The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05
S.H.S. LEADERS
WERE HUMBLED
Defeated by Burlington High
School by II to "a
Score
LOCALS HAD LOST
THEIR AGGRESIVENESS
Both Teams Were Crippled
When Strong Players Were
Ruled Out for Scrapping

| Spaulding's quintet of basket shooting
aspirants for the interscholastic basket
ball championship of northern Vermont
were given a jolt Saturday evening, when
| Burlington high school sent the local
boys down to defeat at the Spaulding
gymnasium by the score of ~ to "a. 1t
was a game in which Spaulding showed
reverse form from that displayed ON the
different floors during the past season,
caused perhaps on account of over conf
dence gained by the members OF the team
on their successful road trip to Hardwick
and st. Johnsbury, and the string of vie
tories which had been unbroken.
As a game it was clearly played al
though rather rough on account of the
spirit and determination to win; but not
at any time was it contest where much
enthusiasm was aroused by the Spauld-
ing spectators, as the Barre five seemed
to lack the punch throughout the game
that would necessarily assure victory.
The local boys were kept playing the de-
fensive game and did not display the en-
ergy to go ahead and use offensive play
as they have in the other contests on
their home floor. On securing the ball in
Burlington's section of the floor, torpor
seemed to settle over the home team and
before they could make getaway the
Queen city players were on top of the
man with the ball and team work on the
part of Spaulding was shown only pc
riodically.
On the other hand, Burlington showed
symptoms of good team work and their
agility on the floor kept the ball in mo-
ton with the result of their gaining more
their points were made
possible through the feeding OF the ball
to Blodgett, he seeming to be the only
man on the team who had much success
at caging the sphere.
Both teams were somewhat weakened
a greater part OF the game
on account of the loss OF a regular, Bar
nard of Burlington and Mann of Spauld
ing being sent to the showers by Referee |
for coming to terms over a little |
Misunderstanding by exchanging few
blows with their breadhooks. Lyon was |
placed in Mann's position and played a |
good game but could not seem to get |
away from katz, who played a close |
guarding game, and Barnard's place at |
center for the visitors was filed by Nc |
Cuen, who had previously played for i
ward, his forward position being taken
by Converse, substitute
Wilkins for Burlington, who received a
fractured rib while playing Montpelier
high school in the armory on the proceed
ing night, showed his pluck by going into
the contest and playing a whirlwind
game in spite of the pain which he suf
fered throughout the evening 1t is ex
pected that he will not be allowed to
play again for month, when he reaches
nome Without his services the Burling-
ION combination will suffer a great loss.
IS he is very aggressive guard, having
he faculty of passing the BAH in fine
style as well as guarding his man at the
'ame time and had all the earmsrks of
he best guard who has visited Barre this
eason.
The game started with Spaulding seor-
ny basket in the first minute OF play,
ieals making a difficult shot from the
Tide OF the hall, followed by foul and
basket from the floor in short order by
3lodgett. With this lead, Burlington
,ept in front throughout the period until
he last minute of play. when Geals made
mother difficult shot with one hand from
Iearly midway of the floor, giving
'paulding one point lead of Ia to ID.
The second period opened with Burling-
on shooting basket, the visitors losing
he lead but once in this period, when
'paulding took short squirt and lead
i to 20, but fouls shot by Blodgett again
mt the visitors in front, never to be
again. The score is as fol-
Dws:
Burlington. Spaulding.
'lodgett, rf.......... lg. Geals, Cerasoli
ilodgett, IF. .lg, etials, Cerssoli
McCuen, c. &C, Nichols, Geals
.atz, rg. ...............l If, Mann, Lyon
Wilkins. lg ri. Cerasoli. Nichols. Young