The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-04
CADETS GATHER
BRACE OF GAMES
First and Second Teams
Win in Contest Played
Last Evening
YOUNGSTERS SHOW
FINE TEAM WORK
First Team Defeats Bellows Falls by
Narrow Margin of Two Points Due TO
Two Flashes of Speed in the Last Half
Mortified Youngsters Eas-

BY two short flashes of speed in the last
half of the game last evening st. Mich
aels Cadets first team Just noscd out the
Midgets, 50 called, of Bellows Falls by
score of u to -. The Cadets failed to
show their usual good team work and this
with the failure Of the usual dead shot
Connors to come through III the first half,
nearly cost them the game. The boys
from Bellows Falls played fairly good
passing game but were not very strong on
the shooting
1t is a difficult task for any team to
show good basketball when playing on as
slippery u floor as the local teams are
obliged to do. Dodging is nearly out of
the question for when a player attempts
this he either takes a tumble or loses
the ball by not being able to keep his
footing Last night proved the truth OF
this for on many occasions attempted
lodges landed a player either on the floor
OF III his opponents arms, breaking up
what might haze been the start of a bit
of teamwork.
The Cadets fell into the bad habit of
every body following the ball so that when
one of their team mates cid get his hands
onto the evasve leather he had no one
to pass it to. Not until the second period
did they get away from this and then for
only two short spells These, however
proved to be Just successful enough to
spill the visitors chances of getting away
with the game
Bellows Falls did all their scoring of the
first halt before the Cadets were able to
connect with the hoop for a double cOun-
ter, although nearly every player on the
team had chance to shoot at this net
but none were successful until the visitors
had them booked I to then Dubie got
his eye on the hoop for points followed
by COnuors double decker lust before the
whistle for the half, making the count
to 6.
The Cadets came back strong in the
second half, Baker. Blake and Dubie each
getting one in succession while ConnOrs
got one point on a free try before Bellows
Falls could connect. X. Hallahan got two
goals and then the Cadets flashed another
burst Of speed and teamwork, Crown get
ting one and Connors three from the floor
while the visitors were getting one Con-
nors got three points on free tries. X.
Clare registered double counter and
Tidd, X. Hallahan and r. Clarey col
lected five points on fouls making the
final count ~ to -.
What was supposed to he the secondary
attraction of the evening proved to be bet
ter than the feature game for the team
work of the Cadets second team was a
real treat. Granting that thev were not
UP against much of a team. the fact re
mains that Two lads have the real article
in the line OF passing and used it to the
best advantage. The work Of Lyons, Gar
Iity and Guihcen was especially good, one
of the three always managing to be on
hand to receive pass handling the ball
like veterans, the entire team in fact
PLAYED the style that counts to most, the
omen game oiving their team mates a
chance to do something with the ball in
stead of lowering to stand and hold it
waiting for someone to uncover.
Coogan covered lots of floor and in the
second half had the iumn on his opponent
nearly every time willie Sullivan who plays
the waiting came registered his usua
share of baskets.
II these lads stay together they will
make whale of team and even now
would make a considerably larger team
steD some.
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