Century-old Ti — Dr. Martin entertains athletes

(This post was updated to clarify that both teams had refreshments.)

This is the latest in a series of posts about news reported a century ago in the Ticonderoga Sentinel.

Dr. Martin served post-game refreshments at his home to members of the Ticonderoga High School and Silver Bay basketball teams on Dec. 10, 1920, after the Ticonderoga team extending its season record to 5–0.

The first-place Ticonderoga team defeated second-place Silver Bay school 46–16, leaving the northern Warren Country private school with a 3–2 record in the Essex County League.

“Clever pass work and basket shooting was shown by the high school boys. In fact, it was one of the cleanest and best games played in this section for some time,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Dec. 16, 1920.

The score didn’t tell the whole story.

“The game was one that gives credit to both schools,” the Sentinel reported. “The Silver Bay boys and teachers are to be congratulated on their fine sports.”

In other Dec. 16, 1920 Ticonderoga Sentinel news:

J. Burt Webster, chaplain of the 13th Infantry Division at Camp Devens, spent a week at Ticonderoga visiting his brother, Julo Webster.

Mary Alice Drake won the $2.50 prize for the high school student selling the most tickets to the Moses Hospital Ball. She sold 15 tickets.

Alice Beers had successful eye surgery to remove a cataract at Glens Falls.

The next post in this series will be in mid-January, as the next several Ticonderoga Sentinel issues are missing from the database.

Click here to read the most recent previous post in the series.