The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-31
Montpelier Sem. DiSpIeased
With SpauIding High
DISPUTE OVER A GAME
Basket Ball Contest in Montpelier Last
Night Brought to Close Through
Disagreement Between 0ficials
Over Alleged Interference.

With seven minutes left 20 play and
with Spaulding high school easily in the
lead, the basket ball game with Mont
pelier seminary In the Montpelier X. M.
C a. ended IN an unfortunate dispute
last night. The trouble arose over q
disputed basket. it being declared by uu-
pire Hamilton that basket thrown bv
tyerill of the Spaulding team was due
to being detected by d Young boy in
! the gallery and that had II not been
for the BOYS act the ban would have
gone into the crowd. Referee Mercer
refused TO recognize the claim of the
umpire and the game ended then and
there. Later Referee Mercer returned
Tor the floor and announced that the
game was forfeited I'd Spaulding BY the
score of 2 to 0. The Montpelier semi
nary adherents objected to this and as
the result Of the trouble they threaten
70 discontinue athletic relations with
Spaulding. At the time the score was
I6 to in favor OF the high school.
Umpire Hamilton had protested once
before during the game that Spaulding
had been given d basket because Of the
act OF someone in the gallery, but when
the referee paid no attention To him the
game went on. The next time Of III.
legged interference Hamilton stood out
and refused to continue the game. The
Montpelier boys claim that three min
utes in which to continue was not an
inouneed, so there was no game Up to
that point the Spaulding boys had been
outplaying their opponents, Ayefiil and
Worthen doing good work, particularly
the latter. who threw four baskets from
the floor aud Ave from the foul line The
seminary team had scored three times
from the floor.
Tie line-up:
SpAULDfNC MONT. SEM.
Worthen, r. +. ..........l. !. e., Bishop
Ayeril, / I. .....,..-. r &, Clark
heli, 2. ..rt....,...,....t G, Parker
Soldini, 7. G. ........... ]. T., Mccarthy
Darhng !, g. ...,.....,..s. -F. H. Mitchell
Summary: baskets from the Roor
Worthen, Ayerill i, Bishop. Clark ana
Mitchell: from foul line, Ayerin q. Me-.
lCarthy 2: umpire Hamilton; referee.
Mercer
The second teams Of the two schools
played very close game, The seminary.
defeating Spaulding by tho score Of is
10 ~ y ne ltNt matt fUutN IL 10 = III
favor Of Montpelier but the Spaukling
boys picked up III the last half and near
~ won out. The lineup:
sPAUIDING I'd NJ S. Cd
Riley. l. q, ...s.ss.....s 4, 4, Atkins
Bies, r z. .,...s..... l. f.. Bigelow
Reid c. ................ G., GmTier
AIcAnlay, l. /. ......a... r. r.. Reed
Ilalvosa. 1 .....-.... ]. g. Glidden
summary: baskets from the floor,
Atkins. Bigelow 3, CuIaier 2. Reed 3.
McAulay, Halyosa Riley. Miles: from
foul line. Atkins, Mccarthy 2, Reid 4;
referee. Carroll umpire Hamilton.
Referee Mercer claims In relation to
the dispute in the first game that be
did not see any interference with the
ball and so could not change his deci
sion on the statement OF some other per-
SON Ii there was interference It was
not by any Barre boy, so Spaulding
teachers say: nor was It 50 claimed by
Montpelier that Barre spectators were
responsible. The Spaulding PLAYERS feel
badly that any disagreement should have
arisen, declaring that they would rather
have lost the game than to have had
IL happen
Referee Mercer is a Barre man. while
umpire Hamilton is teacher in Mont
.pelier seminary.