The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-01
UTAH's SEASON OF
UPS AND DOWNS
Brilliant Work in Some Games.
but Poor Exhibitions -
in Others.
ONE CRYING NEED OF TEAM
MORE MATERIAL NECESSARY TO
MAKE THEM CHAMPIONS.
ONE CRYING NEED OF TEAM
BY w. .. RIsHEL.

In a season of surprises. Utah's cham
plon football team was one of the sur
prises Of the season. At times its PLAY
ing was such that it seemed invincibIc.
only TO make a showing i'm the next
game which would rank IL with some sec
oud-class team. It's finish was a glor-
ious one and its Thanksgiving victory
LETT sweet taste with the football fans
which has done more for the game iu
Jtah. popularizing the school and game
with she masses, than any game which
has ever been played in Utah The spec
tacular finish wiped out the defeats OF
the season and cemented "a general feel
ing i'm the state TO boost for the state
university.
The ups and downs in football team
are hard TO explain. 10 was not this way
in the old game Then any person with
q knowledge of the sport could sit down
and 1IguFe team chances in a COM
ing game with a certainty that very
seldom miscaTried. This year the more
one tried 10 figure out the chances OF
a team. the bigger was the surprise when
the result of the game was placed down
In plain figures. II may be the new style
of football OF il may Just have hap
pened. but what is true i'm Utah mas
been true all over the country.
At Its Best in Golden Game.
The University of Utah was at its best
in the Golden game. This was the ono
fight of the year IN which the team sur
prised itself. its friends and played al Cd
clip which would not acknowledge de-
feat. Utah never reached that point be-
fore OF afterwards, and that victory
should for all time stand as a max Tor
what can be accomplished. In thsNs
ond half of the game with Colorado CIR
lege. Titan came nearer reaching this
point than it did at any other time. The
last twenty minutes of play came close
10 duplicating the work when the proud
n 10 nnN HH.
which the players will long remember-
Utah played q good game against tile
Logan Aggies. but after taking the lead
they seemed to slow down. apparently
thinking they had the game safe.
No Excuse for Los Angeles Defeat.
The defeat by the St Vincents of Los
Angeles was the one black spot I'm the
season s games The St. Nincents al their
best are no better than good high
school team. and IL is hard to explain
after all reports and details are at hand.
now that bunch beat the team which tied
for the Rocky mountain championship
l tab did not play mp to its form IN the
game with the Denver university The
score should have been double what
was and instead of being praised for IFS
victory, Utah was condemned for its poor
work In the second half Of the game
with Boulder. Utah got the worst cas-.
of stage fright the team has ever had
and was played off its feet. But after
Stunning up us Wolh. Jue victory COZ
Thanksgiving day has entirely wiped the
slate clean and the defects of the year
have been forgotten.
The Lesson Never Learned.
The season has brought out the same
valuable lesson that every season in the
past has offered TO Utah-that of ma
terlaL To rank with the leading uni
Versities Of the east Utah must have
better material from which to make
team. This is commented upon each year
and each year brings forth the promises
that the material viii be on hand next
year. Next year rolls around and it is
the same old story. Some fifteen or
twenty men get out I'm uniform from
which the coach is expected To- develop
a championship team. It cant be done
The sooner this cold fact is absorbed hg
Utah the quicker will it reach its goal
athletic supremacy-and 10 will not Dee
reached until IL is absorbed