Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-30
FOOT BALL AT THE UNIVERSITY.



the Freshmen and SopuomOrcs.
The long period of talk over the annual
foot ball match, in which the treshmc,
and sophomore classes have ueen iudulg-
ing eliminated, last Saturday afternoon.
in real, earnest work on the Caupus. The
talk however can not be SAL. t. nave been
concluded until very shortly before the
game, for the minstrel performance that
Immediately preceded it, was the GHjS,
and pat the finishing touches on all the
talk that had gone before. The perform
anCe, which was well attended and very
enthusiastically received, was Suud in its
way, but in some respects was not above
criticism. \ its close, audience and per
formers adjourned to the campus in
rear OF the college, where the -uai posts
were erected and the ground lined OF IN
Rugby fashion. 10 Old, or even recent,
graduates the mdnpeuVreS of the con-
testanls and the rNlso OF play We're quite
eniGmatical, but tnUt drawbacks - - .tr ar-
cribed rather to their l-uoranur tLah 10
the method of playing, and viii Guunliess
grow less and less as the game IL intro
duced. 1t is certainly an advance III
science to have dropped the Old pcli-meN,
helter-skelter game for the muurn
Rugby.
The class teams We're respectively made
up as follows: SophomOres, johnson,
captain and half back; Day, quarter back;
Davis, half back James, goal tend; kim
ley, snap back; Howard, Corse, Hyde,
Chase, OberhoIser and Williams, rushers.
Freshmen, Bradley, captain and goal
tend Kennedy, snap back; lsham, quar-
ter back Stevens and Huntington, half
backs; Hall, Graves, Stone, Nichols,
Johnson and Adams rushers. The fresh
men won the toss and chose goal, giving
the sophomores the kick oil which was
Work began at once but it was
evident from the outset that 80
was beaten by her lack of avoir-
dupOis. After almost every snap back
/ IS would push forward en- mdNNC, crowd
ing the lighter men of 80 reSlstcssly back.
The Rugby game consists Of two heats OF
fOrtY-iive minutes each with an internlS-
sion between them of ten minutes for rest.
In the first heat the sOphOmOrcs had Ii
pretty much their own way, making very
soon Il goal from the field, which counted
them /. The freshmen then kicked of
and the sOphs made IA touch down, but
failing in kick at goal, made only /.
down and succeeded in kicking at goal
which gave them 4. 80 had the kick oil
and IS succeeded again in getting Il
touch down and goal counting them q
and giving them, at the eXl ration of the
first heat, Il score of II to 'SJs q. John
and the play of Davis and Chase of the
same class was also fine. For the fresh
men, Stone and Huntington, half backs,
played eXcellently, as did Adams and X.
johnson in the rush. After the ten-min-
ute rest, Kennedy kicked off for 80. In
this heat the freshmen did most of the
playing, and gave considerable encourage
ment to their vocteratng friends who
had yelled themselves hoarSe over an ap
parently fororn hope, They made touch
down in this heat, but failed in the kick
at goal and counted 4, and soon after they
made Il touch down and IA goal, which
scored them 10. 'S3 made a goal just be
fore the close of the heat, which ran theil
score up to ~. Thus the game closed p
to 10, i'll favor Of 'SS Waters, SO, acted
as Judge for 'SS. Middlebrook, 81
acted in the same capacity for ~, anC
Callahan, 81, was umpire, each of whom
discharged his duties well and impartially
The lateness of the hour prevented play
ing the odd and even game.