The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-09
And That Was Enough to
Defeat Goddard
Seminary
VISITORS WERE A
HEAVY TEAM
Middlebury Seconds Were
Strong on the De-
tense

/ Football fans had their first opportu-
nifty to see the new hand forged Goddard
seminary team in action Saturday when
the hilltop huskies held the we'll groomed
second team from Middlebury college to
a single touchdown at the campus. 1t
was a 4 to victory for the collegians
but the defeat did not carry with it the
sting of disgrace that goes with faint.
hearted defense and lstless attack As
they marched onto the field for the open
| ing clash, the Goddard warriors must
have had good deal OF respect for their
towering opponents, but there was no
! fear in their hearts. as events subse-
quently proved. Middlebury had a
smashing attack and a line defense that
was well nigh impregnable
Costly fumbles were made by the sem
mary backfeld and it was directly due
to one Of these slips that the visitors
scored in the beginning OF the second pc
Rod, when Allyn, in three rushes, car.
ried the ball over from the eight ward
line. Ross failed to kick the goal The
work Of Ross. Allyn, Bracket and Brig
ham stood out conspicuously for Middle
bury, while Lavoie the big back from
St Anselm's college, Beatty and Haskell,
and Soule at center excelled for the semi
narians. 1t was Tyrons first game for
Goddard and if he did not prove up as
well as Aldrich, the opposing quarter
back he displayed commenda bic quail
ties in generalship and may be depended
upon TO come along rapidly.
Goddard played mostly on the defen-
sive. although slashing gains were made
by Sam Layoie and Haskett The for
mer circled the ends for the semnary's
most consistent gains. 1t was after
20 yard run around right end that Lavoie
succeeded in bringing the ball to Middle
bury's 20-yard line, which was the near
est the hilltop team came to scoring.
Iavoie and Tyron worked the forward |
pass successfully and three times the
play failed OF completion Middlebury |
used it with no more frequency and sell |
dom to commanding advantage. Middle |
bury was penalized Is yards in the sec I
ond period when Bracket hurdled and |
there were occasional penalties inflicted |
on both sides for offside play Ross tried /
a drop kick from the 80 yard line in the |
second period but the sail went high and |
wide.
Goddard could not gain after receiving
the kick off in the first period, although
Lavoie ran in with the ball well and his
uncovered fine interference.
The ball see sawed back and forth in the
middle of the field until Goddard lost
he ball on a costly tumble after Lavoie
md the other backs had boxed the Mid
ilebury ends for good gains. Bracket
md Rickert were active in bringing the
ball down to Goddard's eight yard line
md Allyn ploughed through in three
'ushes after the whistle sounded for the
econd period Lavoie's long punts, the
5-yard penalty against Middlebury for
lurdling and Ross failure to drop kick
yoal stood out in the second period and
With Lavoie. Haskell and Beattie strik
ng a long stride in the last few minutes
Il the half if looked ike Goddard
touchdown, the period ending with the
'all in Goddard's possession on the Mid
lebury 20-yard line.
The third period was mainly a repeti-
ion of the give and take tactics of the !;
pener Lavoie kicked off to Bracket.
nat AIiddlebury was forced to punt i'm
Lavoie delivered another of !
is wing runs around right end, this time
or 30 yards. but Goddard lost almost !.
nder the shadow of the college goal line !.
nd by steady advances Middlebury was
bic to advance the ball to Goddard's 40
ard line. Snddlebury could not gain in
he beginning Of the fourth and when :,
.llyn's punt was blocked Goddard Stock
ook another rise only to slump when !,
ne ball retained TO Middlebury on !