The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-15
SCHOOL EooraALL AoNoRs



HifR Diokinson Suggests Real
State Championship.
Editor Of the Banner:-I did not in
tend to enter into any discussion over
the state Championship in football,
but the statement in the Sunday Edi-
ticn Of the Boston Globe for Deem
Der 9Th, which reads as follows, The
Rutland High Sch 81 fc1tDall team
by It's defeat Of the Brattleboro High
School last Saturday, he's been award /
ed the Vermont Scholastic Champion.
ship, etc, seems to me q be ms
leading, especially To those who are
not acquainted with the conditions.
should like to kng3 by whom in au-
th6eity tie state ChaBiplonship has
been awarded? Tho Head Masters
Club Of Vermont has done nothing Of
the Kind nor has the Athletic Commit
tee Of the Head Masters Club dos &
mated any Championship team Per
haps the award has been made by the
Brattleboro High school or by the
same gentleman whc presented the
loving cup, caanat eaY 1t has
been the practice for several years
past for smhhyille 60 say 70 Brown
VILE, "If you dc cst d yon are the
State Champions a We defeat yon
we are the State Champions This
foo.ishness will not 80 any longer.
1t has been suggested by ne Of the
leading newspapers that central
board or govern ng body have charge
81 the football games and announce
the real State Championship team
his has lean fayorably commented
upon by ether papers and is an excel.
lent idea. should ike - suggest a
plan. Let the Athletic Committee Of
the Head Mcsters' Club OF Vermont
handle the whole thing, Divide the
state into two leagues for conyeni-
enco, northern league and south
ern league LEI the Committee then
state what teams play IN each league
If there are net enough teams 10
make a good schedule, games outs de
the state could easily be obtained
{ ct the committee tnen decide the
championship team Of each league
and designate the tin ana iplace
where the winning teams Of each
league shall meet for the state Cham
ponship gamc, Then let the ccin-
m ttee declare which is the winning
team and present q suitable trophy
Under such conditions We would not
be in any such muddle as we are
now
had the pleasure Of seein5 most Of
the leading High School teams OF the
State play this fall Rutland has an
excellent team and &c to be congratu-
lated, but il must be said In fairness
to others. that the team did not meet
-- too,ee ~ imrortance except the
Barre High School and the Drattle-
bor- ii On School teams The Rut-
land Brattleboro Caa.2ll wG8 50 far
below the caliber Of ether football
games which have seen this fall that
Il could not figure as championship
game, especially since Brat'leboro did
not meet any other Vc-m Mt teams.
fet us compare scores for moment
Rutland defeated Mpntealier 80;
Spaulding defeated Montpelier. 40:
St Albans defeated Montpelier. "a o.
These scores seem to indicate that
these teams were Of about the same
strength
Spaald.ng hal an excellent team
which played long hard schedule.
defeating several Of the strongest
teams in the State Had the Spauld-
lngRutland game been played later in
the seas n no one can tell what the
outcome might have been Montpel.
Ter was far below its usual standard.
Pho Burlington team. although weak
in the early part Of the season, played
fast game in November Another
year it viii be one Of the leading
teams. The Winooski team wa one
OF the best n the State. il was slow