The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23

on went right up the field on a series
! of the prettiest tandem bucks seen in
@Sthfs city for many day, and the
people say that Harry Hathaway
! taught them the knack. For the first
| buck or two Lynberg stood straight
up, but his colleagues woke him up
and then he got down and played with
| his old-time vim.
The ball was on the High School
| twenty-five yard line and Lawless car
ried it for five more yards into Odelrs
territory. This play was followed by
! fighting like fiends to hold their
ground. O'Brien dashed through for
! five yards to within one foot of the
goal. and then, amid the triumphant
shouts of the Crescent ''rooters, the
| groans of the High School boys, ana
the checking sights OF the pretty High
School girls, little O'Brien fell over the
big white line for touchdown, ten
minutes after the kickoff. He failed
an easy goal.
OdelPs thirty-five-yard kickoff was
stopped by OBrien. who in turn was
nailed by Smith, who fell from a hurt
he received in the tackle. Price 'bucked
for six yards. but an end crlss-cross
failed. Price made twelve more yards
and then Crescent fumbled but
O'Brien fell on the ball. Now was the
time that they got their work in on
the High School tacklers, but Murphy
got hurt and they had to quit couple
of minutes.
Price bucked for six yards, followed
by beautiful effort on Bankers part,
who made twelve yards on an end
run. The High School had not had
it's hands on the ball and the Crescents
were over the twenty-f1ve-yard line
again. The ten-yard line was reached
and here the High School got the
ball on downs on their own tive-yard
line, saving another touchdown for a
moment. Allen made five yards. then
attempted an end run, and Young
fumbled the ball while trying to run
an end, but Murphy was right there
and fondeled it to- his ample bosom.
Porter made four yards Allen i've,
Porter five and then came the star
play of the day.
Murphy braced himself and made a
hole that yawned like cavern ana
Odell dived into it, going right through
the line, and pushing off three or four
men, and cleared the astonishing dis
tance of fifty yards, helped by Allen.
The High School side of the gridiron
was perfect bedlam and their
noise did not lessen until they lost the
ball. Porter made his best play then,
gaining fifteen yards, being downed
by Barker. and O'Brien was hurt in
almost five yards and the old RELIABLE,
Mortimer. finished the down.
Odell made a yard, McGraw five, Por-
ter five, McGraw three, and Allen
hammered hard and went through the
line for twelve yards, dropping on the
ten-yard line of his opponents. Now
came the High schools fatal play. NO
one knows how but it just happened. |
Allen understood the signal wrong
I1o0
the ball, and then McGraw failed on !
the end and the brilliant High school |
star which had taken a tumble from |
it's lofty zenith few moments before, |
set with an awful sickening thud 1t |
was the Crescent ball on downs. Bossey
Price tried an end run but Murphy |
nabbed him like a flash. The former
assisted by Lawless and fac team !
work, got the ball to the center Of the
field and time was called.
SECOND HALF.
O'Brien kicked off fifty yards and
Odell making one of his famous grand
stand plays caught it on the fly and
brought it nearly to the center. Nc
Graw ran pretty ten yards but Dun
can pulled him to earth. Porter ran
across the field without gaining any
thing, and another moment the leather
went to the Crescents.
Price hoped off for sixteen yards,
following himself with five more and
the black haired professor just looked
dazed. Then before the biggest part
Of the crowd knew what was happen
ing LaWlesS and Aversion carried each !
other through the disordered ranks
and fell painting over the line, and the
Crescents had scored a, second touch
Down. 1t was a splendid gain of ff-
teen yards, and the air was rent with
1 mighty yell. O'Brien kicked goal,
100. Odell kicked for 45 yards and
Roberts dropped Aveson in his track.
Price gained five yards. Lawless
eight, but Porter captured the
Gather and after signal
made poor run across the field. Allen
gained ten yards, carrying small
army on his mighty shoulders. Allen
made four and then five. knocking
Price into the ground some two or
three inches. Allen tapped. off eight
more, Odell seven and the High school
was on the Crescent seven-yard line,
out again McGraW and Porter failed to
gain and the ball went to the oppo-
site side, while the High school ''fol
owing" looked longingly at the goal
posts so near, and yet so far Price
cleared twelve yards, Barker five, Price
sixteen and Barker dropped on the
Gather in tumble. Bossey Price then
rugged the leather and going through
he High Schools left ran thirty yards
Ind would have attained the coveted
goal had he not been stopped by that
lever failing tackle, Fred Odell. High
school ball on forward pass Porter
made a fine run of twenty yards, and
got him. Porter yan five, AL
en- five, Odell five and the High school
people groaned ooh, why didn't they
)ldy this way befOre?''
They were ON the twenty-five yard
inc and Allen and Odell pushed the !
Gather to the five-yard line, 8, Z. II. a
LAY, and Allen went between the posts
or touchdown, saving what every
ne thought to be goose egg. Odell
licked a neat goal and the score was
o. {
McGraw fumbled the ball on
)'Brien's kick, and after two fearful
ushes by Allen time was called, end ,
ng the noblest contest that was ever :
cen on the Exposition gridiron. :