Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-11-03
ASHLEY AND DROST
PIVOT OF BLUES
ATTACK SATURDAY
Cadets Helpless Before Mid
dlebury in Last Half of
First Champ Game
MIDDLEBURY WINS
BY 200 SCORE
Norwich Puts up Scrappy
Defense But Fail to Hold
Midd Offense

there's a certain young man named
Ashley, better known as Stan" An
other youthful gentleman bears the
name OF Drost. He is better known
as "E, d." These above-named young
men made an advance, down toward
the stronghold known as the Norwich
goal line on Sabine field last Saturday
that was so unhalted and so smashing
and so spectacular as to be nothing
short of impressive.
Result Of these attacks, Middlebury
20 Norwich O. Another result. first
game in the Vermont state football
championship goes to the little Blue
team
1t was a great battle and the last
half thrilled the spectators and held
them till the final whistle, notwith-
standing the fact that chilling draft
swept through the field from end to
end and numbed everything but the
senses. Norwich put up a stiff, never
glve-up fight, but the Cadets were out
claSsed that's all Though the score
in the first half was 0 to 0, Norwich
was on the defensive throughout The
Cadet offeuse got the ball to the 81
yard line during the first two periods
just once Time and again Middle
bury in the early periods of the fray
would breQk through and threaten
sometimes making a bid for a touch
down, only to fail of their purpose be-
cause OF seeming lack of the power
OF an attack sustained enough to turn
the trick
Early in the game Ashley, fleet of
foot, wiggly and elusive, was injured
and had to retire Not long after
Capt. DroSt, who had made steady ad-
vances, was slightly injured and left
the lineup Kilbridc and Jakwav in
the backheld worked and worked hard,
Jakway especially pulling off several
gains But the best the substitute
back field could do was to keep the
ball in Norwich territory. They
couldn't seem to muster enough punch
to slam it through
While Norwich at no time in the
struggle uncorked an attack that could
dent any serious holes in the alert and
strong Middlebury stronghold, they at
times mustered a defense 50 stubborn
and so sure that they would smear
Mlddlebury's precise plays for loss.
Rosenthal showed that it was not safe
to play caperS around his end, exhib-
itlng the best defensive work the
Cadets had to offer.
1t was in the second half that Mid
dlebury touched of the fireworks.
They simply would not be denied that
goal line that Norwich had forbidden
them to touch in the first half Ashley
and Drost took their places in the line
up at the kickoff, and it was a mighty
few minutes before things began to
happen thick and fast. Ashley re-
ceived the kick and ran the ball back
Is yards. In a twinkling, Ashley had
made ten yards and a first down. By
A quick succession of brilliant tactics,
which included gains on a fake punt.
passes and plays through the
Maroon line, the first six points were
made in difficult pass Ashley to
Papke.
The second touchdown came soon
after by an attack that was more
sweeping, more swift and more certain
han the first advance to the posts A
plunge by Ashley sent the ball over
or the second tally. Another touch
down was forthcoming in the last
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