, 1907-10-21
THE GAME
WAS LOST
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOOT,
BALL TEAM ENCOUNTERS
STRONGEST OPPOSITION
IN COLORADO.
Aggregation, But Great Praise is
Given Latter for Pluck and Good
acknowledgement and Others
Given Jolts, But Some of the In
jured Insisted on Playing.

The football team of the University
of Wyoming, which played a game with
the team from the Colorado school OF
mines at Golden Saturday afternoon.
meeting the strongest team, perhaps.
in that state and suffering defeat by
the score of II to o, returned Sunday
afternoon, being met at the depot by
a large number of friends, including
many of the girls who showed their
loyalty to the university by the warmth
of their reception. The boys were de.
feated, but with not an exception the
correspondents at Golden of the Den,
yer Sunday morning papers spoke in
the kindliest of spirit, praising the
Wyoming boys, who, they say, ven In
the fact of the strongest opposition
they could have encountered in the
state. The Wyoming boys were never
in position to win the game, and their
hope of scoring was almost as slim, but
they fought on, doing themselves and
the university proud in their stick-to.it.
iveness. Quotations are made from
the Golden correspondence of the Den
yer Republican, the Denver Post and
the Denver News, showing the spirit
of the Golden people and their gener-
Gus treatment of the Wyoming boys.
The Republicans report has the fol.
lowing:
Visitors Not Particularly Weak.
"It was not because Wyoming was
particularly weak, but the greater
weight and superior playing of the
miners simply swept the visitors off
their feet and they were powerless 10
prevent the champions from scorin at
will.
THE day was ideal, but almost too
warm for good football, and the field
was 80 dry that a cloud OF dust arose
after each scrimmage that made
breathing difficult, but Notwithstanding
these drawbacks the game was fast.
especially on the part Of the miners,
time being taken out for them but once
during the fifty minutes of play.
Golden a Little Slow.
This being the first real game o.
the season there was naturally some
ragged work and many Of the plays did
not go with~the smoothness and dash
they should, but the material is on
hand and Shorty is the Ia who can
develop it and round out a champion
ship team If any one can
For the visitors, Captain Corthell,
G. Wheeler and Hunton did exception.
ally good work. In several instances
Wheeler broke through the mines line
and by splendid tackling saved the
score from being larger. Corthell was
nearly always SUR of his man and hs
showed good headwork."
Chance at One Time.
The correspondent of the Post has
the following:
But one time a there any show
at all for the Wyoming boys to score.
The miners had tried a forward pass,
the ball being caught by one of the
visiting boys, who had practically a
clear field, but he was not swift enough
on his feet n was downed after a run
of about fifteen yards.
Never has there been such a set Of
game youngsters on a Golden gridiron
as these Wyoming boys, who played on
and on in the face of their overwhelm.
ing defeat, and contested to the best of
their ability every foot of ground. Su.
perior weight, teamwork and superb
interference was what won the game
lor the miners by such a big score.
University Lads Fioored.
Several of the Wyoming boys wera
knocked out, mostly through lack OF
Wind. Their plucky little captain, how.
ever, was rather seriously hurt as a
result OF a collision with Skinner, both
diving for a fumbled ball at the same
time. He received a terrible bump on
the head, a cash in his lip and a mum
Der of teeth are loose. He was taken
out of the game in a dazed condition
hut admitted afterwards that it was
not caused by any unnecessary rough
ness on the part of the locals. One
miner, Hynes, was knocked out for q
time, but finished up his half.
so impressed were the school Of
mines rooters with the pluck and
'stick-to-ftiveness' of the visiting lads
in the last half Of the game they die
more cheering for Wyoming than they
did for their own college"
Were Willing Victims.
This from the report in the News:
THE University of Wyoming fur
nished victims for the tragedy. but, bt
it said to their credit, they were will
ing victims. Beef, experience and
strong-lunged brigade of rooters wer,
nitted against q Light bunch with blu