The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-07

The halves were too short. The halves
should have been half an hour each,
but instead of this they lasted only 20
minutes. Mud besmiTched, and with
steam rising like gusts of smoke from
their begrimed sweaters, the players re-
tired from the game with 60 percepti-
bic ADVANTAGE on either side and the
crowd disbanded from the campus With
dissatisfied words.
It was lively, snappy game for all
that There were no pauses in it for
refreshments, and each man found that
he had to fight hard for his colors.
Several times, with wild plunges of the
backs and rapid kicks by Roberts, the
local team thought they We're going to
score, but each time the triumph that
seemed to be impending was taken
from their hands.
VISITORS PLAYED WE'LL.
No one expected such a contest by
the Provoites. They fought as their
sires did at the old Black Hawk battle,
and if there was any advantage, it was
slightly in favor of the visitors. The
men from Provo were heavier than the
local team, and their bucks had
hard sound, like the throwing of steel
rails The Y. NJ. c. A. boys frequently
scattered in a wild, random way before
them.
In more than one way the visitors
showed that they were doughty war
riors. The heavy three of the center
line tore holes in Clayborn and Angus
; tus. Short only, by his additional beef,
was able to Withstand their assaults
Augustus avoirdupois was several
decfmetres lighter than that of Judd,
but he made up for his lack of weight
by some of the most inspiring tackles
that were seen in the game.
Y. Nj. c. A. STARS.
The Y. NJ. c. A boys did themselves
the most renowned service by throw
ing their resources upon the punting
of Harry Roberts and the end runs of
Allen and Porter. Roberts sent the ball
on some very clever vacations in the
/ first half, but the flying of the oval
from the impact of his foot was a little
weaker toward the end. End runs We're
/ the source of Aliens runs and those of
Porter, with slight progress occasion
/ ally through the tackles. Porter went
/ out on account of a wounded knee after
the first half and Ferris was ushered
into his place. Lack OF weight and a
/ tendency to leave interference, pre-
vented Ferris from achieving any phe-
nomenal success. BookWalter was tried
! by the Y. NJ. c. A. on the end and he
/ Vigor and talent. The long run of
/ Waddups, the Provo quarter, around
/ his end was the only blemish on his
record.
hay-thrOWing is rather meritorious
/ system of putting brass into muscle,
and the Provo becks were about as
hard and strong as the javelins of the
old Trojans. Larsen several times made
/ some large gaps in the Y. NJ C. A.
/ line, and so did stocl1y LIE Fevre and
sinewy Otterson. But as to Otterson' s
punts, before the end of the game they
! became pathetic. Every time he drew
back to lift W his foot and throw ii
! against the leather, the lank form OF
Allen darted through The line and the
! approaching kick was blocked. The at
tempts at end runs by the Provoites in
almost each instance failed to ripen
| Whenever a stray Provoite got around
where Bagge had constituted himself
| q vigilance committee. ne stopped
about as quickly as if they had been
! threatened with the end of a hay fork
! No one slept While the muddy festiyi-
ties were going on. and the game in
/ view of the wicked state OF slipperi-
ness in which the weather put the ball
was very free from fumbles.
RIOTERS RULED OFF.
Shortly after 3 o'clock three police.
men and eight specials entered the cam.
pus. This was brass buttoned hint
that all rooters were to keep off the
field, and that it was time for hostili.
ties to begin. A minute later the play
ers were ready for war, and the i'm
maculate cleanness of the armour OF
some of the gladiators looked like a
J tempting prey for the limp pools Of