Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-11-24
MIDDLEBURY LOSES
ANNUAL CLASSIC TO
VERMONT, 80 TO 0
Blue Team Puts Up Hard
Battle But Is Overcome
By Green
VERMONT NOW
STATE CHAMPS
But Powerful Machine Had
to Use Every Resource
To Win

The powerful gridiron machine Of
the University of Vermont put the
finishing touches on the state series
last Saturday on Porter field by defeat
ing Middlebury College 30 to o. and
4 thus hoisted the Green and Gold onto
the lofty pinnacle as supreme champ
ions of the state of Vermont. The
game was witnessed by crowd Of
1000 wildly roofing enthusiastics, who
found their way to Porter field for the
annual classic in automobiles and a
special train.
Yes, it was a good game, far closer
and more stubbornly contested than
that 32-0 score anywhere near indi-
Gates During the first quarter the
Blue team made such a stubborn stand
that Vermont was lashed to the mast,
and didn't even score a point. This
was quite disconcerting to the Ready
cohorts and they plainly showed their
displeasure. But when they finally
got under way in the second half the
strength of the big green line and the
speed and power of the star backfeld
asserted itself through Beck, Gooch
and Yarnell with the inevitable result
that the plucky and spirited Blue out
fit ~, gradually worn down, The net
result was five touchdowns and two
held goals Every one of the points
was a great deal harder contested than
the paper score shows, and at times
the Morey coached team flashed an at
tack so brilliant as to seriously
threaten, while at Others they stopped
the battering ram attack of Vermont
right in its tracks.
The Middlebury line, while made up
IN laase measu OF green r;naterial.
showed up powerfully under fire and
big Mullen time and again broke
through the Green defense as though it
were a cardboard wall. Though un-
able to score Middleburys fast back
ield, led by Captain Drost, who per
formed brilliantly and Stan Ashley
who flashed many puzzling trick plays
for long gains, had Vermont worried on
more than one occasion. Right near
the close of the first half Drost nearly
got away for touchdown Ashley
dropped back for a kick and faxed it.
He passed ten yards to Captain Drost
who with splendid interference lodged
and ide-stepped the whole Vermont
defense for 80 yards He was finally
brought to the sod on the 20 yard line
Then the whistle blew. 1t was a bril-
liant play and thrilled the whole crowd.
Again Kid Novotny, who played a
plucky clever game at end despite a
recent injury completely fooled Yer
mont on a clever trick and tore off 20
yards before they could stop him
Stan Ashley, who worked his usual
hard and clever game fooled them
numerous times with fake passes that
wound up in speedy flights for good
gains.
But Middlebury couldn't dent holes
in the Green stonewall line sufficiently
to carry on sustained attack for
touchdown. Marshall Klevenow, whose
defensive game deserves notice, punch
ed a sizeable aperture two or three
times, but before Middlebury could
carry their banner through they would
have to punt. Vermont, too, played
the punting game to considerable
extent, gaining in most cases on the
exchange through Yarnell's long spirals.
At least two touchdowns were the
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