St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-04
World BeaterS Beaten.


for LOcalS-The Scores, 43 Il
AZ and 80 to %.
The double-header with the strong St
Peters team of New York city at tn
Armory on Thanksgiving day developed
in the first game, the hardest fought ant
fastest contest in the history of baske
ball. here or elsewhere, and it was only
decided in the last ten seconds of play by
Toby Matthews beautiful long distance
shot.
After having seen the best talent in the
country, at one time and another, the
patrons of Thursdays games are fully
justified in their belief that they saw
lined up that day the two best teams in
the business. Between teams so evenly
matched the only way of deciding the
supremacy is by the score board and
that read as follows: Afternoon, 43 to
AZ; evening. 80 to %, with St. Johns
bury on the long end both times.
The long advertised event drew large
crowds tc both games and in the evening
the house was packed to the doors. The
audiences were generous with their
applause and showed their hearty
approval ofgood work by either team.
In the afternoon game the floor work
/ and clever passing OF the visitors was a
| great feature, and even the most loyal
admit that they had little something
on Gray's colts in this line, but the
aggressiveness accurate shooting and
staying qualities of ST. Johnsbury's star
aggregation more than offset that and
put the erstwhile claimants of the
worlds championship in the list of also
rams" In the second period c. Lamb
introduced some dirty tactics which
called for prompt action on the part of
Schock and near the end of the game he
tried the same deal on the amiable lobe,
who showed his dislike OF such methods
by about four rights to face and two
lefts to neck before the board of arbitra-
ton arrived and settled the dispute.
Doyle was opposed by Suils, one of the
cleverest backs in the game, and al
though Pat" played to the limit his
man led in basket shots by one.
Schock played like Trojan and was
in every mix-up, following the ball from
the sound of the whistle until time was
called and he held the sharp-shooting
Charlie Lamb down to one basket, while
he sent in couple himself.
Matthews called the house down with
his clever onehand shooting and had a
line on the baskets that lasted until the
last curtain, his being the deciding goal,
but even at that Muller, the other middle
map, was not outdone as the score
showed nine baskets to his credit, and
they were all good ones.
Henschel, the new man, proved a
valuable fnd and was large factor in
saving the game for st. Johusbury. He
played one of the best guarding games
ever seen here and the way he sticks to
the ball is treat to watch. He also
shoots a little on the side, when not too
busy, and his string showed five against
Cox's three
Steinberg guarded Bill Lamb in grand
style and did some clever blocking, as
well as holding up his end of the team
work.
The summary:
ST. JoHNsBURY ST. PETERS
Doyle IF 1g. Suils
Schock, If, re. c. Lamb
steinberg, re, If VI. LAMB LAMB
Henschel, lg rf Cox
Score, ST. Johnsbury 40, st. Peters AZ.
Goals from floor, Muller 8, Matthews 8,
Henschel 5. Suils' 4, Doyle 8, w. Lamb 8,
Cox 8, Schock 2, Steinberg. c. Lamb. Goals
from + esl fouls, St. Johnsbury s, St. Peters 2.
Referee, Gum. Time, three Ism periods.
Attendance. 500.
The evening game, while not exactly a
runaway match for the locals was GER
tainly easier sailing, and showed to adj
vantage their staying qualities, after the
hard milling of the afternoon. The line
up of the st. Peters team showed some
changes. Suils replaced Muller at center,
while Muller went in against Steinburg, s
and W. Lamb was sent into Pat
Doyle's corner, where, by the way, he
was well entertained for As minutes. c.
Lamb stayed in his old position, where
he was played to standstill by Schock.
1t was evident from the start that
Doyle and Matthews were determined to
do the work up quick, and at the end of
the first period they had. assisted by one
goal by Henschel, and the clever team
work of the whole bunch run the score
up to 20. Matthews, in this period, set
the crowd wild by shooting a basket
after dribbling the ball the length of the
hall and taking three trys before New
Yorker could get within mile of the
sphere. The second period was une-
venttul, the visitors adding four points
to their string, and the locals seven.
In the last period the smiling Pat,
just to show that he hadn't forgotten
how, nonchalently dropped the bali into
the south basket for six points, cinching
the game for fair. After clever exhibit
ton OF passing by the locals, which
dazed the visiting team, W.. Lamb
finished the game with long shot, and
Manager Gray smiled the same old
smile.
The summary:
ST. JoHNsBURY ST. PETERS
D9yIe, II lib w. Lamb
Schock, RIB c. Lamb
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