The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-16
B.H. S. IS BURIED
UNDER $40 SCORE
Vermont Academy Boys Put
Up Superior Brand
of Football
INJURIES PUT TWO
LOCAL PLAYERS OUT

Loss of Britain and l.. Haywood Serious
-BrattlebOrO Four Times Within
Striking Distance. Once Before Wis
itOrs Began Scoring
BrattlebOro high schools football team
lost TO Vermont academy on Pratt field
Saturday afternoon by n score of 81 to
o. The visitors deserved the victory,
playing a brand of football much supe-
riOr to what the Brattleboro boys have
displayed this season and improving
steadily as the contest progressed. How
ever Brattleboro's fumbing at critical
times. its doubtful judgment in the use
of plays and the loss through injuries of
Britain and l.. Haywood from the back
field had much TO do with the outcome.
The locals were within striking distance
of Vermont academy's goal line on four
different occasions. at least one of them
before the visitors had begun 70 score.
In two instances they lost the ball on
downs after attempting end runs where
line plunges might better have been used.
In the other two instances the ball went
to the visitors on fumbling
These failures hurt the morale of the
team and increased that of the visitors.
who improved as the game wore on. and
in the last few minutes of play they
walked all over the locals who. although
fighting hard, played with the spirit of
beaten team.
Brattleboro's defensive play wa: Woe
fully weak. In spite of the instructions
given them to tackle low they persisted
bin getting the runner around the neck,
allowing him on many plays to make
yards after being tackled. If the boys
ever hope to get results this bad feature
must be eliminated.
Brattleboro's severest loss came not
in the loss of the game but in injuries to
| both Britain and. L. Haywood, their
speedieSt backfeld PLAYERS. Both went
are that neither will play again this sea-
| son, although it is barely possible that
| Britain may get into the Rutland game.
| Both teams played hard and up TO the
| time the locals were weakened by sub
/ Stitutes, in spite of their bad following
| of the plays and poor tac<ling had held
/ Vermont academy very close,
On nearly every other play towards the
! last of the game someone. either local
, or visitor. was left on the ground knocked
/ out by the force of collision.
| Both teams were over-anxious and suf-
ffered many offside penalties. and each
| had a player put out for striking. Brat
| tleborO also was penaliZed twice in the
| last period for piling.
/ Smith. Welch and Tiffany We're a
| tower of strength in the backfield for V.
A. Smith was exceptionally fast and
made some pretty runs. One for 81
| yards and another for 36 yards were the
! gems.
Capt. Manley lost the toss and V. A.
! chose to receive, getting the kickoff on
| their 20-yard line. bringing it back to the
40-yard line. Il. II. S. plugged the holes,
| forcing V. A. to kick, l.. Haywood re-
ceiving on his 30-yard line and coming
back to the 4S-yard line before downed.
V. A drew five-yard penalty for off
side and Britain followed with five
around the end, but was injured and
| left the game. #. Haywood taking his
Offside and rushes by Manley, Mittiguy
and L. Haywood took the ball to V. AS
four-yard line, where with a glorious OPP
portunitv to score. a tumble cost Brat
tleboro 10 yards as the period ended.
Starting the second period at fourth
| down. II yards to go, AIanley went off
| tackle for five yards. which was not
| enough and the ball went to Y. ~, who
| started march up the field until they
reached BrattlebOro's eight-yard line
where holding set them back u yards
The locals defense here stiffened and V
A. could not gain, forcing them to try
for a field goal, which went wide.
Starting on the 20-yard line. a for
ward pass was grounded. Manley went
through for five yards. l.. Haywood
trying a wide end run, was thrown for
10-yard loss Manley then pulled 8
bad one and put V. A. in an easy SCORING
position when he called for forward