The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-14
Football.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL LEAGUE
THREE BIG INSTITUTIONS WILL
GET TOGETHER.
University of Utah, Provo Academy
and State Agricultural College
VIII Arrange Series.

Negotiations are under way for the
formation of a college football league,
to include the University of Utah, the
Agricultural college and the Brigham
Young academy OF Provo. The teams
will average lis pounds, and there will
be some fine games of bali when they
meet. a series of nine gees will be
played three each at Salt Lake, Logan
and Provo.
The varsity men are already begin
ming to discuss plans and are getting
ready to open the season with a dash
and vim When they trot out onto the
gridiron this fall they will present
far better team than has graced the
L. Of u. for several seasons. Paul
Kimball, the best fullback that ever
punted the leather for the varsity, will
be back and will fill his old position.
Gatehouse, with his 200 pounds and his
six feet seven inches, will hold down
the oval at center in tall style. The
others of the center trio viii be Brown
and Pearson, both of them able men.
Norris will play one tackle, and
Groesbeck and yelling will see that no
opposing footballites skirt the ends. 1t
is hoped that Hyde, the hero of many
touchdowns, will be secured for one
halfback Riser, the erstwhile manager,
viii hold down the other half. Groo and
Art Taylor are two possibilities. Taylor
has played with the High school team
for several, seasons, and it is expected
that he will continue to make touch
downs for the wearers of the red and
black. If he does not play with the
High school boys an effort will be made
to secure him for the varsity eleven.
The increased weight of the new u.
of u. team will place it out of the High
school class, and the old score between
the two institutions will have to re-
main unsettled. The High school, All
Hallowsi and Ogden High school will
probably form a middleweight league
similar to the college league. They
viii all have strong teams in the field.
Fred Smith. temporary captain of
the High school team, is getting his
men together, and the suits viii soon
be brought out and practice will be-
gin. The Quartette behind the line
Will be even stronger than it was last
year. Alb Howell will play fullback,
Smith and Scott Groesbeck, a. new man
with good record, will hold down the
two halls, and Ritter, the speedy little
quarterback of three seasons with the
school, will again manipulate the oval
this year Gardanier and Art Taylor
both Of them swift and strong men, will
play the ends. Tub Tarpey, always
good for big, long gains, will be at his
old position at tackle, and his brother
Jack viii play lett guard. Worthen,
who was with the Pierpont alley lads
two seasons ago, will pass the ball from
center again. AS practically the same
team has played together for the last
three seasons, they have the advantage
of experience and win play better. ball
than ever before.
The Y. NJ c. A. football team has it's
first practice on Saturday afternoon.
Manager Axton has received word from
AL
asking for his services as coach this
year. Wilson said he expected to go
to Chicago, but said he would come
here for a consideration which Mr.. AK
ton considered about twice what he
could afford to pay.