The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-06
MANCHESTER TEAM p,
GODDARD SEM. 5
The Former Had a Powerful
Offence Which They Drove
at Goddard's Line With
Great Success.

BY losing to the Burr and Burton sem
mary from Manchester, on Centennial
field at Burlington Saturday afternoon,
the Goddard foot ball eleven surren-
dered what claim they had to the title
of preparatory school champions of Yer
mont. The Manchester team showed
itself superior in nearly every respect,
winning by the score Of 20 to 5.
The Goddard team had the advantage
in weight, but it was again shown that
weight has to knuckle TO speed The
backs Of the Burr and Burton started
with the snap Of the ball with compact
interference, and swept the Goddard tao
klers aside as easily as if they had been
wooden men. Their line men, too, got
the jump on their opponents, knocking
them aside so that the speedy backs
made long gains. The Barre team seem
ed to have struck slump, as it did
mot put up the game of which it is
capable But even had the boys been
In shape they probably would not have
been able to win the game. The Man
chester team had been coached by w.
A. Dane, an old University Of Vermont
man, and good many of the Vermont
plays were used. A tackle formation
was favorite, with the plays shooting
off in any direction, the split tackle"
play
The Goddard line men were in poor
physical shape M. Clark got up off a
sick bed to play, and Ogden complained
before he went into the game Olsen
al A. ss.ta "a.
of the Burr and Burton boys, and in
that respect was no worse of than most
of the others. Even Capt. Knapp, usual
iy good on the defense, had great diff
Guilty in finding the runner, so closely
was he protected. r. Berry was pretty
strong at end. Z. Clark, in spite of
his light weight, played we'll at center,
and Sawyer made some pretty tackles,
saving one touchdown for his team.
Booth was knocked out Of the game
in the very first Of it. He got a rap
IN the head and after a short rest went
into the game, only to be removed few
minutes later.
There we're several hundred people
present to see the game, and the sym
pathies of the crowd were largely with
the Manchester team Two twenty min
ute halves were played, and the first
period was a complete walk-over for
Burr and Burton, when seventeen points
were scored, to none for Goddard. The
ball was kicked to Goddard, and the
oifense got to work and pushed the ball
down the field for As yards, only to lose
it when a touchdown seemed sure.
Knapp dropped the ball after good
run. That seemed to take the life out
of the red and white team, and Burr
and Burton began fierce attack, scor-
ing after rushing for about 60 yards.
Two more touchdowns were made in
the remainder of the period
In the second half team made touch
down, Capt. Knapp scoring for God
dard
BURR & BURTON GODDARD
Thomas, 1 e. ..t........r 81, Olsen
Towsley, !. t. .-s..... r. t., J.. Berry
d. Stone, !. g......r. g., Houghton
Brown, c........s......... .c., i. Clark
IL Abbott, +. q. ~. g, Ogden
Fuller, r. t....... J. t., M Clark
Colvin, r. e.........s... |. e, r. Berry
Andrews, q. b. "a. b, Sawyer
L. Stone, / h.........r h., Knapp
j. Abbott, r. h . !. h., Booth and Jimmo
IL Stone, +. b.......8..... #. b., Horsford
Score: Burr and Burton %, Goddard
s; touchdowns, L. Abbott, Fl. Stone 2,
Knapp, d. Stone; goals from touch