The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-06

The garden city IS III uiiSiiiiid VI
delight.
On the borders of the pale lake, be-
yond the knotted arms of the blue
Oquirrhs, there was a sound of revelry
by night. At last, after many battles.
in all of which they have been sent
back with bandaged features and souls
narrowed with the acute soasms OF
, defeat, they have overcome the IRON
showed L. OF L.
TIE red and white carried their
Apollo-like forms to Provo to Quaff the
nectar of victory in long, gurSling
draughts The came away Wettlng
their arid larnyxes with large ingots OF
anguish.
The gladiators, after they had made
the first plunge at each others curves,
were not beautiful. There were smiles
on the faces of the blue and white, but
the smiles did not illuminate the grid
iron, for they were hidden. They
beamed, and beamed and beamed- But
there was mud upon those SMILES ana
the bystanders 5eered at them and
saw no signs OF facial ecstacy. The be-
sweatered forms of the gladiators, erst-
while white maroon and rainbow tinted,
were also not fair TO look upon- \
casual observer, happening in upon this
scene OF warfare and 5-spattering,
would have been puzzled to distinguish
whether these cla---moistened forms
were the relics of a Sinla tiger hunt or
a skirmish line in Zuzuland jungle, or
whether the were giving q few apt
and timely illustrations of how to run a
modern skating rink.
But FOR all that it was the rareSt,
hottest, sDeediest kind OF football.
There were no delays after the game
started. Everything was quick, rapid
and decisive on that gridiron. and be-
tween the referees whistle and the
time when the Provoites brushed and
hewed down the red and white for
their first touchdown only seven min
uteS had elapsed. 1t was merely
game of push, and the surging. plung
/ ing, swinging movement up and down
the gridiron iiuctuated as the ball
changed hands. The L. of U. were
lighter by Is pounds to the man than
the Provoites, and all the swift tack
ling, the quick, pounding backs could
not stand GD against the steady, ma
chine-like march of the heavier column.
The summer grass goes not down more
surely before the Provo scythe than did
the L. Of L. before those steady on
rushes of these southern gladiators.
All the valor and all the ardor and
biceps of the U. of L. could not keep
down for touchdowns.
Against such a force the one touch
down that the red and white pounded
out OF the south men was an achieve
ment that the queens body guard could
have been proud of. In the only gust
of brilliant spectacular playing that
was seen on yesterdays gridiron, they
pirouetted and Dunted their way past
the Proyoites for the second touch
down of the day.
The play that rescued the red and
white from imminent peril of another
Provo touchdown was a beautiful and
daring flank movement. Odell's sturdy
leg started il going. There was a
sudden Whit and the oval leaped over
the Provo column and ceased not its
careening until il reached the center
yard line. The ball was with Call. the
Provo quarterback. but of a sudden
there was a tumble, furry among
the red and white banners, and Lang
lor's deet willowv form shot past the
center for so yards, with the oval
Rugged closely to his maroon sweater.
As to the matter of punts, the Provo
ties are sadly in need of repairs In
the whole game they did not essa-r a
punt while the battle was raging. They
depended wholly upon a savage ham
mering OF the line and in this they
were wise in their generation.
THE PROVO STARS.
The Provoites have some wondrous
players, and the names that were
most tortured from lusty threats were
those of Miller. the full-back, Hyde
and Larsen. They beat themselves
against the L. Of u. line like fallin.
pine trees and sturdy forms went
down before them.
The L. of .. were out seeking for
victory, but they ended by fighting for
their lives and the honor of their cor
ors. Their battle was valorous and
stern and almost till the last pipe
came from the referees whistle il
looked like victory might wheel from
the B. Y. banners to the red and
white.
THE BIG THREE.
The big three of the contest-String-
fellow, Wallace and Jepson-were as
invulneTable as of yore. Their front
was as solid as a stone wall. Poulson.
the Provo center, who is huge as Fall
staff and weighs 220 pounds, could not
withstand the hammering of String
fellow upon his curves. After the first
half Poulson was transferred to guard.
AJAX KIMBALL.
Kimban's bronze visage was appar-
ent in almost every play. He stood
among his men like Ajax. but he did
not defy the lightning. His defiance
was confined TO the u. of u. column,
and when he struck the Provo line it
was like the hurting of one of Jove's
thunderbOlts.
VARIAN'S GREAT WORK.
Miles Varians campaign was a bat
tie without a flaw. He did some of the
sturdiest interference of the day and
his tackling was wondrous TO be-
hold.
ODELL'S GREAT PUNTS.
Odens war was the war of a gen
eral, and he failed not to unwind his
lusty punts, which have on many