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

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the Start and Lose So to 2O-St. ]. "A
Defeated at MOrriSville.
East Boston VS.. Company D proved
to be Just the card to fillArmory hall Sat
urday night. Every available space was
occupied and about every one in St.
Tohnsbury who is interested in basket
ball was on hand. Besides the local fol-
lowers of the game there was also fair
sprinkling of fans from surrounding
towns, including Barton, LyndOAville.
Woodsvlle and Littleton, who made the
trip fully confident that a go between
these old rivals would be about the fast
est thing ever billed. The result was a
50 to 20 victory for the Indians, and
while as a whole the game could hardly
be called fast, there were touches OF
color to the event and various exciting
situations that made the crowd feel that
they were fully repaid for coming, and
that their time and money had been well
spent
In the first four minutes of play neither
side scored and the guarding was about
the best ever. Toby broke the ice and
scored the first basket. Brennan follow
ed him with three more in quick success
sion. Once started the Noodle Islanders
were powerless to stop them and the
sound of the whistle showed the score
board 20 to 1, with the visitors in
second place.
Brennan was the first to score in the
second and then the expected happened
Corbett ran away from Lacasse and
with the aid of Coady, Desmond and
Crowley, he sent the ball into the stage
basket four times before the locals
gathered themselves and broke up the
pIav. Matthews followed with the next
shot, the prettiest of the evening. 1t
was one of his famous one-handers and
was made while Coady was forcing him
into the crowd on the side line.
Skeets eluded the persistent Crowley
long enough in this session to add
couple to the one he scored in the first,
and Crowley also COPIED one, but
Wright saw to it that the trick wasn't
repeated during the remainder of the
game. The visitors were slight ia
vorite in this round and they scored Is
points to the locals IL and brought the
score to 80 and Ito.
Kruger retired at the end of the
second period and his place in center was
taken by acasse. mclaughlin replaced
Lacasse. The last period proved a run
away for Company D. Matthews and
Brennan never travelled a faster pace
and their teammates followed wherever
they led. Matthews scored six times,
mclaughlin three times and Ward,
sometimes called the Beau Brummel of
the local team, showed that he wasn't
posing for portraits at this time, by
bringing his total for tie game up to
seven Skeets made his record 4 to 1
against the great Crowley, which any
one who is not prejudiced will admit is
"going some"
With about minutes to play, Coady
and Brennan mix d things a little over
the possession of the ball. Jack Lacasse
took in the situation at glance and
started across the hall with the purpose
of arbitrating the affair Bill not seeing
any doves lowering over Jack, mistook
the latters errand as one of war rather
than of peace, and Immediately changed
his attack to the would be mediator,
seemed imminent but unavoidable. Ref
cree Gum, however, handled the affair
with tact, and both men came up
smiling, to the satisfaction of the big
majority and to the evident disappoint-
ment of the minority, who were out to
see fight rather than frolic.
The summary:
CoMP,NYD EAST Boston "A.
Brennan, IF lb, Burke
Matthews If RIB, Coady
Kruger, Lacasse, c C, Desmond
Lacasse, Mclaughlin, RIB If, Corbett
Wright, lib, IF, Crowley
Score, Company So, East Boston 20.
Goals from floor, Matthews II, Brennan 7,
Wright +, mclaughlin 3, Kruger 2, La
casse, Corbett 6, Coady 2, Crowley. Points
on fouls, Co. d 2, East Boston 2. Referee,
Gum. Scorer Sargent Timer. Peterson.
Time Is min. periods. Attendance 800.
Last Friday night about 81 boys Of
the French Catholic Association, ac-
companied by Rev. A. Dame, their
director, left on the Montreal express for
Barton. They had been several times
invited by Rev. F. Leblanc to paw a visit
| to his boys. The F. c. A. boys accepted
the invitation, and a most attractive
basket ball game was witnessed. An
oyster supper was served to the F. c. A.
boys before the game, which began at
SIS p m, and an after game lunch was
also taken at II p. m. Most of the boys
left on the 1915 a. m. for St. Johnsburv.
All seemed to be very much delighted
with their trip and all you could hear
on the train was II will never forget this
trip" The Barton boys are expected
here for the Goth of January. 1t promises
to be hot game. All those who like to
see a good game, may come Friday, the
Goth, to st. Agnes Hall. The game is
called for $50. Admission Is cents.
The score:
F.C.A BARTON.
J. putile, D. Laeroix, IF lib, F. Martell
a. Laterriere, If RIB, J. Frechette F. Frechette
| A. Demers, G. d. Martell
| l., Gagner, rb If, Shortsleeve
D. Lacroix, E. Gagner, lb RI, Nauit, c. Martell
Score, F. {. A 40, Barton "a, Goals from
floor, A. Laferriere 9, ]. Dutile 6, A Demers
5, Shortsleeve 4, d. NJ artel g. c. Martel 3.
| +. Frechette 1, D. Lacroix 3, +. Gagner l .
| Points on fouls, Barton 2, f. c A. l.
Referee, +. Laferriere. Umpire, Clouter.
Timer Buskey, Time, three 15-mnute
periods. Attendance, $50.
st. Johnsbury Academy were defeated
for the first time this season by Peoples
Academy at Morrisville, Friday night by
the score OF 81 to II. st. J. A. went
over badly handicapped by the absence
OF Chappel, their star guard, and Cap
tam Robinson allows that in all his ex-
perence in basket ball he has seen but
one poorer court howling aIlev RIMS