The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-29

ment as the COMPOUNDED thing SCARED in
the air about a hundred yards, so Il
seemed, and bounded a couple of hundred
1ees through the line or tan players.
well, well he observed.
The ball was in play and one Of RenO's
giants bore down With the velocity Of a
cannon ball on the luckless youth who
happened to nail it Ii was only a few
team carried the ball down the field for
thirty yards
A Wild Demonstration.
At this juncture the widest kind OF a
demonstration took place. A Zulu chief
would have left the grounds, shocked az
the cOndUct of the salt Lake public. Hats
were thrown IN the air, canes were
twiTled skyward and several thousand
cheers attested the approval of the
thTOnE. There were cries of foul when
q Nevada man grabbed Harker by the
neck and stopped his wild career, but the
referee saw otherwise. Things went on
until the locals scored on a safety. count
iuE The ball went back and forth, and
Nevada. by series of bucks and end
runs. finally scored a touchdown. The
goai was kicked. making the score TO 2.
This was in the middle Of the first half.
Neither side scored thereafter
The playing grew fierce. man or two
was put ont on every down. and charges
of smuggling were as plentiful as the mud
Several times the linesmen, one Ne
vadan. the other a I hin became in
volved in w0rdv cOmbats the special
policemen had to stand { awaiting
results. There was nc '7d shed on this
account. Out on the reid two or three
players went around with bleeding faces,
which looked to be not altogether the re-
suit Of being hit with the ball, but as
there were no riots, little sights Of that
kind grew commonplace
Roberts did some good work for the
locals. He seemed to ne continually
blocking. the PUSHES Of the giants and
penetrating their line. Successful block
Ing is an that saved the piling up of a
terrific score The victory Of the Wis
ItOrs. such as it was. may be attributed
to their weight and to the Inc interior
enca of the team. ratl ct than to in
divdual work.
Lost by Hard Luck.
The result Of the game was a surprise
to an except those who have closely
wa -ched the growth OF the local team,
and is looked upon almost as victory
by the many friends Of the Utah uni
versity. As the score indicates, the local
men PLAYED the visitors to a standstilL
On two occasions the Utah stuaerts c"-7N
near scoring. and only failed by what
might be termed hard luck. IN the sec
ond half after forcing the oval 10 the
Nevada ten-yard line It seemed certain
that touchdown would be scored. SO
intense was the interest In the game az
this point that the cheers of the Utah
rooters crowned the signals given by
Quarterback Wade. Captain Robbins
Strengthened up and asked the crowds
surrounding the side lines TO keep quiet
long enough for his team to hear the
signals Theu came a fatal tumble at 2
most critical time. and after the mass Of
players had reEained their feet il was
seen that Leavitt had secured the ball.
A Record Puat.
Nevada realized the increasing strength
Of the local boys and ordered a kick on
the first down. Graham responded to
the call of his team and sent the bail far
down the field for what was perhaps the
longest punt ever recorded in r game in
this state Seventy yards the pigskin
few through the air until little Jimmie
Wade downed 10 and Nevada's goal line