Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-01-22
JOHNNY ON THE SPOT"
HE WON WEDNESDAYS GAME
FROM U. v. M.
BY Scoring on a Free Try Just Before
the Close Of the Second Half-Finai
Score Was 1918 in Favor Of Brat.

the Close OF the Second Half-Fina
Score Was 1918 in Favor Of Brat
tleboro.
The score stood Brattleboro Is, Uni
versity of Vermont, IS; one minute o.
time was left. A foul was called OF
one of the colegians and there was 0
chance for Brattleboro to win. Thai
chance came to Howe and he was
Johnny on the-spot." This briefly
is the tale Of the climax of one Of the
most exciting games of basketball that
has ever taken place in Brattlebore
1t was played Wednesday evening be-
fore crowd that nearly went frantic
before the suspense was ended by
! Howes deliberate aim.
With the game of last season In
mind everybody expected that the Uni
versity of Vermont team would play
the game and no one was dlsappoint-
ed. At the very beginning of the first
half the visitors took the lead 5-2, al
though two pretty goals by March and
Howe soon put Brattleboro ahead and
the home players kept shooting until
the score at the end of the first half
stood Brattleboro 15 L. V. NJ. Z.
1t didn't look as If the Burlington
bows would be able to accomplish
much in the second half but they sur
prised everybody. Try as hard as 1t
would Brattleboro could not score a
single goal from the floor in this pc
rod. The only points made were
three by March on free tries and that
80 ,,,antfnna1 a VIni-
versity of Vermont, on the other hand
secured three goals from the field and
four on fouls.
The game produced some of the
fastest basket ball that has been seen
this season, and while number of
fouls were called there was hardly any
deliberate breach Of rules. Howe had
a strong man in Peck but it was "hoss
and boss" between the two, Stafford
was in the game as usual. making
three baskets in the first half and pre-
venting his man from scoring. Fogg
and Black did excellent work for the
visitors. The summary:
Brattleboro u V. NJ.
Ellis, f................... 6, Black
March, f...................l g, Clark
Howe, c..........,.............. Peek
Stolte, Ferriter ! g..........r {, Fogg
Stafford, g.............,.l I, Barlow
Score, Brattlehoro 10. U. V. NJ IS
Goals from field. Stafford 8, Peck g.
Howe , Fogg ,, March, Ellis, Black;
goals from fouls, Fogg I, March 4, Bar
low 9. Howe; referee, Daniels; UNI
pires, Stolte and Appleton; time, 20
minute halves,
The preliminary game opened the
local league contest. 1t was between
the High school and Printers, and it
was something very easy for the school
boys who won 1871. Their passing at
times was exceedingly good and had
they been more accurate in shooting
their victory might have been won by
a much larger margin. Crosier saved
the Printers from a coat of whitewash
in the first half by scoring just before
the whistle blew. The summary:
B. H. S. Printers
NJ. Pierce, rf...............l 6, Young
!. Pierce, f.. .rg, w. Brooks, B. Brooks
Wallen, C, B. Brooks, w. Brooks
Mack, g.................. I, Crosler
saunders, ! g............r I, Cundifr |
Score, B. H. s., Is. Printers Z; goals /
rom field, NJ Pierce. 8, Wallen 2,
Mack, G. Pierce, Crosier, Young, B.
Brooks; goals from fouls, Saunders,
Iundiff.