The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-08
SPAULDING WAS
MORE 'SKILLFUL
Defeated Burlington High
School in Barre,
20 to @
SHOWING SUPERIOR
IN GENERAL PLAY
Visitors We're Mystified By
the Spaulding
Offense

periority of skill over a opposing team
in athletics it was Saturday Afternoon
when Burlington high was most decid
eddy defeated 200.
The Lake City lads were outcassed
from start to finish, i'll every phase Of
the game, and only once during the
game, at the opening of the second
half when short line pass to OLeary
was fumbled, did the Burlington team
come anywhere near scoring. The ball
at this time was on Spaulding's Is
yard line. and there 1t stayed, the local
team piling up the visitors in their en-
deavor to buck the line and ultimately
0'Leaiy, who had fumbIed the ball. re-
gained it on a blocked punt and dashed
away for SIS yards, fully making
amends for the excusable tumble on
his part few minutes before.
The contest was filled with thrills,
one right after the other, a number
of stellar plays coming from the Ross
coached eleven. The two touchdowns
which George Douglas made were
achieved by tricky and perfectly manip-
ulated plays Most of the playing was
done in Burlington territory, especially
during the last quarter, when the ball
got no farther away than the Burling-
ton 40-yard line.
Burlington received at the opening
of the game and retrieved the ball
back to the seward line Two first
downs were made on line PUSHES,
Brown, the star spaulding halfback,
being knocked ont in the melee Partly
regaining himself, he continued in the
game and On the very next attempt Of
Burlington to make the down, he inter.
opted farward p4s and got away
for 60.yard run, but had to be car.
lied from the field as he had been
Knocked out again on the tackle and
the result of the first injury to his
head George Douglas filled the posi-.
ton of Brown most commercially, tax
ing the ball ON the very next play
around end for Is yards. The Spauld.
ing backfelders. alternately carrying
the ball. worked it to within yard
of the goal line; then quarterback
Smith carried it over for the first
touchdown. He also kicked the goal.
Smith kicked off again to Burling-
ton, the ball reaching the 4J- yard line
for the first down. Failing to make the
10 yards on downs. Isham punted and
Smith received it Just before the period
ended; spaulding's ball on the 50-yard
, line. A l5-yard gain by right end
Densmore, 10 yards straight through
Burhngton's line, and several smaller
gains by the Spaulding backfelders
h1.ntyuhf ba hall 10 h. III.
with two more downs to make the
goal line in the early part Of the sec
ond period. Smith took chance with
forward pass that was intercepted
by Isham. Burlington, after small
gain, lost on a tumble, Slayton recover
ing the ball on the l2-ysrd line.
Again forward pass was attempted
on the second down. Smiths last error
of the game, for erroneous 1t seemed to
the spectators when Spaulding had
been successfully piercing the opposing
lines and with the goal line less than
10 yards away However, had those
forward passes been successful Smith |
would have been a hero instead Of an |
object of criticism. Aside from those |
moments he showed some keen brain |
work, and is very evidently a neces- |
sary factor in the bsckfield quartet. |
The first half ended, Spaulding 7, Bur
lington 0.
The opening of the second half was
apprehensive, to say the least. Tierney |
failing TO catch the kick off and seeur- |
ing the ball only by diving onto it be
fore a Burlington player did so. Then
on the next play 0Leary made the
tumble already alluded to- He was re-
eeiving the bah on a toss, back Of the
lines while running and. in trying TO
secure it under his arm, il rolled in
back of him. Densmore of Burlington
bouncing upon IT, The situation seemed
critical but Funny" wilkins coherts
hardly advanced two yards in four
downs and, when punt was attempt
ed. Brown leaped into the air and sue
eessfully blocked it, the ball bound
ing on the ground to be scooped up by
oLeary for the 55-ysrd run. Brown,
who was back in the game in the sec
ond half, and noticeably refreshed by
a period of rest, tore straight through
the Burlington line on the next play
for an lsyard gain, doing no more
than hitting the line with his custom
airy plunge. 4
On the Burlington l5.yard line
Spaulding lost on downs. lacking about
six inches for the down. Burlington,
failing to make the down. puntcd, and
Douglas zig Jagged through the would
be taeklers for more than 80 yards ,
Brown, Smith, Douglas and Slsyton
were now working together in the
for Spaulding and hit tho
Burlington line 80 successfully that {
Douglas. by clever field running, made !
the second touchdown from the eight I
yard line. - Smith failed in the goal
kick. CONSERVATION over this was
slight. locally, as the third period was :
nearing the end and Spsulding had a !
cad Of ~ points. Il
When Smith again kicked of 20 Bur.
ineton his men went down with the c
1sll and downed the runner on the 25- 6
Yard line. Burlington couldn't make !
he down, SO punted. Smith receiving y
Ind. with his teammates furnishing :
Interference Of 100 per cent quality {
unning through broken field for rs g
fards. To the one-vard line the team
-omped. then lost to Burlington. The ]
AL was necessarily put in play be- :
lind the goal line and. Of course. a
'unt wa the only salvation for Bur \
ington. An onrushing intercepter +
aused Ishsm 20 punt outside the field \
inc and the hall came back into play c
n Burlington's ls-yard lire. Douglas
nd Smith made two successful PUSHES s
nd then Douglas got through Tor his q
econd touchdown on smother trick Il