Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-27
e SPORTING NEWS e
Morse Boys Superior
To Cony But Local
Girls Lead Visitors

Morse High boys team played su-
perior basketball for three periods
last night and defeated Cony high
school by the score of 81 to 70 in a
game that was fast from the first
whistle. Morse had teamwork and
far outranked anything displayed on
this floor for some time, and time
after time had the Cony team up in
the air. unable to tell just where the
ball was. In only one period did
Cony show real life, and that was in
the third, when they kept the ball
in their end of the court all the time
and scored IL points to their oppon-
ents' none. This spur put the locals
in the lead. but no for long, for Nc
Cabe and his teammates changed the
lead as soon as the whistle sounded
for the last quarter and were never
In danger thereafter.
The Cony girls were able to de-
feat the Morse girls by the score of
IL to 8. Miss Mason playing jump
ing center, being a tower of strength
in keeping the ball in Cony's end,
and Miss Hussey and Miss Simpson
played well in the forward positions,
Miss Hussey having the better shots
Both Morse guards were strong and
but for their superior play, Cony's
points would have been much higher
Miss Ward eluded the Cony guards
and kept the ball going when ii
reached the Morse end of the court
The boys game started like nir
and tuck affair, but More's superior
passing told as the periods passed
and with Olinto shooting in fine
style. his team took the lead. The
Morse boys could not make their
hands behave, however, and Far
rington shot eight fouls out of a
possible ten. and with his one basket
from the floor the score stood at Is
to 10.
Winslow came to life in the third
period. with the rest of the team
playing its best passing game, and
succeeded in dropping in four bas-
kets. Hall cracked in a long shot
from the center of the floor and with
several fouls by Harrington jumped
into the lead, the score being II tC
10. But they had shot their bolt
and when Morse got their breath
back. together with a few breaks
they piled the baskets in and clinch.
ed the game and probably the high
school championship of the State.
The hall was entirely inadequate
to care for the crowd. which in
fringed on the playing space and
then the scorers could not see the
players, and only glimpsed the ball
at intervals. The game was clear
and hard fought and no player was
disqualified for personal fouls. The
score:
MORSE HIGH CONY HIGH
Olinto, IF .............. Id, Knowles
McCabe, If ..............rb , Hal
Oliver, c.. ........ POOL
Spinney, rb .............n, WlnSloW
Pratt
McMann, lib .......... IF, Harrington
Score: Morse 81. Cony %.
Goals from Floor: OIinto 4. McCabe
4. Oliver >. Pratt ., McMann l; Far
rington ]. Winslow ., Hall /.
Goals from Fouls: Harrington 10
McCabe 5.
Referee Owen. Time 1O-minute
periods.
Girls Game
Cory girls had the edge on theil
opponents from the start and Miss
Simpson and Miss Hussey each shot q
goal as did the Bath forwards but a
foul by Miss Simpson gave Cony the
edge in this period, to 4. The game
waxcd hot at intervals as the girls
fought hard for supremacy in the
other two periods but Miss Husscy
was able to drop in the baskets. Miss
Miss Mason proved or great assist
ance to the forwards IN passing the
ball and her work was the shining
light of the game. The score:
CO\Y GIRLS MORSE GIRLS
Simpson. IF ..............lh, Mltcnel
Hussey, II ......... m, afflhs
Mason, Jc ...1c wax h',
Dow sc ............. .....sc. l,iiiiti
Sturtevant. RIB LII, Choatt
Currer. lib ..............r f. " arc
Score: Cony Girls IS: Morse 9.
\ Goals from Floor: Hussey 4, Simp-
son i. Ward 3. Choate !.
Goals from Fouls: Simpson :. Hus-
scy /. Ward j. Referee: Councillor