St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-11

collection of humanity, carrying tele-
scope valises and shoe boxes full of lunch,
resembling very much scene from
Castle Square Garden. On each one
there was pinned tag marked From
St. Johnsbury, VT, to Lyceum Hall, East
Boston, via the tunnel" Jack Fox, the
veteran basket ball player, met them at
the station and read the tags. They
were Zeke Matthews, Silas DOYLE,
Electric Schock, Heiney Henschel and
Lem Boutwell,. The tags were carefully
removed and by direction OF Mr.. Fox the
procession started and things went well
until the East Boston tunnel was
reached, when Zeke olted and refused to
get into the hole. A bag was put over
his head and he was led aboard and
landed safely at Lyceum Hail. where
they were told there was to be game of
basket ball, and that the natives from
up in the hills would receive instructions
how the game should be played. Doyle
lowed as how he could cure spring halt
and chilblains, make haxseed poultice,
or persuade a hen to lay eggs, and
guessed he wouldn't have much trouble
in learning the game.
The game was called at $50 and
waxed fast and furious for few minutes
until Matthews thought the referee was
to the bad and an argument ensued, in
which Matthews opined: "Pve never
been curried below the knees and | am
long and woody. ! don't like to talk
about myself, but / must say, we are
pizen, so look out for u.s." Play was re-
sumed and Ahern rung one, and also
Vaughn, and foul goal made the score
to O. Matthews changed 1t to to 2
with two foul goals. Schock scored
beautiful basket after lot of brilliant
passing and score was to 4. Fox
made it to 4, and Matthews Gagged
another foul goal, score to s. Crowd
begins to realize that the Vermonters
are out to win and are game to the core.
Cheer after cheer went up for both teams,
every man working like we'll regulated
engine and the struggle getting faster
every minute. Cummings scored one
from long shot and then Henschel
duplicated, score 8 to at end of half in
favor of East Boston.
The crowd relaxed and began to Won
der if the pace could be kept up. East
Boston hackers, who were giving three
to one before the game, are beginning to
hedge and take the short end. Last half
starts and Matthews evens up the score
on free try. Vaughn does the same and
makes the score 10 to 8. The crowd
arose en- masse and gave Co. D. three
cheers as they realize they are outwitting
their opponents at their own game. In
the rough work three East Boston jer-
seys are torn from their backs. Doyle
drops one in and St. Johnsbury leads, II
to 8. Vaughn makes it IL to 10. By
this time the crowd is frenzied, hats are
smashed, eye glasses broken, and every
body shouting for the Indians from st.
Johnsbury. Matthews goes into the
crowd, gets the ball, passes to Boutwell,,
who sends it to fenschel. Henschel
blocks Vaughn and Matthews makes a
circle. Doyle cuts in front of Fox, long
arm goes up in the air and the ball is
poised, lightning move and it drops
into the basket without touching rim.
Matthews has turned the trick. Score
13 to 10. Fox makes it IL to 10 with
two minutes to play. Co. D. gets the
ball, dribbling, passing and counter
passing ensue. Hayes and Boutwell,
clash and Boutwell, goes out. Follansbee
is substituted. One minute to play and
Co. D gets the bali and keeps it till the
whistle ends the greatest game ever
played in Boston.
The crowd again rises and splits the
air with three mighty cheers for Billy
Grays St. Johnsbury team. 1t takes the
next ten minutes to reach the dressing
room, as congratulations and hand
shakes are in order everywhere. A COM
mittee is chosen to find out where this
team came from and after a careful
search small spot issighted on the map
and opposite is the name, st. Johnsbury,
Amusements: the best basket ball team
in New England. Each and every player
deserves the highest praise, for one mis-
take at any part of the game would have
lost the victory to East Boston. The
ST. JoHNsBuRY, E. B. c. L. A.
Schock, If re, Cummings
Doyle. IF, liz, Hayes
Matthews, c, c, Vaughn
|Henschel. liz. IF. Fox
|BothweIll (fF'ollansbee) re, If Ahern
score-st Johnsbury, 15, E. B. c. L. A. ~.
locals from floor Matthews, Henschel,
Doyle, schock, Fox 2, Cummings. Ahern,
Vaughn 2. Referee-Davis. Time--2O min
|ute halves. Attendance $500.
Co. D, 70, WASHINGTON GUARDS %.
Manager Gray took his team to Lyn-
donville Wednesday night and played an
exhibition game with the Washington
Guards OF Fitchburg, winning by big
margin of rs to 20. The floor which is
often used for dancing, and had been
waxed that afternoon, prevented any
systematic floor work on the part Of
either team, but it showed up the fact
that Co. D can shoot under the most
uniavorable conditions, as they rung 81
baskets during the performance. Doyle
was the star shootist, having 10 baskets
to his credit, while Matthews and Schock
|rung nine and eight respectively.
The feature of the game, outside of the
shooting of the locals, was Pat Doyle's
thrilling "slide for life" into the east end
bleachers. limp" Steinberg ran the
game with an iron hand and at the
least suggestion of unfair methods, a
glance from him was sufficient to reduce
the unruly players into passive submis-
sion. The summary:
ST JoHNsBuRY WASHINGTON GUARDS
Doyle. IF lb, Murphy
Schock, If RIB, Rude