The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-20
TECHNICAL WIN
BY AMHERST H. S.
TOuchback Goes as Safety,
Making Score Against
B. II. S. Sc
MUCH FUMBLING
BECAUSE OF SNOW
Game Played ON Snow Covered Field -
Forward Passes by Visitors Effective
Locals Miss Chance to Prevent
Touchdown in Last Seconds of Play.

Touchdown in Last Seconds of Play.
Sliding and ploughing through the
snow which blanketed the playing field,
the Amherst and BrattlebOrO high school
football teams put in a hard 40-minutes'
work yesterday afternoon resulting,
though what appears to be a wrong Of
fetal ruling, in a win for Amherst by
score of 8 to 6.
Two of the locals regulars were not
in condition to play, which made it nee
essary for Haywood to work at center
with Nixon in Robbinss place at full
back. As on Armistice day against the
Alumni, fumbling caused the team no
end of trouble, robbing them early in
the first quarter of a touchdown after
they had carried the ball to Amherst
eight-yard line The condition of the
ball. however. made this fault excuse
able. Worse than the fumbling was the
poor judgment of Brattleboro in not
punting when close to their own goal
line.
The only time throughout the game
that BrattlebOrO showed its usual offens
i've strength was in the second period,
when they rushed the pigskin from their
own 30-yard line 20 yards for a touch
down During the third and fourth pc
RODS they seemed to lose all their clever
interference and consequently could not
make much of an impression on the Am
herst team.
The team has been in a slump during
the last two or three games, and if the
boys have the big desire to win that all
important Rutland game next Saturday,
they should get together from now on
and put in a lot of hard practice, and
above all get into that A-NO. 1 cOndi-
ton that the BrattleborO teams have
been in for the last three years. The
only way this can be done is through
proper training.
There is one part of the game that
needs explaining: namely that fateful
decision Of the officials in the third pc
riOd which allowed Amherst two points
and, ass it proved the game. Amherst
had, by virtue Of forward passes and
n repetition of fake plav which they
used successfully. advanced the ball to
BrattleborOs Vineyard line at first
down. Three PLAYS cost them as manv
Yards loss and then Sullivan dropped
back to kick formation hut shot a for
ward pass over the goal line intended
for Fish. Haywood. however. was on
the lob and interceDted it. then foolishIy
tried to advance instead of grounding
the ball for an unquestiOned tOuchback.
He did not, however, succeed in getting
out of the end zone before he was
brought down. When the ball was f.
nallr- uncovered it rested on the line and
in the confusion which the PLAYERS of
the two teams caused. the officials made
a decision which it j. doubtful if MANY
of the fans knew had been made until
later in the game; namely, calling what
was without a question a tOuchback q
safety.
Coach Williams claims that Brattle
boro should have protested the decision
at the time. This. of course. is true
but this only goes to prove that it was
taken for granted by Coach StOlte and
others that it had been called a touch
back otherwise it would have been pro
tested as it probably will be now and
the matter referred to the central board
for a ruling. Until such a ruling has
cnt, 9 to 6, although it is claimed that
the correct score should be 6 to g.
i. FE s. kicked to start the game.
and after Amherst had ploughed back
nine wards, lost the ball on downs
Rrattleboro made two good gains and
then Nixon fumbled Amherst recover
ing Brattlebero again took the ball on
downs. GOrbOrino. Nixon and Wells
carried the ball 80 yards to Amherst's
Vineyard line, but fumbled again. After
two unsuccessful tries Sullivan booted
10 Bratteh0rO'S 3O-yard line. Four tries
were frnitless and the ball went to Am
hc"et as time was called.
Starting on their 2J-vard line. Am
herst kicked to r. II. SIS 45-yard line.
HevwOod fumhed and Amherst rpcny-
time to <B. II. SIS 22-vard line. On the
first play Nixon fumbed and again Am
horst showed they were following the
ball hv2 recovering. Sullivan tried for
a field goal. but the kick was blocked.
AN Amherst bow covered the boil when
the snow was plOughed away B. II. S.
then proceeded to hold them for DOWN
end marched m the field to Amherst 5
20-vaFd line Nixon then threw a pass
TO Moran. who eluded Amherst's would
ho aalrfo frDfr, FIo l;r,O e.. I
III. SIS only touchdown.
Brattleborn-on-th the next kickoff pulled
the short Kick trick, recovering the bal
on Amherst's 45zyard line, and carrying
il to the 25=vara line only To lose it or
downs lust before time was called for
the half
Aside from the safety neither team
scored in the third period. r. Fl. s
opened the fourth with the ball on theiI
"7vsrd line and carried it to Amherst
35-yard line, where Amherst recovere(
on downs. On the first play Sullivan
threw a pretty pass to IT. Brown. who
got away to n clear field. and was not
overtaken until Haywood, by a burst o
speed nailed him on Brattleboro's 10
yard line.
sullivan shot a forward pass over tn,
line TO Fish. who dropDed the ball. Brat
tlehOro taking the ball on downs. anC
with only two minutes or less to p!a'
B. Fl. s. instead of kicking ont of dan
Fer tried the forward pass only to hav,
the han intcr"erted.- ----..
Amherst played the line for Il yard
Gud again Sullivan shot forward owe
the goal line to Fish, and the game wa
over.
II. Trown and Fish, ends. were tn
star performers for Amherst, while Man
lev did some good tackling for the 10
Gals. Nixon was the best ground game
for Brattleh0ro. The baeSield's mail
fault seemed to be in not following tn
Interference. The summary:
AMHERST BRATTLERORC
Fl. Brown. lie re- Nelson
Mitchell. 1t TT, McGarrigl
Duncan, L. &c. z-zza re, Richardsoi
Elder, O. - C, Heywoo