The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-29

Early in COnteSt-Bay Path Defeats
Cadets, 81 to 81.
The Brattleboro Athletics came out on
top last night at Festival hall in the
game played with the Turner's Falls X.
h. The score was % to II. The game
was featured by some brilliant playing
on the part of two of the local quintet,
by few slow spots now and then, and
by occasional rough stuff which led to
an unpleasant incident shortly after the
game started.
The Athletics fought for the game tooth
and nail and the tact that the game was
theirs from the outset. did not in the
least slacken their efforts 40 play tn
game hard. The turner's rails Uggrega-
tIun was PLAINLY Outciassed ana Uuelr
Paying Was cuaracterlZeu ~ Jnelr poor
SUITS at the BASKET aud UneIr failure To
make = DusheC Wuen tuey mad oppOrIu-
MY. LACK uL teamwork also WAS hottie
siDIe aI4uug me sIsiLUgs.
me same SCafted OIL in "a manner thdt
prOmistu all Interesting contest. Several
minutes vl4pstu DeIoIe etILer sue showed
IL possIOLITy OL scoring. Lne NlsILUfS u
gan 90 pray HIIIe rough and TWO IoulS
were called by the reLeree, but DUwd and
Is. DuuIevy bOtn lost the opportunity 10
score. IumenSkl tor the Visitors scOreu
the ursJ point on u toui. Shortly AFTER,
tHe attention OF the audience OF aoUuJ ZuJ
was called 10 one side OIL the nall where
L. Dunievy ana Desek were engaged IN
an alteration when resulted IN botn
players beng dismissed by the referee
from further participation III the game
tItZglJDOn TOOK IS. DUnIeyyS place Il
center and lulglS went iii tor Desck. I.
DuuieVy scored On 4 I0ui and Inc game
started IN eurueSs Wien Austin cap turGd
three BASKETS III succession, putting Brat
t1e1UFO wen IN the Iead. +. DunieEy neld
up the game u lew minutes more wne.l
someone Dlued aim IN the rlghJ ear. DoWd
let the crowd moot some more Wnen ne
made two hoops from the floor, and the
period ended when Austin scored on
foul, giving the Athleuc5 L. points TO
their opponents /.
As in tie first period, TumenskI opened
the second by scoring for the visitors,
only this time he managed TO make
hoop. Austin retahated with double
counter Haigis made basket and DeWd
scored on foul. kItZglbbOn followed by
scoring another foul and Dowd and Aus
tin added a double counter each to the
pile. At this point, LaskOski took Berth
ieume's position at rl-ht guard Aus-s
closed the period by being on the spot
when someone passed the ball, and he
threw it for a hoop The score was now
% to 3 in favor of the Athletics.
The third period opened with valiant
attempt by the visitors to turn the tlde
Care and Laskoski each captured baS-
ket and Lamer0wski scored on foul.
Austin made a beautiful throw through
the hoop only to have Care and L2skoSkl
repeat their performance of 81 few MN
utes previous. Fitzgibbon scored on a
free trial and the game ended - double
counter each by Austin and tltzglbb0n.
The star of the game was AUST:
plaved some mighty fine basketball. lie
was fast on his feet and was almost al
WAYS under the basket when the ball was
passed to him. His hoops were neat ana
sure and won the applause of the. crowd
Of the 20 points scored by the Athletics,
II were credited to Austin. lie mae
eight baskets and scored once on foai
Fitzgibbon did some brilliant work IN
nassing the ball His throws were precise
and snepdy and his work in the game was
unusually fine Whitney was on his toes
nh the fine DOwd was strong at center
and won the plaudits of the crowd IN the
first ueriod when he made two baskets IN
succession F. Dunlevy played his uSual
good game at forward.
The referee announced at tie beginning
Of the game that no pennies were To ~
droppd on the hoor for the boys Scram-
Hing matches, which was decfoed hh-
movement i'm decOrUm over previous b',S
i,ethall games At last week 5 game, 'hP
blinking of metal was so pronounced that
investigation revealed irreSpoHslmie per
s,1,- il, che audience throwing nails down
~, tho foor instead Of pennies. The ref
prea also requested that the crowd cease
hooring the visitors when they We're Eve
the onpOrtunity to score on fouls. le
announcement had much etfocf ana IN"
.oudierce was more orderly. The sum