The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
GOLDEN MANAGER
RUGGED WIDOW
Football Team Which Utah De-
feated Has Merry Time in
Denver Theatre.
Denver Times.)

little play he didn't think that some of
the joyful lads from the worlds great
est mining school, situated at Golden.
this state, would be suspended for lay
ing hands, rather arms, on the one in
the title role.
But such is the case. Paul Neer.
manager of the Colorado School of
Mines football team of 1908. is the first
10 fall and others are to follow. are
the reports current on the campus
When The College Widow held the
boards at the Broadway theatre two
weeks ago William Ireland invited the
School of Mines football team to be
present on the closing night. This was
Saturday. There was no school, as
usual, on Sunday.
The School of Mines holds the
Rocky mountain football champion
ship for the season of 1907. and this
made the presence of the team more
desirable, because a championship
mood is different from any other kind
and, though college boys usually are
prankful when they get TO exciting
scenes of the gridiron. with the
thought that they are champions they
. are apt to fairly bubble over or even
burst with enthusiasm.
Heroes Occupied Boxes.
On the Saturday night The College
Widow" left Denver the champion
Mines gridiron heroes occupied the
lower boxes on both sides of the
house. AS this was a play Astounding
with scenes from college life, and par
ticularly football scenes, the team had
a large following, though there was =
noticeable absence of faculty members.
The Broadway was deliberately deco
rated in School of Mines pennants, ana
the effect was rather enchanting
The first act aroused but little eX-
element. About the close of the SIC
and some of the particularly pretty
girls of the company appealed evil
IDENTIFY, to the Mines boys.
When the curtain fell there was
loud applause from the lower left-hand
boxes, and the well-filled house joined
in. Up went the asbestos and Two
Mines students jumped upon the stage
and literally distributed beautiful blue
and white pennants. Needless to say,
these gifts were received by the Ge-
lighted girls, who enjoyed the special
recognition. As the curtain fell the
boys mixed for their boxes and bare
~ escaped a bump from the long cur
tain pole.
The third act was the period of great
excitement. 1t is here that the foot
ball teams have their annual Thanks
giving game upon which the friends of
the college widow had bet 81 000 Well
il was simply a case of where old col
lege men went Wild This spirit of en-
thusiasm was doubtless augm eated by
the presence of the School Of Mines
team. the numerous decorations and
the yelling of the invited guests mir-
gled with the cheering of the "sUpers'
and members of the company.
So excited did the football boys
champions of the Rockies, become that
they craned their necks far out over
the box, turned and hung their feet
over the box curtains and kicked Up
q big a fuss as if their team was on
the One-fOot line with 2 single down
left in which TO make the required
gain. The young blood of The col
legians fairly sizzled with excitement.
Had the School of Mines been oppos-
ing the University of Colorado and the
score tied, one minute to play ard the
Miners on the universities one-yard
line, the pandemOnium could not have
been greater.
Enter "the College Widow"
Marguerite Snow was especially be-
witching in this act. 1t was her pres
ence of mind that saved the day She
was the whole thing in the hearts of
the cOllegians.
1t was all too much for the enthused
witt shower of DennanIs. For
minute it looked as il they would bear
the college widow OFF 10 Golden and
claim her for their own. But they
didn't
But there were numerous loving pats
on the back ard the whole soiled
young Americans couldn't control
their enthusiasm sufficiently to keep
their arms from around the enticing
college widow. among others.
But there were numerous loving pats
on the back and the whole-souled
young Americans couldn't control their
enthusiasm sufficiently to keep their
arms from around the enticing college
widow, among others.
Never was a gayer time witnessed at
the Broadway theatre. Never did col
lege boys let their enthusiasm get
away with them more. The girls in the
cast will never forget that night
And the college boys from Golden
viii never forget that night.
Then Prexy Came Back.
Last Monday President Victor c. Al.
derson returned from a visit in the
east. He trusted in his boys and was
unsuspecting until the jolly went the
rounds about some of the boys hug
ging the college widow.
Wouldn't you like to squeeze the
college widow again
why didn't you kiss her What do
you care if you were in the theatre be-
fore a packed house?" were some of
the expressions freely used
Faculty members smelled a rat. and
President Anderson hates the pesky
thing. He has smelled them before.
The entire School of Mines football
team was ION the carpet" and some
are far from cleared. Captain Hoyt,
E'ullback Nordenholt Tackle Hynes,
Kruger, Baker, Skinner, Knowles,
Kirschmann, Manager Paul Neer and
other weIl-known School of Mines stars
were asked to have a little consulta-
tiJn with President Anderson and GER
tain faculty members
This stirred up wild excitement at
Golden. Today all the talk in college
circles is about the football team, its
action at the theatre. President Alder.