Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-01-17
WESTbRO0K PARADES over
C0NY HOOP MEN SCORE 1915

Starting even in the first quarter.
the Westbrook Seminary smooth
court aggregation gained jump on
the Cony High school quintet In the
game on the slippery City Hall sur
face, Friday evening, which they
held through a fast third quarter
and then in the final canto the Pa
per City huskies sent their heavy
artillery into action, battering their
way to IL more points as against
the Red and White goose egg, and
when the scorers finished counting
them up the Westbrook outfit '. S
declared elected by 80 to IL tally.
The game was exceedingly fast all
the way the count two-all at the end
. of the first quarter, 10 to eight with
WeStbrook up when the whistle was
sounded for the half, is to Ii the
same way going into the final per-
iod. and even when the one sided
scoring during the last eight min
utes, the small crowd of fans in at
tendance was kept out on the edge
of the seats in their excitement in
following the play.
The Cony boys were just plain
outclassed when things really got
going, but the game which they put
up against the big Blue five from
Cumberland county was a revelation
to their supporters, and the rabid
fans went away from City Hall salts
fled that the Red ard White had
really found themselves a. last. And
one of the prettiest features of the
i whole game was the way young
: Stiles fought his way through the
we'll nigh impregnable defense of
/ the Westbrook clan, to drop five
through the hoop from the floor
and too, the classy exhibition by
Tiny" Overlook and Fletcher, two
mere kids, who have all the ear
marks of top-liners with little
| more experience.
Rollo Flynn played a whale of a
game for the visitors. accounting ior
fourteen of their points, and this
| sterling athlete was aided and ;bet-
| ted by one Mcclellan, who netted
three from the playing surface and
three more from the foul line.
| Speaking of fouls, the entire game
| was exceptionally Tree from errors
| of this nature, and was absolutely
devoid of unnecessary rouGhness, the
Eoys of both outfits going ahead and
playing the fastest and best game
| they knew how in thorough sports
manlike manner.
WeStDrook's beautiful defense was
notable as was their passing game.
| Cony also dug up passing combina- =
| ton which kept them pretty necr on
| n par with the ultimate victors FOR
| three periods. Young Fletcher for
Cony was nosey youngster. SEEM
inglv smelling out the plays before
they We're fairly under way.
All in all, the score to the contrary
| Notwithstanding. Cony played a sweet
game of basketball and took a nice
| little trimming from hoop combina-
| tion which should rank high in the
scholastic standing at the end of the
seas son.
, The summary follows:
lWESTBROOk SEM. (35)
| Q6) CONY
| Flynn, IF ................. ID, Traslx
Mcclellan. rf..... ....rD, Burns, Gilmore
ouiliNaH, .............. c, NICHOLAS
! liepert' 70 ............. II, stiles
Cairns, lb. ......rf. Overlook, Fletcher
| Score: Westbrook Sem. 35. Cony 1e.
| Goals from floor: Flynn z, Mcclellan 3.
| Sullivan 2. Hebert 8. Cairns /, Overlook
?, Fletcher l. Stiles 5. Goals from
fouls: Mcclellan 3. Referee, Roundy-
, Colby. Scorer, Gregoire Timer, MIC
| DonouGh. Time, four So. Attendance,
! zoo.