The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-03
ST. JOHNSBURY
IS REVENCED
ON BOSTON 46-22
Marshall Leads Attack
Against Invaders with
ii Goals

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too-whipped the hammock net
ting with enough goals to defeat
single handed the Boston Army
Headquarters basketball team at
The Armory Thursday evening.
Aided by generous passes from
the hands of his chief, "Chich
Burch and Lucky" Fisk, The slcn-
der school boy pivot gave the
geatest exhibition of playing seen
the Armory for some time.
"Fitz" swished the meshas on
clean shots II times and tackled
on two free-throws for GOOD mea-
sure. His total number of points
for the evening was "a as oppos-
ed to the % CLEANED by the Bos-
tonians.
Marshall was not the star of the
contest in the ordinary sense of
the word. True, he did fine team
work, which Coach Burch has
worked so hard all season to pro-
duce. Marshall was the outlet
through which Burch planned
should follow the majority of
successful tries for the hoop.
"Fitz" combined to remarkable
degree, the ability to play the
floor as we'll as oshoot the big
leather sphere with an uncanny
accuracy into the rim. 1t is safe
to say that 10 out of every 20
shots that the school-boy center
aims at the basket hit the inside
of the rim, and most of the time
they fall into the netting. The
shot, of other basketeers, on the
other hand, may be lucky if they
hit the blackboard at 9ll.
Closely seconding the attacking
power of Marshall was Lucky"
Fisk, who certainly had his sights
adiustcd to the nth degree on
his Il distance heaves from mid
floor. "Lucky" tailed six from
the center of the court, popping
them into the loop with tne mas
terry of Il trench mortar
The Boston Army quintet, led
by Manager Ed Desautel, nc
cepted defeat with all the good
grace their spelndid sportsmanship
l',dicate1 in st. Johnshurv when
they battlcd the local American
egion-Con1.2ny d five to I; 10 to
- tie. unbroken by two extra ov
ertime per DDS. They have no ali
bis to offer for their ouc-aided
trimming handed to them by the
Rurch tribe Thursday evening.
They are to- good sports for that.
But let it be known, in fairness
tc them that the Boston Army
team has been playing a game "
cry night this week and then
against some of the hardest pick
ing in Massachusetts,. Last week
too they had tough schedule
Tlen the long jump FROM Boston
to st. Johnsbury to top off Il week
OF arduous effort is not necessarily
conducive to hair-trigger playing.
Before turning in at the hotel
Thursday night, Manager I'd De
sautels said that the officiating of
Prick J. Kaney was the best that
he had seen this year. Manager
Ed paid a high tribute to his Op-
ponent, when he said that GoSlant
was the best guard against whom
he has ever had to play. Albert
GoSlant. besides Burch, who left
the contest in the third period, was
the only athlete who was not
plucked b. Referee Kaney for
fouling. Desautels didn't get
single basket,
A great big good natured crowd
enjoyed the fracas Thursday ev-
cning. The home team rooters,
while welcomin" the return to
form of their basHetecrs, were not
niggardly in cheering the good
playing of the invaders. The
crowd was b. far the best bchav-
ed aSscmblage that has met at the
Armory court this scason,-fair-
minded. generous, jolly and en-
thuSiastic.
Manager Ed. Desautels, BROUGHT
ALONG his little forward Cyr,
so that "Whitey" Dumas mioht
have someone TO play with. Cvr
and Dumas were Nip and Tuck
Both of abbreviated stature, thcv
gave thc 1anS plenty 10 laugh
over. "Whitey", for two stanzas,
played sensational floor game,
but long before it was time for
the curtains, he hoisted the signal
of distress. He was tuckered out,
but so was his neighbor, Cyr, wto
led the local bear-cat d hot chase
all over the court.
Every fan enjoys seeing Dumas
play. He handles the ball as
though it were part and marcel of
him. He bounces the old sphere
around, as though he didn't care
whether school kept or not. and
then, if an opposing baSketeet di~-
putes his possession Of the bali,
be nonchalantly passes it to a