The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-01
NO GAME At OGDEN;
COACH DISAPPOINTED
Grounds Too Wet, but Team
Journeys to Junction City
and Gets Guaranty.
FINE FRESHMAN. SQUAD
This Eleven Expects No Diff
ficulty in Defeating the
Various High Schools.
FINE FRESHMAN. SQUAD


The football game which vas sched-
uled yesterday between the university
and the Ogden high school team was nor
played OH account OF the wet condition
of the Ogden Neld Yesterday morning
Coach Bennion got word from the prin-
cipaI Of the Ogden high school that the
field was In good condition AMI tp come
on the o'clock train; Accordingly
Manager Paddison and twenty-five men
were at the Bamberger station, While
there, however. Bennion received A mes
gage from the Ogden coach that the game
would have to be called of. Coach Ben
MON told the men to go back 10 me
gym. III about fifteen minutes after the
men lad left. Bennion got word from the
Ogden manager that he had done consid-
erable advertising and that the crowd
was very much disappointed; that the
field wae not as bad as reported and II
possible to come. Bennion got all the
men he could. find. These were met by
some of the Salt Lake high school boys
who were going along. In Ogden Ben
Mon with his fifteen men were met by
the coach and the manager. who SAID the
field was so wet that II would oe fmpos-
sible to play. After some minutes of ar
gument Il was decided not to play. Ogden
paid the guaranty and the salt LaKers
came o9ck home
II was with considerable regret that
Coach Bennion made the cancellation.
since next Saturday the university boys
will meet the Colorado Agricultural col
lege and he had hoped by the gane WITH
Ogden 10 get line on his men. Bennion
will attempt 10 get date with ogden
for some afternoon early in the week.
One thing which Bennion expects 70
give considerable Of his attention 70 Is
the development OF his squad of utility
men. In past years II has been GUS
tomary at the university TO develop
strong eleven that could stand large
very little attention to the substitutes.
Up until last year there was never a
substitute for more than two or three
OF the positions on the team and IN many
those who did not have subs. Bennion
thinks that his men will have to work
so hard and SO fast while they are IN
the game. due TO their disadvantaee IN
tnue full game against heavier op-
ponents With this end IN view the
coach will have a substitute for every
man on the team and IN fnr SON some o OF me
The trouble between Manager Paddi-
son OF the "U' and the Utah Aggie man :
ager has not been settled yet and IL now
looks as though the east benchers would
take on the Occidental college OF Los
Angeles on October 2S. The Occidentals
agree to pay the expenses OF the utan
boys down 10 the COAST, put IL appears
that the faculty Is opposed TO the boys
taking the trip. as they will have to go
to Colorado three times and they think
that fourth trip would take them away
from their studies too long IL the sea-
son is a success financially the faculty
will not object to the California boys
coming here.
Coach Pitt OF the freshman team has
had a large squad out every night Tor
over a week now and declares that ne
Will have a better team than the fresh
men had last year. He expects no
trouble In beating any OF the high
schools OF the state Manager Frank
Cameron Is trying To arrange for a ten
days trim TO the south during which
time his boys may take on two or three
of the strongest teams down there:
The season will start here next Sat
urday when the ''IT" meets the Colorado
AggIes on Cummings field. For that
reason this week will be very strenu,
Gus one for the varsity boys. They viii
do scrimmage work all week with botn
the freshman team and the Granite high
school.