The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-13
Sporting Notes.

1t will be very hard to convince some
people that Yale is not due for a bad
trimming by Harvard.
Penn outplaved Dartmouth, but the
Green team managed to get a 7-to-7
tie in their annual big game.
Thayer, instead of playing end, was
on crutches acting as time keeper. He
was hurt on one leg in the last game
The Reformer prediction that Har-
ward should defeat Princeton by two
touchdowns was not borne out, but Har-
ward won.
Just a suggestion: Why would not
Deerfeld academy be a very desira bic
school to undertake permanent rela-
tions with?
Shiverick, with three goals from the
field, is entitled to considerable credit
for Cornell s % to 20 victory over
Michigan.
Eddie Barrett of the Bellows Falls
team was an interested spectator at the
game at Island park Saturday. His
team had an open date
Deerfeld did not bring an official and
for the second game in succession Brat
tleboro furnished both officials and their
work was satisfactory even to the Wis
itors
Brattleboro did not have a substitute
available, while 10 were strung along
the sidelines waiting for chances to
play on the Deerfeld team and most of
them got their chance.
The University of Vermont lost to
Norwich Saturday to 6, Bowman
missing an opportunity to kick a goal
Sanford Plumb played right end and
Stanley Wilson left end for Vermont.
Greenfield high defeated Keene high
: to Saturday. On the basis of com
parative scores Deerfield academy
should defeat Greenfield week from
Saturday by two touchdowns at least.
Yale 8 promise to play substitutes
against Brown did not materialize. for
the Eli coaches put in the best they had
| and were soundly trounced by the
| dusky back, Pollard, and his assistants.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
President Wilson, was a guest of honor
at the Williams Massachusetts Aggies
| game, and saw one of the poorest exhi-
billions of the game ever staged at Yves
| ton field.
The Deerfeld coaches were loud in
| their praise of the work of Capt. Moran
and Randall in line plunging. They
| said they were as hard q pair of backs
| to stop as their successful team had met
| this season.
Brattleboro high expects to play Tur-
ners Falls here Saturday, and a week
! Sat, Low n 70
| the last game of the old Glover league
season and try to split even on games
won and lost
Decrfield played the fastest sort of
ball. The team lined up rapidly after
a play and lost no time in giving sig
mails and starting the next play. Ref
| etee Mann remarked that he needed a
few weeks hard training to thoroughly
enjoy refereeing such a game
One reason why Brattleboro was de-
| feated was because only six or seven
| members of the team appear at prac-
tise. The Deerfeld contingent must ap-
| pear to a man every afternoon or for
felt much more than the chance to play
Principal Boynton and Coach Ashley
of the Deerfield Academy team congrat-
ulated the Brattleboro team on their
| hard, clean play and the compliment
was heartily returned Windsor and
! DeeFfield are two teams that should be
welcomed on any Brattleboro high
| schedule
| One very commendable feature of the
work of the Brattleboro team was that
with the score heavily against them
| they improved in their play as the game
| progressed and after the first few min
utes in the third period. held possession
of the ball most of the time and gained
more ground by rushing and by forward
passing than did the visitors.
DR.. E. c. Thorn, a former Brattle-
boro resident and now practicing
physician in Deerfeld, Mass, was an
interested spectator of the game Sat
urday at Island park. He formerly
| played on Brattleboro high football
teams and later on the town team. His