The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
Miners Backfield Game.

The Miners backfield, consisting Of
Harper. an all Rocky mountain Quarter
Tinman full: Woolf and Mcknight,
halves, Will be just as fast as the State
and Just as game" but they are light.
To fill in, viii be found BuIris, one of
the best players for his inches in the
showed his worth last year; Smith and
Gautier.
The one drawback TO the Miners is
their schedule. They start the season
on October - by meeting Utah at Salt
Lake City. and from that time on they
are on ihe so all the time. For the most
part they meet their opponents on for
eign soil and this is handicap. The
Aggies will be met at Fort Collins. and
the Miners in that game viii have to be
playing championship ball .or. they Will
come out losers. as the farmers are
great hometown players.
Aggies and Tigers.
Colorado Agsies and Colorado College
seem to me TO be an even break The
Farmers will shine in the backfield the
same as Boulder and Miners, putting out
one OF the fastest ball carriers ever at
the Fort Collins institution. They will
have IN Murphy perhaps the largest full
back in the state. DYilbhss at quarter
Is not so speedy as Harper or Donovan
but is heavier.
Cross and a1cCullah al halves. If the
latter can get into his old time form after
a years layof. will hold their own.
lah Is known as hard player and Is
considered good ground gamer. Then
there arc Frisble and Hagernan, who. IL
not playing In the backfeld, will be
found at the ends. They are both good
men and rated high in high school
The line VIII have to be developed:
Two new tackles. and two guards will
have 10 be found Coach Hughes has
been trying different combinations, but
the strength shown is problematical. II
is hard task. that eonfronts the Aggie
mountain football world by defeating the
University of Denver and Colorado last
season. and lie may spring surprise
iIis year
The schedule is about an even break.
Colorado is played at Boulder and Dem
yer al Denver, but Colorado college and
Miners come up and play in Fort Collins.
Colorado college Will be the lightest
team IN the state. They will be little
heavier than last year and Will have ca
pablo substitutes on hand something they
lid not lave The past season.
Have to Build Line.
\ line will have TO be built. but in
ISowers they lave good man as a nu-
cleus. Then in case Koch is able to get
into condition, the Tigers Will have two
experienced men on the job, AT ends will
be found strong pair In Kramer and
either Rose, Esmoi or Bowers. II he is
shifted from tackle Minlmcak. the old
Eaton star is q. center. He is light. but
spirit. Gibson. q green man. is at a tackle
and has the making Of good man. The
line. Will be Inexperienced, but under
Bothgeb's coaching can be depended upon
10 have mile minute pace.
The back field will be gem In Lewis
Captain at one half and Cheese at the
other, Taylor and Claybaugh at full,
Randolph at quarter Then another set
Of backs consisting of Esmoii, Gerlach,
halves, and Lewis at quarter. with Ross
and some OF the smaller boys IN reserve.
The team will be stronger than 1t was
last season, and If the subs prove to be
all right the Tigers will put forth some
great ball this year
Denver will start the season, II Mason
comes back, with veteran line. save
for one talsle. This In itself is an inn
portant factor They will have the
strength in the primary line. but viii lack
the proper backing up from the secondary
line
Donaldson and Bingham at tackles are
both big, heavy and fast men. They are
as good as wIn be found In Colorado
Palmer at center: although someWha
neshy. can and VIII put UP good article
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