The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-18
UTAH SL|NEMENARF /
SURE OF positions
Veteran Forwards Are Fi,.
tures While Ends and Backs
Are in Doubt.

Now that school has opened ana a..
university is going fun blast, prae,I.,,,
all the good football material upon ,s,.,
Bennion has been banking Is out in r,:
form. The first big game Is less ,b,.
three weeks distant and from now On n.
work OF the coach viii! be 10 watch \.
boys and decide who will MI the dIS.rs,
places in the game in which the IJnlvs.
sity Of Wyoming will oppose ihs II,b
varsity team.
The coach no longer permits the M.
to practice In various positions. bu, n.
slsts upon each man trying for the psr.
tlcular place for which he IS best Alta
The men who will lill the center In,
positions can be named with q reasonsns
amount OF accuracy. There Is no doty
but that Captain Gardener will hold DOM
the center position. both because OF ~
official position and because OF his 81.
periority as snapper back Ray DiI.
man Will undoubtedly play one Of o.
guards and II IS SAFE to say that End-
son or Tolman will fiji the other Thar
seems 10 be little chance Of shifts M
tackles, as both the old tackles Will NJ
back and both were among the best 3.
last years team. They are Sam Ols:s,
and ED Peterson. The latter has M
yet arrived from his fathers ranch, I'D
Uncertainty exists on the ends and is|
the back field. as there is d whole CON
paDy OF good men out Tor all OF ,hes
places. II Is difficult 10 figure how any
one can beat OFT Romney out for oas|
OF the ends, On the other end -four ar
! trying out. They are Sommers, Logs
Hampton and Dez Bennlon. Sommeu Is
the ideal end as far as build Is COS.
cerned, is fast and has had considersH.
| experience Love Is a whirlwind on b.
execution of the forward pass. thin
which is expected TO be of vital inrsH
ance this sea son. Hampton Is a g%d
sized fellow and II Is his vicious taekrz
that makes him loom up as a canddrA
Bennion has played three years Of ca
lege football and is larger than any ~
the other three.
Love is also a splendid quarterback asd
will try for the place against Tonr5
Fitzpatrick.
No one disputes the claims OF Lon Boz.
ney 10 hold down one Of the halifaa
Jobs. Such Is not the case. hNwever we
the other half and with fullback. AS ~
IL has not been definitely decided as
whether Ashton will return and In es
he does not there will be a fight bet1e!a
Homestead, Young and Bennion ior iu1'
back
The men who will battle for the otfs
half and who stand the strongest cnna
Love There are many recruits VINO nss
upset all calculations and secure fssa'
lar job.
The game with the University o. WY.
ming will be the first OF the conterssI,,
games for Utah and will be played % =.
Lake October S, Last year the coSp@.
had one OF the strongest teams u y. y.
territory. They defeated Golden ana ur
Colorado Aggies and lost by SIX p%a,
to the strong Denver team. At thar u@s
they did not ill the requirements o. Y.
conference. but were allowed 10 pey,
order To furnish hard practice iT ~
Colorado teams. This year they M -
requirements and have the same suV7'
team. n,
Montana university has arTangn ~
game with Utah for some date oe.ss. lew,
October 10 and November 10 deins'.' deis."nn. y.
the Missouians have been easy .-ssr loa ~
east benchers but they have been slvss,.ts ,s,.t
better all The time Of late years ana ~asj
that this year they can put up
game. ,nI Al
The Wyoming game may be pisy%S sdS
the fair grounds. MS the game VIZ /
plsye1 on tbe SATURDAY. dur10S lsli W.