The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-27
old KING WINTER
WINS HIS GAME
Utah and idaho No Match for
Him in Big Football
Struggle.
NEITHER TEAM MADE SCORE
ELEMENTS AGAINST TEAMS AND
PLAYING is IMPOSSIBLE.
NEITHER TEAM MADE SCORE
BY w. D. RlSHEL.

Old King Winter. with his TWO feet Of
crisp and brittle snow. passed "a big ripe
lemon 90 the Utah and Idaho football
teams in the great Thanksgiving game
Of football yesterday afternoon. The
poor dcludtd moTtals who are wise =
football lore may speak or the contest
rs tie game IN which neither [ tab nor
Idaho. after one hours fierce night with
the elements was able 10 score; but il
was not a struggle between Utah and
Idaho; rather was IL q One-sided battle
Of two wei.-trained athletic teams
against conditions which defied human
brain and brawfl \ gridiron Of unyield-
Maddox and MlddlstaQ. rendered fast
flying back fields helpless and FRUSTRATED
the heavy lines Of physical power. II
was The combined strength and strategy
latter won the Geht well.
seldom in the history of football. never
IN the local memory of The sport, have
the conditions or Held been sn over
powelinR against the contestants. Nei-
ther Utah nor Idaho was able 10 show
their many partIsans what they We're ca
pablo Of doing. After the game was Over.
friends of Utah said the varsity would
nave won WdlkaWay game with a dry
field. Rioters for Idaho were loud in
their claims that the Moscow team would
have SlauChtered MaddOck's mon N-i-
ther have any cause for their claims. As
IL actually happened. there was no sem
hl,i &c of football played. The exhibition
yesterday should be dismissed As FAR as
comparing Idaho and ttah on the grid
iron Both teams have many puZZling
plays We who have seen Utah know
they have and are willing 10 concede the
same for Idaho but far as saying one
-esn. had the best OF the other in YES
tcrdays game. it should be dismissed
without argument.
Could Not Score in Week.
Idaho and Utah could have played on
for a week under the conditions yester-
dav and neither team would have scored
HHrTsnR a f1TILa When ID
slider the facts OF the game. which shows
that once in the fun hours play Idaho
made her yards. and Utah did not once
gain the required distance in three downs,
barring. OF course. the recovered fum-
bles. then some idea OF the utter hope
lessness of advancing the ball can he
seen. When II well-directed punt was
just as liable 10 slip off the kicking toe
70 some unknown angle as il was to pass
over the line of scrimmage. the unTe
liability of the kick is evident. And the
but heavy and sluggish field of snow
and frozen oval Of pigskin-
After each down. the center used his
hands. digging n hole IN the snow to
make room TO pass the ball. Then, if a
punt had been ordered. the back field
cleared away a place for the kicker. and
near the close of the game shoveis were
brought in from the side lines TO help
clear a place for the man with the kick
ing toe. And here Idaho took every ad-
vantage OF the conditions as they were
it helped them keep the ball in Utah's
territory a greater part Of the time in
the second half Utah soon got tired OF
these shoveling tactics, accepted the ball
as II came. and many fluke kick was
recorded against them.
ldaho's Lost Opportunity.
Once during the game. and but once. it !
looked bad for Utah. This was within |
one minute Of final time. Idaho had /
the ball on Utah's forty-yard line square
" in front of the goal posts. The SHOW |
and part Of the ground uncovered for . !
try and gave a great sigh of relief as the !
son nailed It and then fumbled an Idaho !
man getting il on UtahS -fifteen-yard /
line with fifteen seconds OF play. the I
shoveling brigade again got TO work and |
il seemed certain the score would end in /
Idahos favor by a field goal. But Utah |
was equal 10 the occasion this time and /
tore the Idaho line to pieces. i dozen /
men blocking the kick as the whistle I
blew IL was Idahos fourth attempt at 1
goal kicking from the field. and each time !
the ball slipped from Smalrs toe.
In the first half Idaho's successful /
kickoff landing the ball on Utahs ten |
yard line. greatly helped the northern |
school. For full thirty minutes the bail \
passed back and forth. but at the end OF |
the first half Utah had gradually worked I
the oval well into Idaho territory.
In the second half. Utahs only kickoff I.
the ball slipped from ConVilIs toe and /