The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-16
MONTANA BOWS
DOWN TO UTAH.
Her Football Champions and
Bear Mascot TrOunced.
LOCALS OUTCLASs VISITORS
HARD LUCK KEEPS SCORE DOWN
TO IL TO o.

Montanas crack football team and its
bear mascot received rough treatment
~ the hands of Utahs sturdy gridiron
warriors In the first meeting between
the representative teams OF the two
states. The score as it will appear Ia
me official guide book is II 40 0, but
'he nsures 20 to 0 would come much
nearer telling the relative strength of
me two teams. Montana's aggregation
Sah 90 home with the satisfaction of
hhoWng they escaped a frightful drub-
Ding and that luck was all On the side
81 me men froEs the north. As Colo
Lauo outciasSed Utah two weeks ago, so
goes Utah outclass Montana IN the popu-
lar college game Of football.
ne Day was not ideal one for foot
pail the cold wind blowing across the
eridiron chilling the players TO the mar
toW OF their bones. it Kept down the
er2Wd and only the dyed-in-the-w foot
pan fans braved the chilly northeastern,
put these made up for numbers by do
Ing plenty OF roofing
Game Suited the Crowd.
u was just the kind of 4 game that
suits a home crowd After the first
i've minutes play IL was merely a ques-
loh OF how big the score would be.
S.A'y Yards from the Utah goal line was
ne nearest the visitors came TO sc0r-
Ing and not in A single instance did the
Fast Benchers lose the BAH on downs
IN tne entire fifty-five minutes play,
curing which time Utah made plunge aft
or plunge on Montana's line, there was
put one single instance i'm which the
rome team was thrown back for loss.
RMS was Earl Benniun's attempt TO get
around eight end, and ii cost the team
loss OF one yard.
Montana was held for downs on three
gilierent occasions and was compelled to
KICK on one occasion, after losing ten
Yards on two downs While five and
ten-Nard gains were frequent on the home
Team play, Montana was in luck to get
me PAL over the five yards territory in
the three downs
Luck in Favor of Visitors
Where the visitors did shine. however.
was IN luck Once BenniOn carried the
Dall over the goal line only to lose
II on a tumble Five minutes later the
ball was carried from the middle Of the
field to the Montana four-yard line only
10 be lost again on tumble. and five
times Utah was penaliZed While Montana
escaped without a penalty.
On one occasion the East Benchers were
gwen ten Yards for starting before the
hau was in play. This occurred on the
third down and. rather than take a
chance of making this distance. Wade
ordered kick. The other four times
Utah was penalized for offside play. prov
ing that the team at least Is quick IN
getting started.
Fumbling was a serious mistake with
both teams, the ball frequently changing
sides Tor this reason. This was on ac-
count OF the cold weather, the players
being unable to hold the ball.
Long gains were a mighty scarce ar
ticle in yesterdays game. Brown. break
ing through the Montana line and bowl
ing over several tacklers. covered TWEEN
tH-tlVe yards for touchdown. which was
the star run OF the day. Later Ben
MON buclsed through for fifteen yards,
which won the prize for the second
longest run. Not a single gain of any
HrrIVu nHnH
OF either team, and play, rule. was
limited TO line plunges and runs outside
OF tackles.
Visitors Weaken in Second Half.
In the second half the visitors began
10 weaken and frequently called for time.
This helped 10 keen down the score as
il gave the battered players a chance 10
rest from Utah's charging tactics. The
short halves. thirty and twenty five min
utes, were in favor of the visitors
The local team has made a wonderful
Improvement since the game of two weeks
ago but still lacks the impenetrabe line
so necessary 20 a winning football az
Eregation. The new material on the
Team is still in need Of coaching. when
better results are bound to follow.
In yesterdays game the star playing
was all done By the older men on the
team. FAT" Robbins put up as good
q game as he ever did in his life. Ben
Mon. who is still and always has been
the greatest fullback that ever played
usual standard. George Brown showed
the spirit he exhibited three years ago
; and "Crddg" Russell was a feature at
end Peterson while the fastest man
on the line and the quickest 10 see an.
opening. missed tackle after he had made
opportunities 10 down his man behind the
line. Hope probably did the best work
OF the new men. but is still far from
being a finished product. Anderson. the
new eIrd while sure In tackling, gets away
700 slow and Pitt has the same grievOus
error.
Bennion Kick Aided by Wind.
The wind was blowing gale on he
kickoff and BennioD sent the ball far
over the goal posts. Montana beiGG
d0wned fifty Yards behind the goal line
Utah receiving the ball on the kick from
the twenty-five yard line. quickly carried
II back down the field. Bennion carry
ing IL over but fumbling, Montana getting
the ball
Ii was again kicked from the twenty
five yard lire TO the center OF the teld TO
Utah After carrying the ball back to
the Montana four-yard line. during which
Time Utah was twice penaized. another
tumble gave the bail 10 Montana.
Montana carried the ball in small gains
aided by another penalty. to its own
forty-yard line. when Utah held them for
downs. IL took Utah six downs 10 get
the bail over the first score IN nineteen
minutes after the call OF play. Bennion
missed an easy goal.
The visitors brought tho kickoff. aided
Ef a Lfn-NdEN penalty against L ldur 10
their own thirty five-yard line. where a
tumble gave il 10 Utah The east bench
crs kicked and Montana lost five yards
on the first two downs az the call of
time
Two Scores in Second Half.
In the second half Wade caught the
lick off and the local boys were never
headed IA their march down the field for
q touchdown. except for a five yard pen
atty for off side play. After the Kickoff
Montana was held on the first three
downs aud Utah again got the ball On
Tho second down Brown broke through
the line for the twenty-five yard run and
the third Touchdown.
on the next Kickoff Montana was com
railed 10 kick on the third down and the
han was carried rapidly up the field bs'
I-fah the whistle blowing for final time
S-itb the ball in Utah's possession IN
Afoutanas five-vard line. Another down
srotIid surely have given the locals an
ather touchdown
The lineup:
Gtah. Fosltioh- MONTANA
Anderson.
Siope-Brow ...... l.. I .....-...-. Mcleod
Rarton ---......... l.. ?. ..,,.-.--- Dlmmick
S,cbfius. = --...-....... ilti>oii
fIetcher-Hope. r. G. ............. Marks
Peterson ...--.---.- =. va
fs,lssell. .....-....-. Il. r. ........tlsher
wade .....---.- .+... " y. --s-.-s.'''' ats
pet Scranton. J.. ~ y --------.. tonnes
Hrown-NIiner r; II. 3. .-.-------MH 9I-T,,.
Sfnniois-- CF,ii. :-.oni-c-IIarrv Roberts