The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-27

Idaho downed il in the center of the field.
For the full half the ball was worked
hard luck at the opening of the hail
never being overcome. Neither goal was
ever in danger from a touchdown. Utah
had one touchback. the ball going over
her goal line on a returned kick
Devoid of Sensational Plays.
The game was entirely devoid of sensa-
tional plays. Such thing as brilliant
run was impossible under the conditions
of the field. Once Thornton, the Idaho
sprinter. secured the bali after a dozen
fumbles, in which the members of both
teams repeatedly lost and recovered the
ball for a fifty-yard run. He had clear
field. and when Idaho saw their famous
sprinter plOdding through the snow. her
rooters called for a touchdown Bonnie
Grant however. pulled him down from
behind. actually outrunning him Once
again IL the game Johnson got around
his right end for fifteen yards. This was
the only time either team made the yards
during the game.
With a loss on the first down, Convin
on one occasion plunged through the line
for ten yards This Utah's best gain
in the game on straight football.
Famous Sweep Fails.
The famous Idaho sweep failed half
dozen times it was tried in the first half
and then given up for the rest of the
game But because II failed it cannot be
condemned 1t failed. and so did every
other play tried by either team. Utah
used the same formation and used il eff
fectiveIy against Boulder two weeks ago
Maddox has a well esta blished defense
for the play, but did not need TO use it,
as the snow did the work
The forward pass was also unreliable.
Only once during the game was 1t worked
with success when Monahan go. away
with twenty yards Utah tried 1t q couple
of times more and was penalized as the
receiver could not travel fast enough 10
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once or twice and then like Utah. gave
IL up. End runs were impossible. The
men could not get started and the inter
ference could not form in time to help
the runner.
kicking was the only practical way OF
advancing the ball and the game was real
~ kicking duel between Convill and
Small. The latter carried off the honors
of the day because he was more careful
and took his time. Small was content to
get the ball over the line of scrfmmage
with a fair chance of a short gain, while
Conviu tried to kick the cover off the
ball When Dad" did get punt away it
sailed through the air for big distance,
but fully two-thirds of his tries resulted
in z slip with the ball rolling off to one
side or a short kick into the line of scrim-
mage
Many and Costly FunbIes.
Fumbles were many and costly and
Idaho had by far the better luck in re-
covering the ball Idaho first resorted to
letting the ball hit the ground on punt
and then picking it up or falling on IL.
Utah tried to catch the pUnts. but near
the end of the game adopted Idaho's sue
cessful tactics of allowing the ball to bury
itself in the snow and then falling on It,
Penalties were not many, but penalty
Yesterday meant the loss of yards that
were hard to get back. Utah suffered
most. once being penalized thirty-five
yards, half the distance TO her own goal
from the seventy-yard mark, for rough
playing. One OF the Idaho players
smashed "Bill' Home. "BilI'' smashed
back and the referee saw "BilF' in the
act. Home was put out of the game and
the Idaho man escaped, because il is not
wrong to slug in football if the officials
do not see YOU In the second half an
other Idaho player deliberately slugged H
Richardson, who instead of hitting back
yelled to the officials. II was not seen
and Idaho escaped similar penalty. al