Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-11-12
MONTPELIER WO
Goddard Seminary Defea
cd Yesterday Afternoon
Goddard 0utp|ayed Montpe|le
ia tho Second Half

dard Seminary at foot ball yesterda
afternoon, l6 to I, In the closest cor
tested game ever PLAYED in Barre, O
In fact ever In the history Of the att
letic contests between the two schools
The contest was witnessed by severs
hundred spectators, many coming u
from Montpelier to see 1t.
The Goddard boys put up fin
contest In the second half and woul
undoubtedly have won the game
they had had few moments more Q
playing time. As it was they clearl
outplayed their opponents in this hal
and were getting them badly demoral
lzed although they had to play twelv
men, as the referee was clearly agains
them. His decisions in favor of Mont
pelier Seminary probably cost then
two touchdowns and the game.
1t was not the same kind of team
that Goddard presented yesterday a
it did few weeks ago In Montpelier
Gu all sides there were evidences o.
much improvement. They played
with more Of snap and 60, show
ing that they had been receiving
some good coaching.
While every man on the home team
played good game and withA played
it In unision with the rest OF the
team 10 that they put up team game
Towers, Berry Brown and .Grlnt d.
serve special mention. The home
team played very strong offensive
game stopping the heavy plunges
through the center. They used few
trick plays with good effect.
Montpelier had tie kick of and
sent the ball well DOWN the field.
Goddard worked 1t back ways but it
was lost to Montpelie and after max.
ing few short gaiIs the ball was
given to Moulton ont the Goddard rs
ward line. He brke through the
line at right tackle nd made touch.
down and kicked pal.
On the kick of bntpelier got the
ball and worked 1t p the field. When
on Goddar1's 20 ysd line they were
held for two downs On the next snap
back Hamilton rishd a goal from a
place kick and mac it.
After the ball nd been kicked of
Goddard got possession Of it we'll in.
side their opponens' territory. They
were advancing it oy steady and sure
gains but when hey got to the 10
yard line some OF their men got too
anxious with the -esult that several
were caught ofYsid and the ball taken
from them. Tim Montpelier began
to advance the ba and kept it up un-
till it was withina few yards Of the
Goddard goal line when it was given
to Hamilton and he went over the
line for touchdown, failing however
to kick goal. This completed the
scoring for MONTPELIER.
In the second .alf Harry Dunham
took the place ofHutchinson who had
been injured. Montpelier had the
kick of, but sEhough the ball was
Goddard s 1t va, lost on tumble { enly
to be regailed on downs. Goddard
kicked the bill well down the field and
Sawyer got it. On the next snap
back Umpip Whalen detected offside
play on the art OF Goddard and took
the ball aww from them. They soon
got it again md when on the rs yard
line by tri6 play Durkee WAS given
the ball and made a run around the
left end foi touchdown. Grant,
howeve +, faild to kick a goal.
After the net kick of Goddard soon
bad the ball a1d advanced It to with.
In . few yards OF the goal line. Tow.
ers was given The ball and ploughed
over and through the Montpelier line
for all but thenecessary distance. He
had the ball down and az soon as he
got of Of 1t, ct the sound of the ref
eree's whistle, two Montpelier players
threw Themselves Oh It. Referee
Whalen seeing that Goddard would
probably score 4 allowed the posses
sion of the ball ct once decided that 1t
was MontpeliG's ball, thus robbing
Goddard Of touchdown.
But this theft availed Montpelier
but little, IS Goddard forced the
Montpelier players to make a safety,
thus scoring two points for Barre.
Time was then called on account of
darkness with about six minutes of