Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-11-30
L. '. NJ. SOPHOMORES
BEAT FRESHMEN T-6
Losers Have Advantage Exccp, for -
Period soon after Second Half Sturts.

Period Soon after Second Half Nturts.
Playing on a frozen rridrou one side
n which was borderei 10y 4 drainage
di;ch for n skating rink. the sophomore
football team OF the University OF Yer
mont defeated the freshman eleven by q
to score Saturday afternoon at Cen
tcnnial Field. ! faiT-sized crowd of
spectators. composed mostly Of under
classmen, followed the game along the
side-lincs and cheercd to keep themselves
warm. y large number of loyal led
members of 1919 and 1920 sat in the grand
stand and did their best to keep from
freezing by making scathins comments
regarding the mon who stood on the side
lines and cut off the girls view of the
game, one group of students. wise beyond
their years. brought n small oil heater
/ along with them and carried IT about
the field. Between halves, a composite
team made up of students in the COM
merce and economics courses defeated
an eleven of Agricultural College stu
dents by the score Of to 0. Perhaps it
should he to o. as nobody paid any at
tention to the slight formality Of a goal
after touchdown, and a spectator sug-
gested that by agreement the goal went
with the touchdown Most of the players
in this game wore tennis shoes, and one
also had his hands protected by a pair
of kid gloves. The eevens were very
evenly matched and the contest proved
| highly exciting to the spectators
The freshman team outplayed their op-
| ponents during the entire game, except
for a short time Immediately after the
second half started, when the soDhomores
showed flash of brilliant offensive work
by which they won the game The fresh
men kicked off to the sophomores at the
4 h1n
carried to mid-neld A long forward
| pass from Logan to Mccormick gained
! 20 yards and a quarterback run by
| Logan placed the ball almost M the goal
| line from where Curran carried it over.
| Curran also kicked the goal. The fresh
men scored in the final period. when one
Of their men recovered Curran 3 fumhic
on the Sophs 2,-yard line. sawyer ANA
| Dow carried the BAH to the one-Natd line
/ and Quarterback Shaw made the touch
down through Canrsr. Thompson failed
TO kick the goal
| During the entire first half, the fresh
men had the ball in the sophomores ter
ritory and repeatedly pierced the second
year mems line for good gains but steiIar
defensive work on the part OF the sopho-
more backiield prevented any scoring. II
the second period Curran. the sophomore
fullback fumhled u bad pass on his own
! l5-yard line and 1920 player recovered
the ball. 1t looked like n Snrc score Tor
the first year team. but Ctrran broke
| through and nailed an attempted end run
for a 10-yard loss and the freshmen were
, unable to make their distance. Owing ia
the extreme cold, the PLAYERS hands be-
came stif and there was much fumhllnC
/ Curran. the big fullnack. bore the brun'
of the work, both extensively and defen-
svely for the winning team. although
Carr, Mooney, Logan ana Met orm'r
also played we'll. Dow. tho freshman
fullback. pierced the 1919 line for Ions
gains and Sawyer. the right halfhack, tore
off some speedy end runs while shaw ais.
did good work. Tho entire freshman linz
appeared To- outplay the sophomore for
wards Lineup and summary:
1919 % 1920 IS
Logan. Cheney, l. e. .....r. p. Thompson
Furman. l. g.......... ......r. E., Nausea
Harrington, c......... ........,..c. Dunto'
Hogan, r. g......... .........l. e., Runna''
Fitzpatrick, r. t..............l t., Tillotsoi
Mccormick, 7. e.......,......l. e., MACLEOD
r. G. Logan, q. b................d. b.. shaw
Carr, !. n. b................. r. b, Sawyo
Mooney, r. h. b............. |. h. b., Adam
Touchdowns, Curran, 1919. Shaw, 1922
Goal from touchdown, Curran. Referee
DeMarco. Umpire. Sunderland. Ilca'
inesman. I.atineau. Time of game, tw
10 and two 12-mnute periods