Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-11-21 | Page 25 | Utah Prepares for Final Play

UTAH PREPARES FOR FINAL PLAY Injured List Improves Loell Alone Out Maddocks Last Game With but three days of active practice work left before belore the final football game of the for lor the University team the squad Is In excellent shape and anI will willbe willbe be he able to play the he best game of the years series At the end of the game with the Montana Aggles In which Loell Loehl the Utah fullback was Injured Romney the Utah halfback sustained a badly injured knee and Schweitzer r the crack halfback was on the tha down and out list the prospects for a Utah victory in the final game of the season with rivals were held to be slight by the Utah student body team was then in the worst condition of the year In all of the pre previous previous previous games squad had been In Intact Intact intact tact and was one of the fastest and nd most brilliant the varsity had ever turned out With the sudden loss of these theBe men and with the final and most important game of the season eo so near at hand the hopes of the Utah supporters were on the decline In the latter half of the game how however however however ever an unknown quality turned up strong at full and with his splendid handling of the ball bail hopes of the Utah team were somewhat raised During the past week the Injury to knee has Improved but he has been unable to practice and it is doubt ful if he will be able to play any of the Thanksgiving day da game Romney has completely recovered from the injury to his knee and will be In as good shape for fo the final game as s he has been during the Hie season In Iz addi addition addition addition tion to the improvement nt of Romney Schweitzer who played one of the best beet games at halfback of any freshman who ever represented the University of Utah has nas succeeded In making up his back work and will again be in a foot ball suit on Thanksgiving day Walker at End Walker who has pas flayed a halfback half I position during part of the season will willbe willbe be found on the end where he has shown up in wonderful l style during the I past games Walker is a sure ground gainer and is Iii i one of the surest men on forward passes the university has With these changes in the regular lineup of the university squad the team will go o onto the field in the best condition of the season for the final game Since the first game of the season In which Utah defeated the Utah Aggles by a score of 28 to 0 the Logan team has greatly improved which has been shown by the relative scores with the Fort Douglas soldiers With LocH Loell out of the game the Utah Farmers expect to be able to carry off oft the day For the coming game the several classes have planned a series of stunts which will be carried out on Thanks Thanksgiving Thanksgiving giving day morning With a good goor goo day and with the large Jarge attendance of stu students students students dents Cummings field should be packed It will be Coach Maddocks last game as ns coach and with the players he is I working to make his last game a bril llant victory