St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-20
Basket Ball Notes.

BaSKet Ball Notes.
Jack had his shoes with him Saturday
night.
1t seemed like old times to see Armory
hall crowded.
St Johnsbury Academy plays Peoples
Academy in the Armory Friday evening
and a good game is promised. Inc
locals will play their best to make up LOT
last Fridays defeat.
Keep your ear to the ground for there's
sure to be noise like Company d when
that band of roval rooters strike Lyceum
Hall Saturday night. About a dozen
have already decided to 60 down tor the
game and there will be more when the
time comes.
Lauter A. c. have at last been engaged
for a series. They will play the locals
here next week Monday and Thursday
at the armorv. Tuesday the same teams
put on a game at Littleton and Wednes-
day they perform for the law makers at
Montpelier. Their appearance is guar
anteed, so get your seats early.
Both players and fans had good
word for Referee Gums work, which
was of the highest order. He certainly
showed himselfan exponent of the square
deal and demonstrated beyond doubt
that he was master of the situation by
breaking up what looked like a riot,
while police and excitable fans made
ring around the would-be combatants
Speaking of East Boston, we are re-
minded that Gloversvile has also been
getting theirs in good sized chunks of
late. The Fourths of .Yonkers have got
to them twice, the Danbury team pulled
down the Wachter colors recently, and
the Reading, Pa, team not only showed
them where to get off, but lett them in
such a crippled state that they were
forced to cancel all games and take an
extended rest.
Company D. starts Wednesday on their
second trip They play Amesbury We'd
nesday night, Portsmouth Thursday
night, Gloucester Friday night, and wind
up on Saturday night at East Boston.
They will take six men on the trip and
we are looking for different results than
were chronicled after the last campaign.
In the standing of the players as re-
CARDS points scored in the Central
League, as compiled by Secretary Lett
head, Boggio is twenty sixth in the list
of 40, Doyle twenty-seventh, Henschel
thirty-eighth and Swenson forty sixth.
Henschel and Getzinger, both of the
McKeesport team, are the only players
in the league who have played in every
game.
That last basket scored by Wright
should be divided in the score between
Sheets and Toby. Toby got the ball at
the other end of the hall and dribbled
down almost within reach of Crowly, who
was staying with Wright directly under
the basket. There was nothing for
Crowley to do but go after Toby and
when he did it was the easiest thng,in
the world to pass it over to Skeets for a
basket. 1t was pretty piece of work.
A list of players who have worn the
Company D uniform this season and the
scoring credited to them in the games
played follows. A glance will show
that our "shootists" have been doing a
land-office business, and even the backs,
who are not expected to do much in this
line, have records that will stand the
light. McGuigan, who has only been
with the locals in two games, has an
average of Is points to the game, and
Toby's average for 10 games is II 1-5.
Brennan, Wright and Kruger have
played in all of the 16 games, while Toby
has been marked absent but once.
"Skeets' average of 812 points per
game is not to be laughed at, considering
the fact that in about half the games
played he has been paired off against
either Vaughn or Crowley. Against his
total of 68 baskets for the season only
II have been scored by all the players
who have opposed him. This list in
cludes the East Boston game played here
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