The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21
VARSITY TEAM
WORKING HARD
Numerous Candidates For the
Various Positions.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR TEAM
COACH HOLMES RAPIDLY PUT
TING ELEVEN IN SHAPE.

THE PAST WEEK marked the first
one in the practice of the University
OF Utah. and nearly every day the
campus has been well filled with anil.
ti0us athletes who are DESTROYS Of max
ing the first varsity eleven. The work
has been entirely of preliminary ma
4 ture. merely to trv out the different can
didates for the various positions on the
team. Tomorrow several new men will
appear IA uniforms for practice and try
and make a better showing than those
make better showing than those VINO
have had a week the start of them.
or the players who have been out the
past week and the positions tried for,
there have been only two candidates for
the position OF center Robbins. last
years captain. and Mason, new man.
-tobblns Is known 10 have the stuff IN
him TO play the position well, although
Coach Holmes is more than willing that
Mason should have tair trial for the
position. George and John Weston, last
years guards. are out again for the po-
sitions this year. They have a rival,
however. In Stevens, who played on the
varsity team four years ago. II " IS
while with them that he played a star
game at guard against the then strong
Y. NJ. c. A. aggregation. which has not
been overlooked. and NAV yet win him a
position on this years team.
DouRaH and ktngSbury, last years
tackles. are both anxious to make the
team. this year. and both have put in
some good ticks on the campus the pssJ
week. Dougaii Is a strong punter, winch
makes him a valuable man to the team.
Carlson. a 20-pounder. is also out Ger
the position. He is an old football player.
and his past experience in the game
makes him strong favOrite for the 20
sitlon this wear. A new man by the name
OF Pratt has also been working hard for
one OF the tackles. and so FAR has made
a good showing.
The ends have more candidates thaa
any other position. Nelson, who IS one
OF the 'varsity's best runners; Johnson,
who played on the position for the 'var.i-
" four years ago: Wallace of last year 5
scrub team. knowlton. last years sub,
and a new man bv the name of Lars9n
are after the two ends. All Of the men
have shown a disposition 10 work. AMI
AT the present time Il is impossible TO
state who will be able 10 win out for the
positions.
Jimmy Wade and Patterson both star
ouarterbacks. will make il interesting for
each other before either one OF them
lands the ouarterbacks job. Patterson
is the lighter of the two, quick on rs
feet and one of the best tacklers on the
team. He has played the position for
years. and is one OF the old football
standbys of the team. Wade was tried
out in several OF the games last year.
aud proved that he was one of the heal
lest players on the team He has ffe-
ultY of finding the weak points In The
opponents line. and invariably sends the
play through that point. In either Wade
or Patterson the varsity has quarter
backs that are hard to beat. BenEion
seems to have the field all to himself
as a fuilhack. lie is a star and no mis-
take. There is not a man on the team
that can hit a line like Bennion and IN
addition 10 this he is one OF the best
punters in the state.
Captain Brown. George Riser and ROD
erts will probably be found at halfback-
All three of these men are experienced at
the position. and better players could
hardly be found. They have played IN
the hardest games the varsity has had
IN the past two years. and as yet have
not been found wanting. With the play
ers named. In addition to several new
men now in sight, the varsity ought 70
be able TO pick an aggregation that viii
far surpass the champion team of last
year.