The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-27

Utah Will Lose Nine Men
At Close of This Season
Coach Bennion Must Rebuild Entirely For 1913 But
Has Likely Material Among Freshmen

Tk1HTLE Utah's most ardent foot
wv ball boosters are pointing with
pride to the victorious eleven
that romps over the cast bencn
gridiron this season and which has
already half won the Rocky Noun
tain championship. it might be In
teresting for them 10 look into the
future o few months and see the havoc
the close of this year will play with
Inc present perfect scoring machine.
Coach Bennion will lose every regular
man on the line this year with the
exception OF Tolman. while the
backficld will he weakened by the
loss Of the great Lon Romncy. the
wary Tommy Fitzpatrick and The
willing wariIorse Happy Holnnssesd.
While the clever coach has had
compare lively easy sailing this year,
he will be confronted next season
with the gigantic problem Of creating
virtually a rev team a coach is
seldom called on to hll at the open
ing Of a season no less than nine Va
cancies. but this is the problem which
Eenrton must solve next year.
m FIJI Indications arc that right now
Utah has the best team that
ever played on Cummings flcld.
and when at the end of the year the
players leave school 10 lake up their
life work they will be remembered
with respect and admiration. THIS
feeling Of respect is not alone due to
then, because OF their prowess on
The sridlron. but because Of their OK
cellenco of character and their
strength as students and men Inter
ested ln Tho general veifar. o. the
college Tho fact that there is not
n man on tho team vho eyer played
football for any other college and
that every man was developed az
the university. stamps The squad os
group OF men who play football FOR
Tie love OF the game and that It
comes second 10 school work. In
other words, there is not a man on
,'1c team who has the least sayor
a. athletic professionalism.
TN listing tho men who will leave
The team this year. IL Is fitting
that Lon Romney should be FIRST
mentioned. This Is LoD's fourth year
on the crimson squad and since his
freshman year ,he has been accounted
one OF thn best llslfbaclls in the con-
ference. He has always been a Will
To-.
OF the best type Football alone has
not satisfied Lon and he has always
been Interested in all sides az college
life. This year he Is president OF the
senior class and associate editor of
the University Chronicle. While cap
tain or last years team he cHcrted
every efror: 20 win the championship,
bnt lost narrowly. and is this year
doing all nc can for Captain Gard
encr. lie received his first training
at the Salt Lake high school.
Tho next man is sam Olcsen, the
mighty tackle who, for the past four
years has beon source OF great fear
among the Colorado members of the
conference. and who for the past two
years has been chosen on the All
Rocky Mountain team. Sam viii not
graduate this year, but MS he plays
his fourth year he will bc unable 10
get into the lineup next fall
THE loss OF OFT Romncy at end
will also he most kccn]y felt
OFT is already n university
graduate and Is taking Il post grad
uate course. SO that it will he impos-
sible for him TO play next year, al
though this is only mis- third year.
OFT played sub-quarter his first year
and showed up To good advantage,
but IL was last year at end that nc
made such a splendid reputation lie
il Variable wonder on defense and
would make an ideal captain. Be-
sides his football work. OF, Romncv
is among the best students that ever
attended the university. lie finished
an arts course In three years. Last
y ear he was editor OF the Ctonjan
and this year Is editor In chief Of the
Chronicle. OFT received all his train
Ing at the university.
Captain Dune Gardener is playing
his third year and were he back at
school would be allowed another year,