The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-11
SOLDIERS DIDN'T
HAVE A L00K-IN
Students Simply Overwhelmed
the Battery Boys.
VARSITY SCORED AT WILL
EAST BENCH AGGREGATION
PLAYS SOME FAST FOOTBALL.

a score Of 90 to 0 IN two two halves
OF twenty minutes each, tells the story
Of the University of utah's first game
and victory Of the season on a local
sridiron. Their opponents were. the
battery boys OF Fort Douglas and the
score is the largest ever made by a
team in Utah in recent years.
4 crowd Of perhaps 500 football en-
thusiasts gathered at the University
campus yesterday and stood around in
the rain while the one-sided contest
was going on. It was the first oppor-
tunity to get line on the team which
viii be depended upon to give this city
us big games this year. and in justice
10 the Varsity boys tt must be said
that the team did far better work than
was expected of it.
'Varsity's Game From Start
Victory was scented in the first min
ute.s play, when il was seen that the
Soldiers did not have any chance what
ever of winning, and then the crowd
began 10 wonder how large the score
would be- From the first three downs,
Wnen the Soldiers failed to gain the
allotted five yards and lost the bail on
downs, until final time was called, It
was an even bet that a touchdown
would be scored on every other play
the students put iu motion. Only once
during the entire forty minutes play
aid the Soldier Boys eain five yards on
the three downs. and twice they kept
the varsity from turning the trick.
Both Of these times the bail was with
in the Battery Boys vineyard line,
when sudden brace held the stu
dents
To was simply a case Of eleven men
with a knowledge of football lining up
against eleven others, game enough,
but lacking in team work and indi-
vidual ability to stop the plays of their
opponents. The Soldiers were all
strangers to the game. and they played
like it, Scarcely one Of the battery
boys had ever seen a football game
before and lined UP as they were
against eleven hardy youngsters that
composed the Varsity team it was
mere play for Coach Holmes men.
Students Play Fast, Gingery Ball.
The Varsity team on the other
hand. played fast. gingery. snappy
football, and it would have been a
treat to see just how fast they could
have played If compelled to exert
themselves. The team Is much lighter
than last year and just as much fast
er. The back field Wade. Moore, Pitt
and Lawrence, is perhaps the best back
field that ever represented the Var
sity. End runs never failed for any
distance desired. whether five yards or
a touchdown. The interference was
splendid on all plays and frequently
when a Varsity man secured the bail
on a tumble the interference was
formed quickly and a touchdown fol-
lowed.
Sending Moore straight through the
Soldiers line was another favOrite
play. The line would open hole in
an instant and Moore was always ready
to dart through before the Soldiers
had a chance 20 realize what was do
ing.
Center Mayhugh Dislocates Shoulder.
Center Mayhugh of the Soldiers met
with a serious accident IN the first
half. which sent him to the hospital.
While attempting to tackle Moore as
the latter skirted the end for run of
forty yards MGyhugh was in turn put
out by Pete Lawrence and IS the big
fellow fell he lit squarely on his Shout
der. He was taken Off the field suf-
fcring great pain. Later at the hos
pitaI it vas discovered that hih shout
der had been disl0cated. The attend
ing physician said Mayhugh displayed
great nerve while undergoing an opera
zion to set the shoulder.
Coach Holmes said ne was well sat
isfed with the team and that before
the season was over he would have
the strongest aggregation that ever
represented the Varsity. He says the
Ioys have q better spirit than ever be
fore. and they seem to real
ize the necessity Of team work
and play with this end in view.
The following was the lineup and sum
mary
Iulversity-63 Position. Fort Douglas-e
B-uDiOu- .......-... j.. y. ...-..-... Bowman
Ilarris............... J.. II. .... Richardson
Crowley