Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-25
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York, Feb. 23.-St. Marys Acad-
envy of Dover defeated York High
| II to 10 in closely contested game
tonight at the Town hall. Murphy
starred for the visitors. Nickcry of
the losers sustained Il sprained an
klc.
Bethel. Feb. 23.-Gould's Acad-
cmy hung up its 11th victory of the
season here tonight defeating Thorn
| ton Academy 81 to "A. The two
, teams were nearly evenly matched
on goals from the floor, but Gould's
, ran up - points from the foul line
w. Berry tossing II, Goddard and
! NJ Berry ..
| Portsmouth, \. H.. Feb. 23.-In
| the best game of the season tonight
at the Freemcn'3 hall. Portsmouth
| High, state champions went down to
! defeat before Biddeford High, 81 to
2S in Embarrassing. game. The
game was in doubt until the last five
minutes of play when. long shots by
! Darcy and Waterman gave the de-
| Gliding game.
! Portland High won q 9 to > dcci-
/ sion over the Fort Williams hockey
! team yesterday afternoon on the fort
! rink, Capt. Demmons leading the
| high school lads to their victory with
| five goals. Soule scored three. The
! game was rough and played on only
fair ice but was interesting all the
way. The two teams will meet again
next Wednesday afternoon.
Boston. Feb. 23-The "Duffer
| Proof" wooden golf shaft is about
; to make its appearance on the links
! of America and elsewhere. accord
| ing to an announcement here today.
| After several years of experiment.
! the announcement claims, a shaft OF
nine laminated hickory pieces has
| been evolved that will defy the tyro's
! most desperate efforts from the
| rough.
! Winthrop, Feb. 24-The Gram
! mar school boys and girls captured
! eight seconds and five thirds i'll the
| dual meet with the Augusta schools
| at the carnival Friday. in snowshoe
| and ski events. AS they had little
! opportunity for practice and only
J two days notice that they were to
participate ion the meet. their
| showing is considered very satisiac-
| tory.
Hartford, Conn. Feb. 93.--The
| University of Maine Basketball Five
| defeated Trinity here tonight, - to
| Ii, in a well played contest that was
won by the visitors chiefly through
: shots from the foul line. Berg. cap
tain of the Pine Tree State Five, was
! the outstanding star of the game, his
| craftsmanship on long shots being
especially good. Heating played we'll
| for Trinity. although pitted against
/ Berg, who gave one of the finest ex-
! hibitions of playing seen here this
season.
! Bath. Feb. 23.-Norse High girls
J sung up another victory here this
afternoon. trouncing Rockland High
II TO Q. For three periods the game
was very close. but with the score
| tied at the end of the third quarter
! Morse changed its lineup and ran
away from the visitors. Miss Breen.
! star Rockand forward. dislocated
! her shoulder in a fall TO the floor
! in the third quarter but continued
playing until removed on fouls. Fol
! lowing the game. the arm was OK
amined by a local doctor.
Bangor. Me. Feb. 23-Bar Har-
! Dor High girls defeated Bangor
High girls tonight in the High school
gym 10y the score of 70 to 16,
Summsby started for the visitors
while Colburn was high for the To-
cal girls. Westbrook High girls
tonight defeated Portland High for
the second time this season, run
ming up a big lead in the first three
periods and taking advantage of the
many fouls called on Portland in
registering it's 20 to 20 victory.
Portland staged a smashing rally in
the last period which momentariiy
threatened to endanger Westbrook's
long lead. tallying IA points to four
for the home town girls, but the rail-
~ was too late. Seventeen fouls
called on the visiting sextet against
nine for Westbrook turned the tide
in favor of the Paper City girls
Westbrook making nine of them
good--the margin by which the
Blue lassies lost.