The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
SPAULDING NET REAL
FOOTBALL PLAYERS
According to Story of S. H. $. Defeat
at ST. Adams, As Told BY The
Messenger Of That City.

bans high school in st. Adams is toll
by The Messenger Of that city as fol
lows
"The st. Adams high school footbal
team gave the much footed Spauldinl
high school eleven lesson in football
on Houghton park Saturday afternoon
defeating them with ease by the over
whelming score of Sd to 0, and thefeb.
eliminating them from competing 10
championship honors later in the sea
son. Although the game was played il
a downpour of rain, there was a larg
crowd of fans on hand to witness TIL
slaughter, many of them being Barr
rooters who came up expecting to wit
ness the massacre Of the st. Albani
eleven. 1t Is also reported they
| brought with them some United Statei
currency, which did not ACCOMPANY,
them back. The Spaulding team, al
though considerably outweighing thu
| st. Adams eleven, didn't have chanc,
| throughout the contest. Only once dur
ing the game did Spaulding succeed II
getting into st. Adams territory, ane
that was only on the 40-yard line.
...The st. A. boys outplayed Spauid
ing in every department of the game
On the defensive they would teal
through and smear up play before il
was we'll started, while on the offensive
the line would open up holes through
which the green and gold fast backfield
would rip through for gains ranging
from FIVE to 20 yards.
"The Barre team came to the city
with a world of confidence. II was eyi-
dent that from the coach down they
thought they could defeat the locals
with ease and even admitted that the
local team was not in their class.
Coach Dickinson of the local team
made an effort to postpone the game
early in the morning before the Spsuld-
ing eleven left Barre, but Coach Lund-
holm of the Barre eleven insisted on
coming, as there seemed hope of the
weather clearing up. On account of the
rain, Mr.. Dickinson offered the Barre
coach his guarantee at noon and have
the game postponed until some further
date, but he would not listen to suen
an arrangement He either wanted he
locals to forfeit the game to them
without playing or 60 down on
Houghton park where Spaulding would
demonstrate how the gridiron game
should be played.
Both elevens arrived on the field at
about 2:45 o'clock and from the first
appearance of both elevens bystander
wouldn't give the local eleven a chance.
The Barre team looked like college
eleven from the sire and their bright
crimson jerseys, which had been pro-
fuseiy smeared with rosin, SO as TO
help them hold the slippery ball. The
local eleven, much lighter, appeared in
their coats and sweaters and ran
through their signals. being cheered by
their supporters. Some of the Barre
contingent were heard to state Spauld-
ing would do the same thing to st. A.
it did to Montpelier seminary week
before.
.sSt. Adams won the toss and chose
to receive. 1t was not long after the
kick off when the Barre team found
they were up against a team Of real
football players who had been taught
the game from every angle by Coach
DICKINSON.
There were no particular stars on
the local team, the eleven worked like a
clock and the way the Aboys handled
the wet ball would have been credit
to college eleven. Not one tumble was
made by the backfeld, although they
opened up bag Of tricks on the often
siye that bewildered their opponents
at quarter ran his team like a
veteran. He kept his plays well mixed
mp and when he found weak spot In
Spauldings line he would hammer
away at il until Coach Lundholm Of
Spaulding sent in a substitute. Col
frey made the first score of the game
on an end run when he carried the bail
u yards for a touchdown. This pIay
was so well executed that many of the
Barre PLAYERS did not know where the
ball was until Godfrey had crossed the
goal line.
Lamb and Ables in the two half
back positions always made their dis
lance when called upon. Both halves
went through hard and fast when ear
rying the ball.
Lamb kept his feet well and ais
open field running was one Of the fea
lures Of the game. Captain 'Bo' Willis
at full back kept his team in hand
the battle He made many
long gains when running with the bah
and his goal kicking was one of the
features OF the contest. Although the
st. Adams team did not punt once.
Be- showed what his good right toe
,ould do when he made four out Of |
i've goals from the field after touch
towns.
''The st. Adams line gave an exhibi-
ion of football Of which their eoacn |
md themselves may well be proud |
outweighed they played all |
Iround' their opponents. Many times
jim Willis, Bates, Valley, SHARON
md Kittel broke through their oppo-
tents and tackled the man with the /
all for a loss. On the offensive they /
blocked to perfection and bored holes
or their backfield which resulted in /
ong gains. Puffer' Willis and era
ellie at the end positions caused many
4 the visitors end runs. TO fiivveF.
Willis also caught a forward pass from
.odfrey, which resulted in a 25-yari
ain and a touchdown on the next
lay.
THE play Of the Spaulding team was
keen disappointment TO their fol-
owers as they expected an easy vi.
ory. Barre had played two gamcs
gainst weak opponents before coming
0 this city and seemed over-eonIi-
ent. On the offensive they were weak
nd as q result only obtained two first
owns The hackfeld was % hurried nv