Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-09
C0NY BOYS RECEIVE LICKING AT
HANDS PORTLAND Id; GIRLS TIE WITH
WATERv|LLE after ROUGH FIGHT

In one of the toughest games seen
on the Cony High polished court
this season. Cony High lost to the
fast Portland High aggregation by
score OF 1910. Portland was able
to COP from Cony only after putting
up one of tie stiffest kind of battles.
and the scoring was close through
out. At the end Of the first period
the score stood 10 in favor of the
Portland men. Cony lost a number
of chances to score through the in
ability OF the Cony men to find the
basket when shooting fouls. Both
teams were heavily penalized and
PortIonds win was due in a large
way TO their ability to shoot fouls.
Cony started out in the first period
strong, putting up a fast offensive
attack against the Blue jerseyed
hoopmen of the Forest City and Poor
scored the first baskets Of the game
from long distance shots. Conroy
Of the Portland team seemed able to
Get through the Cony defense a num-
b-r of times but scored only three
points from the floor for his team.
At the end of the last period both
teams were a bit careless in their
team WORK and both quintets had
opportunities to score but their in
ability to center their eye on the
basket kept them from doing so.
The game came near being called
off, in the third period on account
Of the nsportsmanlike conduct of
the crowd. Referee Kennedy was
obliged to call number of fouls on
both teams on account of their
roughness. The crowd certainly be-
hayed in most unsportsnanlike
manner They We're reprimanded
FL ct il ~
yelling that the game would be call
ed and the crowd quoted down a bit.
The Cony girls in their game with
Watervil!e High tied the score with
the up-river lassies in one of the
toughest girls games seen at Cony
this year The Waterville quintet
led the Cony girls until the last few
minutes, wien Cony scored enough
baskets to tie the score. The conduct
and playing of the Waterville girls
was not very favorably received by
! the COry followers and the general
sentiment among the Cony officials
was that if the WaterVlile girls dld
! not change their style CT play a
whole lot, the Cony girls would not
play Waterville at Waterville. The
game at times was more Of a wrest-
! ling match than Il basketball game
ana Cony's ability to tie the score
with the Purple and White quintet
! came only after a hard battle.
Miss Hussey was the star for
! the Red and White oval shooters,
scoring all the points for Cony. Her
ability to shoot the leather from all
angle; and especially with one hand
| helped in n great way for her num-
Der of points tailed. McPhee and
DeLisle for the up-river team were
| the stars of the game, scoring the
greater number OF baskets for their
'e2 E"tn the wa.!rvil,c team and the
| Cony High girls team have yet 10
; be defeated. The Cony High team
! is considered about the fastest girls
j.quintet in the State and their ability
4 to hold NaterVilie to a 1918 score
F, shows that they are in Il fair way to
cop the championship. The Cony
! High girls have a game scheduled
with the WaterTille girls quintet to
be played in Waterville and are any
! ious to play this game, but the
{ rouGhness and manner of play Of the
! Waterville team may stand in the
way of this game being played.
, The summary:
! PORTLAND CONl
! Morton, If ............. ID, Howell