St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-13
Basket Ball.


Nav England trip of Company D which
aided so disastrously at Keene, Satur-
sor n;oht. could hardly be called sue
49, s.s Init for all that they lost three of
tbe five games played, out Of the total OF
90 ,oints scored they were credited
18th t13 to all opponents 100, which
isn't so bad after all.
Their first stop was at Newport, Tues
dav night, where they were defeated by
ths Naval Reserves &c to 10. A more
,n.atistactory match could hardly be
IMAGINED The locals have never played
onateur ball, nor did they pretend to
trow ANYTHING about it, yet it was
forced upon them by the Rhode Islanders.
They hadn't played great while. how
over before it began to dawn on the
Newport contingent that the Green
Mountain Boys were very apt pupils and
were getting onto the school boy style of
nlav to a very marked degree, so much
60 in fact, that at the end of the first
ooriod the score stood to 8. This is
where Referee Sullivan began to earn his
salary. He was there to see that moth
inc that in any way worked to the adj
vantage of the visiting team got by, and
he never lost a chance to show the other
five men in the Newport lineup that he
was making good. Sullivan played
Grand game and before the second period
had gone great distance he clearly con-
vinced Company D that they were there
not to interfere with the Reserves play
ING. but simply to look on and criticize.
He worked the ball out-of-bounds
racket until it was yelling for help, and
il mattered not who threw it out, it was
a pipe as to who would throw it in.
liza Company D man dared to make a
move toward the basket. whether dribb-
ling the ball or otherwise, it was the can
for him and Mr.. Sullivan seemed to have
an unlimited supply of cans.
Skeets had McMahon's goat from the
start and out-shot him 6 to /, but. only
three Of them were allowed, the Others
being ruled out for the same reason that
has for time immemorial been connected
with any act of the gentler sex-'just
because"
Harvey played fast game for New
port and had six baskets to his credit.
The score:
RESERVES ST. JoHNsBuRY
Harvey. II RIB, Kruger
Roche RI Id. Lacasse
Mcmahon. c c, wright
Shea 10 rf Brennan
Dunn RIB If, Matthews
Score. Reserves 90. st. Johnsbury 10.
Baskets Harvey 6, Roche 1. Mcmahon l,
Shea f. Dunn 3, Matthews l. Wright 3,
Lacasse /. From fouls Mcmahon 8. Re-
fierce, Sullivan.
From Americas famous watering
place the team jumped to Noodle Island,
where for days their coming had been
heralded bv press and bulletin. 1t is
really shame to tell what they did to
the fleet Crowleys, the giant Coadys,
and numerous Others who have for so
long stood for all that is fast and un-
beatable in Beantown basket ball
We won't go into detail here as the
news has already been heard wherever
basket ball is played, but we will men,
ton in passing that if team was ever
out.payed, out-generaled. out.fought,
and done up in neat little package
marked "Oblivion-no stopovers", that
team was East Boston A. A. AS long as
basket ball ruled there was nothing to
it but Company D. and even the East
Boston fans went wild over them.
Wright and Crowley were fighting it out
in center at a pace that brought them
into disfavor with the referee, and they
were banshed. After conference both
were restored and Skeets was roundiy
cheered by the crowd, who realized that
at last here was man who was put
ting it on the great Jim" Skeets had
the jump on him throughout and got a
goal from the floor, while the best the
Noodle Islanders could do was few on
free trys.
After East Boston tumbled to the fact
that the visitors couldn't be trimne in
legitimate basket ball. they started on
another tack and the result was the
toughest rough-house ever witnessed
around the Hub. AS signal for the
bombardment Coady handed something
across to the Frenchman's frontispiece
that resembled a Fitzimmons hook
He couldn't have pleased Lacasse any
more if he had made him present of a
touring car, and Jack, who is a firm
believer in reciprocity, Immediately sent
back straight arm left to the jaw that
not only staggered his friend the enemy,
Go ha
hundred blood thirsty Noodle Islanders,
tour husky guardians of the peace and
Beef" Porter of ST. Johnsbury. This
disturbance was of short duration, but
at intervals during the remainder of the
game short quakes were felt and the
hnal summing up showed that during
the fastest and toughest game ever
played on the East Boston court three
men were at different times sent into
Greenland from different causes. Cor
bett, Kruger and Toby were the victims,
but their recovery was speedy and all
stayed the limit.
The final score was Fl to IL, and
Company D had landed victory that
was worth all the defeats they were to
have handed them before the end of the
trip. The score:
ST, JoHNsBURY EAST BOSTON
Brennan, IF 1b, Coady
Matthews, If RIB, Brett
Wright. C, Crowley
Kruger, RIB If, Desmond
Lacasse, Id rf Corbett
Score, st. Johnsbury .21, East Boston, 12
goals from floor, Brennan 3, MATHEWS 4,
wright, Kruger, Lacasse, Coady 2, Corbett
z Goals from fouls, Brennan, Crowley A..
Referee, Davis. Timer, O'Neil. Time, 20m
halves. Attendance 900.