Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-11-02
VERMONT COLLEGE FOOTBALL
U. V. NJ, Middlebury and Nor
witch Have Strong EIevers.
state Championship should lie Sntisrac-
toriIy Decided This scason--MiddIc-
bury and Norwich in First Came
OF Series SATURDAY,.


'''"' i"otnai' team IS making every ef-
fort TO get INTO winning form for the 70
naming four goros Which h.. -
hora,,, e
~" ''d' 'NeN' o"turudF' INC
s'o'R cieVen or Brown University III
he met at Providence, H. and ON thn
succeeding Saturdays Norv1ch I.r:vcrs.-
ty will be played -. NorthfieId Nridd,e
bury College at BURLINGTON and fine T-ni-
versity Of Rochester viii be- Vermont
final opponent Of the season. this sans
taking place on Thanksgtviu. Jay at
Rochester, ~ Y The u,crrollegiato !
football championship of Vermont ca,
be settled much more satisfactorily fb.s
year than in previous seasons. AZ botl,
Norwich University aud the t'niyersit,.
of Vermont have PLAYED the st. Michae,s
College eleven of Winooski. and before
the season closes Middlobury %nrrjch
and Vermont win each have piayed both
of the other clerens Niddlnhurv and
Norwich will clash in the first game OF
this series az Middleburv en- saturday.
when battle ROYAL is expected. r'be fnt
lowing SATURDAY, Vernon. Will mee-
Norwich at Mortified and on Npv,nlhcr
Is the Middleburv and Vermont ele,.en-
will battle at Centennial Field in this
c.''
Il. "a
h, NAV safely be considered os ont of the
running for the state championship as
they were defeated n 10 u b,, Vermont
and 50 to 0 by Norwich T-niversitv This
team entered the field this wear bandi-
capped by the loss of their coach and
several gridiron stars Of the nrevious
year when the eleven made an enviabie
record This institution has a small stu
dent body most Of whom are Younger
than the students AT the other Vermont
colleges. vet nevertheless it turns ont
good football teams who. although light
are always DANGEROUS opponents because
Of their gameucss and fighting snirit
This seasons eleven has been defeated
in several games hut olvoys fcupht hard
and pluckily until the final whistle blew
and as mos, Of its PLAYERS will return
next season. a stronger team NAV De
anticipatad
Norwich University has a powerful
eleven which must be given serious con-
sideration in the question Of the state
chamDionshlp The team this wear is
coached bv Dad" White. a former star
halfpack AT Vermont and Fordham.
where his thrilling runs through broken
fields will long be remembered This *
! Whites first year at Norwich where he
has had to htiild mn 4 coachiur svsten1
and construct a team out Of practically
green material Tho eleven * renorted
to be heavy and well grounded IN funda-
mental football but somewhat sluggish
They Yare heaten nv Trinity Collage l.
IN q in the first game of the season. play
od a 6 70 Il tie with Worcester Polvtach-
MIC Institute defeated St Nichaers COL
lege 81 to o. lost 10 New Hamoshire state
| College "a to &. and defeated st Lawrence
| co,Iey. ., ia q # Womb annear from,
/
| varron, would have TO nut forth their
has, efforts to defeat the cadet eleven.
/ rho student body a, Norwich are on
: th-siasti. ovor the teams showing and
y large number are expected 10 accom-
MANY, the eleven 20 Niddleburv next Sat
| urdav
Niddl.burv Cnueqe has an eleven this
vear which has SURPASSED even he ex-
! cetent records made by the football
| teams of this Institution i'm the last two
Years L,y,ryorr from President Thorn
| as down 10 the Youngest freshman is
,orfident that rh.mpionshin honors are
spra IN crown its work and that the first
| ie,yol viii ba rlaced in tho ,ro0n AZ the
! Norwich .-a,na next saturday Eut even
tho Norwich game is oversbadovcd by
! tho greater desire TO humhle their on
! nonents tho Tniversitv Of Vermont elev-
an Whom athletic relations vere re-
surred hetweer Vermont and NiddIehu,.v
three wears ago the latter college with
| a supposedlv inferior eleven. plaved the
! Green and Gold team to a scoreless tie
in hard fought battle AT Centennial
| ES.Id las, veor tho ODDS favored Mid
| dIeburv hut the vermont foam shovel
such - fipbtin, sniri, in tbs MiddIehury
,oua mat tho Iatter Glove, was take,
cnr,,latelv nv surnriso and was consider.
| al IucL,. 70 -a+ off win , civ 70. civ ,io