The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-05
Spaulding High Defeated ST.
JOhnSbury Academy
THUS EVENING UP WITH
Score Was 20 to 81 in One of the Best
Games Of Season--Local High School
Boys Have Won Ten Out of
Fourteen Games.

The Spaulding high school basket ball
team made q grand finale for their sea-
son when they defeated the strong st.
Johnsbury academy five at the Church
street gymnasium last evening by score
of 23 to 81. The game was one of the
fastest and hardest fought of any the
locals have played during the season, and
it was also a most exciting game, as the
locals won out in the last period only
by the hardest kind OF work. There was
an enthusiastic crowd of 200 people pres
ent who were worked up to the highest
pitch of excitement when Spaulding
passed their opponents soon after the
last period opened, and were successful
in keeping the lead by scoring eleven
points to the visitors seven.
Comparing the size of the two teams,
victory for spaulding seemed at the start
almost hopeless. Four ont of the five
players on the visiting team were at
least six-footers and they lowered like
giants over the heads of the plucky little
local players; but the fast playing and
team work combined with good basket
shooting on the part of Cummings and
Grigg was what did the trick, while
Carswell and Mcdonald also played a
good guarding game. On account Of in
juries received in the game with Goddard,
Captain Arthur Averill was unable to
play with his team last evening.
At the end of the first period, Spauld-
ing led in the scoring to Z, Grigg get
ting two goals from the floor, Mcdonald
one and Cumming three fouls, while the
visitors threw three goals from the floor
and one foul. The second period was the
visitors, as they made seven more points
while Spaulding was held down to three
points, Carswell getting goal from the
floor and Cummings one foul; and the
period ended with st. Johnsbury in the
lkad, IA to II. But in the last period,
Spaulding went in and worked like Tro-
jams, and outplayed their opponents.
Just after the period opened, w. Glib
son shot basket for the visitors, tying
the score, but almost Immediately Me-
Donald tossed in ono for Spaulding. This
was followed by another by Cummings,
making the locals four points in the
lead Robinson then shot two fouls for
the visitors, but Cummings evened this
up with basket from the floor on a
splendid shot from the side. Robinson
got another foul for the academy, but
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locals in rapid succession after the visi-
tors had been caught holding. Carswell
topped this off with basket from the
floor, and just before the time was up w.
Gibson scored a basket from the floor,
and the game ended with the locals two
points to the good. This was the second
game lost by st. Johnsbury this season.
The summary:
Spaulding. St. Johnsbury.
Cummings, I .............l G, Boland
Maiden, .............r &, T. Gibson
5arsweli, .............. c, w. Gibson
srigg, r g ................l +, Robinson
Mcdonald, & ............. t, Fiske
Baskets from the floor, Grigg 3, Nc
Donald 2, Cummings 2, Carswell, w. Glib
ION 5, Fiske 2, Boland; baskets from
ouls, Cummings T, Robinson s; referee,
Beck; umpire, Mercer; time, three l5-
minute periods; attendance, 200.
Spaulding's Record Cor Season.
Spaulding made record of ten VIC
ories out of Ia games played this sea-
ON and is in class with the best school
cams. The following are the games
Won this season and the scores: Spauld-
ng SO, Mortified high 8; Spaulding %,
Burlington high 10; Spaulding 36, Mont
,elier high 80; Spaulding Al, Newport
Iigh 25; Spaulding As, Montpelier high
IS; Spaulding 81, Vermont academy 23;
'paulding 81, Littleton 27; Spaulding So,
Italian A. G. 10; spaulding 32, Bradford
cademy IA; Spaulding %, st. Johnsbury
i. The teams That have defeated
'paulding are, Goddard, twice, st. Johns
Jury academy at St Johnsbury, and
y II