The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-21
By Defeating Spaulding
High, 26 to 7, in Mont
pelier Armory
FAST PLAYING AND
SOME ROUGHNESS
Spaulding's Team Work
Did Not Develop Till the
Latter Part of Game

The Montpelier high school basket
ball team added another clincher to Its
claim to the championship of the inter
scholastic league in Vermont when last
evening in the armory in Montpelier il
defeated Spaulding high school by q
score of 26 to Z The score does not in
dicate fast game but such was the
case and Montpelier had to play strong
every minute throughout the match il
order to get away with the victory.
In the last part of the game Spauld-
ing showed more teamwork and had
the ball under Montpelier's basket
more. They probably made two tries
for a basket to Montpeliers one, but
the ball just would not go into the bas-
ket. What looked as though it was
going to be clean basket would sud
denly develop into no basket at all.
Then on fouls they played into hard
luck, the BAH falling outside instead OF
into the basket.
Murphy was retired about the middle
of the last period for rough playing
and Douglas, who took his place, gave
a good account of himself.
The game was seen by the largest
crowd that has been in the armory for
a few years, over 900 persons attend
ing. The Montpelier rooters had one
side of the gallery, while the Barre
supporters were on the other side Of
the gallery and each gave school and
,Ioarsrtfr chair roe This
probably had much to do with the de.
feated players putting up a battle until
the last second of playing.
Following the game dancing was en-
joyed until / o'clock.
There was also some good playing
seen between the second teams Of the
two schools, in which Spaulding won
by score of II to Il getting foul in
the extra period.
While there was criticism made by
some of the spectators as to the big
game being rough, on the whole it was
not SO, considering the rivalry between
the two schools and the fact that the
crowd was on the floor. A little rough
work by spectators was seen at differ
emit points on the floor, which was good
evidence that spectators should not be
allowed on the floor in spite Of the fact
that it brings more funds to the man
ayers pocket. Smith of Montpelier
was injured as a result of hitting some
one near one end of the hall when try
ing for basket The game was slowed
up a good deal by the ball going into
the crowd on the floor, and while it did
not give either team any advantage, it
slowed up the work great deal, often
spelling teamwork for one side or the
other.
Montpelier opened the scoring after
playing about two minutes, when 1t
threw basket. 1t made few more
points but Spaulding got basket from
a foul when about nine minutes had
been played. Densmore was all over
the floor and a few minutes afterward
obtained one of the prettiest baskets of
the game. That Brown and Carpenter
were not able to get more points was
due to the close guarding of Donnolly
and Conf ands the ill-luck shooting
when they had clean chances. The
game at the end Of the first period was
II to in favor of Montpelier.
In the second period Montpelier shift
ed its formation of playing but was
able to get only two more points in
that period than it did in the first pc
Rod while McHardy was the fast man
of that period for Spaulding, getting
hard basket and throwing one foul.
The lineup: