St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-11
ACADEMY LOST TWo GAMES
Found Too Strong Opponents At
Spaulding High and
Montpelier.

st. Johnsbury Academy journeyed
to Barre and Montpelier last week.
and lost both to Spaulding High and
Montpelier High. The boys put up
a great game, however, in both
places, and the games were hard ones
to lose. The team missed the ser
vices of the tall Hill at center, who
was unable to make the trip, but
Stevens, a comparatively inexperi-
enced man, played fine game, both
extensively and defensiYely, so that
the center position was not as weak
as was expected. The following &C
count given by the Barre Times
shows what an impression the aca-
DENY team made in that town.
1.-THE St. Johnsbury academy quin-
tet, locally of unknown strength,
were ushered into the Church street
gymnasium last night and threw con-
sternation into the Spaulding camp
during the first session, when they
assumed full sway over the contest
and it was not until well into the last
half that the Spaulding court rangers
finally overcame a big lead and turn
ed defeat into a % to IA victory for
the Red and Blue. The game was
witnessed by a large gallery of spec
tators and proved to be one of the
most interesting affairs that has been
seen in local school circles for years.
The Caledonia county lads present
ed personnel of players whose abil-
ity could not be questioned and who
should be powerful factors to be rec
koned with before the award of the
state championship title can be eff
fected. Fresh from most auspic-
ious season in the eastern section OF
the state the st. Johnsbury lads fur
nished a brand of basket ball Spauld-
ing found difficult to fathom and con-
verted the game into one of the mer-
riest little contests. The Spaulding
five entered the initial period minus
the services of Melt" Brown, the star
center. and were soon found taking
the small end of the argument. The
visitors piled up a lead of 6 to 0 be-
fore Brown found his position. His
presence then lent great stimulus to
the local team and during the re-
mainder of the period they cut down
the lead considerably. When the
period ended St. Johnsbury was lead
ing by the score of 13 to 8.
The opening moments of the sec
ond half were of a quiet nature, but
during the middle of the period
Spaulding's scoring artillery was set
in action and the score was eVened
up. The St. Johnsbury quintet
seemed to weaken under the strain
of the Spaulding attack, although
they fought bitterly until the final
whistle was sounded. The best play
ing of the evening was contributed
by Brown Of Spaulding and Fiske of
the visitors, brother to the former
Goddard star. Brown was covered
all during his stay in the game, but
by spectacular work registered four
field goals.
The floor work of Fiske was re-
violation to the spectators. He now
ed his path with ease through the
Spaulding attack and at times his su-
perb playing electrified the galleries.
Fiske was ably supported by his CO.
partner, Salmon, and by Gibson,
back. Salmon's foul shooting was
one of the finest exhibitions seen in
the old church auditorium this sea-
son. oliver was tower of strength
in the Spaulding baekfeld.
The score:
Spaulding. st. Johnsbury
Tomasi g Elliott
Levin If Gibson
Carroll, Brown Stevens
oliver g ! Fiske
Hooker g Salmon
The score Spaulding %, st.
f1oor-Brown 4, Levin 2, Tomasi 2,
Salmon 2, Fiske Baskets from fouls
Salmon z, Brown 3, Levin 8, Fiske.
Referee Kenefick. Umpire-Jenks.
Timer-Agnew. Scorer Black
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The Game AT Montpelier.
Saturday evening at Montpelier,
st. Johnsbury was defeated again
with the greatest difficulty. The
game, played in the old Armory,
where Montpelier daily practices, was
nip and tuck until within the last
10 minutes, when the ST. Johnsbury
boys weakened bit, and Montpelier
scored several times in succession.
The st. Johnsbury team work was
of very high order, showing much
improvement since Montpelier played
here, and the boys had their eye on
the basket, too. st. Johnsbury is a
good road team and although un-
familiar with the other floors, yet
play such a slashing game, that the
home team has no surety of winning.
Harry Salmon was the SIdT Oh Inc
game in Montpelier, playing as good
basket ball as had ever been seen
there. Rushing up and down the
floor, and scoring spectacular basket
after basket. the heavy Montpelier
guards could not hold him. Six Of
his eight baskets were clean shots
from the center of the floor, won
derful record for a visiting player.
r. Fiske tried a one hand overhead
throw that rolled completely around
the iron basket rim, and then rolled
out. The Academy team as a whole
showed first class ability, both in
dividually and collectively, and had
they had a little earlier start, could
have disputed the Montpelier and
Newport championship claims. The
score.
Montpelier st. J. A.
Laird l r f Gibson
Gross T g Elliott
C C Stevens
l g Salmon, H. Fiske
If, r. Fiske