The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-03-12
ST. JOHNSBURY
WINS FROM
WO0DSVILLE
81 to % Victory In Fastest
Game Ever Seen In St.
JOhnsbury ArmOry

The game between the Lcgionaires
from Woodsville and the local ones
at the rmory, St. Johnsbury Thursday
night was the fastest and toughest
game seen on the local floor since the
time of the old Company u outfit. st.
Johnsbury won 81 to %.
The game started with rush and
the way that the boys stayed with
their much heavier opponents, was a
pleasure to the largest basketball
crowd out this year. Many times
through the game the St. J. team
demonstrated that "the bigger they
are, the harder they fall"
Before the players got on the floor
the fans began to arrive and on sche
dule time the referee started the me-
lee, first taking ne prccauton to tie
up the baskets with strings, stunt
that delayed the game some, although
the time taken to punch the ball out
between each basket was deducted
from the actual playing time.
For the locals Dumas was the star,
his shooting eye that he had appar
emily lost coming back to him in that
game, and he shot six of the local
baskets, getting them from all angles,
and in all positions. Connor shared
the honors for first place with him,
he also getting the same amount of
baskets. Fisk, Clark and Ashton play
cd fast, speedy game on the floor
many baskets as the first two they
were instrumental in Connor and Du-
mas getting theirs. Their work of
guarding at the lower end of the
floor was especially effective.
For the visitors, Kirk and Sweeney
played the best gameA although the
other three were in TIC game every
minute, as was testified by the
amount OF rough work that was un-
avoidable, due to the fsstncss of the
game all through the thl'.o periods
and the weight of the visitors.
Right on the start Fisk got the ball
on the toss up from center, and took
it down for Il basket Then Smith,
the man with the reputation got the
ball from out under his own basket
and shot the visitors first basket.
Then Fisk and Connor took the ball
down, and from nice pass on this
play Fisk got his second one. Gibson
then got hold of the ball in the.
middle of the floor, and after missing
his first try, he followed up the ball
and counted. Dumas took it down,
and scored one, to be quickly fol-
lowed by Sweeney, who. got the ball
from his team mates on good floor
work. Dumas got the next two, the
first one after ducking out from
under two men, and the next one re-
covering the ball from try by one
of the locals.
Kirk scored at this point for the Wis
itors, he getting the ball out Of the
sclimmage, and was quickly followed
by Clark, who also got the ball out
Of the scrimmage, and shot nice
basket. The two next baskets were
made by Connor and Dumas respect
lively, they both taking the ball down
or dlibbles. Before the whistle blew
Smith got away with another, getting
the ball out of jam. The period
ended with the score 1G to 10 in favor
of the locals.
In the second period Connor had
things his own way and shot four Of
the locals six baskets, Dumas and
Clark getting the other two. Swcen-
cy for the visitors shot three in this
period, one of them being peach
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