St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
GOOD WIN AT NEWBURY
F.. G. A. Proved Victors on a
Strange FIoor-Defeated Laconia

F.. G. A. Proved Victors on
Strange F1oor-Defeated Laconia
The result of last Wednesdays
game at Newbury must have jolted
those who are always so sure that
+. G.. A. can do the trick here but
couldn't get a look-in on another
floor. Newbury had made elaborate
plans for the game and were pre-
pared to show the inhabitants of
that town that F. G.. A. wasn't so
much. They presented their best
lineup, while Lacroix was missing
from the St. Johnsbury team. In
spite of this, however, NeWbury was
forced to sing a swan song, with
Larry Gagner's five beating tine to
the tune of 80 to Is.
The game was clean throughout,
Demers and Bedard doing the fancy
stunts for F. C. A. and T. Carlson
starring for Newbury. Another
point worth noting was that Gagner
and the speedy Temple broke even
on baskets The score:
f. G. A. Nj. ". A. Newbury
e. Gagner, t, Z. Carlson
Martin
L.. Gagner, rig f, Temple
Demers, C, Thompson
Raeette, g, A. Carlson
Bedard, l T 6, Powers, Clark
Score, F. C. A. 80; Newbury Is.
Goals from floor, Demers 5; T. Carl
son 5; Bedard 8; e. Gagner 2; Ra-
cette 2; Thompson 2; L. Gagner,
Martin, Temple, A. Carlson. Points
on fouls, F. C. A. 2. Referee, Greer.
| Umpire, Lafond Scorer, Lacrcix.
Timer, Dutile. Time, three Is min.
periods. Attendance, 800.
Beat New Hampshire Champions
What the Laconia five might have
done had they started scoring in the
first period instead of the last seem
ed to interest quite good many at
IF. c. A. hall last Friday evening.
The local team did not seem to be
the least bit interested in what
might have been, but started at
the opening whistle to clean up and
before they could be stopped the
score stood % to with the cham
pions of New Hampshire on the short
end.
In the second the visitors stiffened
their defense and also did a little
shooting themselves, with the result
that six points were added to each
| side of the board.
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| fastest work of the game, the
speedy Clark of Laconia jumping in
| to the spotlight with several spec
| tacular shots. p. c. A. was going
as steady as a clock, however, and
Gagged the sphere often enough to
| keep the score at about the same
ratio and the final whistle sounded
with the locals in the lead 35 to 1S!
The hall was packed to the doors
! and several were turned away,
which goes to show that the fans
have not entirely forgotten the
sport that helped to make st. Johns
bury famous, and that they are
| willing to respond when served the
brand that F. c. A. has been playing
this season.
Demers and Mcpherson held the
attention of the crowd throughout,
the latter sticking to F. G. AS
speedy forward like a long lost
brother, but not close enough to
prevent Demers from caging five bas-
kets. Clark was another who at
tracted considerable notice and he
is without doubt the fastest forward
seen on the local floor this season.
F. G A. are taking weeks lay-on
and the next attraction will probably
be either Franklin, N. H., or Barre.
The score:
F. G. A. Tacoma
Bedard. IF b, Gay
Demers. If b, Mcpherson
Racette, C, Thompson
L. Gagner, r b f, Carlson
Martin
E. Gagner, b I, Clark
Score, F. C. A., 35; Laconia, 10.
Goals from floor, Clark Z, Demers
Racette 5, Bedard 3, E. Gagner 8,
Thompson 2, Martin. Points on
fouls, f. G. A. /. Referee, Lafond.
Scorer, Lacroix Time, 8 Is min.
periods Timer, Nadeau. Attend
ance, $50.