The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-16
CHAMPIONSHIP
TO SPAULDING
Burlington's Defeat at
Waterbury Last Night Put
Barre Team on Top
WATERBURY PLAYED
LIKE ALLrPOSSESSED
And Burlington Didn't
Have a Chance-Spauld-
ing Celebrates

Burlington high scnool, aspirah' ioi
the championship of the northern Yer
mont basketball league, was defeated
by Waterbury high school at Water
hurry last night in hard, fast played
game by the score of Is to g. By VIZ
tue of Waterbury's victory, Spauld-
ing high school automatically became
champion of the league and winner
of the large silver loving cup, which
has two years, 1918 and 1919, reposed
in the Spaulding assembly hall, and
which now belongs to Spaulding to
keep.
At the institution of league it was
agreed that the team which won the
cup three years would be awarded I'M
conditional possession of it for all
time. Engraved on the cup besides
Spauldng's are the names of Burling-
ton high school, 1915 and of Montpel-
Ter high, school, 1917 and 1920. Bur-
lington, having seven victories and two
defeats to its credit up to the game
last night, lost chance to get two legs
on the cup by being defeated by Wa.
terbury, giving the championship to
Spaulding which had completed its
schedule with eight wins and two
losses.
In case Burlington had won, it would
have been necessary for spaulding and
Burlington to play off on neutral
floor for the championship.
The new champs hold an enviabie
record. Besides winning eight out OF
ten games on the league schedule. only
losing to Burlington high at Burling-
ton and to St Adams high school at
st. Adams, they have beaten Montpel-
Ter seminary twice, Goddard seminary
once and was the only team to defeat
Cathedral high of Burlington this year.
While the bells in Waterbury were
tolling out a victory and while the
boxes were being heaped on for big
bonfire by the Waterbury supporters,
nearly the same things were happen
ing in Barre. The result of the game
was transmitted to Supt. White by
telephone, and not whole lot OF time
passed before someone got into Spauld
ing and started to let Barre know that
in scoring a victory for themselves
Waterbury had scored greater vic
tory for Spaulding. A parade of stu
dents, big bonfire near the city
square and riotous night in general
came in when the bell fell down.
The Game at Waterbury.
AZ for the game which held so much
In the balance, and which threw two
two towns into jubilation and another
into gloom, there was no doubt but
that Burlington was outclassed. The
guarding was so close that Burlington
only got one or two half decent OPP
portunities to shoot for the basket.
One OF these they made good, the only
basket they got from the floor. They
started little passing in the first part
Vi
passing by them had died out long be.
fore the end of the game, and Water.
bury was undisputed master of the
situation. Burlington fought hard all
the way through, but they couldn't
tear away from the Waterbury guards
long enough TO make it count.
The scoring opened with Lease OF
Waterbury dropping one in from the
foul line The game see-sawed with
first one team leading and then the
other. and the period ended with Wa.
tcrbury s, Burlington 8. During this
period Waterbury took shot after shot
at the basket from different angles OF
the floor. and only managed to cage
two of them. Burlington took hand
in starting the scoring in the second
half. and cut down Waterbury's lead
hv one point when Densmore got 9
foul. Lease Immediately evened M
things for the frame for Waterbury
by duplicating Densmore's feat Then
the game began to roll Waterbury
way Burlington got desperate and
shot many times wildly to no effect
Their passing was completely broken
+ up and there was hardly play that
the wearers Of the Waterbury black
and gold did not figure in.
Particularly noticeable was the su
,perb work Of Randall the rangv Wa.
terbury center. the fine guarding OF
0'Brien, and the clever playing Of
Lease. Randall came into the game
with q bandage over the edge Of hi-
right eve. and before the game was
over he had suffered a twisted wrist
AND banged sp" knee. but each time
he came back for more. Many Of the
Burlington shots that were smotheret
they can Law 70 O'Brien. The big box
had his mitts on everything last night
lease. playing right forward. broke
awav from his man time and time
again for chance a. the basket
Chase got the only basket from the
floor for Burlington, and Densmorg
brought up the grand total with foui
points from the foul line Randall and
Lease were high scorers. the former
with three ringers from the floor. snC
the latter with one basket and fv,
fouls. The lineup:
waterburv Burlington
Lease. -.................. *. Nat
Guild II -........-.....-.-r r.. Chiof'
Randall. c.....--.--.*--... -..c, RAM
0Brien. lC ...-..........rf. Densmors
Donovan. rf.........-.... r. Chas,
Score. Waterbury - Burlington q
Baskets from the noor. Randall 3
Lease. Donovan. Chase: fouls Leas'
;. DensmOre g: referee. Eagan: am