The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-26

BrattIebOrO Starts Out With Rush and
Puts Visitors on Defensive, but Hard
Luck i'm Basket Shooting RObs Locals
of Early Advantage.
Before the largest crowd of the season
the Brattleboro Athletics were taken
into camp by the speedy Ben Hur team
of Hartford, Conn, last night by a score
of 80 to 30. Dame Fortune did not favor
the Brattleboro Athletics with even a
smile last night or else Old Man Luck
stayed home anyway the local had all
kinds of bad luck in shooting baskets,
missing innumerable cries, some of
which especially in the second half went
into the hoop only to come out again.
Had they been successful in only half
of their attempts they would have had
enough to nearly double the visitors
score, but then the fans cannot expect
them to win all the games no matter
how hard they try, and a 30 to 20 defeat
from the Ben Hur team is not so bad
after all
The first hall was real game and
had the fans on edge. as they have not
been Tor long time. BrattlebOrO in
this half put the visitors on the de
fensiye and with d little better luck in
shooting would have held distinct adj
vantage at the close OF the period for
in the early stages of the game they
played the short snappy passing game
they showed the fans in their last home
game, The Ben IIur outfit got wise to
this style before the half closed, how
ever, and broke Up the passing, fore
ing the boys to long shots which caused
their downfall. The visitors played
their long shots to perfection, drawing
away from the local enough to have a
lead OF 70 TO 10 at the close of the per
iod.
With the locals shooting to their
favorite basket in the last period the
fans looked to see them even UP mat
teTs but the visitors defense, especially
when the Athletics got near enough to
be dangerous. stifeued, again forcing
them to long distance shooting at which
they were decidedly off color f. Dun
levy and Cakes, who are usually depend
able shots, could not seem to connect
with the elusive hoop. This period also
saw the locals depart from the short
passing game at which they have been
so successful lately and resort to more
of the rough game which only serves to
break up their own good work. They
no doubt had plenty Of license to be
rough but it hurts lust the Same even
though the other fellow does play that
style of game.
Earring sections OF the second halt,
however, it was a good evenings enter
tainment and no doubt a large part of
the fans felt that they had received
their moneys worth even though the
home team did not win.
Big" Larson playing at left guard for
the visitors was bad medicine and in the
first half .F2mse~' and Burn" Dun
levy shifted positions IS the former had
TO chance playing agains; n man nearly
twice his size. The big boy was every
where, breaking up a bunch Of the To-
Gals plays, and was a big factor in the
visitors combination. The two for
wards, Hurwitz and F.. Wolf. also
played strong game. turning in seven
baskets between them.
Sawin and Cakes, who turned in most
of BTattlebOTo's counters in the first
period. were so well covered in the sec
ond that neither had many chances.
This was particularly true in Sawin's
case for in nearly every instance when
he got near the basket he was blocked
so that a shot was nearly impossible
Il was announced between the periods
that the Springfield team of the Inter
state league would play the Athletics
TUESDAY night, March 29th. This is one
Of the fastest teams in this section and
shoUld prove a big attraction.
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