St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-12-22
LANCASTER WON IT
Put Up A Score Of "a to 20 Against
Academy In Openidg Game
Girls Played A Game

But for one man st. Johnsbur1
Academy might have registered wiz
over Lancaster High in the first schoo
game of the season here last Friday
night. The one obstacle was boy
named Langdon.
Shades OF Toby Matthew'S! how thai
lad could shoot About a score OF
times he was sent to the firing line
and Is times out Of this number ne
registered bulls eyes. These tries
were all presents to the visitors be-
cause of the home team fouling-
Langdon also scored a field goal and
the remaining seven points were gath
cred in by his four team mates.
The locals outplayed the visitors IT
moor work and got more chances for
shots from the floor but both Witty
and Ellis, the forwards, were way OF
form and could not seem to locate tho
net. The former came back, how
ever, in the latter part Of the game
and scored three baskets.
Warden and Masse although playing
I'm guard positions did the bulk of the
rush work and had the others played
up to the pace set by these two backs
there might have been different
story. The new rules served to slow
up st. Johnsbury Academy to quite an
extent as there has always been more
or less Of the professional style OF
play mixed into their game. This &C
counts for the numerous fouls called
on them by Referee Starting and also
by Referee Gould who replaced the
visitor In the second period, in order
to satisfy the crowd.
Blood who replaced Desmond at
center for the visitors proved to be
one of the fastest men In the game.
A clever shot, he scored two from the
floor and also contributed some nice
passing.
The locals passing game was really
a leading feature of the game and had
not their speed led them into so many
unintentional fouls there is no doubt
but that they would have carried off
the honors.
As made up st. J. A. looks fit to
start the league season and ought to
give the other teams a god run Tor
the cup. They open with a game at
MorrisviIle Jan. and the first game
at home will be with Stowe High Jan.
FL. A little more familiarity with the
new rules and what practice they Will
get In the meantime surely means some
fast work on their next appearance
here.
As an Introductory offering the
girls of the Freshmen and, Sophomore
classed staged a two-act skit entitled
Basket Ball as She should be Play
ed" Through the clever work OF
Miss Cary, who scored the only two
field goals of the game, the class OF
rs was returned victors by the score
of 4 to 1, 10 being content with foul
goal. From the standpoint of basket
shooting the game would not attract
national interest but the co-eds GER
tainly put a lot of vim into their game
and brought to mind the fact that the
rougher sex in the old Academy have
got to look to their laurels If they
want to keep the lead in athletics.
The score:
Lancaster st. ]. A.
Bernier, RI lg, Masse
Langdon, II re-, Warden
Desmond, c, Farnham
Spaulding re If, Witty
Evans, lg RI, Ellis
Substitutions, Blood for Desmond, Lyn.
mons for Bernier; score, Lancaster "a,
st. ]. A. 20: goals from floor, Witty 3.
Warden 3. Blood 2, Langdon, Spauld-
ing, Masse; goals from fouls, Langdon
Is, Witty 8, Lynnons. Warden; referee,
Startling; umpire, Gould; timer, Hart;