Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-29

Brattleboro high school holds the in
te~rscholastic football championship of
Southern Vermont, but Montpelier high
schools title is spread over the entire
state.
The Lairds and their associates who
came out of the north Wednesday trim
med our boys in a clean, hard fought
contest. The two teams were better
matched than the score shows, and 1t
was not until the last period of play
that the question of supremacy was set
tied. The visitors owe their victory to
their powerful and speedy backs and to
a more versatile attack than Brattleboro
displayed. Montpelier won the cham
.pionship fairly and squarely and is en-
titled to all the congratulations that the
folks at home can shower upon them.
The visitors were late in arriving, but
in 20 minutes after their train reached
here they had been hustled in automobiles
to the Brooks House, had donned their
gridiron toys and were ready for the
fray.
The game opened auspiciously from a
local standpoint. Brattleboro received the
kickoff After a few short gains Rice
took a long forward pass from Haskell
for a 3O-yard gain. Then Wheeler reeled
off % yards around the end, taking the
ball to the fve-yard line. Three plays
were unsuccessful, but Angler was the
man of the minute with a run around
left end for a touchdown. Cook kicked
goal. Montpelier, on receiving the pail,
worked it to the 25-yard line when time
was called. Score, Brattleboro Z, Mont
pelier O..
Second period-Montpelier started with
the ball on the 25-yard line and worked
it to the 10-yard chalk mark. Here Brat
tleboro threw for a loss twice, spoiled a
trick play, and Haskell DETECTED the ball
when a forward pass was tried. Brattle-
boro advanced the ball 20 yards on a
forward pass to Rice and % more on
Haskell's run around Montpelier's right
end. Montpelier recovered the ball on a
tumble on the 32-yard line. Runs of %
yards by F. Laird and As by Bartlett
landed the ball on Brattleboro's 10-yard
line. The touchdown was mad on a
forward pass by F. Laird to Smith over
the line. F.. Laird failed at goal. Time
was called at the end of the period.
Score, Brattleboro Z, Montpelier 6.
Third period-Montpelier received the
ball and by steady gains brought it to
the 30-yard line, the most sensational
dash being made by Smith for % yards.
j. Laird made the touchdown on a line
plunge. F. Laird missed goal. Score,
Montpelier ~, Brattleboro I. Haskell
caught the ball on the next kickoff and
brought it to the 2S-yard line. Brattle-
DOTO SnOWtu BIedl IL pO"Si a. 'hiS
point, the gains being % yards by
Wheeler, s by Haskell, 10 by Angler, 20
by Wheeler, and the ball was on Mont
pelier's two-yard line for a first down.
Everybody expected to see Brattleboro
forge ahead in the score, but three
line plunges failed, Haskell on the last
try being thrown for a loss of five yards.
Then a forward pass was tried to Cros-
by, but it was not completed, and the
ball went into play on Montpelier's 90
yard line in possession of the up
stater's. Time was called a moment
later.
Had Brattleboro scored when within
easy striking distance in the. third pc
riod the result of the game might have
been entirely different. In the fourth
period the local lads seemed to have lost
their nerve and were entirely outplayed.
The ball had been in play but a short
time when f. Laird broke through the
left side of the line and ran rs yards for
a touchdown. j. Laird's kick sent the
ball against the post, and the score was
IS to 7 in Montpelier's favor. After
Brattleboro received the ball it was car
ried to the 45-yard line and there lost
on an intercepted forward pass. Mont
pelier advanced it to the 3S-yard line and
at this point ]. Laird kicked a goal from
feld-a play that Brickley or any other
famous college star might have contem-
plated in the making with pride. When
the ball was put in play again Brattle-
boro lost 1t on a tumble on the 1S-yard
line After six yards had been gained
]. Laird smashed through the line for
another touchdown and F. Laird kicked