Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-10-13
BOMBING ATTACKS
BY PURPLE SPELL
DEFEAT FOR BLUE
Williams Opens Local Grid
Season By l4-7 Victory
Over Midd
FORWARD PASS
BEATS MIDDLEBURY
Sudden And Unexpected
Aerial Game Takes Hard
Fighting Blue Of Feet

Launching an overhead attack, that
the second period, Williams college
avenged her football defeat of last
year. in the opening game on Porter
Field Saturday Coming from behind
a seven point lead, the Williams out
field tailed IA points before Middle
bury got the range with her anti-air
craft guns, and brought the Williams
dirigible to the ground
1t was a surprise, that sudden Vii
liams victory Middlebury early in
the first period took the lead and
rushed the ball all over the Wllliams
territory, while Williams was content
with a game of watChful waiting, sim
ply puutng the ball when it hove il
sight The Purple was outpIayeo
throughout the first two periods as far
as rushing goes, the fast Middlebury
backurld exhibiting a dash that would
severely test any team Near the
close OF The second period, after a sue
Ces,iul rushing attack in which the
flee. Ashley figured prominently
Morey slapped in a substitute back
field and with two short forward pas
J4D,. crossed the William, line for
touchdown
The Purple aggregation Immediately
threw their policy of watchiul waiting
into the discard, and released her air
plane from the hangar BY series Of
pI,se, that blftled AIiddlebu-y they
crossed the coveted line The score
va, eyened and though MIddIeoury
fought back with her traditional spirit.
especially when the regulars went back
in the second half, She was unable to
penetrate the stifteued Williams de-
fense
In the second period Williams again
used the air-route successfully and re-
sult.ug in the seven point, that I'm
ished the game. Williams won by one
method only, the clever manipulation
of the forward pass The Purple could
make no progress against Middle
bury'5 sturdy line
In the first period Monjo kicked off
to Ashley, who gained y yards. In
five plays tiR locals had forcer their
way down to the Williams p yard
line, and everything looked as though
touchdown was in order On
tumble, Middlebury lost the ball
During the latter half of the quar-
tetr, Ashley, star back of the Blue,
made perfect end runs and, together
with the passes had third chance to
score Frequent penalties for otislde,
imposed on the Blue, kept the Purple
in safety. The final play of the quar-
ter came with Ashley starting an ad-
vance into the Puppies territory from
their 10 yard line.
In the second quarter Middlebury
reached the William % yard line, and
a pass Ashley to Gallagher brought
them s yards from the Williams goal
A line plunge by Drost netted two
yards. A penalty for holding was
imposed on the Blue at this juncture,
and the ball slipped back to the II
yard line. A place kick was attempted,
due to the heavy wind, but it went
wide the mark, and the ball passed to
Williams.
An attempted kick by Williams only
reached their 30 yard line Then
Coach Morey made one OF his
strategic moves. The entire backheld,
including Drost, DAILY, and Ashley
came out, and Kilbride, Jakway and
Schwarz were sent in. On the first
play, Schwarz was set back for a yard
Then came the passing, and on the
first attempt, Kilbride to Jakway, a
gain of II yards was recorded. Xii
bride plunged against the Purple line
and it fell back for yards. Again
pass was tried, this time going from
KIbride to Williams, and the sphere
was over. Schwarz completed the work
moment later on a perfect placement
kick for goal
Intercepting a forward pass, Captain
Boynton of Williams, reached the 30
yard line. In one line plunge, that
only netted the Purple a yard, and
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