The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-09-25
HIGH SCHOOL
DEFEATS ALUMNI
Black and Orange Victorious
Against Red and White In
First Game of Season.
Students Show Up in Fine Form
Promising Prospects
for the Season.

In the first game Of the football
season. the ogden High eleven yes
terdaly afternoon defeated, very de-
cIsively the Alumni team with The
final score standing "a TO ,. The
game was featured By the speed oil
the regular eleven, the work oil MO-
ran, Evans and Captain Stone. and
the remarkable cleverness OF the
backneld, especially in the handling
OF the forward pass. and In the punt
inc and running down OF the pigskn.
II was the first working out OF the
revised football rules. and the boys
must he given credit for playing inc
rules 10 a standstill. Tho forward
pass was attempted and executed
nicely several times md always TO
considerable advantage. The punting
of Captain Stone was decidedly of
the finished order. and II is safe TO
predict that many gains VIII accrue
to the ogden Hlgh through the cap
able execution of these two plays dur
Ing the coming season.
The fifteen minute periods. four to
the game. proved tho most noticeable
innovation of the year The new
ruling Is considered good thing for
Ilc RQDt, tUNplluEr ~ ''Ner 80
retirement OF one plsver who becomes
exhausted. and his return to the game
at the opening Of any Of the Subse-
quent periods There will he more
rest considerably more ginger ana
greater speed In the game, than ever
before This was proven by yester-
day's initial game
The Ogden High boys had thor
ouGh tryout yesterday. The backs
were shifted and substituted several
times, and nearly every candidate in
the squad of 20 were given nm opnor-
tunity TO begin mis- qualification. The
boys played the game In that aggres-
sive manner that is bound TO win,
and did IT all with no hint OF foul
move.
A touchdown was scored against
the AlImni eleven in each OF the four
back having three ID mis- credit while
Right Half Evans secured the fourth
Each goal was neatly kicked by
Stone
The captain, by the way, is making
quite n reputation for himself by his
accuracy in his punts. He not only
added four points to the total score
by his accuracy with his TOE, but
came within an ace Of making field
goal from the 10 ward line. Stone. II
properly handled for the next week or
two will develop into one OF the best
punters IN the west
The play was hard and fast through.
out The Alumni eleven PLAYED .
good game. but were kept on the de-
fensive almost throughout the play
The game with Grand Junction
High, which yesterday. was considered
as certain will have TO be called of.
The Colorado team ASKED a date with
the Salt Lake High school and plan
ned on playing both Ogden and Salt
Lake on the trip. The Salt Lakers,
considered the plan favorably until
the last moment, when they decided
not TO play.
Up until the time the date was
asked. the Salt Lake team had com.
planned that there would be no team
fine enough TO test IDeir mettle dur
ing the season-that their condition
was so extraordinarily good, that they
would end 1t very dihlcult TO secure
worthy opponents. But when this
truly worthy team from Colorado ask
a game. the tone is different The
Salt Lake management decided that
il would not be well 10 risk a game
with such a strong eleven as the
Grand Junction High at this time.
considering that a defeat or even n
close score might tend TO weaken the
spirit OF the members of their team.
Orden's team had looked forward
10 this date with great pleasure. and
had intended 10 hand the Colorado
boys a warm reception. fully confident
that the game would not result IN
disaster AS a result of the welching
Of the Salt Lakers. 1t Is necessary
TO abandon the game proposed he
tween ogden and Grand Junction. for
the latter team declare they can not
make the long journey for but one
game
The press OF Salt Lake anticipates
| the reception OF the decision of their
High school eleven not to play, and
knocks the ogden teaIn, and PRINCIPAL
Jerry" Cross. because OF their dis
appointment at having to foresake the
idea OF meeting such good team as
the Grand Junction boys