The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-07

lynUOnVlllc IAN lOOKcQ over last
Wednesdays st. Johnsburv papers
beginning with the first page and
going to the end and did not find
line about the game. The eagle
eyed sporting editor of the Gale
DOMAIN did not seem to think this
defeat of the "Champeens" worth
the digging up of an alibi Then on
April came the following challen-
gc:
March 81, 1922.
Manager Basket Ball,
Lyndonville, Vt.
Dear sir:
On reading the item in last
nights Caledonian | note that the
feeling in your city is that your
basket ball team there, Tuesday
night, defeated the American Lee
gion-Co. ID basketball team from
st. Johnsbury, which as you know
claim the championship of the
State for the season of 1921-1922.
As for that team being the Lee
gion-Company aggregation, you
no doubt know as we'll as a num-
Der Others there that they were not
but | wish to state to you that the
American Legion-Co. d team using
their regular lineup, consisting of
THE following local men, Fisk,
Conner, Marshall, Goslant, Dumas
and Foye, will plav the same team
that represented Lyndonville on
your court last week, any date this
coming week that you can get
them together. We will not ask any
stated guarantee but in its place
will play under the proposition
that the winners of such game will
take all the gate receipts and the
losers shall pay their own expenses.
We will also cover a side bet up to
Two hundred dollars ($200.00)
that we win.
This game can be played either
here in our Annoy or at your hall
in Lyndonville, it matters not TO
US, but with neutral referee as an
official the question as TO how the
American Legion-Co. ID. Club
claims the best team in the state
this season can well be settled and
| guarantee that my men will be
in condition to send your fans
away with q different impression
as to the class of basket ball play
ed by team from st. Johnsbuiy
when they are getting good money
and when they are not out for the
fun of it.
Trusting that | will hear from
you either by phone of an early
letter as to the proposition | have
here offered you and also the date
you wish to play and the place
you wish to play at and | in turn
will be ready to place the bet with
you as soon as you wish and also
to settle all arrangements for the
game. Trusting that you either
give me reply at once stating
that you do not want TO play or
that you let me know how you feel
in regard to this offer. | am
Yours in Sport
II. K. Caswell
H. r. Caswell, Mgr, American
Lcgion-Co. d., V. N. G., Basket
Ball Club of st. Johnsburv. VT.
State Champions 1921-1922.
This was either bluff an april
fool joke or a sporting proposition
The local boys were game enough
to put their untllcd team against
the champions of the state or any
terms, but the bold reliance so
strongly set forth in the above
challenge sort of petered out and
whole lot of difficulties arose.
They were not so eager to play as
they thought they were. The game
was finally called Off, and the
question of whether the locals can
or can not trim up the Champions
of the State is still unsettled.
On Friday evening of this week,
in Music hall two picked teams
will stage a game for the benefit
of the Athletic association. There
is material enough 70 IA couple of
good fives, and everyone is sure to
get their moneys worth aa we'll
as help out the association.