The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-06
Game Resulted Is to
0 in Favor of the
Home Team
SPAULDING BACKFIELD
GROUND GAMERS
Visitors Were Heavy But
Did Not Endanger
Spaulding Goal


sanity for touchdown 1t was with
amazing confidence that the Spaulding
players performed Saturday afternoon
and deceived their opponents with their
dexterous tactics.
The teamwork of Spaulding appeared
good and as they gained lead on the
visitors Coach Ross gave several of his
substitutes an opportunity TO take part
in the fray They are called substitutes,
but their lightness only keeps them from
the regular lineup ii their ability can be
Judged by their actions Saturday after
noon. At the latter part of the game five
substitutes were playing for the home
team
Buster" Brown, the left halfback, who
has been absent from the lineup in the
last two games, was back in the harness
Saturday, greatly strengthening the back
field. He, together with Lorraine Dens-
more, made some exceptionally good
gains at various times during the after
noon. DensmoFe is doing in football
what he used to do in basketball. His
style Of picking a hole through the lines
is much the same as the star quarter
back for Norwich, Martin, who stops
only when he is stopped Quarterback
Smith had the. honor of securing two
touchdowns, one of which was outruled,
since the bali was dead, the referee hav
ing blown the whistle. Edgar Beaulieu,
the dark horse found in the roster of
the North Barre team playing against
his high school mates, broke into pfep.
school ball Saturday, doing commendable
work. His most notable play came in the
| first quarter when. after having made
| long end run and gained about Is yards,
he was tripped to the ground, and con
/ tinued to increase his gain by rolling
over and over with the ball and neared
the goal by about five yards before halt
| ed
The linemen, though not as heavy as
their opponents, managed to break
through their lines whenever on the de-
fensive. Two good players, Ladd and
James Murphy, had to be taken from
the game in the second quarter, as both
sustained severe cuts in collision with
one another. Ladds cut measured about
/ two inches Just over the left eyebrow.
running almost from one end of the
brow to the other Murphy's cut was in
/ the center part Of his forehead and Of
/ the same nature as Ladd's. These were
1 the only two men to suffer noticeable In.
| jury Stitches were required to close
/ the wounds, but before this was done
! first aid was administered by DR.. Joe
Jackson, who happened to be on the
sidelines.
/ The visitors had some heavy men. one
OF whom was NJ. Ashton. a student Of
/ 1916 who has been with the L. S. forces
! since the outbreak OF the war, PLAYING
at one time with the border football
| team near Mexico. Whenever they at
| tempted center rush gain was sure
| to be made and several times this play
was resorted to that the necessary gain
I 70 complete a down would be made
| Right Halfback Lanpher, Quarterback
Warden and Fullbsck Ashton were con
4 spicuous figures for st. Johnsbury TAX.
| ing part in a great many of the plays.
! L. Densmore opened the exhibition
with long kickoff to St Johnsbury.
caught by Warden, who was downed on
/ the 35-yard line, Failing to make the
/ down, st. Johnsbury punted to Jones.
/ right tackle for Spauldinp, who was
tackled on the 60.yard line. Densmore,
! Brown and Beaulieu then made end-run
| gains that were concluded with Dens-
more carrying the ball for touchdown
after lodging around the end from the
/ l5-yard line. The first kick for a goal
! failed. At the next kickoff Ladd stopped
Warden on the 30.yard line by making a
good tackle. St. Johnsbnry failed to
make the first down. Spaulding, gaining
| the ball also failed to make the down
and the first quarter ended, ST. Johns.
bury with the ball Score, so.
The second quarter was uneventful
except for the accidents TO Murphy and
Ladd 1t was in this period that the
non-countable touchdown was made by
Smith
Valz of Spaulding received the kickoff
at the opening of the second half.
Spaulding was here penalized for Off
sides. A forward pass was intercepted
by Lanpher, giving his team the ball near
the center of the field. Fullback Dens-
more regained it on a pass from Lanpher
to Warden. With good gains made by
Beaulieu and Brown, the second touch
down was scored by the latter runner,
who lodged through the lines for Is
yards. Densmore missed the goal
In the last quarter Spaulding lost the
| Dali on TIE POhl itllt uu IHe l6sb attempt
to make the first down. In the next
play Lanpher of st. Johnsbury attempt
ed to make run around right end when
young Tierney broke through and
downed him behind the goal posts for
touchback for Spaulding, gaining two
more points.
Interest continued until the last play,
especially among the students, who, un-
der the leadership of Burton Holt, the
minstrel comedian who was nominated
last week as a candidate for cheer leader,
endeavored to insure his election at the
next athletic association meeting The
lineup:
Spaulding. ST. Johnsbury.
Murphy, Valz, c.,.,.,,,,.....c &C, 0sgood
Belville, lg. .............. lg, Gilfillan
Fleetwood, re-, ...rg, French
Tones rt .....-..r TT. Iivstpr