The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-02-25
AM, LEGION Is
EASILY BEATEN
BY new YORK "55" ."
55 to 27 Defeat for Home
Boys In One of the Poor
est Games of Season

'Tis a sad story to relate Of thu
basketball entertainment at the Ar
nory Thursday evening. Disaster
befell the American Legion aggrega
-on in the lop-sided game with the
picturesque Ball Playin~ "fve" Of
New York City and the consequence
| "as 80 to : waikaway Tor the
Joys nom BROADWAY. 10 put W.
| uch poor exhibition so late in the
-Saoon, aIter tnc. accomplishment. u
..dny Dllnldnt YlcTotes, Is not very
pleasing TO the Ialts. 1t IS o4nlcuil
- unaerStand now the players cou.u
Ieterorale 70 such an eX.enr as 10
make 1izzIe or everything as they
did last night.
Inc New Workers are far from
being the best team in the country,
n fact are not near as clever as tho
Windsor athletes, yet with virtually
only four men in their lineup they
1ad easy picking 20 secure then WIN
over tho Lcglonaircs. Goldle, a
-hunky little fellow about the size OF
Bud Fishers well known character,
JEFF came to ST. Johnsbury with
ms shoulder heavily bandaged as a
result OF an injury received in a game
at KeCne, n RI, and which was hurt
further in the montpelier game We'd
neday night He was assigned Il for
ward position in last nights contest,
but was unable to get into the fray
TO any great extent The pain from
moving his shoulder would not permit
his mixing with the other players, but
he is a recognized crack shot and
made up for hie lack of floor work
by scoring seven BASKETS from his po-
sition few feet from the cage
There was no great amount Of en-
thusiasm displayed by The local boys
at the inception Of tie game and it is
a certainty that their spirit did not
increase during the course of TIE
battle. The players acted as though
they were eshot to picas' aid couid
not rally. II seemed almost Incredible
that some Of the easy shots attempted
were missed and it also was a puzzle
Why some Of the lads could nor pass
or hold the ball when thev got it.
1T is very true that the Legion
members encountered considerable
hard luck IN their shooting and lost
many baskets they rightfully should
have had, but in spite Of this The boys
were badly of form.
The base ball players from several
different leagues, who have been
playing basket bail during the Winte.
brought their tour to close
after last nights glmc and left for
New York, where the team viii break
ND and the players will leave to join
their respective teams, which are
shortly going into training. Manager
declared his outfit had eX-
perienced more than their share Of
hard luck during their journey
through New England, several of his
men getting injured. Schact and Pic
inih, who were scheduled TO perform
last night were suddenly called TO
'oin their team, the Washington SEN
ators, which is leaving for the south.
Il was disappointment to the
fans not TO sec these two men but
the substitutes did very well, The
New York team is unique-looling
probably the oldest that
has been here in many a day No two
men on the team are Of the same size
and thev present a picturesque sight
IN the floor
The Legion boys did not "fall
DOWN in any one particular depart
nent of the game but failed to per-
'or1n in even ordinary manner in any
inc. Their SHOOTING was poor, in
spite OF the hard luck encountered.
heir passing was far below par and
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