The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-21
ALL HALLOWS, 0;
OGDEN HIGH, 0.
Un a Muddy Field These Two
Teams Play Each Other to
a StandStilI.

= cold. shivering northern wind accom-
panied by snow and sleet opened the fall
football season on Cummings field yes
terdsY afternoon. About 800 sfivering
fans braved the weather and saw Ogden
and Ali Hallows fight each other 70 a
standstill In the first game ever played
under the new rules In this city While
tne raw wind was disagreeable for the
spectators. the snow and sleet and sticky
muc formed q coating over the gridiron,
making last playing an impossibility. This
Undoubtedly interfered with the playing
o. the two teams. but at the worst il
Was an even break and when 1t was all
over the final score stood 10 q.
II was the first exhibition of the new
rCics ana while they have greatly reduced
tht chances OF injury, they have also
taken away much OF the game which
made 1. a. strategic battle between twenty
two VIII cOacned men. Ten yards in three
downs IS too much distance to gain and
yesteroay's exhibition convinced the spec
tatoTs hat this rule will be the first one
Changed next season.
Score Tells Strength of Teams.
Perhaps two teams could not have been
made 20 order and matched more evenly
than ti.e Ogden High and All Hallows
YESTERDAY The score of To is as true
= story of The lighting strength of these
two teams as it is possible for one to
relate. Both teams were within a foot
OF each others goal and both failed TO
ktt the D4H over Tor "a score. OUTSIDE OF
these TWO opportunities neither goal was
IN DANGER excepting from fluke, which
could easily have happened on several
occasions in favor of either team.
Inc game was essentially q kicking one
Within few minutes after the game
Was called All Halows found it could not
gain either through the line or around
lac Cnds and resorted entirely to kicking
Csden was a little more fortunate and in
the carly part of the first half made 4
lumber OF small gains on end runs. Be
fore ten minutes play had passed. Ogden
same tactics as Al Haliows. For the re-
n1linCer of the half the ball was con-
SANITY. in the air with a toss up as to
which team got ii wnen it hit the ground.
College Tries End Runs.
l. thc second half All Haliows was
CNidentiy given a few pointers by Coach
Tobin and started out with end runs
II proved q complete failure and in few
minutes they were back TO a kicking
game. The forward pass. about which so
much has been written and said, was
tfieu hut once. Ogden tried il but lost
distance. Line bucking was tried occa-
aonally BY both teams but it was a
complete failure. Probably il would be
safe 10 say that not ten yards was gained
Through the combined efforts of both
teams during the fun hour of play in the
line
The game was an extremely flukey one
on bick when the ball should naturally
90 10 the othc- side. il was toss UP as
70 who got it, Frequently either team
SGT dOwn-the field on recovering kicks and
one was constantly looking for a touch
down on recovered kick back of the op-
l'oients goal line. This did not happen.
;1nd It was the only chance either team
had Of scoring,
Ogden Has Good interference.
one point in which the Ogden High
school eXcelied was in lining up their in
reference. Several short gains We're made
around ends by protecting the men with
the ball in good shape. All Hallows' inter-
ference was bad. at all times and for
this reason Fitzpaurice was robbed of
several long gains Several times he
started back of the line for what ap-
peared TO be good for 4 long run and
With single man as interference he
would have made big distance His in
reference was not there and stray Og-
dcn player would down him i'm his tracks
II was in the game of tackling that All
HalloHS- far -eXcelled Ogden. Coach Tobin
has developed team of tacklers and they
are sure and swift
Penalties were few and Ogden got away