The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20
VAST CROWD
SEES VICTORY
Shouts and Waving Flags to
Cheer Players.

Old scores. victories and defeats were
forgotten yesterday as the cheering
mob of varsity students heralded
Maddox and his team 10 victory over
the Agricultural college of Logan The
demonstration made on Cummings
field marks a new epoch in the annals
Of university football. Four thousand
persons witnessed the struggle. Waves
Of enthusiasm. college yells and songs
waited from the packed grandstand and
bleachers across the field as the teams
fought for every inch of ground. The
Varsity rCOters on the west side OF
the field and the Agricultural support
ers on the east side with their bands
playing and their coIors flying produced
"a spectacle never before seen OH a.
local gridiron.
The college girls with bs=.iers and
horns were in evidence and their voices
shouting words of encouragement 10
their team inspired life and enthusiasm
into every play. They held their biz
u high in the cir and their hearts
swelled with pride as their plucky he
roee neared the o~HOnents' goal.
Demonstration Over First Score.
When Russell crossed the last chalk
line for the first touchdown the crowd
went mad. They jumped from their
seats and crowded along the side lines.
Every student was armed with crimson
or white megaphones which sent
a burst of noises that were
deafening. Every flag. banner
and ribbon was freed and nut
tered out in the gentle breeze. Fair
child sherman the University leader
jumped down from tho bleachers and
following him i'm body with their band
playing they sang the Varsity ode 10
victory.
Across the field was bitter spectacle.
Fond hopes were broken and a gloom
passed over the Agricultural rooters.
which could be felt by every body Their
cheers died out for an instant. their
band stopped playing and they settled
back into their seats A few moments
later. when victory beckoned toward
their team there was an uproar which
drowned the cheers from the Varsity
bleachers. They had not lost confidence
i'm their team and every muscle and
nerve qUivered as they leaned forward
and watched for a gain that would
bring them within striking distance OF
the Varsity goal. The hoped for result
never came, but as the score rolled up
they still cheered for they knew that
no one could come from such a con-
test in disgrace. Even 10 the last their
patriotism for their team was demon
strated whenever man made a bril-
liant play and after the griiling game
was over they carried the players TO
their quarters. They left the field to
the victorious team and their mob of
supporters. who marched around the
campus singing praises to Maddox and
his men.
Michigan There in Force.
Men who hail from Michigan were
there in force and made themselves ap-
parent by yelling themselves sick. Thev
paid their respects TO old Michigan
first. then to Maddox and the Univer-
sity
Always the victorious rOoters are a
show by themselves and after the game
started their spectacular stunts. The
freshmen carried a coffin draped in
black. and proceeded around the cam
pus 400 strong. They paraded the
streets for a couple of hours and hnalIv
distanded after giving their victory
BETTING celebration.