The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-01
MONTPELIER
WON EASILY
Defeated Spaulding High
School, AS to Is, in
Basketball
SPEEDY FLOOR WORK;
ACCURATE SHOOTING
Home Team Was Played Off
It's Feet by Fast
Quintet

Both Montpelier basketball teams woI
from their Spaulding rivals last evening
before crowd that taxed the Spauldinl
gymnasium to its capacity, the varsity
game going to Montpelier by a score o.
IS to Is in a well and fast played con
test, while the Montpelier freshmen wor
from the Spaulding freshmen in the sec
ond encounter, after playing five minute:
overtime to settle the supremacy, by q
score of "a to % in game that showed
some clever work by the youngsters.
The largest crowd of the season had
gathered at the gymnasium by o'clock
and the multitude continued to flow in
for an hour and half until every chair
box and settee available in the building
was utilized for seats and platforms to
stand on. 1t has been a long time since
such friendly feeling has been shown be-
tween the rooters, when the schools have
met in athletic sports, and continual
cheering by the two institutions kept
the enthusiasm up until the last minute
of play and made the game interesting,
although the local quintet was outplayed
three to one. Not only was there friend
| ly feeling between the spectators, but
the best of spirit prevailed among the
| contesting players, each and every man
taking bump If he received one in a
true sportsmanlike manner without any
of the jabbing dirty work which is so
often manifested in basketball
The Montpelier five is without doubt
fha faa Ia, &c ixag FL .t
seen in Barre this season, if not in years,
and their passing and all-round team
work was something marvellous. Every
man on the team was fast, made his
passing accurate and at the same time
kept the Spaulding men on the defensive
play good share of the game. Jangraw,
Gross and Clark showed the eleverest
passing that Barre fans have witnessed
this season, one of the three men being
able to keep away from his guard in tax,
ing the ball as it was passed; and their
speed while working the ball up the floor
seemed to daze the home team. The
Montpelier men we're all good shots and
through their team work there was al
ways one man free 10 shoot the ball for
the basket
The Spaulding quintet had hard luck in
their shooting, and they were somewhat
handicapped by the injury which Nichols
sustained while on the trip to Stowe
and Morrisville, At some time while
away he was scratched, the injury devel-
oping into blood poisoning, and yesterday
the sore broke out on his wrist, making
that arm almost useless although he
showed his pluck by sticking through the
whole contest. The team play of the To- |
cal aggregation was very good when they |
could get started. but the stonewall de- |
Tense OF the visiting five broke mp about |
all the plays near the basket and the |
ball was worked back into the other end |
of the hall. the Montpelier guards throw |
ing the ball with great speed to the for.
wards and the forwards taking it the /
rest of the way up the floor by their |
team work.
There was no individual star on the |
Montpelier five, as they all played very |
even; but Clark showed great speed in
and through his great speed |
and agility the Montpelier quintet was
enabled to run up the score which they
did. Gross is a very good running mate
for Clark, and these two men have a
taking the ball after the toss-up that is
hard fbr the opposing guards to solve in
time to break up the play. Jangraw at
center works well with the forwards and
il was mainly through him that Mont
pelier ran up their high score in the first
half. as he kept away from Geals nearly
Ill the time and the forwards were feed
ng him with the ball with no one guard.
ng. Smith and Kelly at the guard posi-.
ions, played a consistent game. and
Spaulding's forwards, Nichols and Mann.
we're unable TO get away from them
neither man scoring basket throughout {
he entire contest.
For Spaulding, Capt. Densmore played
good game, as he held the wizard Clark
o eight baskets and broke up play after
)lay. Morse, who has played in but ,
hree games before. also made a good ,
moving and he should receive a good !
leal of credit. as he was following the ,
,all all the time and was strong man
n wrestling for the ball. BY the time
hat these two guards have worked to- .
either another game they will form one
# the best pair of guards in the league,
S both men are good team workers and
l.
t center failed TO follow Jangraw in the
rst period, but in the second half he
eld his opponent to a pair of baskets
nd made the same number himself in
his period and two in the first. making I
II the baskets which Spaulding was able
0 cage from the floor. At forward, Mann I
nd Nichols played about the same ar :
icle of ball, both men losing many I
hots by hard luck and still more by 7
heir slowness in getting started from
heir guards. time and time again the i
isiting guards knocking the ball from :
heir hands before they could shoot for
he basket. Mann had good luck in
hooting fouls, making seven good
Spaulding started the scoring whep
lam looped one from the foul line and
lontpelier soon followed when Smith
hot a one-point maker for the visitors
fithin 10 minutes Of play the Montpe
er team rolled mp score Of 10 before
paulding could count again. Mann max.
z another foul good At this time The
ariod ended p to 10 in favor Of Mont
alier. In the second half Montpelier
arted the scoring when Stacy Clark
Tot one in after few seconds az play
M Gross and langraw followed with
70 in quick succession. At this point
eals made his first shot Of the period
nd Mann shot in his seventh foul
ontPeIier seemed to take a new squirt