Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-03-10
Newport High Loses Fast Game to
st. Johnsbury Academy.

Newport high school dropped its
first game of basket ball on the teams
two-day trip, to St. Johnsbury acad-
envy on Friday night, by the score of
1911 in one of the closest games
seen on the st. Johnsbury floor this
season. The heavier CALIFORNIAN team
had real game when they tackled
the local team and they had to work
their hardest throughout the entire
game to keep what little lead they
had. From the standpoint of inter
scholastic basket ball Newport played
by far the better game, that of the
academy boys being nearer the pro-
fessional style than any other kind
and Umpire Morrison was content to
let the professional tactics continue.
The passing of the Newport team was
by far the better exhibition as was
also Viewpoints team work. The diff
Guilty that the local team had in To-
eating the peculiar baskets of the old
Y. M. G.. A. spelled defeat for the
high school and put to naught their
good floor work. alot
The game had progressed for seven
| Newport and the play was fast and
minutes before Gardner scored for
furious during the whole time May
| of the academy, who was shooting
with all the luck of "a negro '.corn-
cracker" all evening, scored twice for
( ST. Johnsbury, and his team mate,
Foye, followed suit. Hill scored for
kNewport in the closing minutes of
| the period and Gardner accumulated
la point by shooting one of the few
fouls that were called during the eve
ming. The score at the end of the
first half was S-5 with the academy
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pretty shot but Skinner evened it up
when by clever passing the local team
worked the ball down the floor. May
then came to the hmelight when he
wheeled and shot another Sensational
basket. Hill then got by his guard
land scored, but Foye evened matters
iup by caging the ball for another
iscore. Harvey came to the front for
iSt. Johnsbury and scored about the
Iprettiest basket of the evening. May
lclosed his scoring by another sensa-
ltional shot.
L For the better part of the second
half the ball was in the academy S
TERRITORY, as Newport seemed able to
work the ball up the floor consistent
lly, and toward the last of the game
Hill finally got the ball in for the final
Escore of the game. fseflf 9s94af,
+ In Foye and May St. Johnsbury
had two clever forwards but they had
la hard evening of it SO closely were
lthey garded by Savage and Sockol
These two Newport youngsters took
Ieare of all corners and no matter how
large they were coming down the
hall, the Newport guards were ready
flor them and if they wished to finish
1.-THE wrestling :, bout which Umpire
Morrison was free in permitting, the
falls generally went to the Newport
lboys. Hill played a strong game
land was heavily engaged in the mat
work of the evening and demonstrat-
led that he, too, was up to the minute
Fin the new style of basket ball. How
lever, in spite of the loose construe
ton of the basket ball rules, only the
best of feeling existed between botl
teams. Sl-' 'A - -
The game which the high schoo
4 was to have played with Littleton or
} Saturday night was cancelled on &C
count of the lack of train service du,
to the storm. suf8s-TN
| 5 Newport now finishes her season
with three games at home in, which
Derby academy, which defeated New