The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-09-30
SPAULDINC WILL
CLASH WITH RUTLAND
Real Game of Football Expected Satur-
day on the Lincoln Campus.


In DAYS of old there have always
been at least two big games of the
year in every SpauldiBg high school
football schedule, and sometimes more.
Since local rivalry between Goddard
and Spaulding has been eliminated,
Montpelier high school has been
Spauldings closest and keenest rival.
This year there's going to be a third
big game, Rutland high, the team that
defeated Spaulding last year 1910 for
the high school state championship.
Next Saturday afternoon that high
school will be represented on Lincoln
campus by the best football material
it can produce, for the school is again
out for state championship this year
and figures that Spaulding high is the
largest stumbling block in its victory
path.
Truly, it promises to be one Of the
best local games OF the year, if not the
best as both schools are going TO put
in play every ounce of resource that
could possibly bring victory. 10 give
an idea OF the efforts made in this
direction is reprinted clipping from a
Rutland paper: The Rutland high
school football squad is being put
through strenuous practice every after
noon at the Baxter lot by Coach
OBrien in order that it may be in the
pink OF condition for the game 10 be
played against the Spaulding high
school eleven at Barre Saturday after
noon Spaulding, which has reaf team,
last year lost the scholastic champion
ship of the state to Rutland in that
memorials game on Centennial field in
Burlington by the score of 1910. 1t Is
fortunate this season in having a
number of veterans in its squad and
the Rutland team will have to display
some real football to bring home the
bacon Saturday.
The game last Saturday served as
a source of information to Coach
O'Brien in locating weak spots in the
lineup. 'O'Bie is a demon for inter
ference, and the game last Saturday
showed that considerable time had
been spent on this part of the game.
From all indications it looks like a
big football year for the local school.
The backtield is especially strong with
Barber, Manfred, Franzoni, and Chap
leau, and it is probable that no high
school in the state can boast of bet
ter quartet of backs.
If the Rutland lads have been doing
some strenuous practicing their prepa-
rations have been made along the same
line as Spaulding's, for every afternoon
this week has been taken up with
either play, drills. tsckling practice, or
gymnasium signal drills under the
OF Coach Robert Ross. II
there's one game the local high school
wants to win this year it's the Rutland
game ANY football enthusiast who
misses this game is going to repent for
the rest of l920's season.
Spauldngs qualities have been
shown in the past three weeks, espe
clally last Saturday against the Amer
lean Legion team, an organization out
weighing and much more experienced. |
Though defeated, she school lads made |
a wonderful fight, Most of their weak |
points came out in those games or in
since. just last evening |
the first and second teams, the second |
strengthened with Mr.. Ross and three |
or four other older players, contested |
in scrimmsge work, the first team scor
ing two touchdowns.