The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-24
UTAH TEAM At
HOME AND HAPPY
Colorado Trip Proved Varsity
One of Strongest Aggre-
gatI0nc in West.

The university football team arrived in
the city yesterday. Most Of them are
looking well, with the exception of a few
scratches. Brown has a sprained ankle
and bad cut over the left eye. Peter
sons knee was slightly injured. and his
foot is swollen so that he cannot wear his
shoe. Ray has a bad knee The boys
will be out for practice again tonight and
the scrimmages will start tomorrow.
Manager Brown is trying to arrange
a game with Wyoming for next Saturday
to be played here. The game that was
on account of the severe blizzard that was
raging in Laramie. Brown telegraphed
wyoming last night and has not yet re-
celVed reply.
Delighted With Trip.
The players all speak well of the trim
ana the treatment they received, especial
~ at Colorado Springs. During their stav
there number of social entertainments
were given in their honor The daily
scrimmage with the college team and the
Colorado Springs High school did them a
world of good.
Most of the boys are pretty sore over
the result of the game with the Tigers.
and are confident that if they could meet
them again they would be able to wal
i TOD lnem Aside from many adverse con-
dltlons such as weight and their first
game for the season, the bows did not
show the spirit that they did in the Den
yer game In the scrimmage games with
them during the week they completely
surpassed them and one afternoon they
scored four touchdowns in thirty minutes
play. During this time Utah was on Of
tense all the time, but in another half
Utah took the defense and the Tigers were
only able to make their downs once
Denver Players Clean.
The team is in high spirits over the
Denver contest. and think that they
played the game of their lives. The boys
say that, contrary To the reports the
Denver men are clean, sportsmanIike
players, and only on one occasion they
were guilty of questionable conduct.
An assembly of all the students of the
university was held YESTERDAY to wei
come the team back. The program COM
menced with some school yellS and songs
and then the members of the team were
taken MP on the lecture stand. The first
speaker was Manager Brown. He told
or the patriotism exhibited by the schools
that they visited in Colorado. and urged
the students of the university to be more
loyal to the team. He also told of the
way athletics was run there and urged
the formation of an athletic associate
He concluded by reading extracts from
the Denver papers regarding the game.
BEST Team Utah Ever Had"
Coach Maddox was called uson for \
talk and he spoke highly Of the conduct
of the boys on the trip and complimented
their playing. He said that the present
team was the best that Utah had ever
had, as far as ne knew.
Professor Byron Cummings spoke of the
needs of the athletic field caused by the
recent storm. He told how it was made
and fenced in by the efforts of the stu
dents. He suggested that all the boys
turn out and help put up the fence tern
down by the wind. The matter was put
or ar~v-fD IL
The date of the task has not been set
but when it is, a holiday will be declared
and all the boys will turn out and fix
the fence and make some other much
needed repairs. If the game is arranged
with Wyoming the fence will he put up
before then, but if not, no work will be
done for a week as no cedar posts are
obtainable in Salt Lake. The assembly
was concluded by a stirring speech by
Stayner Richards president of the stu
dent body. and some school yells.