The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-05
LOCALFIVE SHOWED
Up WELL AGAINST
COLLEGIANS
Y. M. CA. Team Defeated By VIII
IiamS Fraternity
BENNlNGTON'S FIRST DEFEAT
Physical Director Mann's Quntette
Found Itself Opposed BY Super.
ior Team Work.

The "Y" basketball team met iti
match Wednesday evening when il
was trimmed on its own floor by the
Delta Upsilon fraternity Eve from vii
liams college SO to %. 1t was the first
defeat suffered this year by the local
aggregation at home. With Levin
! well taken care of and the Mann-Col
| barn Levin combination broken up by
close guarding. the college boys had
things their own way most of the
time. The Y. NJ. c. A. players showed
| good form. but they had bucked up
against a superior bunch They made
a splendid fight and worked their
heads off to win, but they could do lit
tie against Hal Wright, varsity cap
tain. Ford Wright the regular forward
and Gaut at Center
The game started off with a rush,
the visitors having Gagged three bask-
cts in less than as many minutes.
This streak was soon spoiled by the
locals, featured by pretty pass from
Captain Colburn to Burt, who scored.
the tally becoming 16.9 The visitors
were never headed. Mann soon broke
away and Gagged another. but Hal
Wright, with 8 baskets end 2 fouls to
hiacredit and Gaut with six points in
his box, made the score at the end of
the first half read 24.11.
In the second half Burt was shifted
to center, Colburn going to right
guard and Morrissey substituting for
Burt. Slosson was nut IN for Newell
and started things by getting two
baskets right after the whistle blew.
Burt equalled this with couple of
fast ones and Mann Gagged spectacu-
lar shot Then came one of those
sensational spurtG which featured the
second half OF the game the ball being
kept in play and the honors in guard
ing pretty evenly divided until Gaut
shot another, Soon after this Col
burn missed a beautiful try and then
the Morrissey -Colburn-Levin play
was worked, making the figures 1929.
Morrissey did some great guarding in
this period and Mann and Colburn
displayed bit of clever team work.
For the visitors. Ford Wright and
Gaut starred in this half, the former
getting five baskets and the latter
four Slosson played a fast game at
left forward and Hal Wright did some
splendid work
While the Y NJ c. A. team was de- |
feated. II gave by far the best exhibi |
ton of the game seen here for some |
time. The players, who have labored |
tirelessly to make the season the sue
cess it has been, deserved the COM
mendation and praise of all who love |
good sport and it is to be hoped that |
Bennington will be represented anoth- |
er year by the same men, who. as |
seasoned veterans after this winters |
work. will make the teams of sur
rounding towns sit up and take notice. |
The large audience present showed |
hearty appreciation and with a larger |
seating space the crowd would have |
been much larger. The summary:
d. u. (52) Y, NJ. c. A. (25)
Newell (capt.) IT,. rg., Mann |
Slosson IT,.
l.. f. Wright, rf., lg., Leonard !
rg., Colburn |
Gaut, c., G., Colburn
c.. Burt |
H. b. Wright, rg., IT,. Levin |
J. A, Wright, lg., rf., Burt |
IF, Morrissey |
Goals from floor, Newell /, l.. F.
Wright 7, Gaut 7, II. B. Wright 7.
Slosson 3, Levin 8, Burt g. Colburn 2,
Mann T. Fouls, II. b. Wright d. Mann |
/. Referee. Hutton; scorer, c. Arm |
strong; timer Harwood.
Before the game soccer was played |
in which the team made up of Mann,
Hutton, Barrett, r. Burt and Rosch de |
feated Paddock, Elwell, Austin. Kan |
tor and Mndinnn 10 10 10