The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-09-27
ACADEMY Is
BURIED UNDER
So To 0 SCORE
Lyndon Institute Show
Fine Form In Over
whelming Victory

"The Big Three, namely zap
tain William Hall, Manager Yer
non Hill and Arthur Bassett,
whose wonderful work on the grid
iron has set a fine example or
their team mates to follow, ro4e
rough shod over the rather weak
offense and defense presented by
the st .Johnsbury Academy
eleven" on the Lyndon Institute
campus Saturday afternoon. TINS
rio OF little wonders, with TIE
aid of their hard working fellow
players, piled up the tremendous
total of 60 points, at the same time
noldlng Their opponents TO the ci-
pher mark.
Usherlng in the 1921 foot ball
season with such brilliant and
decisive victory caused q great
wave or rejoicing among the large
lumber of institute scholars, gath
creo on the side lines, to witness
the downfall of the st. Johnsbury
athletes while it caused no small
AMOUNT of gloom to pervade the
ranks of Academy supporters. In
winning Their game o. SATURDAY
The Institute gridiron war; rs
,Aowed The results OF the expert
naming winch they nave ENJOY ed
dAder the tutelage of Coaches
Drucc " akel.eld and Cecil a.
Turns.
Burns was selected as the reg
Llar coach of the team but, owing
20 his duties at the nostohce, was
Liable to devote much time to the
work curing the first two weeks Of
practice. tor this reason ssake-
e4us Aervices were secured and
lie results nave vindlca.ed the
judgment of the school heads III
CHOOSING aim Tor the task. He las
.L.partta to the boys q world OF
knowledge of the fascinating
game and the result OF SATURDAY
contest would indicate that a con-
slaerabie amount OIL this kn0wI-
cage mad been ABSORBED by the
d.n-eteS.
Everything seemed to work out
Just IS the coaches had planned.
me boys exhibited signs or excep-
tloAaily line IL 4 - -..e...or.es Dy
executing the slgna4s with few
SIPS. Quarterback Hill S voice
rang loudly and there was no mis-
taking the li6ures ne called out.
there was always a man reaay w
take the pill from hun and the man
with the bail was certain of good
interference SO that has tpath was
made easier.
William McBain star young
Iull pack, was the individual SHIN
ing light OF the Academy OUTFIT.
McBan played & strong, heady
game but his efforts were futile in
view Of the weakness in other sec
tons OF the line up. Captain Rod
erick Darling was a leading figure
along with AcBain and Harvey
and Cormier played well. In spite
of their un!iring efforts to scole,
the Sans made by the Academy
boys were small ald few ana III
between. From the very begin
ming it WIS apparant that they
would BE beaten. but even the
most pcssiYistic of the st. Johns
bury fans would not predict such
an overwhelming defeat as was
administered.
The secret of St Johnsbury's
jevere trimming lay in the light
ness of the team. The Institute
team outweighed their opponets
by at least rs pounds and t.4s
rea. difference spelled sure as
aster. 1t is very apparent that
he Accdem-- eleven" must de-
velop to perfection the forward
pass and puntinG for in these two
departments lies their only saliva
ton.
There is no cause for the Acad.
envy youngsters, most of them
young and inexperienced, to
become disheartened over the loss
of Saturdays struggle. 1t was
case of good big men against good
little men and the result could not
have been avoided. Bv ~erfectiny
different tactics St. Johnsbury
may feel reasonably sure of win
ming several of the games on the
seasons schedule. The major por-
ton of the st. Johnsbulv line is
made up of boys who were making