The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-17

In the intenseness Of body 10 body
playing a man often forgets himself
entirely in q football game. In this
connection a story is told on Dad"
Elliott, the former Northwestern end
and sprinter. The Northwestern-Chi-
cago game in 1901 was bitterly fought
struggle. The purple eleven had been
put on the finest kind of edge for the
game, and played in a truly desperate
fashion.
Around Elliot was built the fort of
Northwestern's attack. and the clever
end was well nigh exhausted before the
end Of the first half. Seeing that his
cleVerest ground gamer was wabbly
on his pins, DR.. HOLSTER ran on the
field and poured about a gill of whisky
down the boys Throat. Now dad"
was the president OF the Y. NJ. c. \.
at Northwestern at the time, and If
there was one thing he always had
fought against 1t was the demon rum.
The stimulant braced him. During the
remainder of the game he kept calling
for that stuff" And they soaked him
with it,
After the contest, in which North
western was the winner, Dad at
tended a Y. NJ. c. 4. social, smelling
like barrel house. 1t was some weeks
before he could square himself with
his co-workers.
Last year when Illinois played Ne
braska, the Cornhuskers met the Illini
tribe, headed by George HUFF, at the
train with a brass band. The Illinois
boys were bundled away in carriages,
ana with the band In front formed
quite q procession TO the hotel. On
all sides HUFF had to salute the well
coming citizens of Lincoln. The whole
city cheered HIS name. When we got
10 the hotel HUFF came straight up to
my room, and in an uncomfortable mt
OF laughter threw himself upon the
bed. II was some minutes before l
could get from him the cause Of this
apparent uncalled for expression OF
mirth Afr he had Gained down some
what, this is what ne told me;
l. You see, the last time l was in this
town I left in a rather hurried fashion.
II was when ] played on Illinois. We
made a transforming tour through
Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, during
which we played SAX games In the
course Of seven days. When we played
Nebraska l was pitted against loud
mouthed sort of fellow, Who from the
first started TO obuSe me. There was
one expression which especially grated,
and that was fat" / controlled my
self with a great deal OF effort dur .ng
the game, and because I said nothing
my tormentor took il as a SIGN OF
weakness on my part, But was on
hiding my time. AS soon as the game
was over l made one leap for the fell
low, and at the SANE tire handed him
an upper slice flush on the jaw. which
stretched him out as one dead. In a
moment [ was the center of the Wild
est looking mob that / ever hope to
I see, Only the fact that there was an
other fat man on our team saved me,
/ For a moment they took him for me.
and in that moments hesitation I Cs-
: capped But they soon caught sight Of
me, and chased me TO the hotel The
| landlord was pretty game and barred
the door. The crowd hung around the
place almost all Of the night. Finally
/ I managed 10 sneak out about in tine
mornin and caught a freight for
Omaha. Now To think that they are
( receiving me with brass band" And
/ the big fellow broke into another fl of
/ laughter.
/ II is Hun's contention, after playi0 G
/ football both In the west 2nd In ire
| east. that q fellow does not take UP the
sport because he likes ii, like a man
who plays baseball.
II wouldn't plav football now for
anything and / did play partl- because
/ | was afraid not to, and partly be-
cause | persuaded myself that I ought
| 10. Perhaps / might have thought II
! was "ood sport at the time ] was III
it, but | doubt Ii now"
! He is right, too. Personally / Won d
not play the game any more. As |
: look back ] can't see much fun thar !
+ had out OF il. OF course there was the
/ satisfaction of victory and there " S
/ something that appealed to ms II the
physical contact with an opponent And
yet of daily practice | can say what
| Sherman said OF war. When l look
! back IL seems laughable, but the year
/ that / was picked on the all-vestern
/ team was not myself physically and
only played because I did not have
nerve enough TO say that l would not.
+ They talked about my nerve after the
! season but it was the rankest kind of
moral cowardice that made me play.
! Funny isn't it?
! Wei. Rob Roy and Newtown, which
! have struggl cd year after year, at last
have severed athletic relations. Their
annual game for the amateur cham
A.! pionship Of Fountain county. Ind, and