Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-03-24
AWARD P. II. s.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Local High School Basket Ball Team
Awarded Trophy Cup
Putnam Sustained on Hearing OF Killing.
ly's Protest

The Putnam High school basket ball
team is now the undisputed champion
ship team of the Quinebaug Valley
High School Basket Bali league COM
prised of teams from Bartlett High of
Webster, Tourtellotle of North Grosve-
nordale, Putnam, killingly aud Plain
field This was decided unanimously
after representatives of the schools met
in Putnam Monday evening TO listen
to killingly's weak protest of the game
played in Danielsou Saturday night,
March 18th.
The 1915 Is team is without doubt
the strongest team Putnam has ever
had Not a team has been able to beat
them on their own floor this season.
Besides the regular league teams they
defeated Uxbridge, Southbfidge, South
Manchester and Falmouth. They lost
to the following teams ON out of-town
floors: Uxoridge, Woonsoeket, South
Manchester and Killingly This is a
fine record for any team. Much credit
is accorded Coach Hyde Smith for the
development of the tenn and Manager
Gould Beard for its able handling
Coach Smith is II graduate Of Amherst
Agricultural College where he took
great deal Of interest in athletics and
piayed base ball aud basket ball He
cane to Putnam rs resident manager
Of the Bradley theatre and soon after
the season opened began coaching the
high school players. lie was eonscien-
lious and untiTiug in his efforts and
eliminated individual play and built
up ii fine basket ball machine and In
stilled it with confidence.
This is the second championship
Putnam has won. The league was
formed 1912 ID. The season closed
with Putnam aud killingly in tie.
Putnam won the post.league series.
Killingly became disgruntled aud re-
| fused to enter the league the following
| Year so that there were no league
games in 1914 10. They came back
this season and again The end of the
season found Putnam and Killingly in
% tie. All the other teams were meie
trailers. Again post league series
was arranged. Putnam won the first
game at Putnam. They went to Xii
| lingly Saturday, March 18th. The
game was fast all the way and at the
end of the first period Killingy was
leading by what looked TO be safe
margin. Putnam went to IL in the
second half and nosed out n one-point
| lead just before the final whistle blew
| fighting on the defensive for the last
six minutes after forging ahead by one
| point. The final score was Putnam %,
| Killingly u. 1t was bitter pill for
KIllingly to swallow and they couldn't
| get 1t down gracefully. They entered
a protest on three grounds: That An
CELL was not eligible TO play with Put
nam because he had played on the
| Putnam Trade School team, that the
officials at the game were Incompetent,
and that basket shot by Killingiy MS
| the whistle blew should have been al
| lowed They received but little popu-
! lar support in their contention and IL
| was not at first thought that they
| would seriously urge il as Angel had
| played In the game in Putnam and
nothing was heard of his staying out
| of the game al Danielson until the To-
cal team had met defeat. But the
matter was pressed.
| A meeting of the representatives. OF
| the various schools in the league was
! held in Putnam Monday evening be-
! hind closed doors. All of the schools
were represented. 1t was agreed that
whatever the outcome, relations be-
! tween the two teams would not be sew
cred. Killingly presented its side OF
the case aud then Putnam was heard.
The representatives of the two teams
| then withdrew and the representatives
| of the other three schools unanimously
voted to sustain Putnam and award
p. II. s. the championship and the
! trophy cup provided by the league. 1t
Is commendable that the matter was
SO we'll handled and that the league
will be kept for another season. The
standing Of the teams was as follows:
Team Won Lost