CONTACTS 
0201 - IBM Global Financing
020101 - Mr. Ross H. Armstrong
020102 - Business Unit Executive
020104 - Commercial & Vendor Financing, Americas

SUBJECTS
Football High School Stu Big Fast Fullback  Rshed 293 Yards Danbury

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0703 -    ..
0704 - Summary/Objective
0705 -
070501 - Follow up ref SDS 27 0000. ref SDS 24 0000.
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0708 - Progress
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070901 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Ross responding to the letter submitted
070902 - last week, ref DIP 7 0001, on 080917, ref SDS 27 PF6I, following up
070903 - prior correspondence.
070905 -  ..
070906 - Ross says in response to the letter on 080917...
070907 -
070908 -        Check out the article on Stu's football game up in Rutland, VT
070909 -
070910 -            [On 080927 submitted response to Ross. ref SDS 28 X34Y
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070916 -    1.  RUTLAND HERALD
070917 -        Rutland, Vermont
070918 -
070919 -              http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080920/SPORTS/809200365
070921 -         ..
070922 -    2.  Hatters strong-arm Raiders
070924 -         ..
070925 -    3.  September 20, 2008
070927 -         ..
070928 -    4.  Danbury's Stuart Armstrong stiff-arms Rutland's Trevor Olson
070929 -        (15) during Friday's game at Alumni Field in Rutland.
070930 -
070931 -              
070933 -         ..
070934 -        Photo: ALBERT J. MARRO / RUTLAND HERALD
070936 -  ..
070937 - This is a good (indeed classic) football picture showing Stu running
070938 - on balance, and carrying the ball away from the defender.  Good
070939 - fundamentals signals good coaching.
070940 -
070941 -            [On 080927 submitted response to Ross.
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070946 -  ..
070947 - Dinner for Linemen on the Fullback
070948 - Rusing 293 Yards Gets Notice by College Scouts
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070951 -    5.  Lyndon High School graduate Rick Davis made a triumphant return
070952 -        to Vermont Friday night with the help of the hard running of
070953 -        fullback Stuart Armstrong, who rushed for 293 yards and two
070954 -        touchdowns in Danbury (Conn.) High School's 33-21 victory over
070955 -        Rutland High School in a nonleague game at Alumni Field.
070957 -  ..
070958 - This is the kind of phenominal effort that, if against good
070959 - competition, gets noticed for the next level.  The article seems to
070960 - indicate Rutland is a top team in that area. ref SDS 0 H86Y
070962 -  ..
070963 - Stu owes the linemen a dinner at McDonalds or something.  Maybe dad
070964 - can finance, if the "bailout" comes through in Washington.
070966 -  ..
070967 - Did Stu catch any passes?
070969 -  ..
070970 - How about blocking?
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070973 - Think Ross mentioned in a letter 2 years ago on 060809 that Stu made
070974 - the varsity at linebacker as a sophmore. ref SDS 8 GQ6Q  Does he play
070975 - both ways now as a senior?
070977 -  ..
070978 - What is his time in the 40, 100 yards; anything close to 4.5, and 10
070979 - flat for a big guy would be really great.
070981 -  ..
070982 - Rutland Tribune article continues...
070983 -
070984 -    6.  Armstrong's 5-yard run in the third period lifted the Hatters
070985 -        back into the lead at 27-21 after the Raiders had rallied from
070986 -        a 21-7 deficit, and Danbury went on to add a pad score on Chris
070987 -        Crane's 8-yard run to go to 2-0.
070989 -         ..
070990 -    7.  Rutland suffered its first loss of the season but the Raiders
070991 -        gave a good account of themselves.  Jeff Perry scored on runs
070992 -        of 1 and 2 yards and quarterback Trevor Olson fired a 20-yard
070993 -        TD pass to Mark Comstock.
070995 -         ..
070996 -    8.  Armstrong and quarterback Brendan Melanophy provided a good
070997 -        tandem, Armstrong with powerful running and good speed up the
070998 -        middle in the first half (when he had 200 yards) and Melanophy
070999 -        with option running around the outside in the second half.
071000 -        That kept the chains moving for the Hatters, who finished with
071001 -        449 yards of offense.
071003 -  ..
071004 - Ross was manning the first down chains for Stu's team as a sophmore,
071005 - reported on 060908. ref SDS 8 GQ6Q
071007 -  ..
071008 - "Moving the chains" is a critical goal everywhere, especially in the
071009 - world of high finance, which Ross mentioned in the same letter on
071010 - 060908, ref SDS 8 NZ5K, and was subsequently discussed in a letter to
071011 - Ross on 061015. ref SDS 9 JI9L
071013 -  ..
071014 - The letter to Ross on 080712 asked about "moving the chains" in high
071015 - finance. ref SDS 24 A55P
071017 -  ..
071018 - Rutland Tribune article continues...
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071020 -    9.  The Raiders struggled to solve Melanophy's sleight of hand.
071021 -        Rutland was often caught watching the shifty former tailback
071022 -        complete a fake handoff to the tailback while Armstrong was
071023 -        bolting into the defensive secondary for big gains.
071025 -         ..
071026 -   10.  But while held to just 205 yards by a rugged defense that
071027 -        virtually shut down the run, the Raiders played determined
071028 -        football and were not out of it until the late in the fourth
071029 -        period.
071031 -         ..
071032 -   11.  "They're a good football team," Davis said of Rutland, adding
071033 -        that Friday's game should help the Raiders down the road. "I'll
071034 -        bet they'll be competing for the title."
071036 -         ..
071037 -   12.  "It was obvious they wanted to take away our outside game,"
071038 -        said Davis of the first half. "We were just trying to take what
071039 -        they gave us."
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071042 -   13.  Danbury never trailed but had the Raiders breathing down their
071043 -        backs most of the night.
071045 -         ..
071046 -   14.  The Hatters scored on an 80-yard drive, capped by Melanophy's
071047 -        8-yard pass to Deshante Dickens and made it 7-0 in Tom Robbins'
071048 -        kick.  Rutland responded later in the first period as Olson
071049 -        made a 21-yard option run around the right end and combined
071050 -        with Perry for a 46-yard pass play, with Perry making a fine
071051 -        over-the-shoulder grab.  Perry scored from the 1 three plays
071052 -        later and Tyler Flinn kicked the point after.
071054 -         ..
071055 -   15.  Melanophy scored on a 4-yard run 8:45 before halftime and
071056 -        Danbury padded the lead to 21-7 on Armstrong's 12-yard run and
071057 -        Melanophy's conversion pass to Chase Fuller with 1:39 before
071058 -        the break.
071060 -         ..
071061 -   16.  The Raiders came right back with a big play as Connor Beerworth
071062 -        returned the kickoff 50 yards and, two plays later, Olson
071063 -        continued a fine night passing the ball (10-for-14, 165 yards)
071064 -        with a toss to the right corner of the end zone to a leaping
071065 -        Comstock as Rutland edged to within 21-14 at halftime.
071067 -         ..
071068 -   17.  Perry was at both ends of Rutland's next score, picking off a
071069 -        Melanophy pass to stop a Hatters drive, and later scoring from
071070 -        the 2.  The TD was set up by an Olson-to-Comstock pass play of
071071 -        20 yards as Rutland tied the game with 7:33 left in the third.
071073 -         ..
071074 -   18.  But the Hatters, who had 22 first downs to Rutland's 12, were
071075 -        not to be denied.  They took the lead for good with a 57-yard
071076 -        drive on the back of Melanophy, who ran for 34 of those yards.
071077 -        Armstrong carried it in from the 5 and the kick was blocked.
071078 -        Danbury regained the ball with the help of two sacks of Olson
071079 -        and then marched 65 yards to cap the scoring with Crane's
071080 -        8-yard run on an option pitch.
071082 -         ..
071083 -   19.  The Hatters defense chased Olson much of the night, sacking him
071084 -        six times for negative-46 yards, while the Raiders sacked
071085 -        Melanophy three times for 17 yards.
071087 -         ..
071088 -   20.  The Raiders suffered what could be a big loss if tackle Ethan
071089 -        Peterson has a significant injury to his left ankle.  Peterson
071090 -        left in the first period and did not return.  He was replaced
071091 -        by Eric Denardo, who went down in the first period of the
071092 -        season opener against South Burlington.
071094 -         ..
071095 -   21.  "I thought Eric responded and did a nice job," Raiders coach
071096 -        Mike Norman said.
071098 -         ..
071099 -   22.  Norman perceived Friday's game as a chance for Rutland to take
071100 -        a step forward by taking a step back.  The Hatters compete in a
071101 -        tough division and could well be the best team the Raiders face
071102 -        all season.
071104 -         ..
071105 -   23.  "I thought our kids competed and I was proud of our effort,"
071106 -        Norman said.
071108 -         ..
071109 -   24.  Olson was Rutland's best weapon on Friday with 165 yards
071110 -        passing and 45 on the ground.  His TD pass to Comstock was his
071111 -        sixth of the season.
071113 -         ..
071114 -   25.  Rutland (3-0 in Vermont Division I play) returns to league play
071115 -        next Saturday at St.  Johnsbury.
071117 -         ..
071118 -   26.  Contact Bob Fredette at
071119 -        bob.fredette@rutlandherald.com
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