The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-19

were very few brilliant runs of the
kind that set the crowd bowling, and
at no point of the game was il exciting
enough to keep the spectators warm.
The wild-eyed crowd swarmed over the
field. interfered with the players shut
on the view from the bleachers and
made things miserable generally. The
two policemen present made very little
effort to keep The trespasserS back, and
what little effort they did make was
unavailing. At several points of the
game the playing had to be stopped
while the players pushed back the
crowd by main force For a few min
utes the field would be comparatively
clear. but then the fiends would come
back, and again the game would be
impeded.
Straight Football Won
Good, steady work on the part of the
Christians won the day for them. They
steered clear of anything that savored
of strategy or fancy football. 1t was
game of straight football of the kind
that covers the ground and wins games.
First one side of the line and then the
steady gains, and it was very seldom
that they failed to cover their five
yards. Allen played fierce game and
repeatedly went through the line for
gains where there was very little open
ing. Several times he dragged almost
the whole Mercur team on his Shout
ders for two or three yards. Nels Mar
gets was also responsible for much of
the ground that was covered. He runs
high. but when he hits the line he goes
through ii and a considerable distance
beyond before he can be downed. Au-
gustus line bucking was one of the fea-
lures of the game, and the tackles by
nd lntr
Captain Dana Smith was everywhere
and in every play. ole Anderson was
the best center that the Christians have
had this season.
Very little punting was done by the
Christians. and as a result the backs
were soon worn well nigh out by being
sent so often at the line. A punt now
and then would have given them time |
10 rest up. and would have saved thir-
~ or forty yards az times when on the
third down they hit the line and failed |
to make their gain.
Mercur's Poor Work.
The work of the Mercurites was rag
ged throughout. Not even a shadow
of any interference was used during the /
game, If they tried TO form any il was
not noticeable. for the man was stopped
before il got in action. They failed to
get around the Y. NJ. c. As ends be-
cause there was no interference to aid
the runner. Captain Kimball tried /
again and again to go around the end.
but Ostler was. there. and no man on
the Mercur team made any great effort
TO put him out of the way. The old
war horse. Bill Reading. played more
than half the game for the miners He
was ably assisted by Dykman, and
those two made nine-tenths of the
tackles for their team, the others stand
ing around like a lot of sheep, wonder
ing whittier next they were to go.
In the second half the miners were
groggy and were beginning to tire of
the play. Had the Christians played J.
kicking game in the first half and COM
pletely worn the Mercur men out the
score would probably have been twice
as big as it was, Some punting by the
miners would also have helped to hold
the score down,
Case of Butter Fingers.
Mercur woHi the toss and chose the
west goal Bert Margetts lifted the bail
to Sheppard, who juggled it around
like a magician in a sleight-of- hand
performance, and then dropped it Big
Henderson of the Y. NJ. c. A. was there
and fell on it, and the Christians had
the ball in the middle of their oppo-
nents territory. Nels Margetts went
two yards through tackle and Allen fol-
lowed with four yards through the !
other side. The old ailment of the {
Christians asserted itself, and the bah ,
was fumbled. Scare saw ii and. Quick +.
as a flash. had picked it from the mud
dy ground and went sailing around the ,
end for twenty yards, when Dykman ]