Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-10-29
Football Eleven Met Norwich
University and Was Vic
torious, II to 6.
HARD GAME PLAYED IN RAIN
Few tumble, IIowcvcr-StrRight Foot
bail by Vermont-Forward Pass
Gave Cadets TOuchdOwn--i.at-
ter Game When Pressed
TO Gonl Line.

Montpelier, oct. 2S.--The football
championship of Vermont was settled
here this afternoon when the tniver-
sity of Vermont team journeyed over
from burlington with some 300 cheer
Ing rooters met Just as enthusiastic
a crowd OF cadets from Northheld
backing tho Norwich University eleven
and beat tho latter gamey team. II
to G. That was n joyous moment for
the Norwich boys when after Vermont
had made q touchdown In the first half
and failed to kick a goal. the cadet
eleven worked a perfect forward pass
and criss-cross and Reed scootcd down
the field and planted the pigskin
sQuarely between Nermonts goal
posts, Then the kicking of the goal
by Reed made tho score to In Nor
| wich's favor. Straight football in
about Ave minutes moro Of play gave
| Vermont another touchdown and Wat
kins that time kicked goal The
| first half thus ended with all the scor-
| ing finished, II to 8, and Vermont had
| won.
| Between halves the Vermont con-
tingent. headed by it's college band,
sailed out and did an artistic zig-zag
down tho field. Forth came the ca
diets, not to the outdone. ana with
them was the Montpelier Military
band. with not too great care as to
where they went. the Norwich men
mixed up with the college band but
cool heads among the burlington
crowd restrained rush which SEEM
cd inevitable, and caught the crowd
with the good natured attitude as
sumed.
WHERE NORWICH "IIELD EN-"
The second half was marked by Nor
wich's superb defense when Vermont hat
taken the ball almost to the n. L. goa
line. There the red-jerseyed players helt
for downs and booted tho ball out o
danger. Vermont thereafter played on thu
defensive Its men wer sore from TIL
hard game with Cornell Saturday ant
straight football was all they tried. Tn,
Norwich game was the more open blu
} three attempts to work the forward pas
} were unsuccessful after the first tim
that resulted in It's touchdown.
drizzing rain during the time o
! play made handling the slippery bal
! difficult but In spite Of that few tumble
, were made. three covering the number o
BuCn Slips. A crowd or luz lntereSte
legislators, State officers. alumni OF tn
two colleges and people from all tn
surrounding country witnessed the gam
at Interc!ty Park. filing grandstand an
bleachers and OVERLOOKING along the sid
lines. Tho Vermont seniors wearin
white plug" hats were seated In tn
midst OF the Vermont crowd on tn
bleachers and SO arranged as to form
plainly marked V from top to bottoI
| Of the stand. After the game n orderl
celebration was conducted through III
/ principal streets of Montpelier ending {
the Pavilion where the Vermont me
q cheered and sang their college songs an
!. let the welkin know that Vermont ha
won. The summary:
VERMONT. NORWICH
!, | Reed. !. e........,..,...r. O., NJ. SMl'
Cassidy. l. I. ...............r. t., F. Smi'
:, Hughes. !. &. ..r, e.. Hawiey. elbows
-. Thomas NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. G., CampOe
:, Buckmiller, r. g. ......l. e., Carpent
Dodge r. t.......................l. T.. Iig
Buck. r. q ,..............l. e., Carsws
Pierce. q. b. ..................Q. b., Re'
Watkins, !. II. b. ...r. h. b., Magma
Slavin. T. h. b. ...,.,l h. b., Bnrn'
Adams, Z. b. ........... 81 b.. Dam'
:. Score. Vermont II, Norwich c; touc
- downs. Adams. Watkins. Reed; goa
IL from touchdowns. watkins, Reed: W
10 pire, Dadman; referee. Burlegh ne
= Judge. IIickam; linesman, Frank: tin
y 20 minute halves.