The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-11-18
SIXTH VICTORY FOR
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
Fast Greenfield Team Beaten
IL too
nv oLprAsmoSEp FOOTBALL
Visitors Played on Their Feet IN the
rms, Period Ia which hsassiseefe
Scored ~ rslnss Former Scored Oh
Old Trick Play.

In the pgurnrr 81 he largest rfoad
that has attended looal football oonsssi
Ia years the ilrs,tlrboFo high srhooi ssaia
Saturday seoFod u. siHih yirlop u tbs
seasoA By defeating the strong nTesaisld
high school sleysh II 90 d. With their
niai,a,ion ior proficiency IN the Open
game ALREADY made the local boss ehoss
10 shoN their supporters What ihsy oouli
40 Ia the way ol straight football, and "a
this they NcFp rminrnily suuccssial
Ia fact, their hns rushing sas - elective
thai theY undoubtedly Nunld have born
abls 20 make = LANCER soorr bad they sinsi
10 ,hs odiashioncd method instead o.
varying their attack 10 sneh an extent a.
the, did Tie game VAS INTENSELY inter
rsiing desIaie the one sldcd scofs lot The
Teason that Grc~nilcld though trimmed 70
4 ifaEsle ~ the hfsi i~riod shonod hs
ahlity 10 come hack "a a way ihA, caused
the supporters no little uncasii'rss On se''
tfsi eorasiuns,
nrattlrhoro gon the ios. and chose 10
kiek oil. Ufcennvld's hrst attempts 90 rush
Were unayaillng. aud the home team soon
gained possession Of the leather 90 downs,
runs by Haskell. Mecdch and THOMPSON
gaining 20 much distance that within three
minutes Thompson was able 60 soufc the
first touchdown from which be kicked the
goal. ON the next kick oil which urecniieli
received, there was y similar failure 70
gain and Rrattlcboto took the ball al the
center Of the field. Bis gains by Haskell
through the enormous holes opened ~
BrattIcboro's lincmcn soon brought the
hall 10 a point whence W.eden was able
10 carry Il across the last chalk line iof
the second touchdown, Thompson again
adding a point by a goal. Another spec
taenlar march down the held gave Bratile.
boro the ball on Grceniields hveyard
line ON the second down, and third
touchdown looked certain, NJ this point,
however. there was bit unst.adine,,'
Marion unintentionally moved the ball,
the ae, counting az one down and the
next rush failed, giving Greenfield the OPP
portunity 10 punt out OF danger.
In the second period Brattleboro carried
the ball TO Grecniield's nyard line where
three plays failed by foot 20 net the re-
quired distance and Greenfield again punt
ed aud recovered the leather as Il fell near
Thomson and Eckels. At this point the
visitors made their first big brace and
rushed the bali 10 Brattleboro's 20yard
line. scoring by resorting TO the old Car.
Isle Indian fake play. On a close forna-
ton Belyea tucked the ball under his
sweater and plunged through the line
while O'lIara with his headgear tucked
under one arm circled the end. Several OF
hnemen solved the trick but
the men who were IN position TO stop
il did not get onto the rise until the
Greenfield back was behind the goal line.
During the remainder OF this period and
throughout the third the ball flew back
and forth without endangering either goal,
putting up stubborn defense.
In the fourth Brattleboro got its rushing
in operation again and began the march
which resulted in its third touchdown.
With the ball on Greenhelds two-yard
line on the third down there. came
a mix.up in signals and tumble,
and the teams piled up in one mass
Of struggling arms and legs. When
the players we're finally disentangled Ad- |
ans, Bratteboros llve-wire tackle, was
found lying upon the spheriod Just over
the goal line with fve-point to his credit: |
This play was at the corner OF the held
and Thompson punted out to Weeden to
secure a better opportunity to try, for
goal, The punt was perfectly made and
caught, but the goal was missed by inches.
All Of the Brattleboro players did good
work. the line showing exceptional strength |
in defensive play. Thompson's running
and dedging were classy in the extreme,
while the tackling of Eckles in the, open
field several times prevented touchdowns
BY Greenfield. The visiting backs were
extremely fast, Kornstadt's defensive work
being exceptionally good, The lineup;
Greenfield
Messer, l. e....................r e., Ball
Adams, !. t..,................ l., DaVls
Taylor, !. g....r. g., Shumway
Bolster. r. Q. g., Brown
Taylor, Miner, r. t..........l. t. Munyan
Miner, Crosby, r. e............l. e. Keefe
l. l. u palvao |