The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-06
Local Football Gossip
THE FOOTBALL season

THE FOOTBALL season is again
upon US, and after remaining in
the background for nearly a year
the gridiron hero once more comes for
ward to win the plaudits of a waiting
public. OF all athletes none is so wor-
SHIPPED as the long haired youth, who,
clad in a Veritable coat of mail, goes
forth to battle. Since the first intro
ductiOn of the game, football has
claimed an important place in the field
of sports. and 50 long as the youth
glOries in his strength just so long VIII
football remain a national pastime-
Columns have been written about the
brutality Of the game, but for everv
bov who has been unfortunate on the
gridirOn thousands have been turned
out into the world strong and self-re-
liant as a result of their early training
for the annual struggles on the foot
ball field. Wellington once truthfuly
said that the battle of Waterloo was
won on the football campus of Eaton
and Cambridge. and surely no higher
compliment could be paid. In our own
| time graduates of gridiron battles are
among the most successful in afte~
| life, nd while this condition exists, long
! live the sport.
The prospects for a successful season
on the local gridiron are brighter this
! year than ever before Last year saw
| the sport we'll patronized and the e.
suits of the greater contests are still
| fresh in the public mind. With these
| facts before them the various teams
are now making pr sparatiOns for j
| greater number of games and promise
/ a better class of sport. For the past
week the elevens have ceen recruiting
| strength from all quarters, Vying with
| each other for the services of the best
/ players. with the result that a great
/ amount of rivalry is already noticeable
| among them.
| The project of forming a league for
mutual benefit has also taken tangible
| form and a date has been set fer the
Nmanagers to meet and talk the matter
over. The absence of a league WAS one
! of the greatest drawbacks in the past
| and should be avoided in the future.
| 1t will be remembered that last year
the All HalIows and High School both
scheduled games for the same day at
| Walkers field and that All Hallows
was compelled to play its game a the
Exposition park, after having secured
the other field. This caused feeling
between the teams that did no. lie out
for the rest of the season. This trou-
bic can all be remedied this year, and in
all probability will be.
| Among the teams now organized the
EY VI. c. A. viii probably be che strong
est meeting was held the past week
and material secured from the pick of
the old college players Their lineup
I includes the best players to Oe found,
which, together with being the heaviest
aggregation in the city, places them in
the front as candidates for champion
ship honors. In Sam Porter as mana
ger he Christians have not only che of
the most enthusiastic supporters Of the
game but one whose record in this Inc
is a good one. Then. again, this agere-
CATION has been fortunate in securing
two ex-college players Of national repU-
tation in McAndrews and BOYLE. These
two players will probably coach the
team as we'll as play About twenty
five men of local prestige are now try
ing for positions on the line.
Ere last season came to a close the
students of the university began MAX
ing preparations for this years team
Coach Holmes and Manager Riser were
busy all summer laying out plans for
the fall campaign, and their work has
heen rewarded by what promises TO be
the lest eleven that ever represented
tn varsity. Heretofore a football
team has always been a serious qAeS-
l ton with the university. as Il was al
most impossible to get the proper
! amount of enthusiasm worked ur
among the students. This year. how
ever. there has been plenty of raw ma
terial to pick from. This has beer
gradually rounded into shape until a
the present time the varsity team is il
the jest SOnuAtlOil OL any eleNen IN lnS
state. Manager Riser has already ar.
ranged what promises to be one OF the
contests of the year between the Uni
versity Of Nevada and the University
of Utah.
All Hallows has been one of the sur
prises of the year. In the past il ha!
always been represented on the grid
iron, but its team has not been able {,
compete with the heavier teams of tn
, state.
Father Gueymaird. who is the leadjn:
: spirit in the college football. has ais,
taken time by the foreIock by workin,
quietly for a first class team since Tia