The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-10
Lose Yards on Forward Pass.

Lose Yards on Forward Pass.
True Utah lost many yards on the for
ward pass TO every yard gained, but Utah
carried the ball within striking distance
Of q goal on this uncertain. spectacular
play, and then Were equal 10 the task
of hammering their enemies lines for
enough yards to score the winning points
Never before has this play been used to
such good advantage by Coach MaddOcks
men. although it has often been tried.
but Utah needed a victory and il came
through taking chances. all Of which are
a part of the present day game.
These two scores. resulting from two
touchdowns. were the only times during
the entire game that either goal was in
real danger. Both teams tried field goals
and failed. and the failure was 50 pro-
nounced that the ball did not even come
close 10 the two uprights marking the tar
gets for the oval.
Logan's Opportunity Is Lost.
It can truthfully be said that the farm
ers had one chance of scoring, but loss
on the first down and tumble on the sec
ond, gave the pail 10 Utah when il was
kicked out of danger and the farmers lost
the opportunity Of the day. In attempt
ing 8 forward pass, the ball struck one
or the A. G players and bounced off into
space and also into Andrews waiting
hands. In an instant he was down the
field without a Utah man between him
and the coveted goal line. Quick as a
flash Grant was after him. but for full
Utah quarterback. Then Grant took the
last chance, a flying tackle, and downed
Andrews from behind, ten yards from
Ctah's goal line.
The first play resulted IN a loss On
the second a penalty of five yards placed
the Aggies still farther from the goal
and then tumble gave the ball TO Utah
field
The game as a whole was pretty even
break Neither team could make its yards
with enough assurance to insure a touch
down from straight football Both teams
used up probably their entire category of
line plunges and end runs without effect
In the first half and in the second resorted
nearly all the time to forward passes and
onsde kicks. Now and then formation
would carry the ball for a small gain but
generally such plays resulted in a loss
In the second half especially there was
no time at which either team was able TO
advance the ball with any degree of sue
cess.
How the Teams Compared.
One of the surprises as we'll as fea-
lures of the game was the strength of the
Utah line. Heretofore Logan has eXcelled
in this department, but yesterday it was
the Utah line that proved the stone wall
on defense. This made the Logan line
plunges practically useless ard from the
frequency with which they were attempt
ed Il appeared as II Coach Walker had
built up his offensive work largely along
these lines.
Utah failed 10 show the speed It exhib-
tied against Golden. but even then was
faster than Logan. This appeared to be
the farmers weakest point
The team as a whole failed to jump into
the play as quickly as Utah. When on
the offense. Utah met the A. c. line be-
fore the line was prepared FOR the at
tack and this weakened the efforts to
break through on the part of the farmers
On defense the Logan ends and back
field men, playing out did great work in
breaking up interference and downing the
man with the ball In this style of work
their tackling was especially effective and
it created great havoc with Utah's for1ma-
tons for end runs.
The handling of punts was the best that
has ever been seen on Cummings field.
Forward Pass in Evidence.
While Utah's best work was its forward
pass. il was also the weakest point on the
team. Now and then they got away with
the play In manner that seemed almost
marvellous Twice the shoe string for
ward pass was pulled off with great sue
cess. Then again the team would fall
time and time again, losing many yards
on penalty. Logan did not try il as often
as Utah. They were not as long and
while the Ageies probably did not miss as
many, YET the successful ones were not
as effective.
The strongest feature of the visitors
playing was the ability of their runners
10 make yards after being tackled. The
men were never downed and until pro-
gress came to an end. frequently dragged
the Utah tackler for yards before being
stopped Perhaps their weakest point was
in not getting into the play quick enough.
Frequently the men seemed TO hesitate
before going at their gman. This was es-
pecially true when the big linemen got
through and hesitated before downing the
Utah backs with the ball in their posses
sion.
Eqbert Star of the Game.
In summing up the work of the play
ers Egbert of the A. c. stands out as
probably the most effective OF any man
on either team This youngster is one OF
those lodging runners who gets away
with many a yard after he is apparently
stopped. In calling plays now and then
Il appeared as if he did not use the judg-
ment that comes with mature playing. but
In individual work he was the best man
on the team. In catching punts he was
especially good. but at that did not excel
Grant in this part of the game Both
of them handled the ball well, but Egg
bert seemed to make the greater gains
on the come back Brossard was easily
the most effective ground gamer of the
A C. back field and was strong on tackl-
ing. Andrews did good work on pluns-
ing. while Frew. the other back. failed
to clear the end before being tackled as
a rule. Condor played a strong end, while
Hansen did good work in the line. Big
Holm Nelson was not as fast as usual
Yesterday and failed TO make the big gains
~ former years in his line bucks. This
vas probably because the A c. team is