Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-23
o.,dsn Game Saturday Finds
Team Without Needed
Support.
STARS BUT NO SUBSTITUTES.
o., absence Of Two Men the Eleven
Must Face strongest Rival In
crippled Condition.

srbarn viii Dc lootDAl A'l N'' A'''
,,r.av ana Il win be game in
.s,rb t,tah has the stlffest fight to win
sa,v played since the Boulder game
two years ego.
mo colorado school OF mines VIII be
r,.,t.. opponent and the splendid team
obirb Maddox had In line TO meet
n.nycr VIII appear only as a rem
,sri with both the line and the back
acid badly crippled. 49,
ma limo VIII miss Peterson, who Us IN
che bo.nital as the result ~ The Denver
..,,a and ConvNlo win De absent from
IN hack dhid trio whore he is baby
,sad Conviuc was showing signs
nf rsrlacing Beuniou at fullback IN an
orc,ntable monner when he broke
None n hts hand. and he WIN have 70
l.rr, ID BOB a bandage for another Two
Tbc trouble ot the university is one
chat every school experiences Whose
t,.fb9U edund is small-enoush 10
mike One eleven. but but not 20 maze
tvo Whore ths playing of the s1mt
~ srorf ana net for victory, as q uf7l
essential is cUI hosized, large crown
usually gets our. and 70 VS. the poorer
men who FIRST demand attention from
the coach ana trainers, while the olatL
mon are allowed 90 go 'heir way, NV, wy
coach each year building up "''i'"'
Dor next years squad.
MANY FOR PRACTISE.
In such schools many a man plays
in the nractl-a games three years pt-
fore Die finally appears in the mrs.
fpam. but be is finished on To- tno9e
three years % allow no fan down. lach-
ing only the reputation Of the star
.I#.U on
callahan allowed bis high school foot
ball team 10 always taste victory
his main interest WAS in getting out
the row mon working with the
scrubs" and only troubling about MS
stars when he sow they needed nun
badly II was sort Of following our
the Franklin motto Of caring for the
dimes and fcrrcttigg the dollars IN
the belief they would care FOR them-
selves.
But a. the university Maddox en-
Countorcd many asuirants for the leAlu
when he FIRST came who thought they
must either make 70 in "a week OF QUIT
next weok Hence football team was
developed, but not "a football squad.
LACK or SUPPORT
The team ma. always had men upon
A. about whom the undergraduates
grlnncd. ana said but little. Instead
OF knowing Them as classmates ana
college fellows. they knew them as
"Ferguson or Wisconsin or Jones or
Drake" or "Conville tho all-west star
Zach season the teams hopes are based
on pcagihle arrivals from this section
or that section. where football prestige
stands high.
80 HOME TRAINING.
In avs the time that Bcnnion stood
ON @ M ha aN
his fellows IN puntiug, there rs no re-
cord that he taught the game 70
single undergraduate, that single
younger player was put through his
PAGES FOR the position. that anything
like football squad was developed
of legitimate students. eager FOR thelr
legitimate recreation, which Is the only
Legitimate use % a football team.
WITHOUT HEIRS
when Benuion reached the end of his
days-the only hope was in "A man from
the outside. Appeared Dad Convillc,
with an all-western reputation Tie
vas given a warm reception, put iE
position Without competition. and with
out building up his way as the usual
player docs. Conyille played one good
same. He made good. re broke his
hand Noa the team has no man of
the squad worthy 10 take his place.
Ferguson against Nne All stars -Hi-
urday showed h. isn't yet ready. Fuzzy
Moore. thrown 90 from quaretrhack.
lacks the build. UNDERGRADUATES, eX-
pCcting to see Scely of Stanford. or
Conville. or someone else. come iu 90
recruit the vacant places have never
developed a keen sense Of responsible
ty FOR the teams condition, sense of
responsibility that sends their members
ont to train Tor two years. and then
hope To- Get % place before graduating.
SLIGHT RESPONSIBILITY.
few of this kind OF men there have
been. SNOW. who appears in the line
This ,aar Be- "a survival of "a small squad
which played valiently for second team
f0DG for two years. but most Of bis
friends -nd companions 1n tho squad
have I'ft it There has been no con-
centra,ed pressure from fellow students
o. keep them out Maddox came from
f1st and was the most notorious Of
OH coaches in following the policy of
buying NOW men instead training
thou n ls improbable that Maddox
over 1W iu Michigan attention lavishod
err n.0u notice paid 90 the unframed
man. whp wanted t0 play for the Sun
oi Co., Instead oft maintaining "a squad
of l' 0r 10 men, YOTt bought up a foW
filu from the prep. schools each fall
and these only could look for places