Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-25
ST. JOHNSBURY DEFEATED
BRATTLEBoRo WINS SECOND
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
Visitors Unable to Score More Than
One Goal from the F., or.-Final
Score Stood 18-8.-Company D
Resorted to Rough Tactics.

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One Goal from the F., ,r.-Final
Score Stood 1s.s.-company o
Resorted to Rough Tactics.
In a game replete with scrappy
situations bordering on fistic encoun-
ters and characterized by compare
lively little open playing. Brattleboro
Y. NJ. C. A. Friday evening redeemed
the laurels which 1t lost few weeks
ago at st. Johnsbury and won the
second game in the state champion
ship series by score Of 1873 AS
an exhibition of scientific basketball
the contest was a failure The visitors
did not attempt anything In that line
but confined their efforts to preventing
Brattleboro from scoring by whatever
means happened to be the most ef-
fective. This proved, however, to be
an impossible task. Although the
passing of the home team was not as
pretty as usual the boys played WIN
unusual speed, and several times nad
Heath, st. Johnsbury's lanky center,
completely winded, so badly so that
the game was called twice 10 allow
him nominally to fix his shoe but IN
reality 10 tdlCH MS biNhNh 80 49,
toward the end of the game nearly
all of the visitors were shy on wind
Things began to move the minute
the whistle was blown for the first
half. II was several minutes before
the ball moved toward either basket
and the first point was made by ST.
Johnsbury on a free try. Soon after
ward Stafford found the basket from
directly underneath. and Howe scored
one on a free try March then electri-
fed the crowd by a swift one hand
pass which sent the leather fairly into
the net and Immediately afterward
Ellis and Stafford each scored again.
In the meantime Stewart Of st. Johns
bury had converted two more Tree tries
into points, making the score AT the
end of the first half 9-3 In favor OF
Brattleboro.
The second half was faster and more
furious than its predecessor, ana the
visiting team began the use OF tactics
better suited to the ring than the pas
ketball floor. The half had not been
in progress more than five minutes be-
fore Stewart, the professional OF Com
pany D., tapped March on the nose and
started to follow with several other
blows, but was stopped and penalized
for smuggling. March scored neatly on
the free try, and Ellis followed by
goal from the floor. March and
Stewart each made a point on free
tries, making the score 1874 II was
raised to 1876 on free tries by March
and Beck. and then Ellis shot the
longest goal of the evening, driving the
Brattleboro supporters wild with ex-
citement. Just before the close of the
half Heath succeeded in making st
Johnsbury's only goal from the floor
after he had had wrestling match
with Johnny Howe in which the latter
came out on top. The last point was
made on another free try by March,
making the final score 1873.
OF the Brattleboro team the work OF
Ellis stood out as the most brilliant.
He was absolutely untiring in ms
floor work and had an unusually ac-
curate eye for the basket March ana
Stafford divided the honors for second
place, the former distinguishing him
self by his accurate shooting from free
tries and the latter by his close guard
ing. Although Ferriter and Howe did
none of the scoring from the floor both
were actively engaged in playing bas-
ketball the entire time and kept their
worried. Stewart, the pro-
fessional which ST. Johnsbury i'm
ported from Lawrence, Mass, was not
only a player of mediocre ability but
q .'mucker" in nearly every sense OF
the word. A small quantity OF mouth
can be overlooked when 1t Is balanced
by brilliant playing but when 1t Is the
only thing a man has 1t gets decidedly
AS a basket ball player
Stewart was the poorest man on the
st. Johnsbury team; as q trouble max
err he was the most efficient. Heath
who played center against Howe was
a good man, but the accuracy win
which he threw goals In practice dis
appeared with the beginning of the
game. Buckley and Beck were TWO
fast forwards but they were up against
a brace of rattlers in Ferriter and
Stafford.
The local game was interesting IN
that 1t accomplished the defeat of the
High school team which has hitherto
been unbeaten The schoolboys lacked
the ginger which they generally
possess. especially Sanders and G.
Pierce who were decidedly out Of form.
Wallen put UP the best game for his
side and threw two pretty goals, al
though one was not allowed on the
grounds that he was out OF bounds.
For the Y. NJ. c. A. gyms q. Wood
ard and Harwood did the best work.
The summarizes:
st. Johnsbury.
Ellis | .............. Stewart
March .............''. Wrlsnt
Howe .........'.'.','. ilIi
Ferriter g .............. buckiey
Stafford ........,'...'.. peSh
Score Brattleboro IS, st. Johnsbury
s. Goals from floor, Ellis 3, March'
Stafford 2. Heath. Goals from fouls,
March 5. Howe Stewart 4, Beck z.
Points from floor, Brattleboro II, ST
Johnsbury 2. Points from fouls, Brat
tleboro 6, ST. Johnsbury' 6. Referee,
Daniels. Umpire, Gum. Timers, Dun
leavy and Tinker. Time Commute
halves.
Gyms" High Scnool
L. Woodland t .......... sanders
Stafford I .........H.....'. Mach
............... WdiehS
E. Woodland ! g ........ M. Iiercs
Harwood ........... u. flerce
Score. Gyms" 10, High School 10.
Goals from floor, Langille 2, e. Wood
ard 8. HARDWOOD, G. Pierce 2, Wallens,
Sanders g. Goal from fouls, L. Wood
ard. Referee Daniels. Umpire,
Stolte. Timer, Dunleavy. Time 20
minute halves.
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