Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-16
CONY HOOP BOYS FINISH STRONG
AND WIN THRILLER FROM MORSE

Coming from behind with superb
demonstration Of the Cony fighting
spirit, the Red and White basketeers
Friday evening at City Hall trimmed
the Morse high Quintet Of Bath in the
final minute Of play by a score of 27-
"a. The game was absolutely the + St
est and prettiest demonstration of the
game that has been seen in this city
for number Of years, not excepting
the two battles which the Hebron
warriors have staged at City Hall.
The Bath quintet with Captain
Wilson leading started off in way
that swept Cony off it's feet Eld piled
up score of Is to in the first
quarter. With Capt. Wilson in the
lineup there is little doubt that
Morse has a team that will give any
school-boy team in the state tough
go of it. Wilson, however. was prone
to make personal fouls. and ended the
first period with three against him.
Starting out strong in the second
period the advance of blue and gray
halted when Wilson fattened his av-
erage of personals and was given per-
mission to change into "civies." H =
gan who, took his place at right for
ward was "a willing worker but he did
not fit into the Morse machine as
well as did the captain and Cony add
ed two baskets. or four points to its
total while Morse was getting five
points.
With the score at 20 to 8, in favor
of the visitors the Cony boys went
into the second quarter with renewed
energy and piled up six more points
while holding their opponents score
less for the quarter.
Excitement among the good sized
gathering of fans reached a fever
heat when after the customary rest
the two teams started in on the last
eight minutes of play with Cony
needing six points for tie. Overlook
started the ball rolling with one from
the floor and a moment later Lapidus
netted one from the foul line. "Yippy'
Nickless came through at this time
with a pretty one, fair through the
hoop for two more points and Cony
needed a single goal for a win.
Within a few moments Reed gave
the Cony rooters a serious case of
heart failure when he tailed and
was followed a moment later by
Doyle. Needing five points for tie
or three baskets to win, Cony with
bull dog determination went. after
their opponents again. Lapidus cap
tured two in succession and with one
minute to play the score stood at "a
to % with Morse in the lead.
From all over the hall came cries of
zone minute, one basket and Tiny
Overlook responded with a pretty
shot which he soon followed with an
other In the final minute of play
Morse netted two which did not count
because of infractions of the rules
but the Cony fans. fairly wild with
excitement and screeching so loud
that they cosld not hear the whistle
of the referee. groaned as the leather
slid through the hoop.
The Morse team, played short
passing game of lightning quickness
for the first two periods, but i'll the
, third quarter Cony broke it up to a
considerable extent and the visitors
were forced to the same long shoot
ling game that Cony had been using
About the same time Cony began to
resort to the short passes and they
mixed in their long shots, with Lapi-
dus and Overlook coming so close to
the basket. if they did miss that the
Morse team was drawn out and their
defense broken up.
Although the greater amount OF the
shooting was done by Lapidus and
I Overlook it was solely due to the fine
| support of their teammates who
played as one, passing, pivoting. drlb-
i bling and in every way playing with
+, the one object in view, namely to get
basket for Cony. Each man on the
of determination he possessed and they
showed remarkable pluck in coming
from behind as they did. Capt. Stiles
who went in at the start of the game
was forced to leave at the end of the
quarter as he was i'll before going in
and Fletcher went in in his place.
A game between the Cony girls
and a Y. NJ. C. A. team known as
the Blue Streaks" was won by the
Conv girls. the final score being Cony
"a. Blue Streaks 10. Cony used its
usual number of substitutes but the
Cony scoring was done by Moulton
with six baskets and foul and Hunt
with five and a foul.
The summaries:
CONY HIGH MORSE HIGH
Stiles. Fletcher, IF. ....... ID, Doyle
Nickless, If .......... rb, Canon
| TraSk, Plummer, c ........ c, Reed
Lapldus. rb ............... II, Reed
| Overlook, Trask, lb .........
....... rf, Wilson( Capt.. Hagar
Score, Cony 81. Morse "a. Goals
from floor. Lapidus 5. Overlook 4
Reed 4. Doyle 3, Trask =, Harring-
ton ., Cannon ], Wilson /, Fletcher
1. Nickless 1. Goals from fouls
Lapidus 1, Cannon l. Doyle 1. Ref
cree. Roundy of Colby. Scorer, Gre
goire. Timer, Pierce. Time, 4 SIS
CONY GIRLS BLUE STREAKS
Dot Hunt, Farrell IF 80. ID, Crook
o. Moulton, Jackson, If .........
................ RIB, WaShburn
G. Priest, Gilmore, 80. C, Bunker
Nicholas, Gagnon, Baker. sc 80.
..............-.. sc, LeuchteT
Young, Mcguire, RIB 80. If, Hanks
Mcguire. Barker, Id :. IF, Bachelor
Score, Cony "a, Blue Streaks 10
1e, 4