Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-11-21 | Page 6 | Utah Eleven Greeted with Big Glad Hand

UT UTAH AM ELEVEN I GREETED WITH BIG GLA CLAD HAND Returns From Colorado Battie Battle Battle Bat Bat- tle tie Ground With Few Bruises as Trophies C COACH NELSON II I. I NORGREN and his Crimson band bant of oC warriors and rooters about forty strong arrived Inthis in inthis inthis this et city yesterday at 1225 from Fort Collins where the almost romped off ot with the Rocky mountain championship Saturday With fh the tho exception ex ex- of ot a few Cew bruises and scratches the tho appeared to be he In the pinkI pink of or condition after atter the tho strenuous I with wih the Colorado Captain Van Yan Pelt and Dick Romney came camo out outI of oC the conflict with wih a black lamp I ap apiece I At the time station staton to meet the returning heroes were two street car loads londs of or university rooters Classes were dismissed dismissed dismissed dis dis- missed at noon In Order that a good representation of or supporters might be beOn beon beon on hand to extend the hand of ot welcome People of oC the city were almost conI convinced con eon vinced that th tho reports that Utah had I lost ost the ti t fracas a er u untrue e. e so jubilant 1 mi I i mv v JiL S a the he true spirit win sin or lose appears DUI to prevail at tho the university this year ear After Atter reaching the tho campus the tho players play play- ors ers were again accorded accord cd a real recep recep- tion Speeches were made by several of or tho the warriors as well as b by a a few Cew of tho the supporters who accompanied the team Assertions made by Coach Norgren and ind various members of or tho the team did not var vary muc much from the tho ho reports previously pre pro received According to Coach Norgren the defeat can be attributed to the light weight of ol the tho Utah men mena menas menas a as compared with wih that of ot the farmers Utah was as within striking distance of ot Colorados Colorado's goal moro more than was the A Aggie Aggie Ag Ag- gie Ele aggregation Twice the team was wason wason wason I on the ten ten- yard ton ard line only to be held for tor downs because of the strong re resistance resistance resistance re- re offered by the tho heavy Aggie line lino Norgren reports that on ono one oc occasion occasion oc- oc casion caslon with tho the pigskin the on one one- foot loot line his men had made no noticeable noticeable notice notice- OC-I OC able gains on the first three downs so soon soon soon on the thc fourth down a new play was tried tried but wa was waR unsuccessful Hud Had Utah been ten or 01 fifteen pounds heavier to the lie man therefore man therefore tho thu talo tale might I have been dl different erent I