The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-12-03
ST. JOHNSBURY
TEAMS WIN AND
LOSE IN GAMES
Co. D Defeats Newport so
to 21-Legion Beaten at
Windsor

With their opponents showing 1
marked weakness in every depart
mcnt, Company D ran rough-shoC
over the Company l. representative,
rom Newport in a decidedly unover
game in the ArmoIy on Thursday
evening and had little difficulty il
hanging up their second successive
victory OF The new season. The score
at the completion Of the onc-sid2d
almost unintcresting contest, was 3C
to u in favor of the st. Johnsbury
athletes A crowd Of 500 OF more
loyal followers OF the ST. Johnsbury
guardsmen and aprinkling OF root
crs from Vermont'S neWeSt'city were
on hand when the whistle blew for
the start Of the battle, Joy reigncd
in every corner of the building with
the exception Of one little space near
the score board where the bulk OF the
Newportites sat and watched their
friends and brother militiamcn sutfcy
singing defeat
The Newport aggregation had no
alibis to offer at the conclusion OF
hostilities The men as well as every
spectator realized full we'll that the
frontier quintet was mot there" The
pep" and sBcicnce needed to win the
game was entirely lacking for some
reason o. other. One thing IS certain
Newport must have shown to better
advantage in their tilt with the
Dover, n IL, professionals last FIJI
day night or else they never would
have been able to boast of victory in
the initial game of the year.
The weakest point in the whole
works Of the visitors was their pass
ing. They are sorely in need Of some
genuine practice in this department
because without this end Of the game
pretty well down to a science any
team will find hard Shedding when
up against an outfit of any strength
at all The Newport team had
spasms of good passing but when the
real crucial moments presented
themselves the boys fell down. Time
and time again visiting athlete
would shoot the ball wildly through
the air never looking to see where
the sphere would land and conse
quently Company d piled up scores
at random The ilaccuracy of the
shooting on the part of the border
city chaps was another feature in
favor Of the local Give. The eye
of every member, including Bigelow,
who usually has good luck in garner
ing baskets, was extremely bad.
The guarding performed by the
Newport boys was nothing to boast
Of but spasmodically it was pretty
good Hadlock was like stonewall
when it came to stopping the rush of
an opposing player but was seldom
able to intercept a pass. "English-
man" Jones. the midget captain Of
the Newport team, was here and there
and everywhere but like the rest Of
tn lads had difficulty in preventing
Company d men from getting the ball
down to within easy reach Of their
goal.
After cnumcrating The weak spots
to be found in the visitors outfit, it
might be well to add that the local
lights seemed to shine in every line.
Company D's passing was nothing
short of marvellous, the basket eye
Of nearly every member was we'll n.%h
perfect and their guarding was of a
high order. The unanimity of action
noticeable among the st. JohnsbulY
boys was the real factor in their
victory. The teamwork was every
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