The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-27
BASKET BALL GAME
ENDED IN A WRANGLE
Referee Gave II to Goddard Seminary,
But Burlington High Claimed 1t
on Elapsed Time-The Two
Stories

The Goddard seminary Burlington high
school basket ball game at the Burlington
last evening ended in a dispute In the
second half and Referee Ray Worthsn
awarded the game to Goddard when the
Burlington team would not resume play.
ing II basket, which they alleged was
thrown by Goddard from out of bounds,
was to be counted. On the other hand,
Burlington put up q claim for the game
on the ground that the time Of the sec
ond period elapsed during the wrangle
and that the referee had failed TO notify
the timers to take out time. Burlington
claimed the game, 10 to Q.
Goddard's View Of II.
The game from the Goddard stand
point Is as followsi
Both teams played a guarding game,
a. the low score indicates. The first half
elded, 1915, In favor Of Burlington, but
Goddard came back strong in the second
half and Gagged foul and one basket
from the floor and &C the same time kept
her opponents from scoring. After the
basket was thrown in the second half,
Umpire Holcomb protested against It's
counting and maintaining that he had
blown his whistle for ball out Of bounds.
The referee, who has sole jurisdiction
over such matters, had already declared
the goal, stating that the ball was in
the air when the umpire blew his whistle.
tIt might also be added that the referee
is sole Judge OF ball out Of bounds.l
Burlington refused to play If the goal
was 10 be counted and as Referee Worth.
en- was clearly in the right he announced
the game on, and as b. II. s. did not
appear after two minutes he declared the
game forfeited to God lard, score 30.
The teams played only l2 minutes the
second period"
Burlington's Side of II.
The Burlington side of the story was
as follows, as given by the Burlington
Free Press,
Burlington high school defeated God
dard seminary at basket ball last even
ing in the X. NJ. @. A. gymnasium by a
score of 10 to 6. The outcome of the
game, however, was not very satisfac-
tory to the spectators, as Referee Worth
en- forfeited the game to Goddard BECAUSE
of disputed basket. The game up to
the time Of the argument was as fast
and rough as one could wish TO see.
Close guarding and sensational shots were
the features. During the second half
Goddard man attempted TO shoot when
ha kal eel Ia II
eombe Immediately blew his whistle.
The bail went into a basket and this
caused the argument, the umpire insist
ing that the basket did not count, while
the referee was Of the opinion that the
score counted. Much time was spent in
tallzihN ard 1mso. books 11Ke caakulted.
The rule states that : basket does not
count If the shooter Is not within the
lines. The referee had made
his decision and the Goddard five refused
to continue play IL the basket was not
allowed. Umpire Worthen notified the
Burlington captain that If his team did
not start play within two minutes the
game would be forfeited to Goddard. AT
the beginning Of the dispute, the referee,
in the excitement, did not call time out
and therefore time was going on during
the dispute. There were seven minutes
left to play and before the game could
be forfeited to Goddard the time was
over and Burlington had won. This,
however, was not the kind of q victory
that B. III. S. wanted and they were
willing to give their opponents another
try, stating, however, that the basket
would not count, but the visitors still
held out.