St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-02-26
A FEW ToASTS
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lVSu9II HueId All
In wine or in water in coffee or TEA,
Whatever your faVUrite beverage may be.
Drink to the glory of Company u
Here is to Matthews, good natured and tall,
We've seen some shootists, but he beats them
He'll cage 'em from any old spot in the hall
Long life and good luck 20 Toby.
Here is to Henchell, the worlds greatest
guard
Seems to play easy and yet plays so hard,
Everyone's favorite-big drawing card.
Long life and good luck to Heinie
Here's to Pat Doyle, at the head of his class
There with the bells on, aggressive and fast,
In every game from the first to the last.
Long life and good luck to Patsy
Here's to Swenson, the golden haired Hash
Quicker than lightning, all ginger and dash,
Strong the baskets and strong on the
mash.
Long life and good luck to kiddo.
Here is to Hollenbeck, spunky and spry
In every contest with blood in his eve,
Ready and willing to do or to die.
Long life and good luck to Eddie
Here's to the others who helped us play ball :
Steinberg, Schock, Boutwell,, Fox, Ben Vaughn
so tall,
If we had the money we'd hire them all
Long life and good luck to all of EN-.
Here's to Bill Gray who collected these boys
Shared all their sorrows and shared all their
joys
As basket ball manager, he's the big
noise "
Long life and good luck to William
Here's to the fans who attend all the games
Boys men ana maids, merry widows and
danes.
There's really not room here to mention their
names.
Long life and good luck to all OF en-
The conquering heroes were greeted
last Wednesday morning by huge bon
fire and the band, and were escorted to
their homes in carriages, accompanied
by hundreds of loyal fans, who were
never more proud OF the wearers Of the
red, white and blue, who had so nobly
defended the basket ball reputation of
St. Johnsbury at Brattleboro the night
before.
This was the beginning OF series OF
events that eliminated in the arrest and
hning of Ed Wachter, the stalwart
center of the Gloversvile quintet, at II
o'clock that night, for breach of the
peace.
1t is small wonder that trouble re-
suited, after careful survey of all the
dealings, and double dealings, that have
characterized the arranging of this series.
To begin with, the local management
have had to deal with no less than halt a
dozen different managers or their agents
since negotiations were first opened last
fall. The first on the scene was Jimmy
Doran; he was replaced by Mr. Wright,
and before St. Johnsbury had time to get
acquainted with the latter, Mr.. Daniels
appeared on the scene, empowered 70 act
for Brattleboro, or Gloversville, or the
whole world. His stay in the harness
was short, however, and this brings us
up to the only man from whom it was
possible to get any satisfaction, or a
semblance of square deal-Dan Riley
The series was finally arranged with
him, and everything went smoothly. in
GLIDING the first game at Brattleboro.
On the arrival of the Brattleboro team
in town, however, It was discovered
that again the management had changed
hands, temporarily at least, and the res
possibility seemed to be divided between
Francis Murphy of Newport, N. H.
whom Manager GRAY refused to dea
with, and Shea, " the mpromptu lawyer
of aldermanic proportions referred t.
in the Brattleboro papers, and, by
the way, if the defense rested entirely OF
him and it his knowledge of law is a,
limited as his knowledge of basket vail
it is a wonder the pugilistic brewer go
off with his life. But after delberatinl
for while with these two gentlemen
Lew Wachter hove in sight with tn,
credentials of office, and proved to be TIL
real power.
1t afterwards developed that Mr.
Daniels who had previously conducted