The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-03
GODDARD LOST
BY ONE POINT
Made Two Touchdowns to
Two for Montpelier
High School
BUT FAILED TO KICK
ONE OF THE GOALS
Montpelier Hammered It's
Way to IA to Is Victory
Before Big Crowd


seminary campus Saturday afternoon be-
fore one of the largest crowds that ever
assembled to see football game in cen
trail Vermont. To hundreds of Barre
fans and followers of the local school the
game was a disappointment. Less than
a month ago, Goddard won ID to 9
victory over the high school and many
were confident that the trick would be
| turned again.
Old style football prevailed and the
playing of both teams revealed a COM
mon weakness on the defense. Goddard
worked the forward pass successfully
three times and failed. Once the ball
was intercepted by high school and again
the pass was uncompleted. Montpelier
essayed two passes and both were I'M
completed. A third was intercepted by
Rogers. Latterly the game developed
into an endurance contest with the high
school wearing down its opponents
| through Is minutes of play until the
winning touchdown came in the middle
OF the last quarter.
| Goddard has backfeld that out
| weighed the high school backs and
line that should have prevailed against
the onslaughts of Bartlett and j. Laird.
Instead, those two aggressive school boys
tore Jagged holes in the seminary line
and repeated the process with such
measure of success in the last period
that the touchdown which gave them
the game was almost inevitable. When
two high school backs can 90 through
husky line like that of Goddard and
then continue through a heavy secondary
defense, il must be conceded that Mont
peler has two of the fastest and most
consistent plungers that interscholastic
football has seen in years. Either that,
or Goddards whole defense is lamentably
weak and lacking woefully in the first
rudiments of defensive practice.
Montpelier gained ? clean-cut victory,
and no one who saw the high school
come back like fresh eleven in the last
half and make a business of getting a
touchdown can ascribe the outcome to
any alliance with His Majesty, the
Horseshoe Neither team was often pen
allied. Goddard lost Is yards for hold
ing in the first period and the high school
was fined five yards for offside and Is
yards for holding. Three times the high
school was held for downs and four
times their backs were compelled to kick.
Goddard lost the ball twice on downs
and punted three times. In the open
ing period the seminary took the ball
and marched up the field for touch
down. On the kick of high school took
the ball and marched down--with the
same result. The thing was evenly d.
vided. To all practical purposes, there
wasn't any defense on either side and
the period might as well have never
been. Goddard scored its second touch
down in the second period and failed
u kick a goal. The third period was
empty of scoring achievement and the
signs began to point toward Goddard
victory until the high school came back
with the grand rally stuff in No. 4.
Goddard Won the Toss.
Goddard won the toss and with high
wind at his back, ]. Laird kicked to MAJ
zoni, who ran the ball back 10 yards.
Two line plunges paved the way for a
capital forward pass, Rogers to Mazzoni, |
netting 10 yards. Four times Witt took /.
the ball and once it went to MaZzoni in |
a series of line formations that brought |
the pigskin up to high schools line. Witt |
went over after seven minutes of play |
had elapsed. Gray kicked the goal.
From the 40-yard line, Gray kicked to
J. Laird, who ran back five yards. Heavy |
gains by Laird and Bartlett, forward |
pass, Bartlett to Mack, and Goddard's !
l5-yard penalty for holding We're factors
in the triumphal march to Goddard's |
goal line, Bartlett going over for the
first six points. ]. Laird kicked the goal
j. Laird kicked to Rogers, but Goddard /
backs carried the ball only little ways I
before the whistle sounded, with the ball |
on the seminary's 50-yard line.
Goddard Again Strong Extensively.
The locals got their heavy offensive
artillery under way early in the sec
ond and within three and half min
utes Witt had the ball over for touch
down. Gray missed the goal. Gray
kicked off to Bartlett, but the high
school was compelled to punt shortly.
On the first play, Hayden intercepted a
forward pass started by Rogers. High
school suffered l5-yard penalty for
holding and at the next turn Rogers in
tereepted Bartlett's attempted forward
pass. Neither team could make much
progress in this period and both were
held for downs. Witt and Gray nego-
tiated fine pass but on second sim
liar attempt Bartlett intercepted. The
ball was in dangerous territory for
Montpelier and Bartlett punted at once.
The half ended with the ball on high
schools 40-yard line.
No Scoring-Montpelie Gained Well.
In the third period Gray kicked to
Bartlett, who ran the ball back for %
yards. Keefe went around the end and
got J. Laird on the first rush. One ill
timed forward pass ansa. bartlett punted
to Witt. Bardelli left the game after
three minutes and was replaced by Wa
terman. Goddard made few gains
through the line and the ball went to
high school near the center OF the field.
Bartlett again showed his mettle and
made successive gains through Goddard's
right side High school was held for
downs and on the next play Rogers went
through for seven yards. Gray was soon
forced to punt and the bali bounded over
Lhe high school outposts and rolled to
the l5-yard line before il was recovered.