St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-02-03
ST. j. A. THE WINNERS
Defeated Two Teams From LittIeton
In Snappy Games.

The st. J. A. regulars and reserves
triumphed over the Littleton High
first and second teams in two well
played games at F. G. A. Hall Friday
night. The scores were 81 to II
and &c to 9 respectively.
Speed, pep, ginger and many other
ingredients were noticeable in the
game put up by the first string men
of st. j. A and it is not going too far
to say that the exhibition was one of
the best ever seen in ST. Johnsbury.
Every man was on his toes from the
first whistle and it was we'll that
they were for they were stacked up
against a quintet that knew the game
from a to z. 80
The memory of the recent defeat
in Littleton still ranked in the
breasts of the local warriors and
they were out to clean up that score.
They did it and incidentally gave
the fans more than their moneys
worth. ~%
About so loyal supporters OF the
Littleton team braved the extreme
cold and came over in three barges
to spur their favorites on to victory.
1t was not their fault that the boys
failed. They certainly did their
prettiest. The singing and cheering
under the leadership of Miss Barbara
"Beattie made a decided hit with the
crowd. They had several catchy
songs arranged to the latest popular
music and they sang them with
will. st. J. A. was also there with
the cheer and song stunts and Wed
with their Granite state neighbors in
boosting their favorites. Nearly ev-
erybody came in for cheers. There
were isis boom abs and "rah, rah,
rahs" for Principal Benedict, Re
fierce Gammen, Umpire Hurley, for
the players, individually and collec-
lively, and for Miss Dorothy Fair
banks, who occupied a seat in the
Littleton cheering section.
During the cessation in hostilities
the truce was observed by both cheer
ing sections uniting in singing Tip
perary. 1t was beautifully render
ed by nearly 200 voices and brought
forth applause from the older boys.
The game got under way Is min
utes late but this lost time was made
visitors was the first thing Referee
Gammell caught and Witty tried for
the goal and failed. McKelvie did
better on free trial and Littleton
scored the first point. Macauley
Gagged one from the floor and Fisk
came right back fol- st. J. A. after a
pass from Salman. Each side mis-
sed a free try and then McHugh
Gagged one. Two more fouls, one by
each side resulted in no score and
then a miniature riot took up the at
tention of the crowd Fisk and
Likely" Strong were racing after the
ball and came together directly in
front of some of the local rooters.
They engaged in a little tussle and
Harold jerks, a spectator, thinking
that "Jawn" was getting little the
worst of it came to his rescue. He
fioored the visiting player and soon
the floor was swarming with players
and fans. Referee GammeIl proved
equal to the occasion, however, and
soon Quelled the disturbance. He
gave the visitors a free throw and
McHugh scored. Witty missed a
free one and McKelvie got one out of
two tries. Some clever passing took
the ball up to the local basket and
Macauley Gagged a difficult shot. Fisk
and Witty followed suit and McHugh
missed a free one, the period ending
in Littleton's favor z to s.
The second period showed the To-
Gals at their best and they not only
doubled their score of the first per-
iod but they shut out the visitors.
Their passing in this session was the
prettiest of the evening. Clark and
Fisk both missed shots from the |