The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-13
s. H. S. QUINTET
GOOD FINISHER
Ran Away from Montpelier
Seminary in Last Part
of the Game
WHILE BIG CROWD
BECAME FRANTIC
Final Score Was 35 to "a in
Local Opening of Inter
scholastic League

The Spaulding gymnasium was taxed
to its limit last evening at the opening
of the Vermont interscholastic series
with Montpelier seminary, when the To-
cal team won hard fought, nerve-rack'
ing game by the score of 80 to "a. Not
until the last few minutes of play did
the Barre boys run up safe margin over
their rivals, and this was mainly on ac-
count of their better stamina. The game
showed the lack of passing and good
team work on the part OF both quintets,
although throughout the game both sides
would show flashes of the fine arts for a
few minutes, and then would sink into
the first rudiments by trying individual
work and gaining what personal glory
might fall their way.
The first period was played without
any passing to speak of by either team,
the score see- saving from one to the
other, Montpelier finally leading at the
end of the period by ne-point margin
of IL to l6. In the second period little
better game was played, however, for
the teams seemed to get acquainted and
displayed more passing, Spaulding play
ing very good passing game at the end
of this half. In this period Montpelier
started out strong, but when it was
about half over, their strength seemed to
give way and the better passing on the
part of Spaulding at this stage placed
the home boys in better positions for
their shots. every man on the team Gag
ing at least one, and doc" Mann shoot
ing three through the loop, with Geals
following close second by tossing two
into the basket.
The Montpelier team came up strongly
fortified in the cheering section. the en-
tire school keeping up noise from the
start to the finish. Montpelier was not
alone in the noise making, however, for
"Cheer Leader" Victor 0ssola of the
Spaulding side of the hall did much to
spur his team on to victory by bringing
up the Spaulding cheers and shouts,
doc" Mann of the winners was the
high scorer of the evening, shooting in
five baskets from the floor and tossing
six fouls into the loop, making total
of 10 points out of the 80 which were
scored by Spaulding. Geals was second
in scoring for Spaulding, caging the ball
four times from the floor, and he also
played a good team work game. Capt.
Densmore, who guarded Granai, played a
good all-round game and made one of
the freak shots of the pastime by hit |
ting the ball with his hand as it was
passed in the middle of the floor by |
Montpelier and sending it into the bas-
ket.
Granai, the italian A. C. ball player,
was easily the shining light of the Mont |
80 h. 20
passing the ball, fast on his feet and
was runner-up on the Montpelier team
in baskets from the floor, shooting in
four of the point makers Hatch, the
center, outshot Nichols by five to one,
but his team work was bad and all his
baskets were made possible by the feed
ing of the other players. Montpelier was
somewhat handicapped by the loss of
two of their regular men. st. Mary, a
forward is off the team on account of a
question as to his eligibility in the inter
scholastic circles, he having played on
the Montpelier team during the past
three years. Ramsdell, guard, will not
play any more this year on account of |
being called home by the death of his i
father. johnson, who played guard in {
place, showed great ability in [
guarding his man and with little more !
experience will develop into good team
worker. |"
The scoring started soon after the i
whistle blew, when Hatch threw one in f
rom beneath the basket. He soon fol- I
owed with another and put the total up :
o five by tossing in foul before Spauld- a
ng got started. Spaulding soon over n
anne this lead, however. as Mann. Geals {
md Rogers threw in basket apiece in n
luick succession. With the game run
ling nip and tuck through this period it