Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-24


the State of Maine Y. NJ, c. A. bas-
ketball t. ornament WITCH was play
ed Saturday afternoon and evening at
City Hall, by defeating the Bangor
senior quintet. by a SO to Il score,
ard carried the beautiful American
Legion cup. the senior trophy, bacl:
IT, the doVn-river city. r.
The Auburn junior payers carried
off the victory in the junior division
by defeating the Bath juniors in the
finals by a sc ore of AZ 20 81, and were
owarded the fine Towns cup which
was put up for this division by the
Hussey Hardware Company.
Bath Bangor Final
In neither final game was the Gon-
test very close, as the winning teams
we're clearly superior II their oppon-
ents and the score was never close
enough to make the games interesting
after the first half. In the senior
game the Bangor quintet started off
strong and had the edge on Bath by
an s to score at the end of the first
quarter. The ship builders came back
strong in the next period however
and the alf ended with a score :.
Bath 10. Bangor IA. In the third
period the Bath men annexed six
more points and Bangor could only
secure one. After that everything
waS Bath. with Olinto and Sp:nney
doing the work! Olinto played the
entire game and sho. nine from the
floor and four from fouls. Spinney
. did not set into the game until the
very last of the first ':alf, but played
~ great game being in on every play
OlintO pulled a play in the third
quarter that drew applause from the
OF posing players as well as the crowd.
The had been circulating about near
the Bangor basket for some little
time with no result. and Olinto jump
irg into the air. caught high pass
III one hand and shot it into the bas-
iet from a distance of over 20 feet
before his feet touched the floor. "
was indeed a pretty play. Cowan was
the feature player for Bangor ringing
several pretty ones from difficult an
s:les and distances.
Auburn Juniors Have II Easy
The Auburn juniors had much less
difficulty with the Bath five. as they
were ahead at all stages of the game
The scores by quarters were II to 4.
81 to II, 33 to Is, and the final one.
Auburn Al, Bath 81. Pierce, the
rangy Auburn center, and Simpson.
the left forward. were theSbig scorers
for Auburn, Pierce getting eight from
the floor and two fouls, and Simpson
five and three. Juneau, the Edward
Little soph who showed Up so well in
the preliminary, seemed in poor shape
in the finals until the last quarter
when he showed some pep and ended
the game with four and two to his
credit. McCabe~and J.. Doyle played
a good game but could not overcome
the effective work of the Auburn boys.
Bangor Augusta Preliminary
The Bangor-Augusta preliminary
brought the closest finish of the tour
nament and in the final quarter had
the fans sitting on the edge of their
seats and yelling themselves hoarse,
Bangor led for three periods as Au-
gusta could not seem to shoot. Benn,
Beale and Marston, all good shots and
fine players, seemed off their feed and
must have had reverse english on the
ball. as 1t refused 10 go through the
hoop. Time after time they shot. but
with heartbreaking results. The score
at the end of the first period was Ban
gor Z. Augusta 3; at the end of the
seconr Bangor 20. Augusta IS. and at
the end of the third Bangor 90, Au-
gusta 20N
Auburn Makes it Interesting for Bath
In the Bath Auburn senior prelim-
mary, as in the Augusta Bangor
gone, the winner only pulled through
after the losing team had been ahead
at one point in ihe game.
Olinto and Gilmore scored the
greatest numbr of baskets for Bath
while Moulton and E. Watson were
the point winners fro mthe floor for
Auburn. Ramsen did some deadly
work from the foul line for Auburn
netting eight during the game.
Auburn Augusta Junior Preliminary
Joke
The Auburn juniors played rings
around the Augusta boys in the pre-
liminary and swampad them by a
score of CT to IS. After few min
iites Of play the Auburn boys made II
farce of the game, ard at the final
whistle they were represented by a
crew of boys. some Of whom were not
over four feet high, and then Angus
Ia could not score. In the final period
the Augusta boys were able to score
but one single tally from the foul line
While Auburn was netting 10.
Augusta ~" Ladies Department
Serves Supper
The Augusta Y. NJ. =. A. Ladies de-
partment served a delightful supper
shortly after SIX O'Clock at the y. NJ.
c. A. assembly hall TO the members
of the competing teams. There were
about So players vino enjoyed the
supper and they were united in de-.
claTing that the ladies department of
the Augusta "Y' is indeed live de-
partment and distinct asset to the
local association.
Dance in tire Evening
Following the final games of the
tournament. an enjoyable dance was
held at City hall with especially fine
music furnished by Douglas Melody
men. A large number of those who
attended the games stayed for the
dance and enjoyed themselves to the
Uttermost.
The summary of the games:
Final Games
EATH BANGOR