The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-07
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HIGH SCHOOL WINS
COllegiates No Match for Red
and Black.
FIRST GAME OF SEASON
RESULTS IN TERRIFIC SCORE OF
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'23S-416-xy.?' and the Collegiate In
stitute football team put the ball IN
play, opening the season at Walker S
field with the High schools last years
champions as their opponents About
500 spectators filed the grounds. The
men principally stood on the side
lines, while crowds Of girls gayly be-
decked with the colors of their favor
ties, lined the bleachers and grand
stand. Flags, tin horns, and all the
necessary music-making instruments
were in evidence and were used quite
frequently to cheer the heroes on their
opening battle. Several Of the more
fortunate came In their carriages and
made quite a respectable showing by
themselves
One High school enthusiast carried a
large silk flag which he attempted to
wave every time the Red and Black
scored a. touch down, but near the end
Of the game this became very tireSome.
one youngster about 9 years old wore
a full dress football suit, and was
topped off with plug hat trimmed
with the CO1egiateS' cOlorS. His name
IS Jimmie Lemon, and his principle
business yesterday was to act as a
mascot Jimmie said he had left his
rabbits foot nome, and bIames the de-
feat of his team, by the awful score of
Al to 0, 70 this fact
AAC 6e@AA4E 4L0CAA " d q very OLC-S4uGu
affair as the score viii show, but it
must not he taken from this that the
Collegiates did not play football. The
High school boys are entirely too big
and strong a team for them to play
against The Institute team would hit
their line and could not make any i'm
preston on it, while the Red and
Blacks would rush through their op-
ponents' line at viii. The tackling OF
the Collegiates was especially fine and
fhayr G4srraedad IN 10 1F
the High school players
Players Were Cheered.
When the Red and Black came on the
field they Brought forth considerable
applause on their fine appearance, and
the team that defeats them this year
will know they have been in a game.
The Ccllegiates put the bali in play
with q kick and in just eight downs
or three minutes after call of time the
High school scored the first touchdown,
Groes5eck kicking gOss!
After again putting the ball in pI-v
She Collegiates secured the pigskin o.
q tumble by w. Burke, this being the
Erst time they had possession of it
Since the beginning of the play. The
High school held them for downs
when, gaining possession of the ball,
they held It until Captain Smith, MAX
ing bis famous hurdle play, jumped
clear through the goal posts for the
second touch down in five minutes and
thirty seconds after the first. Groes-
beck goaled again. Score, u to 0, in
favor Of High school.
At this stage the Collegiates seemed
to gain a little wind and after secur-
ing the ball on tumble by Gardanier,
S. Kenyon made a run around left
end for twenty yards. w. Kenyon
tried a quarterback kick and sent the
ball far down the field. Ritter missed
It and Al Howell, picking il up, made
a complete half circle of the grounds
before going down for an advance of
fifteen yards Howelis carried the ball
over for the next down and Groesbeck
goaled. Score IS to 0.
Through the entire game the col
legiabes did not secure the ball on
downs, and only got the ball on FUN
bles except near the the last part Of the
first half, when w. Kenyon sDrang
through The air to tackle II. Burke He
missed the runner. but striking the
bail under Burke's arm, knocked it