Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-30
FRESHMEN WON, II to 0.
EIxcelled Sophomores In All Depart.
ments Of Annual Class Game.

Vermont owned tho city Saturday even
| ing. for after n proc. night which was
! practically "a victory for them all along
| the line, on Saturday afternoon the SUI
rreinacy of their class over the sopho-
| morcs was made complct, with 81 footpull
| victory by II to G score At all times
| the team work and line buoking of the
freshmen we're far too much for the
| scphomorcs and in every department of
the game the superiority. of the fresh
| man play was evident.
| More interest had been aroused in this
game than for many past clnss games
Directly preceded by proc night which
surpassed in intensity Of class ,ivairy
my proc. night for many years, the
game called forth nearly every collcgian
and attrat ted a large number Of outsiders
to University Field. As is tho custom
tho college girls attended the game III
hargcs. First the sophomore barge, he
| licked with the green and grey class
| col0rs. appeared. iarmef With tho girls
| or that class. Soon the green and gold
| large of the freshmen. fillcd with Gnls
! enthusiastically giving tho 'N y'.lI. enter
| cd the enclosure. This was followed by
u wagonnette full Of junior girls. while
| at tho last tho seniors made their appear
ancc on n tal'y-ho.
Soon the boys of the freshman class
marched into the grounds. followed in "a
moment by the sophomore team ari then
came the loyal Juniors. led by Mac Far
land, marching fou" abreast to the time
furnished by an ir,proviscd drum and
ME corps Carrying thcir banner they
entered tho grandstand, whence they
srttit"lly choered on the freshmen
| INC freshman team had proceeded the
| juniors and soon the two teams lined I'D.
FRESHMEN QUICKLY EXCEL.
| After The first few moments of rjay
it was evident to everyone that it was
, II frcshir on day. The scphs. can lay the
essence o; their defeat t. an almost en-
tire lack Of team play. With one or two
exceptions, they outweiyhed the fresh
men in tho line. They had four fast
backs. who should have shown more
ground gaining ability. At tackle, the
| important line position, they were well
provided But the one rivet that would
l nave held the machine together was not
| there. and without it it was folly to OK
rect Eairs against tho powerful freshmen
defense.
Just where the sophomores were lack
ing, the freshmen were strong. Their
best ground gamer. bucking tho line on
a tackle back through tackle, was a sure
success because every man and especially
every back was in the play Having a
slightly lighter line tho freshmen were
fortunate in having strong backs But
without general team play that would
have counted for little.
The general Spirit of Tho ro,,o cor
sidering the intense rivalry which pre-
let their feelings get the upper hand. will
the result that slugging and othe
rcgrettablo work was not entirel,
lacking. Yet one was injured.
GAINED TWO YARDS TO ONE.
Comparing the play of the two teams
the freshmen gained over two yards t,
each one made by the sophomores Com
nlete analysis of the plays gives tn
winners 2?3 yards gained and the Msee
loi. Through the line and chiefly ol
tackle back through tackle plays tn
freshmen made their best gains, Will
II cir opponents riade more yards arnun,
to ends then through the line. The fresh
men were forced to punt once and were
held for downs once, while they forced
their opponents to punt once and hel,
them for downs five times. Thirty yards
were lost by the freshmen and ~ by tn
sOphomOres by penalties. The sopho
mOrcs tried to work trick plays, blu
were generally unsuccessful.
For the victors. Smith was easily tn
: game 5 star with with his magnificent lin
gains. Captain Watkins is credited will
good gains. while Harrington did we'll tn
few times he was called upon to carr
the ball. Mulcare handled the team wit
clear Judgment while all four backs wer
strong Extensively.
In the line Bingham was a wonderful
power tor the freshmen. With apparen
case he handled the three men facing hin
at center almost at will. Deyettc and Y
Soule seconded Bingham's might. fIughe
played II good game at right tackle. hu
Dodge at the other tackle WAS a close sec
ond to Smith and Bingham for honors
To bring him back from the line and rul
him through tackle was gain anc
his burst through left tackle for a 35-yar'
run and the second touchdown was thu
spectacular play of the game. Good worl
, was done by Reed, Buck and Pike.
For the sOphomOrcs. Kendall at hal
was the best player. On offense he made
good gains. while more than once, afte
his line had broken like paper. lie stopped
the on-rush of the opposing backs. Mas
ters was called upon for but little worl
; defcnsvely. but was good second I,
Kendall on tho offcnso. Hanna at full
back gained in all 20 yards while Captain
Hands did his best to draw his mon to
gethor and is credited with a 33-yard one
run.
At center and the guards, Wclch. Chaplin
Bailey and Adams were all outclassed
Ward and Frank were isappontinG
Ward was in nothing like varsity form
while Frank lost his team yards by his
oarnestness. The ends were better thar
the rest of the line and kept down the
gains on runs tried around them
!, SOPES GAIN AT START.
Opening the game the sophomorrs fur
nished their supporters IL little hope. a
trick pass netted yard. Hanna made
three through guard. Another trick made
il first down. The freshmen were penal
lied five for offside and Masters made
three at tackle. Ward made six in three
. tackle bucks and Hands made % AROUND
LETT end. Masters then made two in tw,
downs, when Watkins spoiled an attempt
, ed quarterback run for an cight-yard loss
and the freshmen gained the ball.
AT once their strong offensive work was