The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-22
KEENE FINDS
ST. JOHNSBURY
BASKET 28-24
Referee McQuiggan Calls
Total of 70 Fouls On
Both Teams

mont and New Hampshire, the
White Sox Of Kcene, N. H., took
the measure of the American
Lcgion-Company d five in one of
the strangest, widest, most bel
licose court battles ever waged on
the Armory surface. The invad-
ers won one contest % to "a and
another contest between the St.
Johnsbury rooters and Referee
McQuiggan had not been decided
Tuesday night when the timers
gong sounded taps.
Seldom has a visiting official
received a more severe panning
at the hands of a st. Johnsbuly
crowd. Referee McQuiggan un-
doubtcdly knows the rules of the
court game from every angle but
last night he had one of the
toughest jobs on his hands apply
ing the rules to fit, into the con-
glomeration of ticklish situations.
Mr.. McQuiggan exercised cx-
trcmely poor Judgment in calling
SO many fouls on both quintets.
There certainly is a whole lot of
common sense in the present day
tendency to speed up the basket
ball games by avoiding so much
foul shooting. There were 70
fouls called Tuesday night. The
game was played on the Is foot
mark. When every incentive to
passing and dribbling is thus stiff
led, it begins to look like curtains
for the court game, unless some
official can step onto the court
and appease in some Other way
the desire of the home fans for
action Of the right sort.
Nc. McQuiggan was in hot
water almost from the moment
that he placed his suction on the
court. Every foul that he called
was no doubt foul, but the
crowd, itself on pins and needles,
did not take kindly to brother
McQuiggan's fghting-cock atti-
tude. The crowd booed and pan
ned and exercized long unused
lungs, and the visiting referee
from Claremont plastcred fouls
all over the side-linc razz artists.
Coach "Chick" Burch's steady
ing presence on the Legion-militia
team was sadly felt. With their
chief marking time on the bench
as a result Of Doctors orders, the
domcstics were greatly handicap
ped. Broken up by the useless
foul-calling of the referee, the
team work of both quintets was
enormously slowed up.
During the first period, the
locals were able to score no field
goals so close was the guarding
to which they were subjected by
the so-called Kccne quintet. Foye,
FISK and Dumas eat,l managed to
snare a free throw from the foul
line but this was all the scoring
chalked up by the Legion-D hoop
rattlerS.
While St. Johnsbury quintet
was blankcd with no field goals,
the visitors secured no less than
five from various points on the
court. FOntainc caSed in a
pair Of baskets, Hanley, the
White River basketeer, followed
suit and Richardson tossed in
marker after hot Scrimmagc
under his own hammock. Keene
led II to 3 at the end Of the ini-
tial installmcnt.
The second stanza saw st.
Johnsbury give battle on slightly
better than even terms to the fast
invading five. Lucky Fisk took
a pass that Hanley inadvertently
hurled at him and sank it into the
netting for the first field goal
scored by st, Johnsbury up to
that point. The only other field
goal in this period came from the
hands Of Richardson who rctriey-
cd Il Hanlcy miScuc and tipped
the bali over the rim. The locals
marked up seven points on fouls
in this period, while the visitors
tailed six, the period ending 20
to II in favor Of kccnc.
With Il determination that
threatened to wipe out the lead OF
the visitors. the scaletown basket
fingers came back in the third
frame. Foyc tossed in Il foul, af-
ter he was held by Bradbury and
then Fisk dropped in basket
that touched off the fireworks
among the st. Johnsbury enthu-
siasts. "Whitey" Dumas, lurk-
ing under his hoop, gave vent to
one Of his famous 'E-e-e-e
Yo-o-h' yclls. Marshall passed
to him and "Whitty" propped the
sphere neatly into the rim.
Fisk Tailed another basket,
taking the ball away from Fon-
taine and shooting it into the
net. "Lucky's' finger brought
the score 20 to q, the visitors in
the van. Hanley, on pass from
Bradbury Tailed again beneath
his hoop, and Foyc awoke from
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