The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-05

The other day I played them against
each other, and you should have seen them
fght-whowr how they did get a. Il, At
last during a fierce center buck, Dad "
FairchIld slipped one over on the other
Dads " jowl. and the latter went down
and out. Fairchild dropped down beside
Wiley In the fash OF an eye, loosened up
the others canvas jacket, and began 10
battle his head
Come on, wake up, Dad pleaded
Dad Fairchild, and he doused a sponge
fuI Of water on Wneys coco.
" I'm ali right now, Dad " replied
Dad Wiley, who had come TO, under
the revlving influence of cold water.
Well, IL you're sure that you're all
right. Dad then let's get up and fight
il out, but be sure that you're all right"
and then Dad Fairchild helped Dad "
Wiley on his feet.
In another minute they were al # as
hard as ever.
When Billy Barnard was coaching
Northwestern. he ran across a punter who
averaged no less than - yard kicks, and
who was physically phenomenon. The
man was Rodman, who afterward made
quite q name for himself as = discus
thrOwer. Barnard tried ROdmen as
full back. but soon found that he was
valuelcss as a football player. outside Of
his wonderful kicking. But determined
10 make use OF his punting Barnard began
20 devise plays for ten men, and Max
Beutner. who was then the trainer at the
north shore institution. spent many sleep
less nights before he thought out 4 patent
shoe FOR the marvel.
il the hrst game. Rodman was called
upon for kick az critical point of the
game, and how he did boot 1t. The ball
must have Travelled a. least 81 yards
straight up in the air, and 1t landed on
the ground three feet back OF where Il was
Kicked. just then Rodman left the field
amid pyr0technic display of Billy Ban
nard's profanity. supplemented by a
heavy German euss word here and there
from Beutner
They can talk all that they've a mind
10 about Pat IDEAS faults. They may
say that he Is quittcr-is yeiioW-shOws
the white feather, etc, etc, etc. but
when a fellow has an educated foot as Pat
had, he can afford a couple OF dozen
faults. You never did know when Wis
consin was going 10 score from the field,
when he was in the game. l believe that
the longest kick ever made in a foot
ball game was backed by O'Dea's foot
along IN IS or 80. II remember rightly.
dEatlHl hiCtliEaH.
X was on the old league grounds in
Milwaukee, the ball was passed back TO
the Wisconsin captain for a place kick,
81 yards away from the goal. The ball
came back true and the man from the
sntip0des not only sent it over squarely
between the goal posts but also over a
bleacher full OF people and the pig skin
landed On the street outside OF the
grounds. I'll bet that ball went fully O
hundred yards. II ii went an inch. II beat
ODea's drop kick against Northwestern
seYcC ways from the jack.
You've heard Of a fellow being knocked
into the middle Of next week. Wen, I
know O football player who was Knocked
back into the year before. The game was
with Purdue, ana the PLAYER vas Way
Woody. Tho Hint quarter Woody was
playing defensive full back and act a
crack on tho conk white tackiing q big
follow who bad broken ihrough tho line.
Nobody noticed anything wrong until the
ball CHANGED hands. ard The little fellow
began 10 al Signals. when iiis teans.
uatcs discovered tEat he was t.vzsg .ienl
TIE plays based OF epbs! used he pre-
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