St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-02-24
GREAT BASKET BALL GAME
Spaulding High Defeated st. Johns.
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Spaulding High, conceded to be
the best high school team in YER
mont, was given a surprise in F. c.
A. Hall Friday night when forced
to the limit by st. ]. A. and barely
nosing out in a Is to "a victory.
That they were up against the real
article is clearly demonstrated by the
score. But they won the game and
to the victor belong the spoils. At
first the ST. J. A. supporters were
cheered by the looks of things as the
local five ran away from their oppo-
nents in the first period. The ses-
sion ended IA to in their favor and
the spectators enjoyed some very
keen sport.
The looks of things changed, how
ever, when the teams came back for
their next brush. The visitors had
been talking things over and Mgr.
Agnew had delivered a little curtain
lecture while waiting for the whistle,
with the result that his team dis
played considerably more pep" than
than in the first round. In this ses-
sion Hooker scored twice from the
floor and once from a foul and Car
roll and Tomassi were each credited
with a field goal which brought their
score up to fourteen while the locals
could add but three points. Clark
scored two of these on a pretty goal
from the floor and Witty Gagged free
try for one point.
With the score II to IA, the crowd
looked for some interesting doings in
the last period. Nor were they dis
appointed. A foul was the first thing
on the program, Hooker failed to
shoot the basket and then Carroll fell
short from the floor. TOmassi, af-
ter some clever passing by Hooker,
Sector and himself, Gagged a difficult
basket. Clark, the local guard, who
had played a sensational game from
the start and had three goals oppo-
site his name, failed to connect this
time and so fast did the teams get
going that fouls began to develop.
One was called on Salman for run
ming with the ball and Hooker made
the try. He failed. Referee Ken
nefick had warned the crowd against
lhooting when the visitors were try
ing for three goals and showed that
he meant business by calling another
. foul on the crowd. This, Hooker al
SO failed to get. He evidently
: thought he would make up for it and
. took two tries from the floor but
without result. Hector also fell
short. Hooker scored, quickly fol
lowed by Salman. Bound to Keep
head the visiting guard dropped an
other through the net. Tomassi was
wild but Oliver added two points
to the visitors score. He was not
SO fortunate in his next shot nor
did Salmon, Witty or Masse realize
anything from their attempts. Witty
: next attempt was gagged better and
landed fair. From this time out the
: teams gained in speed and there was
veritable fusilade of the baskets and
: some clever floor work that on &C
count of it's speed was sometimes
quite rough. Witty kept his head
throughout and on his first chance
landed a pretty goal. Two fouls on
the locals and two on the visitors
: netted each side a point, Salman and
Hooker doing the shooting. Thls
brought St. Johnsbury into the lead
"a to 23 with three minutes to play
They were three tense and exciting
minutes as anyone who was there
will affirm. The locals realized that
: their game was to hold them but the
visitors were determined not to be
held and as it developed they were
: not 1t was Tomassi, whose Work
throughout had bothered the locals
: who finally broke up the game
and added another to Spauld1ng
long list of victories. The ball was
> thrown up between him and Masse
; and he got the jump on the elongated
center, caging the ball. Salman nae
, a chance to tie with free throw but
I the jinx was on the job to stay and
, the ball simply rolled around the rim
! Summary:
t lSPAULDING ST. J. A
n1~,o.z; 80 IC CLARK