The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-15
SENT
TO HOSPITAL
Ray Booth Has lower Limbs
Psrslyzsd at Walkers Field.
BATTERY, %; RAILWAYS, #
SOLDIER BOYS TOO STRONG FOR
THEIR LIGHTER OPPONENTS.

with but one minute more TO play in
the game yesterday between the Railways
ana the Twenty Battery teams at
alker's field. Ray Booth, left end for
the Railways. was carried off the field
it- nelpleas condition and taken 10
NeQEh- Wright hospital where the at
riti5 physician, after an examination,
adld the lads lower limbs We're uaralyzed
as the result Of "a badly spraincd spinal
The accident occurred while Booth was
tne bottom OF a pile of players. and
l'ls companions did not know he was hurt
lhtil ne attempted To arise, when he sank
pack helpless TO che ground. The play
T" d6 an ordinary line buck a ulav that
- allempied hundreds OF times in every
ZANE. ana ls not looked upon as anything
tspecialiE rough by either the players or
.pecIdtors. When Booth was hurt the
some was called and the players went
nome Booth is a son of Deputy SherI..
booth OF this city
Complete Victory For Soldiers.
The game was q complete victory for
'he patlerF boys, who won by the final
5core of q to a. They We're somewhat
heavier than the Railways and proved
TOO strong iu both defensive and offensive
allHg. The two t0uchdpWns by the
anyways were lucky ones, both of which
were MADE after long, sensational runs
or the fuli length of the field The first
one was scored by Wilson. who caught
me ball on the Railways Vineyard line,
the right darted % the left with Post as
interference arid circIed tho left end and
''ItidH polh teams for touchdown
laafeiy between tne goal posts.
The second touchdown bv the Railways
was made on tho Soldiers tumble. The
after bad carried the ban from The Rail-
W"E9 lltt'en-lafd ilue 20 their own ten-
laro line when the BAN was fambled
roster grabbed the oval and got q start
Of gully ten Yards before the Soldiers re-
a-l1eo what had happened In minute
white and Compton were after Kim at
uA speed. and White. leading Compton
oN am inch. pulled Foster down from be-
.ilal on the soldiers twcuty-yard lire.
ger ium3led as he was tackled, and
vs. MUG ana compton fell over him. The
.'t.- p9uhded Iree or the pile OF players
anu the latter continued down the field
Tor ,he Railways second score.
Compton Makes Long Run.
ihe Soldiers forced the bah over the
i.IiWaE- goal line four times and Vow
e.l Kicked one goal from the field. One Of
these scores was a beautiful end run Dy
compton for distance Of los yards on
iGy iirst Gown. Compton was given the
Dali ana went through left tackle and
worked himself through the line almost
9nalucl. Ihen he started down the
Ieiu- The whole Railway team took after
.-l-l put compton gained on his pursUers
az every jump. crossing the Railway
goat line between the goal posts fifteen
feet in the lead.
An thc Battery scores were earned by
good hard playing They had little trOu-
Llr pushing thcir lighter opponents down
but once during the game. on the other
hand. tDe Railways We're compelled TO
Kick every Slime they got the ball. MAX
ing their downs but once during the
game.
White and Compton. the two Battery
hdlfhaclls. were easily the star players
OF the game. Both of these men are fast
on their feet auG frequently gained Yards
after they had been tackled. Zavitz the
Zig soldier guard. also cot in his work
effectively Foo the Railways. Foster at
right end did the best work. which was
principally i'm tac5ling.
Lieutenant Clarke Prevents Trouble.
But Tor She presence of Lieutenant
Clarke. manager of the Soldier team,
there might have been free-for-aI
scrap near the end of the last half One
of The Railways got into an argument
with Umpire Jameson, q soldier at Fort
Douglas Several passes were made.
when the crowd rushed in from the side
nnest and for "a moment III looked serf-
GUS Lieutenant Clarke, however took
command and ordered every soldier off
the field with threats OF the guard hOrse
lt was gratifying Co see how quickly ne
was uhcyeu. and ass the soldier rOoters
retired, Manager CoulsOn of the Rail-
ways ordered his team OFF the field until
Quiet WAS restored vrhNu tho rrarur r,ro