The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-15
FITCHBURG TEAM
HAD SMALL SHOW
Athletics Did Not Give Visitors Chance
to Score Many Baskets While
Home Team Scored
at VIII.

describes the reception given the Wash
ington Guards on the local floor We'd |
nesday evening when the Athletics
added another victory to their string
by winning the game by the score of
81 to 20. From the start the visitors
were never in il and again II was only
the question of how many baskets the
Athletics could shoot. II was pretty
game from the spectator standpoint
but il would have been better game
from fandom s seat had the score been
bit closer. As it was, everyone was
satisfied. The home team had the long
odds.
The local aggregation was helped
out materially by the presence Of Doran
and Haggerty. These two players were
both in the game but Doran shone as
the special star. His work was pleas
ure TO witness. In all the seufiles his
great strength and agility stood him in
good stead He shot accurately and
followed the ball like a coursing hound.
He landed the basket 10 different times
and was in the thick of all the team
work. Boutwell, was another light and
kept the fat boy, Conlon, ON the go.
The big guard had the advantage by
some 80 pounds as well as large
amount of height. He was handicapped
by his weight and Boutwell, slid all
around him and swung him about as
if the large boy was bale of hay
heavy but not very active. "Gus"
stuck like a leach and caused the big
guard more trouble than boil on the
back of the neck. Dayey played
against Mailman and was on the 60,
all through, Mailman played here
with Keene, n. H., in a former game
and assisted greatly in the teamwork.
His shooting and passing were of
high order. Haggerty played fairly
well but did not do much startling,
except one beauty shot from the side
and corner. Stafford played well on
the floor but was unable to locate the
basket
AT the start of the game the Ath.
letics began to make things lively. Al
most as soon as the whistle blew Both
well sidestepped Conlon and landed the
| first score of the game for his team,
and duplicated the trick second later
Doran wrestled out of a crowd and
added another and Boutwell, dropped in
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M rabbit and danced around like
barefooted boy in a briar patch. Davey
decided that il was time for him to
timber up and did so. Boutwell, work
ed also and the visitors were illtreat-
ed and not allowed to shoot for the
basket even when they wished. The
Athletics seemed to have forgotten all
about the laws of hospitality and
praneed around their opponents like