The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-06

tented themselves with straight line
bucking,
AS scoring machine, Montpelier was
next to nil As ground gamer il
worked the forward pass successfully AT
least five times and probably gained
more than Is per cent of its distance
throughout the game by this method
Most always the ball was to be found in
Montpelier territory and after the first
period Spaulding carried the game al.
ways to its adversary. Watson kicked
off for Spaulding in the opening quarter
and punting duel developed that was
to last until the whistle chrped. Neither
side seemed to make much of an impress
sion with the ball and both Gordon and
Smith were frequently called upon to dis
patch long punts. Both youngsters per-
| formed well in this respect.
When the second period opened Mont
pelier had the ball and tried in vain to
advance from Spaulding's 40-yard line,
but was thrown back for a loss. Where
upon Smith punted. The doughty little
Montpelier quarterback made the mis-
take of waiting for his formation to be
completed and when he got the kick off it
was a Montpelier man who blocked the
ball Spaulding's real class in following
the ball was proven to no better advan
tage than at this juncture, when John
Tomasi, breaking through the defense,
grabbed up the bounding pigskin and
hurted over the goal line for touch
down. Along certain sections of the side
lines the play was ascribed to a fuke
and Montpelier was disposed to protest
the score. But the official had the rules
as well as the common sense on their
side and Gordon was given an opportu-
nifty to make a try for goal. He failed,
but Spaulding was shortly to demon
strate in convincing fashion that the
touchdown was far from being a fluke,
that Spaulding's triumph was not to be
a iluke victory.
Apparently the to 0 showing infused
renewed yigor into the Spaulding war
riors, for they entered into the game
again with redoubled energy Watson /
got away with a long kick of and Smith |
punted almost Immediately Before the |
whistle sounded. Wilkins had crcled |
around right end for 20 yards and the |
half was over with the ball in Spaulding's |
possession in midfeld.
In the third period Montpelier opened
its aerial attack after Smith had kicked .
off to Quarterback wilkins, Spaulding I
having been compelled to punt almost
Smith and Kelly got off |
with pretty pass. but on the second at
tempt a Spaulding man intercepted. But
the ball returned TO Montpelier and when
Smith later essayed a punt, Gordon L
blocked effectively and Spaulding man
j. Tomasi, wilkins and Bail
ey assailed the Montpelier line for con
secutiye gains and Spaulding retained the
ball for eight downs As the ball re-
turned to Montpelier on its own 40.yard +,
inc, Spaulding intercepted forward
pass and on the next play Wilkins, /,
through a tackle shift, picked his holes
beverly and used his feet SO well in con
junction with his headwork that he ran [
he distance for touchdown. 1t wasn't
/ huke Watson failed to kick goal !
md the score was II TO with Spaulding {
IN the long end Gordon kicked off for {
ipaulding, but Montpelier lost on downs '
md the period ended with the ball in {
possession on its opponents Y
yard line.
Something of the desperation of defeat
vas in Montpelier's attack and defense 4,