The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-01-15
ACADEMY GIRLS
WIN FROM FAIR
LANCASTER STARS
Locals Lead BY Score Of
% to 8 in Speedy
Game

Before capacity house Of student
fans who cheered madly for Their
herolnes, the girls basketball team of
st: Johnsbury Academy forced the
fair quintet representing the Lancas-
ter, n. H., Academy to taste the
bitter medicine of defeat in a fast but
unscientific game in the gymnasium
of the Fairbanks Athletic Associa-
tons building on Eastern Avenue
Friday afternoon. The local athletes
stood in the front, with the score %
to 8, at the completion of two p>riods
Of play. By winning this well earned
victory, the girl stars of this village
have inaugurated their 1921 season
in proper fashion and feeling of JOY
has been installed in the hearts Of the
student body.
Reporting a girl's basketball con-
test is far from an easy assignment
for any sporting scribe because of
the unusual and wide divergence of
rules under which the ladies play.
For instance the visitors here on Fri
day had been accustomed to cavlrt-
ing under regulations bordering on
those followed by the boys, Whine the
local girls had been drilled in strictly
girls rules, Consequently there was
considerable of a miX-up when the
battle got well underway. Naturally
the Lancaster players forgot occaS-
rules, under which the game was
played, and as a result c inching and
holding occurred on more than one
occasion. However Miss futile, the
efficient referee, did admirably in
experimenting affairs.
.lisS ForesCne Duke, the pr,tty
young leader of the local outfit, was
the star performer of the afternoon
She exercised good judgment in her
passing, an art that few Of the girls
I've learned as yet, and aemonStrat-
cd the fact that she possesses an
eagle eye. A close second for honorS
was Miss Priscilla Brooks, the clever
forward, who substituted for Miss
il'ost She came within one of equal
ing her captain in shooting by scor-
my four baskets. Her attempts at
passing, however, were mostly failures
In this connection, it may be sad
that few of the athletes on either side
gave any great amount of thought to
this feature, one Of the most i'm
portant, in a basketball game. The
average player threw the ball at
random, never looking to see whether
the sphere was going to land. Miss
Ouve Snow and Miss RoNanra
ODowd were the shining lights for
the out Of towners. Especially did
the former play well. Her shooting
was good and her passing was pat
excellence.
The rules of the game, announced
before starting, permitted the jump
ing center and side center, to have a
clear field while the forwards and
guards were forced to remain on Their
respective sides of the middle line.
Mis- Priscilla Brooks put the score
on the right side after the first few
moments of play by making a fine
shot for basket. After experiment
ing hard luck in several shots, Miss
Duke, dropped the ball sQuarely into
the meshes for the second counter,
She followed immediately with an
other, a shot made, while she was
being carefully guarded by an oppos-
ing player.
Mss Marshall started the second
stanza with a perfect basket. This
session was fast throughout.
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