The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-08
Spaulding High School De-
feated by Montpelier High,
Z to 0, at Montpelier
j. LAIRD BIG STAR
OF THE GAME
Spaulding Lacked the Nee
essary punch" at Time
It Was Needed

Aspirations of Spaulding high school
to gain the 1913 championship of foot
ball in Vermont preparatory school cir
cles were dispelled yesterday afternoon,
when the warriors of Montpelier high
school departed from the seminary
campus at Montpelier, bearing away the
scalp of the Spaulding eleven by virtue
of a to victory. 1t was the second
successful conquest by the Montpelier
team over the Barre school this season,
the first game having been won by the
score of q to 7 earlier in the season.
The game was one OF the most bitter
struggles seen this fail, and notwith-
standing their defeat, the work of the
sons of Jacob Spaulding stamped them
as among the foremost opponents OF
football in the state. They battled
against great odds and during the four
periods fought on practically even terms
with the 1912 state champions. The de-
feat of the Spaulding team cannot be
laid at the door of any Spaulding in
dividual, as their work was decidedly
creditable for inexperienced players.
Mistakes and poor judgment are over
looked.
The victory was accomplished through
the versatile "Jum" Laird, team general
of the conquerors. This young athlete
was consistent and reliable in his Of
tense, seldom failing to advance when
carrying the pigskin. He scored their
only touchdown. Lines plunges, tackle
plays and end runs were performed with
the same apparent ease. Spaulding's eff
forts to stop his progress were almost
futile. The highly Landed Bartlett was
a negligible factor in ground gaining for
Montpelier, making noticeable gains only
at rare intervals. The work of the
Montpelier ends was excellent and to-
pether with their secondary defense
proved stubborn barricade for the end
runs of the Spaulding aggregation.
Spaulding's best gains were accomplished
on line plunges and skin tackle plays.
Every member of the Spaulding back
field participated in negotiating what
gains were successful.
One noticeable feature of the game
was the failure of the forward pass.
On but one occasion was this phase of
the open game successful. This oc-
Cured in the initial period, but Melted
only five yards for Montpelier Time
after time the play was resorted to only
to prove dismal failure. Browns &C
cilrate swift passes were doomed to fail
ure by the vigilance of the opponents
backfield. Both teams managed to adj
vance the ball within the danger zone
on several occasions, but only the lone
touchdown materialized.
In the first period Spaulding planted
the ball on the 10-yard line with first
down. This was the nearest they came
to scoring. Montpelier held and Spauld-
ing forfeited the pigskin on downs. To-
wards the close of the second period,
Montpelier was on the Spaulding two
yard line when the Spaulding aggrega-
ton assumed a stubborn mood and
forced the ball into their possession. In
the dying moments of the game, Mont
pelier was within two yards again of
the Spaulding goal. Spaulding fought
fumbled when tackled vieousIy by Lev
lin. Levin recovered and Spaulding soon
punted out of danger. Bartlett excelled
Brown in punting. The game was re-
markably free from penalties.
Spaulding's Best Chance To Score.
The game was called at 3:I5. j. Laird
kicked off. Tomasi returned the ball to
the 40-yard line. Tomasi gained one
yard around left end Brown advanced
the ball for the first down Gordon hit
the line for four yards. Tomasi failed
TO gain, but on the next play he Slipped
by tackle for over 10 yards. Spaulding
fumbled but recovered. Further rushes
brought the ball to the l0-yard line and
scoring seemed imminent. Spaulding
finally forfeited possession of the pig
skin, after being thrown for total loss
of five yards. On the fourth down
Spaulding should have tried field goal,
as the bars were directly in front Of
the line of scrimmage. On the fourth
down forward pass was attempted, |
Bartlett batting the ball as it was about
to descend into the arms of an await
ing Spaulding man on the goal line.
Starting on the l5-yard line, L. Laird