Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18
N|DDLEBURY BEATS
VERMONT 6 TO 0
Two Field Goals Make Up the
Score-Teams Well Matched
Holly Contested Game

middlebury, Nov. H.-Middlebury handed
vermont the BOBBY prize in the triangular
state championship series of football
games Saturday by winning the annual
battle of Il to 0 score. Only the whistle
AT the end of the game kept the score
from being larger by one touchdown. It
was the hardest fought of the three games
which have been played between the three
vermont colleges this fall and all those
VINO saw the game agree that no disgrace
is attached to the defeat Of Vermont. and
Inuch credit goes to Middlebury for her
victory.
Perfect football weather characterized
the beginning of the game and both teams
went at It with n will. Later, however, the
Day became cold and dark, and 1t soon
became dihicult to handle the ball espe-
clally on forward passes. A high wind.
glowing lengthwise Of the field gave first
one side the advantage In the punting
game and then the other Middlebury
made the most of her two periods of
favorable wind, and dropped two field
goals across tho bars, making the only
scores of the game.
Nermonts best chance to score waa in
tne Third period. when the wind was at
l"e PACK or the Green and Gold team and
II" ehchahge of punts yielded 20-yard
gam every time. During this period and
curing .arge share of the second period
burv.s to.na. n was constantly In Middle
.tonnod 49, ou' eacn tiine IL was
and hurria, ."e io-yaro me-
t,rco ~. 49, w p, ,,e neio ior snort as
~. 80 =, '..u ~ Dachs OF punteu
ovor aaatr ~, ~ r ' 'ne nsht Wouiu oesin
more for the goal
,,or. 49, t"o PERIODS Mlddieoury
-, IL. 49,. eiiio'i' territory, Quite
roooh,ro ~, .oo was stopped before
- q mn "nere the oai might be
dov,, o,,, ta, ~. t'e iiuch uesreo touch'
y w ~ e9oit " 'he "rop KICK
ii,,o 80 a.t, "oout everything IN tne
~ So, anu opeh iootoah ouring
49, !" Spi'e Vi tne TACT that IL was
- lay ior ior"aru passes, the
VpV'pu ~ passing game
r,.t,i' , .. ".,io not iiahlns much progress
~" - st"'N 1t OUT IN other games or
me 'e'aoi'' whenever vermont mas used
, .. p''oe' nv men seemed 10 get TO them,
W, vi SATURDAY some OF tne passes drop
pou eon 'eet rom any man az all. In some
ute 'ii's was uue 10 the work or the
s,cs, 'o0o''ua.S ueie"se' Inc great
- uiiii'uitN seemed 10 De that the Mid
,.''i nne was sh''hs through ana
49, re ~ Ps7e.'
,. useu ner passes generally
~ 'e90, = 81 VI, ia'e uo"n arter
a., o,, i'e'u hao spread itsei1
~ ni.H Ut d pass ana
~ ~, ''"t oouio iot compete her
PASSES me man game OF the Middle
.,' .ea," was III rushins the pan
800, , Wy ..''' anu especiahy u" SKIN
go, p'a'' VI eioSe emu runs vermont
49,, -, pI,ss ea.iS III 'he game
-, w. ."e D'ue III" "h''e team IN
Az 81. -. nc u,'ie
wy doa',e! vermont kickeo
~, anu ny succession Oh
-, 1 49, So emu runs Miuole-
oy ''eu 'no paii 10 t"e vermont 20
80 .Ne WHY '.e u,een anu Ioio took
"''u 'stu N'uo'epury ealn'ess ior
.hiee Towns Out on tne iourth down.
"e.e ioo.eu oy iahe pace KICK ana let
N' rHi0us' ''ie i'no iof 'e" saios.
-, ~, u.oppeu
~, -. 49,, .ne -o.aiu
NV t'i .'siu soal' Miuu'epury ,hen
-, nep' INC oa.' II.
NV 49, VI ne i.e" ior .,,e RESI- Ok
~ pc wv u"', u.s. uetoie me W.hs,ie
,T"s pun' .oileu owe, tne me anu the
, Uell "aS VI n"cN W t.e |'-!aro
nc II lay III 'e'i''o"' Posses
Sui
ino secohu per'oo sd" the POSITIONS
y, '''e te''i. IeVerseo' ny 'he "''u anu
e,,u ,I, IN he o"ense pounu"'s away
" e "''u ca .i'e oai'
",',os' " 'ne ua"eeF Ho,ie' oue ptins I'M
"p'o " puS" II aoiosa' ,e'iiioht sun neiu
'"e postum u "Ssiessor Il" ,ne .h'ro
ie''o' anu INC o "aS III y, iuuteourS
d" Va .'e ''''e' INC tour'n
"as amos al, sHh9' fepeH''on vi
nc 'iS., :" '""t -nuu'eou.y ed'i'eu .he
o"' ~ u'e -o-S al" i'e anu se"' ahotier
ui'p MIN nui inns over l,e ph'' Durins
tHe iast lew minutes Oh play the breaks
u Wv, saint "ei' ~ Tue due anu w hi.e
anu e.'no.. tou'i" herse' l" tsns
p'a'e' "'uu'e"ufS i'.er'eP.eu NerHoht
'oiwa'u pasS y" me 1'-Satu me anu car
r'eu '"e "ai " "''n''i ioo' Vi the hne-
Just as the 'e"ii'S "ere ''hihs up LOT
the play "ncn wou'u almost certainly
nave given niou'eourS inc touchoowh'
'he "his':e ole" ior tne ehu OF tne game
comparing the teams briefly one would
say that .neF were ABOUT equa probably
giving Mlddlepury the peheht OF the DOUBT
IN the'r DETER team play. Miuoiepury
hao the pest oaeKneIo' semansKy and
Johnson are as sooo II not better than
suppoit t'e o."r'S '" IT. Inc NiuoIeoury
'''O N'.'u "O'Ne' '''Oie as " u''''' SWING
y" nv! o'N' ~ u'e f"''i'e' at d"
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'' w AS :, ''''t"'"No ~"
..,,,, - ~ $500 20 S"' ~
M'uu'eouly men were Urine more
MAJ heu III '"ei! my W si'' 'nroush