Vermont Academy - Wildcat Yearbook (Saxtons River, VT)

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wilhtat of 1927 -I Page ffvfnry-nine' Jfuuthall Captain, ROY E. HARDY Manager, LEE BOWMAN Amt. Jllgr., ALLEN PIERCE Coach, JOHN H. BURKE Coach Burke, in his first year at Vermont Academy, had a very success- ful season. With only five letter men back, prospects forawinning eleven did not look very bright. After a few weeks of practice with careful coach- ing and diligent work on the part of the men, a fairly smooth working ma- chine was soon whipped into shape, but the team was without a leader for a while, as Captain Roy Hardy of Newport, Vt., sustained an injured knee the first night of practice. The first game that Coach Burke's men were scheduled to play was with Norwich University Freshmen. The Cadets arrived in Saxtons River and as the teams lined up it looked as though it might be a disastrous day for the V. A. team. It soon was proved otherwise though, as the smooth working V. A. machine held the Horsemen scoreless and before the last whistle blew the V. A. Wildcats had piled up I9 points on their op- ponents, thus winning their first game. The following Saturday, October 9, the V. A. team packed their mole- skins and traveled to Cushing Academy at Ashburnham, Mass. The strong Cushing team proved to be too much for our men in the first half by scoring IQ points. In the second half the V. A. team made a brilliant attempt at a rally but the Cushing team was too strong for them and the Vermont gridders met their first defeat by the score of 31-7. On October 16, the V. A. team journeyed to Burlington, Vt.,where they met the Vermont University Freshmen. The V. A. team again bowed to defeat, this time the score being 27-O. The Vermont Yearlings were en- tirely out of our class and the fact that Counihan, the guiding hand of the team was taken off the field in the first quarter with a sprained ankle, did not help matters any. The following Tuesday, October 22, the Vermont Wildcats took a trip to Amherst, Mass., and there encountered Mass. Aggie Seconds. In this game the Orange and Black team proved to be in the pink of condition. With Captain Hardy at quarter they defeated the Farmers by a score of I9-o. V. A. journeyed to Hanover, N. H.,to meet the strong Clark School eleven on the thirty-first of October. In the first quarter the big Hano- verians smashed their way through the light V. A. line and after several successive first downs, took the pigskin across the line. In the second and third quarters the Orange and Black held their opponents but did not score. The fourth quarter, both teams started with a rush, both determined to win the game. The V. A. backs broke through the Hanoverian's line several