The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24
Holds EckersaIl in High Regard.


ity Of the maroon tnan he does on any
other man no has chosen He prais-S
and criticises at the same Time. ia
speaking OF Eckersall, he says:
''Eckersall. the star quarterback Of The
west, added 10 his reputation in every re-
Spect this year save one. In his big
game, upon catching punt he started
to circle back with it instead of making
q first start directly up the field. ana
this resulted in his showing less of his
running ability than usual in that big
game His runs from the kickoff We're
strong. IN one case he undoubtedly
saved Chicago by his nerve in this re
spect. for II had been forced back until
he stood with the ball inside his own
Vineyard line. a third down, and about
10 kick against the wind. II he attempt
ed TO run and Michigan stopped him D.
was perfectly sure TO score. If he punt
ed against the wind the chances were
strong indeed that il the ball went out
into the field il would be heeled and
Michigan would hck a place kick goal
If he eudeavOred TO kick II out OF bounds
on either side the angle would be such
that il would still leave Michigan within
scoring distance.
1T was a hard proposition, but be
faced il and did the bold thing By run
ming. after pretending he was going 10
kick and he succeeded in getting around
Micnigans left end for a gain of over
twenty yards. He had but one oppor-
tunity for drop kick IN his big game
and that was pretty poor chance. he
won the Wisconsin game himself by q
drop kick. and that was an important
contest for Chicago. a game PLAYED In a
sea Of mud; and In one Of his minor
games he kicked no less than five drop
kick goals during the game.
Calls Him Punter of First Class.
HE Is a first-class punter. getting
from fifty 20 sixty yards. His punt
against the wind across A1fchigan's gOaf
line was a kick that eventually resulted
4 In safety. defeating Michigan AS a
tackler there is no better man on the
AtafsHa
ing the back field on a defense when a
fake kick Is attempted and the runner
is going around the end, EclIersall starts
so quickly from bic position after he sees
that no kick is coming that even though
the runner gets by the end, he meets
Eckersall almost at once. In the Michl-
gan game what apparently looked like q
sure thing for GarTets after he circied
Chicagos END turned out to be only q
three-yard gain because Eckersall had
come up so rapidly and tackled him so
clearly that he barely got around the
end. In fact il almost seems Il pity that
with his speed and ability ECkersau
could not be used more on the end in
defensive work. He Is one Of the most
accurate passers, if not the most ac-
curate, in the country today, and Chi
cago's game requires a number of id
uieiaJe passes which must be unusually
Curtis Marvel.
Curtis OF Michigan astonished the Yale
man. who marveied at the speed shown
by the giant Wolverine. OF Curtis he
saws:
Courts OF Michigan, mentioned in these
columns last year, is a type of man the
east has not seen. but he would be some
thing OF revelation. He is heavier
than any OF the standard eastern tackles
but so quick on his feet that in the
Michigau-C hicagO game he repeatedly
worked through and got near enough 10
Eckersall when that young man was
punting 10 make il seem as if he would
block the kick and if Eckersau had not
been remarkably cool and an able punter
the kicks would have been blocked for
ia one or two instances he only sue
ceeded in getting a kick in by his pretty
side swing. Curtis also is good on de-
tense. Probably he would have sa0ue
more on attack had he stayed in The
Chicago game longer. He is a good
plungeT and works well with a heavy
back field"