The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-15
football.
LOHELLS WIN CHtNPIONSH P
DEFEAT THE WASHINGTONS IN
A CLOSE GAME.
The Rooters Do Their Part in Cheer
ing For Contestants-Other Foot
ball Notes.

The Lowell grade school won the dis
trict school football championship by
defeating the Washingtons in a closely
contested game, by a score of to 0,
at Walkers field yesterday afternoon.
The crowd numbered over LOCO and
was composed principally OF good
looking school teachers and their girl
pupils, all OF whom were decorated in
the school coIcrs of red and white for
the LOWells and blue and drab for the
Wsshingtons the whole presenting the
largest gathering of gay cOlOrs and
fair faces yet seen at the gTidirOn.
Each OF the schools had a large va
riety of yells, which they were not
backward in using. and 1t times the
teams could hardly hear the signals.
The teachers Of the Lowell school
came in a body in a CaTry-aN the City
of Salt Lake which was used as a
rendezvous for the Lowell rOoters. The
combination proved TOO strong for the
Washington contingent, which took
charge Of the grand stand. and these
two parties sent their defies back and
forth during the entire game.
The WashingtOns had the heaviest
team, but the weight was not nearly
so well distributed as in the Lowell
team. The fullback for the former
eleven weighed 1S6 pounds, and he
looked as if ne could run away with
the whole Lowell team. but he could
seldom move fast enough to set in the
play
During the first half neither side
scored, and the ball was not moved
ten yards either side of the Washing
ton forty-yard line, where it was
. doWued in the kick off. Both teams re-
sorted TO line bucking tactics and sell
dom made the necessary five yards in
the three downs. with the result that
the ball changed hands every few min
utes.
At the end of this half it looked like
the game would end without a score,
but in the beginning OF the next half
the LOWeIlS went right after their Op-
ponents. Romney started this half
with thirty-yard run around left
end, and soon after Young went
around right end for fifteen yards. The
crowd went wild at this point and
completely covered the field. After or
der was again restored and the two
teams lined up, Captain Hansen took
| the ball OH CrisS-CrOSs. going around
left end. He got to within two feet of
/ d goal before going down. Again the
crowd became uncomfortable and the
girls as well as the boys crowded
around the players. thinking the pOpu-
! lar captain had secured a touchdown
Time was called and the field was
I again cleared, and on the next down
Gardiner was pushed over for the only
/ touchdown. The goal, which was a
very difficult one, was missed, making
/ the score D to 0 in favor of Lowell.
/ After this the playing was about
/ even, each team holding the other for
/ downs, and at the call OF final time the
/ bah was on the Washington forty
! yard line
/ This closes the league season, which
] started early this fall with ten teams,
and gives the cup offered by the
/ Wilkes Cycle company to the LoweIls-
! The principals of both the Washing
I ton and Lowell schools desire to thank
/ the Walker management for the use of
/ the grounds, which they generously
/ donated free for this game.
! The following was the lineup and
J officials:
+ LOWellS, ,. Positions. WashingtOus 0.
/ Pike .-.-.-.--- L-end--R........ Mack
/ SWimons ..--L-tackle-E.-. GundTy
] chapman ....Ir-guard-R.. Trip
| Hogan ...-...... Center. Harrington
/ Peacock -sUard-L....... Rich
J Crawford ---R-tackIe-L.. Reynolds
: Young .-..... R-end-I....--. Pomeroy
/ Hansen 900. Quarterback. @. Hyde
/ Gardiner ..-L-fuIiback-R. y. Smith
/ Robinson ..R-haltDaCk-L-. T. Hyde
. ROmney -FUlIbaCk.. J Smith
/ Referee, Leonard; Iinemen Green
and Miller: timekeepers. Groesbeck
/ and Cope; twenty minute halves.