rOtten! Twice during
the evening the crowd grew so uproarious
that time was called to give the hot
heads an opportunity to air their feNered
brows Rotten" was a favorte word, but
when the players were mixed up such
shouts as Paste the son of a D. and
| Hit the c." foated into space. she
| Brattleboro boys did not, however, suf-
fer the experience of the contingent from
White River Junction two years ago, who
were pelted with a variety of missiles
while on the way to the railroad station.
At that time one of the most prominent
physicians in Vermont who was sup
porter of the White River Junction team,
i was hit in the head with something-just
| what has never been determined-but it
was not harder than a brick nor softer
than potato,