The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-14
VINO won, who won,


Who won the game?
Christians won, Christians won,
Christians won the game.
What was the score, what was the score?
Sixteen to four; no more.
Provo tin horns ceased their blaring,
the riotous tumult of the Provo rooters
on the side lines was hushed, and the
line Of the Provo academy team was
shattered The Y NJ. c. A. eleven went
to the Garden City buoyant with hope,
and returned with the proud elation
which comes with the consciousness of
well won victory The triumphant
blue and white of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Haunted over Provo yesterday. and the
end of the hard, seething struggle was
a score of 16 to 4, in favor of the local
athletes.
Punting proved to be too much for
Provo. They were impervious to the
| fierce sallies against their line. but
! there was a foot behind the column of
the 7. NJ. c. A. which sent the local
| team lurching down the field for re-
peated touchdowns. The, foot which will
be memorable for yesterdays game,
was appended to the leg of Harry Rob.
erts. Hammering the line was too SLOW
a process, so the blue and white punted
itself into victory.
Kicking was not the only thing that
overcame Provo. End runs were made
with many more to spare, but the first
| two touchdowas were due to what
might be called a fiuke. behind which
was the expert cleVerness of the Y. M.
! c. a. backs and ends. Bagge. the left
| end, filched the ball from the hands
of the Provo quarter back in the first
| half and his small, SineWy form went
| first
| touchdown. Ten minutes later the tan
shoe of Roberts smote the oval, and,
| taking advantage OF. the buttered hands
of Waddops, who fumbled the bah from
the kick off, the dusky form of the In
dian half back KnOlton descended upon
| the ball, and a moment later he Went
! leaping beyond the goal posts for the
second Y. NJ. c. a. touchdown. which
| lifted the local athletes into score Of
10 to in the first half. For the rest.
the next touchdown of the blue and
| white was we'll earned. but the Salt
Lake gladiators, with all their powers
of resistance, could not prevent the
iron-clad line OF the Provoites from
scoring.
PROVO WAS HEAVIER.
Only the superior weight and harder
sinews of Provo enabled them to score.
/ Their average averdupois was greater
to the extent of 163 to 15S. The strong
center line of the ProVoites was more
! puiSSant than the heavy three OF the
local team, and it was by reason of this
! that they pounded their way to their
only touchdown. Reading proved
| hardly stalWart enough for the huge
Judd, although he made up for the lack
OF weight in superior science Dykeman
| was frequently moved down by the
heavy Provo guard, and even Short was
frequently walloDed and oyerridden by
his beefy opponent.
THE INDIAN HALF BACK.
Y. NJ. c. A. proved stronger, outside
of the battering powers of the thresh-
ing machine column of the Southerners
| Allen at half back beat his way over
the tackles and ends with flattering
| frequency, and the dazzling blue of his
| sweater was seen srging and CLINT
ing in every play. The Indian half back
! Knowlton. proved a clever and vigorous
acquisition to the Y. NJ. c. a. line. He
did. perhaps, more .tackling than any
other member of the team. and his de-
fensive work generally was about as
good a thing as has been seen here il
many long and gaping years.
GOOD TEAM WORK.
The Y. M. C. a. ends were greatly
improved. Bagge was as sprightly anC
vigilant as ever, and Augustus appar-
emily got into his native element Wher
he resigned the position of center, tt
take up the duties of right end. The
athletes played altogether much great
er football than they did in the game
with Provo a week ago. which resulted
in a tie. Cross excelled himself in form
ing interference for his men and il
breaking the huge interference line o
the PrOvOites. Clayburn proved rather
weaker than his antagonist but Smith
was hard to combat with as the othel
tackle.
THE PROVO STARS.
The Provo men suffered some dis
advantage from the repeated tumble!
of Waddoups, the quarter back, anC
frequently the halls had to pick the bal
from the ground. Hyde, the eX-Uni
versity half, played with the southern
ers, and his game was something bet
ter than he has ever done before thii
season. The one touchdown of the Pro
70 men was due almost exclusively t,
his efforts. Larsen. the other half, hi
the Y NJ. c. \. line in a hard wedge
like way, but the weakness of the team
was shown in the full back, Cox, wh'
did not during the whole game risk
punt.
The Provo enthusiasts and rOOter
We're greatly in the majority at tn
game. A number Of local admirers o
the team, including several ladies'. at
tended the sport, but their feeble cheers
fere swallowed up in the ear-sDlittins
din which doomed over the field from
the Provo side lines. The Provo official
conducted the game well, and wild-eyet
rooters We're faithfully kept off tn
gridiron. The crowd was about 500 o.
200 in extent.
The gridiron was hard and baked
A cleaning sun poured its effulgenc,
over it, But the sky was ceruiean ant
the day fair 1t was about $3.50 Whel
the athletes, in their mud-begrimet
suits, appeared Mort Allen CLEANED
over the gridiron in a new sweater o
! translucent blue-an oasis upon a des
ert OF the streaked mud.
PLAY BEGINS.
. The whistle of the referee suddenl,
sounded shrillv. with the Y. NJ. c. A
scattered over the west goal. At TIN
same time Hdye's foot went against III
oval. The oval went to Reading. VIII
was overcome on the 4O-yard line. Al
len threw his gaunt form against tn
line for two and a, half yards. q per
Torrance which Roberts took upo1
himself TO repeat. Ten yards was add
ed to this on an offside play. and thel
there was a tumble by Gross, and Pro
vo took uD the oval. They began b.
lurching against the Y. NJ. c. A. wall
which did not move, and in the mex
scrimmaSe Bagge took advantage of
tumble and carried the ball 10 wards