The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-18
WYOMING THE VICTOR
Defeated I. II. G. A. By a Score
of 16 to @.
MUD PLUGGING CONTEST
RATNED HARD THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE GAME.

The University of Wyoming eleven
took John Axton's Christians into camp
Yesterday afternoon at Walkers field
10 the tune of 1870 An inch of cool
November TainWater and two inches OF
OOzy. Shiny, paSty mud added consld-
erabIy to the hilarity of the OCCASION
After the first down any one OF the
PLAYERS would have had the dog set on
aim If he had tried to get into his own
happy home.
D. rrimmins Smith looked like the
end man in a minstrel show. NelS
Margetts would have passed for d
slightly enlarged Filipino ana the COM
pIexiOns of the other young en-
were all shades of brunette excl pt
light shades. A cloud of steam from
which mud geysers spOutcd was tva-
ture of every scrim9nage, but the boys
kept bHthely at their work until the
dOleful end.
A thousand citizens who thought
more of football than they did of their
health sneezingly watched the contest
through. The rain dripped through
the grand stand roof and the raw air
cut through wraps and Overcoats as II
they had been made of Sauze- But the
irresisUbly comic appearance of the
pl4 vers was compensation TO the spec
taUOTs.
The Y. N. c. \. won the toss and
sent the ball to the Varsities' uen-yard
line, where AIcMurry caught it and ad-
vanced fifteen yards before going
down The visitors tried an end run
on the first down, gained but three
yards and then Immediately Tesorted
10 line bucking. After sending LOhlein,
Miller. Crater and LOhlein through for
a total of twenty yards Dana Smith
went through and dOWned LOhteln and
Scare followed this by getting his man
and the Judge again went through ana
the y n. c. A took the bail on downs.
Y. NJ. c. AS Ball on Downs.
on the first down Margetts could not
gain Allen got two yards around right
end and then Smith attempted to punt
on the third down, but the towering
form of Trabing came through the line
blocking the kick and sending the bail
for q loss of fifteen yards where Wyom-
ing dropped upon it. The visitors tried
Il crisscrOss and it looked like Crater
was clear of the bunch when the quick
form OF Dunn shot or rather sid IN
front OF him and before he could re-
cover the Christians were upon him.
Eob1eln next tried DUnns end for q
gain of two yards. Before the speedy
y. n. {. a. end could stop his slide
bergman went through and blocked
the next play
At This point the cam came down in
torrents and the players seemed 10 rel
ish IL. as they held their faces up and
all hands took "a free wash. me var
sity boys settled down to steady line
buckiuE and were }-eVer stopped in
their mud-plunging career until Lob
Iein. the Wyoming star, went through
for the first touchdown. The time of
play was just seventeen minutes.
Lohlein kicked goal and the score
stood TO o In the visitors favor.
The Christians kicked OF and on the
first down Crater made one yard, the
Judge stopped the next play and 5hen
Miller made five yards through right
tackle. LOhle.n went under the bunch
for two Yards and himself and the bail
had TO be separated from the mud be-
fore play could be continued.
Jennings Makes a Hole.
After another line buck for five yards
jennings went through hole made IN
the line for him that was big enough
ia Lot = COMPANY of soldiers walk four
abreast on dress parade He gained
ten yards before the ChrisJia. . dlscoV-
cred the breach. LOhieiH then went
between tackle and guard for eight
yards and duplicated the feat for SIX
Yards more. After the WyOmingites
had gained fourteen yards on three
bucks Dana Smith again got into the
game and stopped Miller behind the
line. Mclaughlin, the big tackle Tor
the visitors went around Bert Mar
gets end for fifteen yards and 1t
looked like another touchdown, but
Nels Nargetts landed on the big boys
neck and stood him on his head, max
ing the most sensational tackle Of the
game After two more line DUCKS tor
eight yards. LOhlein hit the line harc
for a touchdown The visitors tried
a punt out for 2 try at goal. but failed.
Score II 70 o. Time was not up by one
minute but both teams decided TO
pass me minute up on account oI
yne rain.
At the call Of time the players came