The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-04

| the fact that heavy rain fell on the
hill Yesterday the sodded field was in cX-
oehent condition and had the men been
q httlc farther along In the season the
game would have been fast.
Although the score is not so lsrsc as
generally expected. it indicates \ greater
| difference IN the strength of the two
| teams than there actually existed.
! Coach Brown of Ogden brought down a
! bunch or husky young fellows who show
signs both Of good coaching and OF hay-
! Ing taken good care Of themselves. More
over they displayed splendid team work
At times and seemed to he thoroughly
lmbuod with the lighting spirit.
! The work Of the varsity boys seemed
very lstlcss aud showed that for the
| most part The OLD men well as the now
! rn"mbc OF The squad had not been to-
EcthcT long enough either To perfect thclr
! team work or 10 make themselves ia
millaT with any very effective forms lions.
/ II must be said, however, that Al no time
did the lineup Of EcnnionS mon repre-
sent tho fun strength OF the university
squad. Rcnnion shifted his men around
n good deal and mixed th" stronger and
the weaker men up during the entire
game aud thus IL WAS impossible to tel
exactly what his men can do when ne
puts all Of tho strongest men he has
poorly attended and tho crowd, consisting
principally OF students was constantly
calling 10 the varsity mon 10 wake up
and show some spark OF their old-tme
ginger.
Among the spectators were several
members of the teams from tho salt Lake.
Granite and Jordan high schools Who
had boon dismissed from their respective
high schools carly IN order that they
might take advantage or the opportunilE I
Of seeing the Ogden mon I'm action. inc
Ogden team won tho high school inter /
scholastic championship of the state last
year and tho other members of the league |
arc very anxious 10 defeat them this fal'. |
They lot the field. however, ycsterday |.
vi 1,. ly,,, Lode hat In IL
feat the boys from tho junction CITY They
must put up a pretty good article oi
football.
Gives Line OH Players.
Yesterdays game gave Coach Bcnniog
the first real practice Of the year and |
some Idea as to what points his mon
must brush up on before they can hope /,
TO win from che Colorado Aggies on !
game showed that Bcnnlon has y lot Of /
good. fast material for the back field /
and end positions. These mon, however.
are nearly all green. II Is To the line.
however that Rennion will have 10 dircc,
the greatest part OF his attention in or
der to perfect real football team Tho
enced Time and again The Ogden
tackles and center broke tho University
line and checkmated plays before they
were we'll under way,
There were two three men on both
teams who showed up especially we'll and
who at times displayed real knowledge
Of the game. Although Captain L,aun
Romncy has been unable 10 attend the
practice the last few days. he broke
through the Ogden line and made gains
ranging from ten TO forty yards some
times carrying half a dozen ogden
,acl<lers with Rim. On one occasion lie
received a punt near his own goal post
and ran through a broken field for nearly
half the length OF tho field. Wild Ash
ton. fullback on the last years freshman
team, went In as fulback the second half
and was able TO tear great holes in the
Ogden line almost nj will. Rex Suther-
land and Tommy Fitzpa trick each played
2 half in the quarterback position and
managed the team successfully. consid-
ering the time they have had 10 become
who played part or last year at quarter
for the varsity, played good, consistent
game al end,
The brightest star of the day. however,
was young Moran. who played quarter
back for the Ogden team. Both re-
turning punts and on quarterback runs
Moran was able TO dodge the varsity
men for good long gains, and as quar-
terback he ran his men like a veteran.
Stowe, who played fullback for Coach
Brown, was also aOlc To make some very
For a high school team the Ogden boys
have an especially strong line. The !
strength of the Ogden linz demon {
strated when on several occa sions they
held their older and more experienced I
opponents for downs. {
Captain smyth AT center Sample at
ld'hl' anu NllNu at cnu showed IN very I
wcli and were able more than once TO ]
get through the line and stop plays. !
Although Coach Bsnnion was not en- !
'irely satisfied with the showing made !
against pretty fast bunch OF boys and l
hat he viii now be able to put his finger
ON the weak spots in his team.
Kick OFF at i:1j o'clock.
The game was divided into four 12i-
minute quarters and the first bali Was
clicked i.l5 n clock Rppninn MO, ~, }
loss and chose 10 defend the south goal :
The Ogden kicker sent the FIRST ball be-
-ween the goal posts and brought it back T
md kicked over DezlsuGh Bennion re- |
,eived the kick and advanced the ball I
orty yards. l.. Romney carried the ball +.
Wenty and Hamilton five. Dcz Bennion 7
fifteen.
Here the varsity was pcnalized hfteen q
ards ior holding. Peterson took the bali }
light Yards and II was lost on downs
II was Ogdens ball in the middle OF the h
ield. Evans carried ii ten yards Moran II
ook II twelve yards and stowe four
Irloe took II hVe yards and then Ogden
'unled, Fitzpatrick received the kick and
e;uTned u fifteen Yards. Hamilton car
led u eight yards and Bennlon two.
iere the FIRST time was taken out FOR
ogden. On the next down Hamilton
umoled and re covered. on fCrwa I'd !
'ass oy i. Romney the varsity lost ten I
ards Dez Bcnnion then made long =
'unt which Evans returned 6fteen Yards. =
Dn the next down Evans los, ground and u
ogden puntcd. Fitzpatrick caught the =
'all and was downed In his tracks. Ham .
ton advanced the bali ten wards and !
hen fumbled. ogden recovering the ball. u
ioran carried the ball FOR no gain and u
hen kicked l.. Romncy carried the ball %
fifteen yards and was penalized fifteen
or hUTdiing. T.. EnmUey took the ball 4
wenty Yards. Dez Bennion Eve. FitZpat
iCk twelve and l.. Ronney eight.
At thls jUnctUre the whistle blew for
he first quarter During the quarter Og-
en- played the more consistent game ol
he two. :,
After three minutes rest the ball was "
gain put IN motion al about twenty p
i've yards from the Ctah gosl. Eomnsy ~
0o6 the ball four Yards. Hamilton eight. :,
nd on = pretty forward pass. RUmney -
o Peterson, tn" varsity advanced ~ ~
wcnty more yards Then after attempts =,
g Romncy and Bennion and a fiNc-yard ~
cnsliy. the ball went over 10 Ogden. ~
'gden pvuted and recovered the ball and
hen fumblcd again. Hamilton made nf- {
zen wards and was pensl.zed fifteen. y
'eunion puntcd snd Moran returned ~
hirty yards. on three attempts bv Mo-
an and stowe, Ogden Melted themselves
wslVe yards. WINNER then recovered
he ball for Utah by interceptlng a for l.