The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-27
WON SECOND GAME OF TRIP.
Spaulding Defeated St. Johnsbury by a
Score of az to 40.

The members of the Spaulding high
school basketball team returned to the
city this noon from st. Johnsbury, where
| they won the second game of their trip
| last night from st. Johnsbury academy
by score of "a to 90 1t was the clos
| est contest which the Spaulding quintet
has experienced this season, but the boys
showed good form in the last period and
won out, after an uphill fight. The
Spaulding team should be given a good
deal of credit for their work last evening,
az the hall in which they played was
small, and the team work which they
have been showing during the past week
could not be made effective.
At the end of the first period, st.
Johnsbury was in the lead by score of
l6 to 10, but in the second period Coach
Brown made change in the lineup and
put Geals in center, Nichols from center
to right forward, and Cerasoli from the
forward position to left guard in Geals'
place, thus giving the team the desired
punch. During this period the Spaulding
quintet crept from 10 to "a and held the
upstate team to four fouls, not a man
being able to shoot a basket from the
floor during the entire period. With this
victory, Spaulding has good hold on the
first half of the championship race, as it
is the only team in the league without
loss in standing The score is as follows:
Spaulding. st. Johnsbury.
Mann, !. f.,.. .......r. g. Gibson
Cerasnli, r. f., |. g...........L g., Hawley
Nichols, c.. r. I C., Farnham
& lie ffE ont L
Densmore, r. g...........l. T., Smith. /.
Goals Mann 4, Geals 8, Smith 3, Ellis
3, Nichols 2, Densmore, Cerasoli. Fouls
- Ellis s, Mann, Geals. Referee-Gamble.
Scorer-Brown.
St. Johnsbury Account of the Game.
The ST. Johnsbury Caledonan says of
the game:
"The st. Johnsbury academy quintet
went down to defeat before the Spaul
ding high basket tossers by score of 20
to "a, in a fast and close game played in
the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium last night. |
The game was marked by close guarding |
on both teams and at times both teams |
displayed flashes of snappy password |
Gibson and Ellis excelled in this line of |
play for st. Johnsbury, and many times,
through their work carried the ball to
heir opponents basket.
with St. Johnsbury leading by Il
mall margin up to within seven minutes
# the final whistle and holding to tie
core for a short time, called foul re-
ulted in the breaks going to the boys
rom the Granite city, and basket
lropped in by Mann second later in
reased the lead.
"The local boys got away fast in the
irst half A foul called on Spaulding
oon after the ball went up the first time
esulted in The first point for st. Johns
Jury, Ellis dropping the ball IN from the
oul line. During the game Capt. Fills
made sure eight out of nine chances from
he foul mark.
"In this halls the academy i've out
lasscd and outplayed the Barre City
oys in all departments, and the half fin
shed with the former leading 10 to 10.
"At the sound of the whistle in the
econd period Spaulding. who seemed to /,
ave changed their style of play some +
that, opened with a passing game that .
oon resulted in a basket that was quick !
: followed by another. i
"The st. j. A. forwards were unable :,
0 negotiate basket during the final pc Z
od. iinx seeming to have settled on \
he south basket, while Spaulding Slowly .
vercame the lead of the first half and :,
nally forged into the lead. st. Johns
ury academy showed the fighting spirit
p to the call of time but were unable
, cage the ball during the time they
ere shooting for the southern basket, 3
Ieept for the fouls chalked up by Capt.
Ills.
"Geal and Mann did most of the Gag
z for Spaulding and Smith and Ellis J
II St Johnsbury. The fine work of (
ibson at guard in playing his position G
I'd passing was feature of the game. q