The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-25
KEENE DEFEATED
BY SMALL MARGIN
Athletics Got Big Lead at the Start
But Were Nearly overhauled In
the Third Period, Almost
Losing.

the lulIu ioiAouf S's
Losing.
Three 10 minute periods of scienii'
fc basketball was the attraction IN
Festival hall last evening when the
team from the keene, n. H., Athlete
club FLASHED with the local Athletics
When the game started IL looked as
il the whole thing was the locals ana
the score board showed IL for the AIN,
letics before the Keene aggregation had
Tailed once. Mailman then broke the
smell with a nice shot and the visitors
nv nm exhibition of bulldog determ'
nation started in 10 overhaul their
opponents. They succeeded in doing SO
late in the last period but when the
final time whistle blew the score was
rs TO 80 in favor of the Brattleboros.
The local boys played together IN
good team work on several occasions.
Their passing was good, in fact the
hest seen on the local floor tins season.
Cakes. although suffering from several
hollis went into the game and played
n corking good game. The excellence OF
his playing needs no further explana-
tion than the statement that he
shot FIVE baskets while Williams, his
opponent, shot three. Davey was on
hand and cavortcd like an old war
horse. He even condescended to NIX
in several scrimmages and was the
center about which the team revolvedi
his shots were fine and his floor WORK
great. Boutwell, played whirlwind
game but showed his old weakness IN
plaving individual rather than team
game. He mixed it up at all times and
displayed excellent ability as cateh-as-
catch.can wrestler. Many time a
Keene man did lightning whirl pro.
PEELED by the sturdy arm and broad
! back OF the chunky forward. lie was
in the thick of the fray every minute
and landed FIVE TALES for his team.
Riley played a good game against Com
er and Stafford played a good game but
not up to the standard he has set IN
previous games. Matthew was the star
of the visitors. He shot six baskets
and helped out materially in the team
work. Cameron played well but was
oyershadowed by Boutwell,. Mailman,
the visiting center, played good game
as did Conner who broke even in the
number of baskets shot with Riley, but
was slightly inclined to be rough.
The way that the game started was
a encouragement to the crowd as horse
shoes seemed to be hung on all the shots
of the local boys while the visitors
shot wildly and seldom managed to get
the ball long enough to take shot.
Cakes Gagged the first basket from the
floor and Boutwell, and Riley dupll'
Gated the feat a second later. Both
well then emerged from the crowd and
dropped one in and Davey took a long
shot which tailed. Cakes took nice
pass from Stafford and added one more
basket to the total for the Athletics.
Wellman then broke Keene's lethar-
gic spirit and tailed as did Matthew
moment later. The period closed with
the score 16 to in favor of the Attn
letics. In the second period the real
basketball began. The game grew
faster as it went on and when the end
of the period came the visitors had
worked their score up to 30 points
while the Athletics stopped at 30. 'Ihe
third period furnished the fastest ex-
hibition seen in this neighborhood late
". 1t opened with a general scrim-
mage and then Boutwell, and Davey
dropped in one each. Matthew Gagged
one and then Mailman dropped in
brace and tied the score at 80 all.
Both sides then went in for blood but
after four minutes of the liveliest
kind of play Boutwell, shot one from