The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-17
HOLDERNESS
HAD The EDGE
And Cut Off Spaulding
High By Score Of
10 to Is
VISITORS SHOWED
GOOD TEAM WORK
Brett and Cole, Their For
wards, We're Smooth
working Pair

!: Holderness school basketball team
from Plymouth, NJ. ri, defeated thu
Spaulding high quintet ID to 10 last
night in what the big crowd that saw
the battle declared was zone swell
game.n The visitors, coming to Barre
unieralded and unsung. put onto the
floor one of the fastest teams yet seer
here but the Spaulding boys put up a
stellar exhibition and but for severa
heart breaking drop-overs would have
won the game by a small margin. From
the first whistle to the last the game
was wonderfully clean and the best Of
craftsmanship was shown every min
ute.
Spaulding performed the usual stunt
of making a chaotic start and finishing
up in whirlwind fashion but the vis-
itors gained too much Of a lead while
the local boys were finding themselves.
The first period was all Holderness and
at the end the score was 10 to 4. The
opening Of the second period found
| Spnulding like a new team and from
then to the finish the crowd was kept
up on it's toes every minute. Several
times toward the end OF the second pc
ricd, with the score 10 to 10, Spauld-
ing men made crack shots from the
floor but the ball simply refused to
drop in.
Spaulding's main lack was passing.
This was shown plainly in the second
period when both teams were going at
top notch rate. Time and time again
the men passed to vacant spaces and
what passing was done was erratic
and without apparent object. The boys
showed good hcad-work, however, but
though many wonderful attempts were
made it was obvious that Spanlding
must drop it right in to corral a tally.
The visitors playing could truth
fully be called superb. As perfect a
machine as ever appeared here was
sent onto the floor BY Holderness and
the passing and shooting Of the New
Hampshire lads WINS practically flaw
less. Several of the baskets from the
floor appeared almost impossible just
before attempted but distance and diff
fcult position seemed only to aid the
visitors.
Nicora can easily be named the
whole game for Spanlding and Brett
for both teams. Nick hasn't played
basketball since his eighth grade days.
yet Of all the S~paulding men on the
floor last night he appeared to be the
most seasoned veteran. Three baskets
from the floor, all from unbelievable
distances and entirely unexpected went
down on the scorers book after Nick
name and those six points should serve
to keep the name Of the big. good ma.
tured center shining brilliantly from
Spaulding basketball history for many
a day to come.
However, the other boys showed up
wen except, Of course, in pa ssing. Cap
tain Slayton directed the play of his
men like a field marshal and PLAYED q
whirlwind game. Where the ball was,
1t was a safe bet there also was the
ever affable "Steve." Then young Miles
was there also. 1t might be said with
no apologies to ~veracity that Miles
was the speedicst man on the floor. Up
and going every minute he was like a
flash from the minute he went In as
substitute for Watkins to the final
whistle. Miles il was who added two
ITALICS to the Spaulding score with two
successful free tries.
BRETT How can q description Of this
DuShg ut put oHto papeTs brett may
have q peer as a shooter in scholastic
basketball in this section of the eoun-
try but so far 1t can truthfully be
said he hasn't been heard of. Brett
as pretty a game as any pro-
fessional who has come to this section
for several years. Only a small matter
Of some six baskets from the floor, II
were hurled in by this lad and
net only that but his guarding was al.
most i~mpregnable. Much more will be
from this youngster before the
basketball season is over. Next TO
Cole, another blond, had a pile
do with the Spaulding defeat. This
short, muscular, cl~ean-hmbed lad
dropped one tally from the floor and
five OF six on fouls. Not a bad
work for this Brett.Cole comb.