Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
NEITHER SIDE COULD SCORE
HARD FOUGHT CONTEST BETWEEN BRAT
TLEB0RO AND sHELBURNE FALLS
ENDED IN A TIE

Home Team Was at One Time Within Is Yards
of Touchdown and Visitors Were Once as
Near as Five Yards Brattleboro Lost Its
Opportunity Through 0ffside Play, While
Shelburne Falls Was Unable to Gain Its Dis
lance Brilliant Defensive Work by Local
Eleven,
Brattleboro has yet to be scored upon
in foot ball this season. Although UNI
able to make "A single point itself, the
local team prevented the strong Shell
burne Falls eleven from crossing the
goal line Saturday in one of the hard
est contested games ever seen on a
local gridiron. After the first scrim-
mage it was evident that the teams
were almost evenly matched and that
the fight would be severe. And so it
was Back and forth from one end of
the field to the other the contesting
elevens followed the pigskln. At first
it was within 20 yards of Brattleboro's
goal; soon after it was as near the
Massachusetts line; then it sailed
back TO the center of the field and
started once more to Brattleboro's ter
ritory only to be secured and returned
as soon as it came within the danger
line. Such was the course of the
spheroid throughout the first half, and
the second period of play was like unto
it. The critical point for the home
team came soon after the beginning of
the second half when tumble gave the
ball to the Massachusetts team on
Brattleboro's 1O-yard line Shelburne
Falls made every effort to score but
was unable to gain its distance after
three attempts and Williamson puntcd
out of danger from beneath the goal
posts.
When the teams lined up for the
opening kick off il was seen that they
were evenly matched although the
Massachusetts eleven appeared slight
" the heavier. Williamson kicked off
for his team, the ball going to McCar-
thy who was downed almost in his
tracks. Then Shelburne Falls began a
series of short end rushes which nettcd
a number of yards for the Red and
Black. These tactics We're continued
until the ball was on Brattleboro' : %
yard line. Here the home team made
its first brace and gained possession of
the pigskin on downs. Behind com
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