The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-01
Professionalism Laid at
Her Door
IN IT'S FOOT BALL TEAM.
Edmunds High School Of Burlington
Cancels It's Two Games and
Gives It's Reason.

The Goddard Seminary football team
has been charged with professionalism
and Edmunds high school Of Burlington
brings the charge. Manager Seayer Of
the Seminary team received letter from
Manager 0'Neil Of the Edmunds team
this morning, who said that the principal
Of his school had refused to allow him to
play the games scheduled with Goddard
because 'you are playing professors and
professionals Manager OiNeil, there
fore cancelled the two games.
The local school is considerably stirred
up over the charge although It does not
care particularly about losing the games
with Edmunds. The boys at Goddard
say that this is not the first time that the
Burlington team has cancelled Last year.
after the FIRST game had been played, the
Edmunds team concluded that 1t would
not play the second. Therefore Goddard
was left in the lureh.
The Goddard boys deny the charge Of
professionalism. Who the alleged profess
sional players are the letter from the Bur.
lingtOn managers does not state. So the To-
cal team is unable to refute the charge. 1t
may be that the four members Of the team
lAOlA wis NlLN AiE liiE NuES 10 Wluil Tue
Edmunds manager refers. They are Milne,
fun back, Turner and Phillips ends and
Mcdonald half back The three first
named formerly played with the Barre De-
tenders, while the last named was star
player on the spaulding high school elev-
en- last year.
The Goddard management denies that
any one Of the four Is a professional play
er. All are enrolled in some department
of the school and are taking at least three
studies That is the position which the
management takes. All the four men are
good players and undoubtedly strengthen
the team, but the Goddard boys deny that
they are professionals
Two teachers Of the school have been
playing on the team this year, but that Ii
only d, custom which has been followed by
the school and which has not been pro-
tested to the point Of cancelling games
heretofore. The teachars who are playing
on the team this year are Mr. Cannell, a
Tufts college man, who Is playing full
back and Mr. Carley, q Dartmouth college
man who is on the end.
Commenting on news item Ia the Bur
lington Free Press that the manager Of the
Edmunds team understood that both Mont
pelier seminary and st Albans high school
had cancelled with Goddard Manager
SeaYer Of the local team said this fore
noon that he had no games scheduled with
st. Albans and that BIZ had not heard
from Montpelier seminary ether than that
the scheduled games would be played
The Burlington Free Press Of this morn
ing says:
"The management Of the Edmunds high
school foot ball team has cancelled the
games, which were TO have been played
with Goddard seminary, and has arrang-
ed games for the same days with Brigham
Academy. The dates are October 10 In
this city and October % at Bakersfield. 1t
is reported that both Montpelier seminary
and ST. AIbans high school have cancelled
their dates with Goddard, as professional
players are said to be playing on that
team.
The corrected schedule Of games Is as
follows: Oct 3, N. U at Northfeld Oct
10, NJ. $. at Montpelier; Oct. "a, st.
Johnsbury academy at Barre; Nov 2, NJ
S. at Barre; Nov. Q, st. J at st. Johns
bury; Nov. IS, x. U. A. at Barre.
Manager Seaver has also written to
Rockland Military academy at West Le-
banon, N. H., for dates for two games and
the games with X. u A. will not be play
ed unless games are secured with Rock
land academy as the trip to Il. q. A. is
expensive for one game
The date for the return game with Nor
wich University has not been decided vet.
The manager is also trying to arrange
games with the class teams Of the Uniyer-
sity Of Vermont.