The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04
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FARMERS A SURPRISE
Play Close Game With Y. NJ. C..
A. Football Team.
THE SCORE is IL TO 0
DUNN MAKES sIXTY-YARD RUN
IN SECOND HALF.

Perhaps the greatest surprise of the
season took place at Walkers yester-
day when the husky farmer lads from
Davis county held the crack Y. NJ. G.
A. football team down to a score Of
eleven points in two thirty-minUte
halves. The farmers didn't do a thing
but play the Christians to a standstii'
and If they had The benefit Of good
coach they would figure in the cham
pionship of this state.
Before the bali was put in play the
spectators wer Figuring on how big
the score would be, and great many
of the Johnnie Wise Boys predicted
that the Y. NJ. g AS would not think
of stopping until they had piled UP
sixty points against the farmers. But
after five minutes OF play 1t was a
question whether the city men would
be able to defeat the Turalites at any
score They did by the score of eleven
to nothing. One thing was Clearly
demonstrated. and that was that the
visitors have as fine lot of good raw
material from which TO develop a
strong football team as could be found
in several days travel
That the farmers have not had the
proper coaching was shown IN nearly
all their playing Each man played Tor
nHTlGelL. ana no SEllABAdAALC VI N-cltAA
work was shown, as time and again the
backs would appear around the END
with TO interference, and all the gains
they made was through Individual
f.laving. The one brilliant play Of the
dav was made BY Dunn of the 7. NJ. G
A.. and to this man the Christians can
Law their victory. Dunn was not put IN
until the second half, the BOunUIul
lads had been holding the Christians
down and We're playing winning bal.
when Dunn was sent aroud right END
for a SiXty-yaTd run, and was not
stopped in his wild charge until within
three feet of the goal line. when Dun
can brought him down. Bert Reading
and Captain Evans for the visitors
played star ball, and the three big cen
ter men of the Y NJ g. ~, bergman,
jennings and Meyers. are inVlnclble-
Locals Win the Toss.
The locals won the toss and Mort Al
len put the ball in play sending il well
down the field. where it was doWned
on the farmers thiTty-yard line. On
the first play A. Rigby went around
right end for FIVE yards gain, but the
coed work stopped right here. and al
ter three more trials, III which two
yards was the best they could made
the ball was given TO the Y. NJ. {. A
on downs.
In the first play Allen fumbIed the
hall. but Wade fell upon IL and the
Christians gained eight yards in the
mix-up. Captain Nels tried MS luck
for eight yards through tackle, and
Sears went double-header for total
of nine yards In a succession of short
runs the ball was advanced slowly IN
III it rested ON the visitors three-yard
lie when the farmers made a stand
and held their own for two downs, In
the next Allen was pushed over for the
FIRST touchdown after ten minutes of
stubborn playing. Allen failed on his
kick for goal and the score stood tve
TO nothing. During the rest OF this
half and for the first part Of the sec
ond half the locals got more than they
bargained for
Evans HarTanE-ges His Men.
Captain Evans got his boys together
and said something, but what II was
could not be learned. and from this time
on they played like winners. Bert
Reading. VINO. by the way, is ccnsid-
cred one of the best football klckeFs,
that is, with his feet, sent the ball
clear over the goal line. After putting
the uigskip in play Margetts gained
five yards through center. Sears fol-
lowed IN the same place for another
FIVE Two bucks gained nothing and
hurdle jump netred only two yards,
and the Christians had 10 surrender the
bah on downs. After gaining hye YARDS
ON three downs the visitors fumbleu the
ball and Bert MarEetts fell upon II, Sc
curing il for his team. For the next
three plays the Christians mad them
going In three plays Alien ana Nels
Marretts decreased the distance TWEEN
tv-five yards between the locals and
another touchdown.
At this point Captain Evans made
another one Of his heart-to-heart talks
with the desired effect, and the shock
headed farmers held them again for
downs. The Rigby brothers, Reading.
Chapman and Evans played with the
bali lar several downs, and advanced
it for thirty yards before Manager
Coodwins team finally held them Tor
che necessary I'VE yards in three downs.
The y a.. e. A. gained hack about
twenty yards Tn 1--WE downs, when their
quarter amt center got tangled in nan
ding the pigskin with the usual result