St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-04
+. C. A. BEAT TACOMA
Great Contest On the Local Floor
Friday. St. ]. A. Lost a
Game to Newport.

Friday night the #. c. A. team sur
prised its followers as well as itself
by taking the strong Laconia team
into camp by a score of 1914, at f.
c. A. hall. The same team that over
wheImed F. C.. A. at Laconia, was in
turn out-played and out-scored, and
the revenge was sweet. Try as hard
as the visitors might, the local boys
were better, and led almost through
the game. The human whirlwind"
namely Demers, outclassed the other
nine players while in the fray but in
so doing, had to play a wonderful
game. Entirely recovered from his
injury received in the Franklin game,
and apparently speedier than ever,
his shoulder was wrenched in the
third period, but he pluckily resum-
ed play. However a second wrench
put it out of commission, and he had
to retire. With lead of only eight
points, it looked dubious for the To-
'cal team, but some of the close guard
ing for which Gene Gagner and Guy
OF are famous kept Laconia from
forging ahead. They made a good
try, however, and might have sue
ceeded if given time enough, but the
whistle blew with F. c. A. ahead.
The score.
: Laconia f. G.. A.
Finley, RI lg L. Gagner
Quay, f rg Lacroix
Finn, C E. Gagner
Boutwell,, g Demers
Eames l g Bedard
= Score: F. C. A. 18, Laconia IA.
Baskets: Demers 5, Bedard z, La
croix 2, Finley 3, Finn 2, Boutwell, 1,
Eames 1. Substitution, Guyot for
Demers. Referee, Boisvert. Timer,
Hart Time, 15-1O-15 min. periods.
Attendance, $50.
Notes of the Game.
Bedard, except for his two baskets
in the first period, had unusually |
hard luck with his shots. He missed |
more than dozen by inches.
Laconia was evidently embarrassed |
by the small floor, for f. G. A. show
ed better team work and passing, and
had the ball in their possession dur
ing most of the game.
Boutwell, has played football some
where. He would plow through two
or three men easily and was in two
out of every three scrimmages dur
ing the whole game.
One of Bedard's baskets resulted
from a throw from underneath, that
struck the ceiling and passed through
the loop on the rebound.
Finn was too closely guarded to
get his usual quota of six baskets. He
throws from over his right shoulder,
taking aim, and it was this seconds
hesitation that cost him many tries.
Lacroix is not content with his
guard position, but has to break into
the scoring game. Both his shots
were by one hand, and he missed a
of tries by small margin.
Only two baskets we're thrown in
the second period, one by Finley and
one by Demers. Quay came back
With carefully brushed hair and some
how it stayed smooth through the
game. Finley and Quay both receiv-
ed minor injuries during the game.
Gene and Lawrence qagner did not
happen to turn in much spectacular
work, but their game was as useful
to the team, for they spoiled the La
coma scores, time after time.
The game was hard and fast, and
he players were sometimes on the
floor sand sometimes on their feet, I
but the best of feeling prevailed, and
he irrepressible Boutwell, smiled as
lie came out of every scrimmage. 1t
was a very clean game, only two
'ouls being called on F. G. A. and one
IN LacOnia.