The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-02
Football.
AFTERMATH OF THE CONFLICT
DENvER-HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
EVENLY MATCHED IN GAINS.
Each Carried Ball 22e Yards In the
Two Halves-biany Compliment
tary Words. For the Playing.

Twenty three football warriors. conf
prising the members of the Denver and
Salt Lake High school teams. We're con-
sregated in the lobby of the Kenyon
yesterday discussing the incidents and
details or the battle royal of Thanks
giving day All the athletes We're in
prime physical condition and, barring
a few minor bruises and stiff joints,
none the worse for the titanic labors
Of the day before. Dave Tarpey. left
tackle on the Salt Lake team, had en-
tirely recovered from his attack Of the
bats" caused by too much buttlnS
into the Denver line, and, like the re-
doubtable 3iinkey of Yale fame, said
he didn't. mind a little hard handlin <
when chasing the pigskin, because he
didn't think he was playing check
ers"
The gains of the two teams, as pub
lished in The Herald of yesterday
morning. show how evenly matched the
TWO eievens were. a notable fact is
that. counting the punts on both sides
an equal distance was gained. Denver
carried the pigskin 229 yards, the same
distance exactly that it was carried by
the local eleven.
In the first half the ball changed
hands eleven times. Counting from
the kickoff, Denver had possession of
ii six times and Salt Lake five times.
Denver lost it twice on fumbles and
twice on downs and once from punt.
when Salt Lake secured it on their
fifty-yard line. Salt Lake lost the bali
four times on downs, once from the
kickoff. and once from a punt from
their ten to their forty-five-yard line.
In the second half the bail changed
hands six times. Denver had posses
sion of it three times and Salt Lake
three times. Denver lost it once from
-
Lake was not held for downs at all in
this half. but lost the ball once from a
punt and once from d blocked kick on
their courtyard line.
In the FIRST half Denver carried the
ball forward for a total gain of 10l
yards, mostly by short rushes Six
times during the half they were thrown
back for loss, yard each time. In
the second half they carried the bali
forward fer a total of fifty-seven yards.
making a total OF 164 yards advanced
by rushing during the game.
In the first half Salt Lake advanced
the ball a total of forty-siX wards, Jess
than half the distance gained by Den
yer, but they did not lose at all by he
ing thrown back. In the second half
they carried the ball forward for
total of eighty-one yards, making
total OF 127 yards advanced by rushing
the ball.
Denver gained twenty-five yards by
punt in the first half, and forty yards
from the kickoff in the second half.
total of sixty-five yards by kicks,
which. added 10 the 1874 yards gained by
rushing. gives a total of 229 yards gain
ed during the entire game. Salt Lake
gained thirty yards from the kickoff,
and thirty-five yards from a punt in The
first half, which, added to a thirty
seven-yard punt in the second half.
gives total of l02 yards gained from
the kickoff and, punts: this. added TO
the III yards gained by rushing the
ball, gives a total of 229 yards gained
during the entire game; exactly The
same distance gained by the Denver
team.
The Denver team left last night for
home. They all declared that they had
had a fine time. They were scheered |
off by group of local high school
boys