The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
VARSITY TEAM
CLOSES SEASON
Maddox Will Lose Many of
His Best Men for Next
Years Work.

Thanksgiving day closed the most sue
oe@Sfui football season that the Univer-
stE Of Utah has had. Three years ago
the east benchers had never defeated a
Team outside of the state. and nov they
have "A Just claim TO the intermourtain
championship. having defeated the best
leans IN the west. Utah owes much of
H-r glory 10 Coach Maddox. as it was
NnTn ne took the team that the march
= Inc football supremacy began. Not
Chi- has he put out winning teams, but
mas deyeioped some OF the best players
II the football world
Thiz season. as i'm former years Mad
cock had tue weight question TO strug-
Eh with. Utah was fortunate in having
plenty Of beef behind the line, but Barton
and Palm were the only heavy men for
ward This made the L line lighter than
that Of any team they played, with the
exception of Montana.
Utah's Best Team.
The football team Of 1906 is undoubt-
eclN The hest team that has been brought
together in the StCte. When the season
started there We're tWcnty-four men ont
10 Dick the eleven from. and only two
OF these were green men. Olson and
Palm had not had any football expert
encc before, but showed up strong at the
END of the season. Bryant at tackle had
been on the second team the season be-
fore, and while he is not very heavy he
has SHOWN himself one of the best fight
tackle. have had a more uphill game
than any one on the team. Both are com
paratively light. and the heaviest men on
the opposing side have been Ditted against
Them. as Barr and Coffin of Colorado.
Ashby of Denver and jameson and Cap
tam Nelson, one Of the biggest men play
ing III the west, of the Asgfe team.
inc ends this year are another strong
hold of the team. EX-Captain Peterson
was about the best in his class Besides
MN, anderson and DEE Bennlon were two
men who could always be depended on
Both of these men will be with the school
next year.
Utah Great Back Field.
Utahs backfield was the bulwark of
the team. and it has not an equal in the
west. Each man was d star in himself |
and they worked together like cIockWork
Ihey nave piled up more points this year
than any team in Utah or Colorado. and
have met the same opponents that these
Teams have. Captain Bennion Russell
Mckenna and Brown constitute a set of !
PACK PACKS that would be welcomed on any |
team IN the west Bennion and Russell |
are good for any team in the country
Inc university will lose some of its /
best men this year. They are Bennion, |
Fltt, Narley, Mckenna and Brown All |
OF these men have had remarkable foot
ball career, and their loss will be hard
70 repair. For three years Bennion has
been the star of the team. He could al
ways be relied upon at a critical mo-
ment. and his kicking has won MANY
points for Utah. Brown and McKenna
were both good ground gamers While |
Pitts game at quarter has been superb |
his place win not be so hard to fiji. as
Sutherland will return to school next
year. 1t is likely that Sutherland will
be called on to do the kicking as he is
good in this line
Lose Marley at Center.
.Varley at center retires in a blaze of
glory de played a hard. consistent
game, and could be depended upon to
break up the opponents plays Maddox II
has no one in view to fill this vacancy
We're 1t not for Russell the backfieid next |
year would be severely crippled
Utah was fortunate in having an ever |
ready set of substitutes this wear and
some OF them will make good first team /
men next year There are also some sec ! :
ond team men who are corners Tbese |
with the men left over and new material | ,
VIII give Maddox a nucleus for a good
aggregation next year.
1t seems impossible to get game with /
the Golden Miners, and nothing has .
been heard from California. Until sonao
thing definite turns up the L men will I
discontinue practice. Next week the 1 !
offlcial photo of the team will be taken :
and the men awarded their US" The
election of captain will also take nlace I
Cuddy Russell, the star halfback is The | :
most likely candidate for the position \
Russell has gained many yards for tbe s
team and his playing most certainly war g
rants him this position.