Connecticut western news., 1909-11-25
LOST FIRST CAME
 WON THE SECOND
BASKETBALL SEASON HAS OPENED
Canaan Defeated Saturday Night by Sharon 39--38-Won From West Stockbridge Tuesday Night by a Score of 53--21.


 Last Saturday evening 8 very fast and most interesting basketball game was played in the town hall and the uuintets which contested were Canaan and Sharon. The game was close ill both halves and there was some fast playing exhibited as can be seen by the large score that resulted The local boys have, in the past two years, been victorious in games played with the Sharon five and it was with no little pride that the Sharon boys left town 1n their automobile after the game was finished. From a spectators point of view it looked as if the Sharon players were afraid of Scott, as the ball had been in play but about two minutes when Scott showed his form and then Knight who had been in center for the Sharon team was taken out of that posi- tion and put against Scott at left guard. Knight did not, however, seem to hold Scott down very much as he shot 10 bas- kets during the two halves. Although Scott did get so many baskets, it was very difficult to pick the favorite for the local quintet as they all played finely. Campbell was easily the star for the visiting team, as he shot the baskets which netted oyer half of the points for his team. Following the game, dancing was enjoyed and the local five endeav- ored to give the Sharon boys 8 good time.
 The lineup was as follows:
 CANAAN
 Scott, r. f. @
 McCabe, l. f.
 Mcclure, 0.
 Wigglesworth, Joyce, l. g. Stanton, Hogan, I. g.
 SHARON
 Knight, Duffy, l. g.
 McCabe, r. g.
 Knight, Duffy, c.
 Klebes, r. f.
 Campbell, l. f.
 Time, 20 minute halves. Referee, Dempsey. Timers, Klebes of Sharon and Imhoff of Canaan. Attendance 200. Score, Sharon, 39, Canaan, 3S.
 One of the interesting features of the contest was that it was nobody's game until the last 10 seconds of play when the deciding basket was thrown. All were greatly excited during the last ten seconds, and it was with much disap- pointment to the fans that the Sharon players tossed the ball through the hoop.
 CANAAN 53-wEsT SToCKBRIDGE 21
 Tuesday evening in the town hall the second basketball game of the season was played and it resulted in the local five walloplng the West Stockbridge team by a score of B to 21. The ball had hardly been knocked off when Finnegan tossed the sphere through the hoop. This trick was resumed by the Casaan boys, but they did not stop get ting them until they had secured about 10 points During this half the visitors managed to get seven baskets from the floor and one point from foul called on Mcclure, for hitting the ball when it was ascendieg in the air, instead of when it was descending. The Canaan boys hoped the ball from the floor 12 times during the first 20 minutes of play and Scott threw foul which was called on Manning for running with the ball. The score at the end of the first half was 25 to 15 in favor of the local five.
 The second half was somewhat faster than the first, as the game was played for all there was it by both fives. The lineup was changed on both teams in this half and Bossidy was put against Scott and Hogan played Finnegan. Bossidy covered up Scott so that he got one less basket than in the first half, and Hogan rode Finnegan like horse also. The features of the game were two baskets made from the side of the hall by McCabe, and the shooting and floor work of Scott, McCabe, Mcclure and Wigglesworth also did some fine shoot ing. There were no feature baskets made by the team from West Stock bridge and there was no star, each play ing as we'll as the other. The visitors proved to be very poor at shooting when in the game, but ill practice they dropped tle ball in, apparently very easily. When time was called the score stood, Canaan B and West Stockbridge 21.
 During the game there were two slight accidents in which M. Troy was knocked out by falling forciby to tho floor and George Troy sustained cut over his right eye, by striking his head against the screen.