The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-27
Keene High Wins Easy Vic.
tory in Keene by Score of
81 tO6
GREAT DEFENSE
BY JUSTIN MORAN
Kibbce and Jones in BackfeId and
castillo and Ends Featured in PLAY
Of We'll Drilled and Powerful Keene
Tear-Clean Game Throughout.


Keene high at Keene, n. H.. Saturday
afternoon by score Of 81 to 0. Brat
tleboro won the toss and chose to re.
eelve, Keene taking the north goal with
strong wind in their favor. Brattle.
boro scored after receiving the kickoff,
without losing possession of the ball
After that Keene held the upper hand
throughout and BrattlehorO never again
seriously threatened.
kibbee and Jones in the backfeld,
and castillo and the ends of the Keene
team featured the play Of a well drilled.
powerful and heavy team. Kibbce and
Jones, especially, never showed such
power against a Brattleboro team as
they did Saturday. t@
The defensive work of Justin Moran
for Brattleboro was of such calibre that
Coach Parker of the Keene team asked
The Reformer representative the name
Of the boy who seemed to be the only
player for the visitors who could com
pletely and effectuelly stop an oppon-
ent.
Capt. Edward Moran featured the of
fcnsive for his team with a 35-yard run
in the first period that led to the lone
touchdown by the visitors. On the
second or third play he slid off Keene s
left tackle and all but cleared the last
defense. Three line plunges BY Capt.
Moran and Randall gave the touchdown,
Moran going over the line after RAN
dali had planted the ball within a few
inches of the chalk mark.
When Keene started the offensive af.
ter the Brattleboro touchdown. the as
pect of the game changed. Keene
gained consistently through the line.
although not for long distances. and
every now and then Kibbee hurled A
forward pass that almost invariably
nctted a gain. A favorite stvle of this
play was for the line to be thrown 10
the left and for Kibbee TO run back
well to the left and then hurl the ball
far to the right and in advance of the
line where the right end was patiently
waiting and usually uncovered.
The Howard street playground was
the scene of the battle and its rough,
frozen surface was such that ii was
wonder that time was not taken out
more than once for players to recover.
capt Castillo was temporarily ineapaci-
tated for minute, but no other time
was asked for player during the game.
The game was Clean from start to finish
and the work of the officials was entire
ly satisfactory.
Brattleboro could not gain through
the line except in one or two isolated
instances, and Capt. Moran did not get
clear for an end run so we'll did the op.
posing ends play their positions. Twice
ne hurled forward passes TO Stearns,
who was playing his first game. and
that player received them like veteran
but did not get clear for long gains
Manley also received one for a short
gain, but most of the others were
spilled, did not reach the receiver or
were intercepted. Two of those inter
cepted were run by Kibbee for touch
downs, one of them for 60 yards within
two minutes after another touchdown
had been made. Capt Moran and Ran
dali were guilty of more fumbling than
all of the Keene backs together, but the
cold weather was excuse enough for the
ball to have been fumbled every time
it was put in play by either team. In
one instance Capt. Moran dropped the
ball when tackled and it was scooped
on the run by a Keene player for a
long gain.
Keene did not score in the last period
GNU lbldllItDOlO Ndo dIutu III 1OlpSldl-
ling a score in this period By the i'm
posing Of penalty on the Keene team
of half the distance to the goal line
for the substitution Of player il
legally. The player in question had
been taken out of the game a few min
| utes before and then was sent in again
in the same period The attention Of
! the referee was called to the fault bv
/ the head hnesman, a Keene official.
| This illustrates the efficiency and fair
mindcdness of the officials. The sum.
mary:
keene Brattleboro
Osterhout, Johnston, / e. Manley
| Hobart, Lorandeau, | t
TT. Plimpton, Thayer
Leveroni, Aliber,
z, Adams, Plimpton
Green, Chaplin, c, Howard
Hall, Aliber, p x 9, Betterley
| castillo, ri Ii, Dunton
4 sherman. y r e, Stearns
Putnev, Cutler. q b q b, Randall
Barton, SibleT, | h b + b, J. Moran
Jones, b h b, Nichols
kibbee. b b, f.. Moran
Score, Kccnc 81, Brattleboro 6.
/ Touchdowus, Kibbee ), castillo, Putney
sherman, L. Moran. Goal from touch
down, Kibbee. Umpire, Johnson. Refer
ee, Williams. Head linesman, Warren.
Time, II and Commute periods.