The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20
University of Utsh--43.
Agricultural College-0.

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west against the east, Michigan against /
Harvard, Campbell against AIaddock, /
and the Varsity, the west, Michigan 4
and Maddox scored one Of the most /
decisive football victories ever won on |
a Utah gridiron. The football fans OF /
an entire state, whose partisan passions
were worked up 10 fever point saw /
the game. and one and all must admit 1
that it was Maddox with his western I
style of football as Michigan plays the /
game that won. IT was not q question
OF individual superiority, but 1t was a /
question of football knowledge and it /
was here the Aggies were outclassed.
The old-style tandem bucks. tackles
back, line plunges and interfering end /
runs were pitted against the misleading
formations Of YOst. The former were
stopped in their incipiency and the lat
ter ran NEp the score TO figures that |
were a surprise TO even the victors. |
The slow-forming play. depending on |
the strength of its makeup. tried to
compete with the quick action of rapid |
combinations of modern football, and /
the natural result lies i'm the score. A
blooded coach horse was matched !
against a thoroughbred trotter I'm a !
race against time and the step-watch |
clicked on the latter, a winner by /
mile
The Aggies. confident Of victory on \
account of their decision over practi- |
cally the same team q year ago, failed |
to understand that Utah had secured a !
new SChOOlmaster. and one who had |
introduced new ideas into Utah foot '
ball. The muzzle-loading hOwitzer had
been cast aside for the rapid-fire auto
matte, and the execution was in the
same proportion. The lessons learned
f,s- r-fp ~ {
the two teams were unfailing signs of
what the outcome must be. but the
boys from the north were blind and
their eyes we're not opened until the
championship hOnors had passed be-
You'd their grasp.
Ii was a game that stands today as
Utah's greatest gridirou battle where
a team of giants fought with logged
determination in the face of foe they
should be anie to crush, but who eluded
their grasp. The Agg1es, pOnderous
and slow, hurled their men-equipped
batteries against yielding wall which
first enveloped and then smothered
them. Like huge unwieldy and heav-
ily-equipped army. they were tantalized
by shaTp-shooters until exhaustion
overlook them. then the enemy's charge
was sounded and the slaughter fol-
lowed.
NASIOiy - Easy
The final score stood q to i'm favor
OF the students of the east bench 1t
was an easy victory and one which was
never in doubt. At no time Was the
Varsity goal line il danger and t was
merely a question Of how large the
score would be. That element Of luck
so prominent a feature il football, was
All with the Utah eleven. One Of her
toUchdowns was scored or fluke. pure
and simple, while two field goals helped
add up the totals. Another touchdown
resulted from a trick play which sur
prised every one.
Aggies Should Have Scored
While the Aggies did not get within
striking distance of a goal. their con-
tinued short gains through the line
We're convincing evidence that IL luck
had been with them for an instant they
surely would have secured a touchdown
or two. However. they have themselves
as much as luck 20 blame for not max
ing the opportunities. Instead of kick
ing 10 get the ball near the Utah goal.
they tried to advance il by straight
buclIing OF line which sooner or later
was bound 20 hold them for downs On
three or four occasions twenty TO thir-
" yards was made by these tactics.
which, If near their opponents goal. Z
would have given them score. This
was their one grand mistake of the
game and gives them a cipher where a
score might have resulted.
Both teams were held for downs and
both were compelled 10 kick The Ag-
GIGS gains were short and far between !
while Utah skirted the ends and dashed
through biz holes in the Aggies' lines
for yard upon yard that inevitably re
suited IN a score.
Aogies in Poor Condition
Perhaps the most remarkable feature
Of the game was the condition Of the
two teams. ON nearly every down Ag-
gies were streWn over the ground. TAX
ing the fun count Of two minutes alIot-
ed them by the rules. Not once during
the game did a single varsity man call
for time. Condition. an all important
matter in football, was all i'm favor OF
the east bench team This taking out of
time greatly handicapped the varsity
team. as il was impossible TO get the
famous hurry-up habit Of the locals
into operation Utah sends her plays
one after another with such rapidity
that the opposing teams are unable TO
lineup 10 stop them. It has been
feature Of their playing this year. but
yesterday IL wac Impossible because so
much time was taken out blythe Wis
iting players.
Two Of the Aggic players. Egbert and
Olsen. who are star men. Went out OF
the game i'm the first half on account
Of broken ribs secured on the trim 10
the coast. This naturally weakened
the team. Hope. OF the university.
played through the game with a broken
shoulder. secured at Denver two weeks
ago.
From "A football standpoint perhaps
the most brilliant plays Of the day
were the pair Of field goals kicked by
Benuion Once from the ifty-yard line
he sent the ball as true as rifle bullet
and duplicated the trick from the
thirty-five-yard line. They were the
best exhibitions of goals from the field
ever seen in the state and both made
good. Both were also kicked OF the
third down when il was a question if
the Varsity could have made its yards.
Varsity Turns Fancy Trick.
The most sensational play of the day
WAS the trick turned BY the Varsity