The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-16
To Defeat SpauIding High
School Saturday
MONTPELIER HIGH, WINNER
The Visitors Intercepted Forward Pass
aud Started Rally Which Gave Them
Victory in a Hard-fought
Contest.


the latter part OF the second period
Montpelier high school snatched
to 0 victory from Spaulding at Goddard
campus Saturday afternoon. large
crowd OF football fans were present
and aside from the near-huke that
gave Montpelier the game, they were
privileged TO witness as evenly
matched a contest as could be desired,
Slightly outweighed by their opponents,
the local schoolboys constantly menaced
the Montpelier goal line and more than
often they were kept from scoring only
BY the splendid defensive work of the
visitors
Conspicuously fast work by the two
little Spaulding ends, Tomasi and Will
ley, and Grady's terrific line bucks
formed the principal features for the
locals. Milne got away with some
good gains, and Sector exhibited cool
head in some of the trying periods OF
the game.
The Montpelier lineup had its well
defined family ties, inasmuch as three
Lairds and two Brooks participated. j.
Laird at left half and II. Laird at full
were towers of offensive strength, while
T. Laird directed the movements of his
backfield with eommendable precision.
Capt. y. Brooks at right half also made
consistent gains through the line.
Spaulding won the toss in the open
ing of the first period and chose to de-
fend the north goal. i. Laird kicked
Off TO Ogston, who was downed near
the center Of the field. After Milne had
failed to make any marked impression
ON the Montpelier line, Ogston broke
through for eight yards. On the next
play series of fumbles ended with
the ball in Montpelier's possession.
Here the leather changed hands several
times, neither team making much head
way. Near Montpelier's 40 yard line,
+. Laird punted, Grady taking the bali
half way down the field before tackled
Ogston, Milne and Grady then carried
the ball in succession for n considerable
distance, bringing up within a danger
Gus distance Of the goal line. The
period closed with Spaulding ready TO
rush the ball from Montpelier's % yard
line.
After Grady had broken through for
a few yards in the second period on a
skin play, Spaulding seemed powerless
to advance further, the ball going TO
Montpelier on her 25 yard line. F..
Laird punted to Sector It was here
that Spaulding essayed her first forward
pass, which was uncompleted and on
its return Sector punted to Montpelier's
2S yard line Montpelier backs pulled
off some fair gains but were finally
obliged to punt, Sector getting the
leather.
The Only Touchdown Of Game.
Montpelier's only touchdown came at
this point. 0gston attempted a for
ward pass to Grady, +. Laird intercept
ing the ball and carrying it to Spauld-
ing's II yard line before downed. H.
Laird brought the ball to within three
yards of the line, and on the next play,
he went over for the score J. Laird
kicked the goal J. Laird kicked off to
Grady, and although the latter made a
magnificent run down the field, Spauld-
ing was penalized ten yards for hold
ing The period closed with the ball
in Spauldings possession on her 80 yard
line
Spaulding's men seemed to be infused
with new life in the second half and
every minute thereafter saw them fight
ing gamely to overcome the lead. j.
Laird kicked off to Grady, and gains
by Grady and Ogston brought the pig
skin beyond the center of the lot. Og-
ston followed with one of the pretti-
est plays of the game, an onside kick
which Tomasi recovered perhaps fifteen
yards up the field. 1t was Spaulding's
longest gain. Grady was hitting the
Montpelier line hard and often when the
locals lost on tumble just as the ball
was well within their opponents ter
ritory Spaulding rushed the ball al
most to the goal posts repeatedly in
this period only to be held for downs
at the last moment Montpelier did
little but punt, and the end of the third
period saw the hall in Spaulding's pos
session on Montpelier's Is yard line.
Everything seemed to favor touch
down for the next period
0gston started things in the last
round by circlng right end for four
yard gain. Within the bare space of
a few yards from the coveted goal,
Spaulding again made costly tumble,
although Sector recovered the ball
Montpelier took wonderful brace with
the locals bearing down hard on her 2
yard line, and Spauldiug was forced to
forfeit the ball for Il. Laird to punt
Sector pulled down the leather on the
rs yard line and was downed almost in
his tracks Montpelier's defense took
on the semhlance OF stone wall and
neither Grady nor Ogston could sway
it for gains, Spaulding again lost on
downs and F. Laird punted the ball
to Grady from his u yard line. Milne
started in with gain around end that
looked good, but the squirt began and
ended there. An uncompleted forward
pass brought the bali back to its start
ing place and before another play could
be carried out the whistle blew for the
end.
The game served to reveal some glar