The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-06
Got 81 Points off st. Johns
bury Academy Last
Evening
WHILE VISITORS
WERE SCORING 80
In Latter Part Of the Game
st. Johnsbury Much
Outplayed

At the Church street gymnasium last
evening the Spaulding high school basket
ball quintet added another victory 70
their list when they defeated the st.
Johnsbury academy five by a score Of 81
to 30. During the very first Of the game
the score was close but when the Spauld-
ing lads started their fast team work
and shooting there was no stopping
them. Spaulding's husky center, Pea
nut" Carroll, was unable to play on ac-
count OF lameness, but the substitute,
Nichols. did very creditable work. The
visitors tried all the different ssunts that
they could, including long shots and
hanging under the baskets, but failed to
make them work.
OLIVER, who played his regular posi-
tion at left guard, started off the scoring
before the game had hardly commenced.
Witty, the St. Johnsbury center, soon
followed with one for his team. Tomasi
scored a point on a faul. To even up,
Witty shot a foul. Spaulding scored
twice, as did the visitors. This tied the
score. each having a total Of seven, But
this did not last long, as the Spauldlng
five got their signals To working and soon
left their opponents in the background.
The guards. oliver and Hooker, did the
most shooting in this half each shooting
in six baskets from the floor Hooker
had one try to shoot from foul but
failed to make 1t good. The only other
chance to shoot was in the early part,
and Tomasi scored it. Only two fouls
were called on Spaulding and out OF these
two Witty scored one.
In the first half Tomasi and Sector
PLAYED the floor fast and broke many
combinations and each scored once. Wit
" of the St. Iohnsbury five was their
best man in the first period, playing
fast game and getting four baskets from
the floor. Salman showed some fine work
in passing and dribbling, but failed to
score more than once, being covered
closely by Oliver. At the end of the
first period Spaulding emerged a leader
with a total of SO TO st. Johnsbury's
Is.
Witty was the one 10 start the scoring
in the second half, but was kept so busy
trying TO stop the fast shooting OF Mich
OILS in the remainder of the game that he
was unable again to score from the floor.
Out Of three chances 20 shoot fouls he
Gagged one. Salman, the right forward
for the visitors, Gagged two out of four
chances. He also played a better game
at shooting in this period, dropping in
two from the floor. He was tied with
Fiske. the other forward, In the total OF
baskets from the floor during the game
but worked the floor faster and did bet
ter passing. The guards, Clark and
Hawkson, did creditsble work, holding
the Spaulding forwards from shooting as
often as they might have. Hooker and
Spaulding were once more tied in the
last half, each caging two baskets from
the floor. making total Of rs points for
each during the game. Nichols was the
star in shooting baskets during the last
half. Six were marked 10 his name IN
this period. Most of Spaulding's baskets
were shot from within close range of the
basket but Tomasi got one from a nice
shot from az a difficult angle. With
eight minutes to play, Parker was sub
stituted for Sector az left forward. He
PLAYED fast but was unable 20 score, The
lineup and summaryi