The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-22
Opens GridirOn Season by
Defeating Bellows
Falls - to 6
GAINS MOMENTUM AS
GAME PROGRESSES
Score to in Favor of Bellows Falls
at End of First -Brattleboro' s
Offensive Machine Well Oiled in the
Closing Period.

Offensive Machine Well Oiled in the
Closing Period.
The Brattleboro high school football |
team played its first game of the season
with the Bellows Falls high school at
Island Park Saturday afternoon and in
cidentally hung up its first 'pelt" of the
season, defeating the visitors by score
of 10 to g.
In spite of the fact that Coach Stolte
has six new men in the line up and has
been held up in practice on account of
the rain, he has developed at this early
date a smooth working offensive ma
chine which bids fair to be reckoned
among the champion teams of the past
| few years.
| On the defensive, the line, which is
practically new and lacking in expert
ence, was somewhat upset in the early
part of the game, but soon became adj
justed to the onslaught of the visitors
and later stiffened up so that Bellows
| Falls had hard work to make first downs.
! Dick Lawlor of Bellows Falls high
fame, officiated as umpire and forgot
himself at times so far as to advise the
Bellows Falls players regarding their
method of attack.
Bellows Falls kicked off to start the
game and Gorborino received the kick
running the ball back to the 30-yard
line. The offensive machine immediately
got under way and steadily carried the
ball down the field to the one yard line,
where they lost it on downs. .Bellows
Falls on the first play took off forward
pass which Melted p yards, but lost the
ball little later on downs at the So
yard line.
: The second period started with the ball
in Brattleboro's possession on Bellows
Falls's 2S-yard line, but the visitors got
the ball on downs and after making
about 25 yards lost the ball as Eugene
Moran intercepted a forward pass. Bel
lows Falls returned the compliment
shortly after getting the ball on their
l2-yard line Here Brattleboro's defen-
sive play showed its weakness, especially
2 the secondary defense. After Bellows
Falls had made about Is yards through
left guard, +. Lawlor broke through the
line and eluded Brattleboro's secondary
, men, running 20 yards for a touchdown
, with no member of the opposing team
attempting TO pursue him.
At the start of the third period, with
the score 6 to in their favor. the Bel
lows Falls players, apparently not in the
best of condition. stalled and killed time
either hoping to save themselves or kill
l enough time to prevent the local boys
/ from winning, but this did not get them
much as Brattleboro soon got the bal
. and scored when Moves, who played 9
q good aggressive game, intercepted {
). double pass and ran 80 yards for touch
down Austin failed to kick the goal
Score, 6 to 6.
The last period saw Brattleboro com
ing to their own as they now had thei
offensive machine working as SMOOTH,
as clockwork and tore open the Below
Falls line almost at will. The rcliabl
J. Moran supplied the necessary puncl
n twice in this period and Austin kicke
- ono goal. making the final score 10 to
Had the game continued longer tn
score undoubtedly would have been larg
err. as Bellows Falls could not stop Brat
. tleboros attack. and as Brattleboro's de
L Tense had stifrened the visitors rarel
u could make first down.
Austin was easily the star of tn
0 game, breaking up play after play, an
z he also did his bit on the offensive.
IL f. Moran and Robbins, two new play
ers in the backfeld, did well but shove
2 lack of experience. They should develo
2 into valuable players before the seaso
y, is over Watch them.
Nixon doomed up in regular G. Better
ley style, getting through the line thre
times in succession, mailing the runne
I'd in his tracks.
The support of the student body wa
/ good in numbers. but after the first par
2 of the game it lacked in noise. In pas
r years this has been one of the feature
as the school spirit shown by cheerin
and songs helps to enliven the game an
a gives the players encouragement.
. Next Saturday B. III. S. meets Vino
sor at Island Park. Better get tina
cheering section going strong befol
then and show them how it used to |
done and then some. The summary:
n Brattlebero. Bellows Falls.
/ Noyes, le.a,.....,.. re-. Griffin. Houliha
al Freeman. 1t. -. IT., Macleod. Mueuct
+ Lynch, lg:. s,.........., re-, MOVIE
Nixon, c. .s.........s..... C.. Ferr
o Richardson, re-. ....... lg, Baldasal
| McGarrigle, Wells, TT. ......... It,. Ora
nd Austin, re. ........... le., Z. Lawi'
f. Moran oh. ........:... OBJ. McEvs
Robbins, lib, ........ RIB. Murpf
| Gorborino, RIB. ........... lhb.. Cra
0 J. Moran. flo. .......... fb., J. Lawl'
III Score. Brattleboro 10. Bellows Falls
Touchdowns. Noyes. J. Moran 2, F. Lay
lor Goal from touchdown, Austin. Re
2 cree, Paul Chase. Umpire, Lawle
2 Head linesman, Mann. Time, two l
ar minute and two S-minute periods.
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