The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-21
RUTLAND WINS
BY AT SCORE
Makes Needed Points in
Closing Minutes of
Final Period
BRATTLEBORO PUTS
UP HARD STRUGGLE
Big Crowd Sees Annual Football Battle
Between Rival Vermont Teams -
Nixon Makes Great Run for Touch
down-VisitOrs Slightly Better

Coming back with a magnificent often
sive attack in the last five minutes of
play. the Rutland high school football
team on Saturday afternoon at the Island
Park grounds hammered out 14-7 vic
tory over their greatest athletic rival
Brattleboro high school. In accomplishing
this. Manfreda. star Rutland back. un-
covered some of the most spectacular Of
fensive work ever seen on the local grid
iron. 1t was Manfreda who slipped
around the end for Rutland's first touch
down. and it was he who in IL tries
brought the ball % yards on steady gains
and plunged over for Rutland's second
touchdown in the last five minutes Of
play.
With a reputation of being a tremen-
dous attacking machine, the Rutland team
showed a powerful offense, but that at
tack seemed to be conferred on AIanfreda,
who on several occasions twisted through
half of the BrattIeboro team before he was
finally brought to earth. Rice also
showed good ground gaining ability sew
eral times. .-..-
Alsut 900 spectators saw the battle,
DuJ IDe .lGuiidUu supporters NtAC iloI III
evidence There were but few penalties
and these were called on the Rutlanders
for technical infractions of the rules.
BrattlebOrO was not penaliZed once.
While the score plainly indicates how
closely matched the two aggregatIOns
were, it is but fair to say that Rutland
had a slight edge on the Offense, although
this was not in evidence until the closing
minutes of play. Most of the play was
straight football, although BrattleborO got
three good gains en- criss-cress trick plays.
Both sides resOrted to punts frequently
in the first half, and in this department
Robbins was superior TO anything Rut-
land Showed. This was offset. however,
by Rutland's superior ability in running
back the punts.
The Brattleboro line played together,
and frequently smashed up Rutland.s
offensive play, while the Brattleboro
backs also played brilliant football. Big
Sid Nixon showed up well on the defense,
while his offensive work was of the first
order. This work was climaXed byn a spec
tacular 43-yard run for a touchdown in
the third period. Robbins played good
all-raund game, making several good gains
through the line and holding well on the
defense. Moran made several brilliant
gains. and his speed had Rutland bothered
on several occasions. Three of Genes
gains came on criss-crosS plays that had
the Rutland secondary defense guessing
StFeeter. the freshman ,backheId man
played a fine game on the defense, while
adding considerable power to the Brattle
boro interference.
Rutland's first touchdown came in the
second period on two spectacular runs
by Chapleau and Manfreda, each o.
which was good far over, 20 yards. Their
the battle zigzagged to and fro until the
whistle blew to end the half
BrattlebOro's lone touchdown came il
the third period. From the locals 20
ward line Moran and Robbins worked the
ball back to midfield, and then on a breal
through tackle Moran placed the ball OIL
Rutland's 43-yard line. On the mex
play AIanley spilled. AIanfreda and Nixol
tore around left end for a spectacular run
of 43 yards for the touchdown that tie,
the count. Moran kicked the goal.
Then the BrattlebOrO boys held faS
until the Rutlanders got the pigSkin OF
Rutland's seven-yard line with about fv
minutes to play. Then began Manfreda'
tremendous assault on the local line
Twisting, lodging. smashing. he brOugh
the ball out to the 30-yard line on tire
plays There the locals held for on
down, but the Rutland star again begal
his attack. and after seven. successiv
gains he placed the ball on BrattleborO'
eight-yard line. Then after the local lin
had held for three downs Manfreda fun
bled, but scOoping up the ball he got b.
for the winning touchdown. Manfred
kicked the goal
Receiving the kickoff with less than tw
minutes to play, Robbins attempted tw