St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-02-24
ST. MICHAELS BEAT f. G. a.
Remarkable Team Work by Two Re
markabIe Teams.

L.
Remarkable Team Work by Two Re
markable Teams.
Not since the days when Doyle,
Matthews and "Heinie" Henschel ca
vorted around the old Stanley Opera
House, have the local fans been treat
ed to the brand of basket ball served
ND by ST. Michaels last Thursday
night.
The result of the game, st. Michael
l54. f. G. A. %, was not unexpected
by those who had kept line on the
college five during the season.
This was their nineteenth victory
| out of % games played. Team work
and accuracy were responsible for
the result. Although F. G. A. put
up a good defense and played hard
right UP to the last whistle, they
were clearly outclassed and none
realized it better than they. The
features would be hard to enumerate
as brilliant passing and shooting by
the visitors was the rule and not the
exception throughout the game.
Linnehan is conceded to be one
of the best high school centers in
the country and with the two for
wards, Gilligan and Kelleher, formed
combination that could not be
stopper. Hammond, Murtags, and
Gosselin formed a strong defensive
line for the visitors and held the St.
Johnsbury boys safe at all times.
Martin started with wide shot
and Demars followed with another,
Kelleher took a couple of tries and
then Bedard and Linnehan each had
a chance but failed. Murtagh was
first to score. Hammond, Murtagh
and Dutile could not locate the net
1 but Kelleher found it twice. Gill;
gan, Demars and Hammond had their
chances but fell short, Murtagh fol-
| lowing with his second basket. De-
mars and Gilligan tried it again with
no result and Linnehan rung his first
one. Before the basket was reached
again Kelleher took six shots, Lin
lnehan two, Gilligan one, Bedard one
and Demars two and then came St.
Johnsbury's first score, pretty goal
by Demars. Dutile and Linnehan
tried their luck without success but
Gilligan connected. Demars tried to
emulate the big forward but failed.
Kelleher scored the next one and
Gilligan came up with another. Two
more by Linnehan and one by Gill
gan were Gagged before Martin found
it. To make the thing sure Gilligan
and Kelleher dropped the ball in
and DutiIe scored one for the locals.
Score "a to 6.
AS in the first session, the locals
played on the defensive with the ball
in possession of st. Michaels during
the most of the second period. Out
of 29 chances the visitors scored siz
times while the locals showed high
er percentage of hits, making foul
bull eyes out of 13 attempts. Three
of the local baskets were Gagged by
Martin, who in this period outscore6
his fleet opponent. The other was
! Bedard The period ended 3S tt
Is, F. G. A. being allowed point Oh
, fouls.
The locals came back strong in the
: final session and did their best tC
! even things up but it was more thar
they could accomplish. In this ses
> sion, Linnehand and Kelleher, will
: the able assistance of Capt. Gilligan
! certainly delivered the goods. Thu
r former was credited with four true
s shots and the latter with three, be
( sides putting up the great exhibition
/ of floor work. Murtagh was pulled
e in favor of Gosselin and Dutile prof
tied by this change, scoring three
i baskets on the new forward.
u feature Ol LILO SdIu0 WA1O1
: caused considerable amusement wa
g Demars' pretty dribbling down thu
D hall and a very neat shot which, tt
i his annoyance, landed in st. Mich
: aels' basket and was credited to tn
:, visitors. Summary:
t ST. MICHAELS F. G. A
o Kelleher, IF -1g, Bedart
q Gilligan, If rg, Gagne
= Linnehan, C C, Martin
s Murtagh, re- If, Demar
i GOsselin, re-
}. Hammond, lg IF, Dutil
+ Score-St. .Michaels, "a; F. C. A
e %. Goals from fioor-Linnehan 8
/ Kelleher 8, Gilligan 4, Martin 4, Du
It tile 4, Hammond 2, Murtagh 2, De
: mars 2. Point on fouls-F. G.
Il Referee-Nolin. Scorer = Castor
T quay. Timer-Fr. Bernier. Time
/ three 15-minute periods.
F. G. A. entertains the fast Huo
q son, Mass, team in F. c. A. hall to
u night. This should be another goo
= exhibition. The Hudsons have bee
/ going a rapid clip all winter. The
y tote a center who measures six fee
: four inches and who will be wort
. watching.
It NORTH DANVILLE
II (Alice P. Massey, Correspondent.
e The Pomona meeting here las
S Wednesday evening was very we
d attended. There were 10 from tn
e Centre, about so in all.
IS Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Massey an
d Mrs. Phelps from st. Johnsbur
: Center we're at G. G. Massey's Wed
IS nesday.
d Mrs. Jermima Green, who has bee
e sick for the past few weeks, has nc
n been as well this last week.