The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-13
Sporting NeWs
FANS WANT RUTLAND
ELEVEN CHALLENGED
Would Be No Discredit to Brattleboro
to Be Beaten, and Local Team
Might Land Championship

At6As AS1Ao imam PAOioA3R'
There are many ardent football en-
thusiasts i'll Brattlcboro who seem ex-
ceedingly anxious TO have the high |
school eleven matched against Rutland
high for a game to decide the cham
pionship for preparatory schools in Yer
mont and they agree that Thanksgiv
ing day would be an ideal time for such |
a game.
Since the victory over Keene last |
Saturday there has been more talk on |
the street in favor of securing such a
banner attraction as this would be to |
close the football season, and not few |
public spirited townsmen have expressed |
their willingness to back the idea |
financially if necessary.
1t is believed, however, that one of |
the biggest crowds in the history of |
local football games would turn out and |
that all expenses would be met by the |
gate receipts with snug sum to boot. |
Lots of people who are employed dur |
ing the day have been unable to see
Brattleboro $ crack team in action at
any of their victorious games and
would jump at the opportunity TO do SO.
Furthermore everyone who has been to
any one of the contests would add such
feature to their program for the holt
day.
Rutland defeated Montpelier semi
nary last Saturday by a score of Is to
o and is claiming the championship of
the state. II is not easily figured out
4 by local sports on what grounds they
are basing this claim. Capt Randall s
men have just as clear a title to such
honors as Rutland because they have not
suffered one defeat.
4 \ few of the pessimistic ones say,
Oh, Rutland would clean us up. -
\ What of that2 Even if they do, why
not show some craftsmanship and have
real game for the wind-up? II would
/ give the home boys an excellent chance
to show what they are made of and
chances are that they would win, be-
/ cause Brattleboro has a strong outfit,
both on the defense and offense. Even
if they did get beaten it would be no
discredit whatever. II would be demon
strating the true spirit of the game.
Fans think Brattleboro has a winning
team and want to see il proven by go
ing up against another real winner.
As 10 the players themselves they are
anxious TO jump into clash such as
suggested and are confident that they
would make the other fellows hustle
They don I like the idea OF letting the
Rutland eleven walk away with the
championship of the state without hav
ing a crack at il themselves. 1t has
been whispered about town, too, that
Rutland is willing 70 meet the winning
team from here.
There are certainly few supporters
of the game who arc energetic enough TO
push the meeting between Brattleboro
and Rutland to a successful conclusion
if once the ball is started rolling in that
direction.
The Rutland Herald this morning
reprints from Saturdays Reformer
the suggestion that Rutland and Brat
tleboro meet for a championship game,
and adds:
"When Coach O'Bricn of the local
high school team was shown the fore
going he called attention TO the fact
that Brattleboro had only played two
Vermont teams, Bellows Falls and
Windsor. and had played no games
with any of the northern contenders
for the championship.
90 As to a game with the organ town
eleven. the coach showed correspond
ence with Brattleboro early in the sea-
: son, by which a game was arranged
4 at Brattleboro but which never came
off because the schedule of the down
s state team was "full' Mr.. o 'Brien
& had no objection to playing Brattle
E boro here Thanksgiving if the manage
E ment had experienced change OF
s heart, but would not 20 to Brattleborc
s for game.
& I" Rutland high school is ready tc
S defend the championship against any
I team that will arrange a game, sale
& Mr.. o 'Brien, but we should prefer
some team that has played the larger
Z part of its schedule with Vermont
teams.
H d" incidentally, you may say thai
3 the team came through Saturday :
- game in fine shape and no one is any
= the worse for about as hard a game a
>, any high school team is apt to see. :