The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

Within Six Inches Of Goal Line at
Final Can Of Time.
Coach Diedrich st5lte of the Brattlc.
boro high school athletic teams ascend.
ed Saturday the throne vacated by
George ~talings this year aud now
wears honestly and rightly the crown
cot the Miracle Man. I'm one week he
had succeeded 10 transforming team
Of weak, apologize high school foot
ball players into bunch Of savages,
who used cilccuycly what football he
had taught them, which included SOME
OF the finest interference u high school
team ever turned Of and the sort Of
tackIlug that puts an opposing player
down 10 stay. With the Bellows Falls
high school team rs an opponent Brat
tlebor0 Won by q score OF Is 10 q.
A week ago the local team OF seven
green boys and -four veterans had been
defeated by tho weak keeur high team
because there was uo fight or pep and
apparently no knowledge of the funda-
meptals. Saturday from the opening
kickoff until Brattleboro took the ball
away from Bellows Falls within six
inches Of the goal line just at the final
call of time, there was no need 10 call
for fight. Every one OF the II vouihs
who upheld the glory of the local school
were in the game every instant aud IN
pretty good condition, too, for the
same team that started the game on au
afternoon better suited to baseball
than football, finished it,
Folks asked how to account for il
aud the reply was fcryCut damiino,
and that goes now. But Coach Stolte
and the team did il and if that team
loses game this season they will lay
themselves open TO charges of Giving
down ~ The few thousands who did not
attend the game lost one Of the choice
bits Of sport Of the year 1916. DR.. T.. j.
lIcnkcl, who used TO rip up Princeton
lines when in the backield Of the Bal
timorc medical college and who earlier
lie said 20 years ago-plaFcd the
fastest sort of"footbal AT Island park
Tor the Brattlehoro teams, saw the
game. Between the halves he Joined
Coach Stolte i'm talking with the BOYS.
pointing out some faults, giving en-
enlargement and returning to the side
lines 20 sGy that with seven green
players on u team no coach could ask
for a better showing than had been
made in the first half of the game.
- Eddie Barrett. who is PLAYING his
last season Tor Bellows Fails and is II
cousin Of Capt Edward Moran of the
local team, kicked Off TO Justin Moran
TO open the game and the captain $
brother returned the ball to the -.
yard line before being Topped. Raa-
dali, who runs low and hard, lowered
his head and rammed through for
eight yards. Capt. Moran got four at
right tackle and Baker, who started the
game at that position, retired. lie
broke collar bone three weeks ago
and cracked il again in that play. +.
Lawlor substituted for him.
a first down was made in three PUSHES
and forward pass grounded. Randall
lost AT right end and CAPT. Moran
could make only FIVE at left tackle.
Plumb in a straight buck could not
hNke the necessary distaarp.
Bellows Falls made Twag hrst downs
ard then was Feualilal sar no. having
zen men IN the line Afser . rush
tGat yielded nothing at center Barrett
kicked, hnt Capt. Moran blocked Il
sluarcly anil il was Brat iabcro' y hail
on Bellows Fall i I2-varI line.
Bf1ttleboro could not 6p denied and
snort PUSHES resulted in Randall finally
falling across the line Tor the first
touchdown. Capt. Moran Kicked an
easy goal. Eight minutes Lad been re
CURED to make the score.
Capt. Moran kicked III AMI the ball
was run hacl; to the 2s.yaud line. Az
t'e Two line rlanges had failed 20 net
more than few feet Barrett cot eight
around Nichols aud ON a fake pass n
Lawior rounded Thaver for -. vorIe
J. Moran finally bringing him down on
the Brattleboro l2.yard mark Rarrqtt
was thrown back By Capt. Moran. and
on the next play Bellows Falls was
penalizcd for holding as time for fbo
first period was called.
Thayer, who was tackIing well and
getting into many PLAYS, nailed II.
LawlOr for q loss on the first pIav of
the second period Barrett kicked out
at tile nine ward line. Randall and
Capt. Moran carried the ball to the 10.
yard line aud Bfattleboro was penal.
lied for holding, the ball being on the
five-vard line when the penalty had
been imposed. Capt. Moran slid of
left tackle for IS yards. Randall cot
five at center and Bradish had to be
Bellows Falls took tho bah away on
downs on the 2syard line. I'm three
rushes Lawlor landed the ball ON the
Brattleboro l2yard line. Capt. Moran
threw him for a loss on the next play
and after q forward pass had grounded
and Nichols and ]. Moran had killed n
play at right end Barrett kicked over
the line.
Brattleboro took the ban on the 90.
yard line and Randall fumbled after
making four yards, but Plumb saved the
bah. Capt. Moran fu;nbled on the 80
yard line and Reil recovered the ball
for Bellows Falls. Bellows Falls could
make only five yards and Brattieboro
started for another touchdown. aided
~ q pretty run Of % yards by Capt.
Moran, in which he used the straight
arm effectively, and another run of 20