The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-15
HEAVY SQUAD
REPORTS AT u.
Outlook for Strong Team on
East Bench Growing
Brighter Each Day.

The candidates for the University of
Utah football team will hold the initial
practice of the season Monday after
noon at Cummings field There are
already twenty four men who have sig
nified their intentions of trying out
Monday. In the squad are some fast
and heavy men, and enough material
Tor one OF the heaviest, best and strong
est teams that the state institution has
ever had. Coach Maddox is pleased
with the outlook and saws things look
exceedingly good. considering the large
number of men that were lost last
year.
Present Candidates.
At present the candidates for the
back field are Dad" ConvilI, Captain
Cuddy Russell, Harry Moore Will Fer
guson, Sandy Hahn and Barney Quinn.
Maddox expects to add two more men
to this list by Monday who will make
strong bid for right halfbaek Convin.
the gentleman from Indiana, is slated
TO take Fred Bennion's place at full
back. This was the biggest hole in the
team. and Is probably the best filed
ConYiHs record with the big Purdue
eleven speaks for itself, and he will no
doubt rival Bennion for the greatest
fullback Utah ever had
Utsh's Greatest Ground Gamer.
Captain Russell will be back at his
old place. He is stronger this year than
ever before. He has been recognized
for the last two years as being the big
gest ground gamer on the hill This
Will be Ferguson's first year on the big
squad. He has played on the class
teams with good records. Ferguson
weighs about 10 and is one of the fast
est men in the squad. He is an aspir-
ant for right half. Frank Hahn is also
out for this position. Hahn PLAYED on
the old East Side High school team. He
has not participated in the game since
then Hahn is tall, wiry fellow, and
Maddox thinks he will have a great
haifback in him before he leaves the
school. He entered this year as a
freshman. Quinn was the star on the
All Hallows college team last year and
is heavy enough for the ''U' team
Moore for Quarter.
Fuzzy Moore seems to be the only one
out for quarter. At the preliminary
practice at Lagoon he showed great
form, and 1t looks as though he will
develop into a star in this position.
The departure of Peterson, Varley.
Ray and Barton will leave the line
somewhat disfigured. Peterson at end
was one of the strongest men on last
All-Rocky Mountain eleven. Barton
was the heaviest man on the squad last
season.
Line Men Out.
The candidates for line positions to
date are Bryant. Snow, Palm, Olsen.
HOldswOrth, Peterson, Christensen
Roberts, Anderson, Home, Sutton, Hen
Messy, Pierce, McNaughton, Journal,
Tracy, Naylor and Carlson. Bryant
played a tackle and Palm a guard on
last years team. 1t was PALMS first
year, and his playing put him in the
list of the best guards the university
ever had. Olsen, Snow and Sutton were
substitutes last year. For ends those
who will try out are Anderson, who
played an end last year: Roberts. left
guard on the champion s. L. H s.
eleven of 1905; Pierce, another High
school man; Holdsworth, who played
end on the Michigan Agricultural COL
lege. Peterson and Christensen are two
promising line men. They are both new
at the university and both tip the beam
above 215. Hennessey and Home are
two more ex-High school players, and
they also go over the 200 mark From
these men Maddox will be able to get
center, guards and tackles that will
average over 200 pounds. but the ends
will be light.
No 6ennions on Team.
Most of the squad have had the ad-
vantage of a weeks preliminary train
ing at Lagoon, but this will be the first
work of the season for a number OF
them. For the first time in a number
Of years there will be no Bennions try
ing for the team. The three brothers
who are in the game at present are
Fred. Earl and Dez-s Fred is at Penn
sylvania, Earl is at Logan, where he
will try for quarter on the Aggie team,
and Dee is on the Bennion farm at
TaylOrsVflle. Maddox hopes to get the
men in shape soon so he can play few
practice games before the season opens
on Oct. u. On this date the u team
meets Denver university on Cummings
field.