The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-14
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Made by 9, |. tood Co.. Lowell !

Vermont scholastic championship, etcy
seems to me to be misleading, especiai,
" to those who are not acquainted
with the conditions, ] should Ike 70
know bv whom in authority the state
championship has been awardedY Inc
Head Masters club Of Vermont has
done nothing of the kind nor has the
athletic committee of the Head Mas
ters' club designated any championship
team. Perhaps the award has been
made by the Brattleboro high school
or bv the same gentleman who pre-
scented the loving cup, cannot say,
1t has been the practice Tor seVefai
wears past for SmithTlle TO say 70
Brownville, If you defeat us you are
the state champions, if we defeat you
we are the. state champions such
foolishness will not go any longer
ut has been suggested by one OF the
leading newspapers that a central
board or governing body have charge OF
the football games and announce the
real state championship team ms
has been favorably commented upon
bv other papers and is an excellent
idea. | should like to suggest a plan
Let the athletic committee OF the Head
Masters club of Vermont handle the
whole thing, Divide the state INTO Two
leagues, for convenience, northern
league and southern league. Let the
committee then state what teams play
in each league. If there are not enough
teams to make good schedule, games
,tside the state could easily be OBJ
tanned. Let the committee then decide
the championship team OF each League
and designate the time and place where
the winning teams of each league shall
meet for the state championship game
Then let the committee declare when
is the winning team and present a SUIT
able trophy. Under such conditions we
would not be in any such muddle as
we are now.
II had the pleasure of seeing most
of the leading high school teams OF the
state play this fall Rutland had an
excellent team and is to be eongfatu-
lated. but it mllst be said, in fairness
to others. that the team did not meet
. any teams of Importance except the
Barre high school and the Brattleboro
ninn ECnpDi nv AAhNi@t'N 49,
/ tleboro contest was so far below the
calibre of other football games which
| have seen this fall that it could not
! figure as championship game, espe'
! cially since Brattleboro did not meet
any other Vermont teams. Let us com
: mare scores for moment. Rutland de-
/ feated Montpelier $40, Spaulding de-
/ featad Montpelier AL st. Albans de-
! feated Montpelier $40. These scores
seem to indicate that these teams were
of about the same strength.
"Spaulding had an excellent team
which played long, hard schedule, de-
feating several of the strongest teams
| in the state. Had the Spaniding- Rut
| land game beeWplayed later in the sea-
son no one can tell what the outcome
might have been. Montpelier was far
I below its usual standard. The Bur
/ lington team, although weak in the
early part of the season, played fast
game in November Another year 1t
will be one of the leading teams. The
Winooski team was one of the best IN
the state. 1t was slow in getting start
ed but played excellent high school
football. The Lyndon institute team
was fast and should not be overlooked
| The Brattleboro team has been greatly
oyer-rated or had gone back badly
when it played Rutland. st. Adams