Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-22

Davey is away on trip OF three days
with the Turner's Falls team. Turner'S
Falls played Newport last night. tonight
will Try conclusions with st. Johnsbury,
AMI tomorrow night will be in Keene.
The Athletics will go to Springfield
Tuesday night for the fourth game
against the Springfield team this season.
The Athletics won the first game here
60 to - and lost the second in Springfield
"a 20 90 Springfield will try to even up
the score.
The Athletics will play a return game
with the Washington Guards team in
Fitchburg, Mass, Saturday evening,
March .. Although the Athletics had no
difficulty in winning the game here. they
will be up against a different proposition
on the Washington Guards home floor
The Bristol. Conn. team is out with a
def for a series of games with any
team for the New England champion
ship. Doran and Harding. TWO OF the
regular men. failed to show up Satur-
day night. bur despite their absence
Bristol won from the ST. Peters five Of
New York city % to IS.
The fourth game in the state champion
ship series with Company d Of St Johns
bury will be played in st. Johnsbury
March 3. 1t was scheduled for last week
Friday. but the st. Johnsbury manager
backed out and postponed the game at
the last minute II is supposed that he
was unable to get the players he wanted
to do a good job on the Athletics.
Turner's Falls Athletics continued their
winning streak at Turner's Falls Satur-
day night sc to 90 in fast game against
the All-Americans of Troy. Davey and
Long of the Brattleboro Athletics played
with the Al-Americans. Davey threw
five baskets and his work was compli
mented as the best Of any Of the visit
ing players.
A. r. Heath has resigned the manage
ment Of Company ID team of st. Johns
bury and Lieut.. Carr has been chosen
his successor for the remainder of the
season. The St Johnsbury Republican
of this week says Company d for the
rest of the year will have n team with
all its players here in town. The man
ager has hired the famous Buckley
Lew and Church of the Lowell team for
the rest of the season. The team will be
composed of Lew, Church. Beck, Ellis,
Kearns and Carr, a pretty fast bunch"
The White River Junction Landmark
takes the result of the game at that place
Feb. Il good naturally. II says: THE
Athletics proved themselves worthy foes
and skilled antagonists. defeating our
boys by score of 20 to &c. But when
we consider their professional standing
we must confess to a degree of amaze
menI that they allowed our boys to
score at all, the only explanation being
possibly that they couldn't help 1t, which
we accept as genuine, and shall regard as
a compliment. Come again some time,
and If we can't do you up we shall not
get mad about It."
The Dartmouth basket ball team has !
won nine games this season without
sustaining a defeat and has scored 4l2 |
points to 81 for its opponents. Dart
mouth without question has n quintet |
fully as strong as last year. when the |
boys from Hanover held the intercol- |
legiate championship. The captain, Greb-
enstein. who sometimes plays with Com
panY ID of st. Johnsbury under an as
sumed name, is ranked as the fastest for |
ward among the. amateur basket ball |
players of the East. Lang. another |
player, was a tower of strength in Dart
mouth football eleven last fall. Lane,
Brady and Schildmiller complete the |
regular lineup. The Springfield Repub-
lican, In reviewing the teams work SAYS |
Of the former Brattleboro boy: "This Is .
the first year that Schildmiller the for
mer Cornell star, has been seen on the |
floor Schildmiller made his name as an
athlete In playing end on the Cornell
football team two years ago, and while
he had played some basket ball at Cor
nell it was not thought that he would
develop into the strong guard that he
was In every game this year, Schld-
miller has been in the thick of the fray
his man closely, yet often
stealing away from him and running up
the floor to score field baskets. He has
been opposed to some of the best play
ers who have been seen on the floor this
season, but today his record shows that
he has thrown as many baskets as his
opponents. Truly a good record for a
guard. Schildmiller is hard as nails and
he has two more years in which 10 add