Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-11
NORWICH WINS
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Football Team Takes Game
Played With University of
Vermont at Centennial Field
aggressive Work of Visit
0rs Nets a 16 to Z Score

fighting every minute OF tho Rnino last
Saturday went down to defeat by n score
OF 10 to before Norwich University. Nor
wich had a strong, aggressive team that
we'll deserves the State championship
which It won by this game. having do
feated Middlebury College at North
field october 30. Two touchdowns,
from line attacks, and "A safety
caused by a bad pass on the part
OF the Vermont center tells the story Of
the Norwich score Of 1s. while Semansky
again carried the bail from near the
middle OF tho field for vermonts only
touchdown. While the time honorei
flight yell'' Of the Vermont rooters rolled
encouragement across the field the team
fought It's bost, but Saturday It's best
was not enough
On the part of Norwich the plays were
ali worked from one formation, a shift
in which the line men are called back
and shifted into their new places, lust
rs tho ball is snapped, thus giving their
opponents nc time to diagnose the direo-
ton OF The play. Vermont ut times
gauge1 thia play correctly and smcared
the Norwich line. dumping the men into
their own play. Fowe Yer. this shift did
aid materially in the two attacks that
Netted the touchdowns Norwich tried
very few forward passes and seemed con-
tent with her line bucks and the end
runs, both run from the same formation.
Vermont on the other hand. tried all
kinds Of plays during the course Of the
game However. Kendrick. in the place
Of Sullivan. the first string quarter back,
could not inspire the team with the Same
confidence that a more experienced man
would. He did the best he could and RS
An individual he played n great game.
Norwich held many Of Vermonts line
bucks for no gains, but "Swede" johnson
carried the ball time after time through
the center Of the line for substantial
gains. Clutter and Bellerose could not
gain. Just as In the M. A. G. game a few
weeks ago, Vermont's only score came
through long forward pass to seman-
sky. and a clever exhibition of open field
running on his part.
Fumbliny was one of the chief causes
Of Vermont's defeat. In the science Of
holding on to the ball and following It
at oil times the Norwich team had It on
the Green and Gold men. Norwich
watched the ball so closely that almost
invariably they were able to recover their
own fumbles Vermont, on the other
hand. fumbled frequently and always at
critical moments. In the first quarter
Vermont took the ball away from Nor
witch on her own 2s-yard line and rushed
1t up the field After making first downs
twice Bellerose punted. Smith of Nor
witch fumbled the ball and Vermont took
II on Norwich's 30-yard line On the
hrst play Vermont fumbled and Smith
recovered the ball and carried II to Yer
mont's S0-yard line, where he was STONED
by Bellerose after hard chase. How
ever. this was only a brief check for
Norwich carried 1t across n few minutes
later. Other fumbles, perhaps not quite
so costly. were made later In the game.
hut each time they cost many hard won
yards Of territory
The story of each OF the three first
quarters Is much the same Vermont
would carry the ball up the field and
Norwich would carry It back When each
or the teams had come to the end of
their resources they would punt. Belle.
rose of Vermont had II over his opponent
In this department. Both punted off the
Held frequently, thus making only a few
yards for their teams. but when they did
get them within the combining lines, Yer
mont gained almost ten yards at every
exchange OF punts The ground gamers
were always the same, johnson for YER
mont and Smith of Norwich being the
most consistent
TWO of Norwich's 1e points came as the
result of safety won on a serie. Of
fumbles In the first moments Of the third
period. Bellerose, standing behind his
own goal line. waiting to punt out OF
danger. fumbled the ball as a result Of
d pao pass and was tackled as soon as
he recovered It.
In the last quarter Vermont opened nm
an aerial attack. which resulted in a
tou' haown. With the ball in the middle
81 the field. Kendrick shot a pass to
semansky. Vermonts diminutivs end,
which he took near the Coward line and
carried over the line, Vermont then
Kicked or and after few attempts at
gains Norwich punted and Vermont tried
three long passes, each of which WAS
uncompleted. On the fourth down.
brock mistook the signal for a punt for
one calling for forward pass, and the
pail was lost to Norwich on ver,nont's
to-yarn line, Just as In the first quar-
ter the ball was worked down to the
goal by succession OF line PLAYS and
Bradley finally landed across the line
The lineup. with weights of men
who started game.
VERMONT. NORwIr,1y
granger, r. e., 1877 ....r. e., Hyland. 1872,
Purcell. r. t., 1874
r. T.. Steele (capt) III
sarrfty. r. q. 17i. r.. g.. Harrington. 100
McMahon. Co 17s c.. Edwards, 100
Margolski. e., 1873. L. e., Herrick, 1s3
kowiand, ]. T.. III. L. t.. Walker, 17b
semansky. J. O., 1856. L. G., Maher. 1871
kendrfck. q b., 1865. q. b., Griffin. 100
Dhutter. r. h. b., 1856 r. h. b.. Smith 1873
bellerose ]. h. b., 1854
]. h. b., Sparrow, 40 I
Johnson. +. b.. 1876. II. b., Dewitt. ICE I
Substitutes: :
Vermont - Harris for Novland )
ychmitt for Harris. Brock for Belle ,
'ose. f. Johnson for Mcmahon. Ratt
br Purcell. ,
Norwich--Waite for Edwards. Ash- ,
ION for Sparrow, Walker for Steel. !
Bradley for Smith. !
Touchdown: Griffin. Bradley and ,
temansky.
Goals from touchdowns: Smith, Brad r
BY and Bellerose I
Referee, Peterson, Colgate '
Umpire. Risley, Colgate. s
Head linesman, Butterfield. Pitts 7
urg.
Time. four 15-minute periods. s
ALONG THE SIDELINEs
Norwich evidently took this to be their :
ig game Of the season, for practically
ne entire student body came to Burning
On. with their band, and occupied the
outh bleachers during the game. During ,
he tntermission they marched around the
cid In military formation. Vermont, not
be outdone, also held a parade Of their
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