Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-09
Intensely Interesting Football
Game Played at Walkers on
Saturday Afternoon.
OUTCOME WAS A SURPRISE.
But for Salt Lake Teams Fumbles, the
Score Would Have Been Much
Larger Than 10 to o,

In one Of the most intensely interesting
football games Of the season, the Ogden
high school team was defeated by the Salt
Lake high school eleven at Walkers field
on Saturday afternoon by a score Of 10 to
O. But for the frequent and costly FUN
bles on the part of the home aggregation
their score would unquestonably have
been considerably larger. The result was
as great surprise as the showing made
by the University team against the Den
yer aggregation here recently, and 1t all
goes to show that predictions on football
are as unreliable as predictions on the
outcome of a prize fight Forecasts are
made IN both games on what the fans
please to call dope" In this instance
ogden was the favorte because of the
fact that the team held the strong "Ag-
ges" down TO no score, while the Logan
team had but little trouble in defeating
the Salt Lake high school buncn by a
score of l5 to o. Taking into consideration
those games, the Junction city aggrega-
ton was picked as a sure winner. but
what "A surprise party the big crowd OF
assembled students got when, at almost
the beginning OF the game, II was seen
that the home team was easily the master
over the visiting eleven The team was
superior in nearly every feature OF the
game, and Ogden was completely out
played from start to finish Ii was a
great victory, and II was most decisive.
No reasonable excuses could the visit
ing team offer even If 1t were disposed 70
make excuses. II was beaten thoroughly
and honestly, and In a manner that leaves
no room for doubt.
Too much praise cannot be given the
Salt Lake boys for their grand team
work. IL was simply revelation to the
opposing side ana also to the spectators,
The only drawback were the iumples. On
four different occasions tOuchduwns were
practically certain but fumbles gave the
ball TO the enemy. When IT came To
smashing through the line, ogden was
simply swept OH its feet Their Donsled
interference awaited them nothing. Tackles
Neldon and y. Harris did great work.
They went through the opposing llne IKE
"A battorlng ram. The two ends, Pierce
and w, Harris, made splendid gains ana
their tackling was a bright feature OF the
contest In fact, salt Lakes tormation
was inyincible TO Ogden while the latter
were scattered as chan before the wind,
The visitors put up the best night they
knew how but they were up against
combination of speed, grit ana strength
that proved their undoing
There was one feature of the game, not
on the program, that robbed it of much
pleasure. Near the end OF the
second half there was sudden
and unaccounted for mix up ana
rough house fight in which. spec
tators and players participated. II was
an unfortunate incident but cannot be too
loudly denounced II was "A shameful ana
a disgrace to both sides How the trou.
Die started no one seemed to know but
ali those who took part in 1t ought &c
know better. ought TO know that rough
house tactics drags the game into disre'
pute and does no one any good. II u
demoralzng to players and spectators
alike. and it Is to be hoped that such
affairs will not be repeated when inc
teams meat again. They are battling for
the school championship Of the state an[
will play two more games. They should
be- conducted I'm a clean. manly way, and
II a player manifests a desire to slus
somebody he should be promptly expelled
from the field.