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Show D. OF 1). VICTOR OVER DENVER Score Stood Twelve to Nothing. Game a Punting One, Char--acterized by Sensational Sensa-tional Runs. Bennion Was the Star of tho Gome, Making a Spectacular Run. Special to The Tribune. DENVER, Colo., Oct. 9. In a punting game characterized by sonsatlonal runs and costly fumbles, tho University of Utah defeated tho University of Denver by a scoro of 12 to 0, beforo a. crowd of 20C0 people. Bennlon's llnc-bu:klng, punting punt-ing and spectacular run from Utah's very goal lino for a touchdown stamped him tho star of the game. Both teams were miserably weak on defensive but Utah's grit in tho crisis, combined with that "hurry-up" habit, gave her a deserved victory. vic-tory. Denver Receives but One Kick-Off. Denver received the ball on tho Kick-off and, aided by sovoral costly fumble i nr,d off-side plays, ran the ball up to Utah's twenty-yard line. Hero Mnddock's boys put on an Iron front. Pate dropped back for a placo kick, but failed, by the narrowest nar-rowest margin, Tho ball struck the fence behind the goal posts and bounded back Into Wade's arms. Behind solid lnfrfor-ence, lnfrfor-ence, at tho speed of a Barney Oldlleld, with tho speedy quarterback from Utah half-way down tho field. Utah now rushed down tho field as Denver hod up the fluid a moment before. Another fumblo by the Utahns and an out-of-bounds punt gave Denver the ball on Utah's twenty-yard line. A flerco buck and tho benefit of a penalty kick advanced the bad to Mio Saints' ton-yard lino. Two fast, Jard lunges gained five more yards. It looked like a sure touchdown for Donver. ''vll-back ''vll-back McNutt tried to hurdle tho center, .but found It solid. Pate made a desperate attempt on a tackle buck, DUt Peterson and "Cuddy" Russell hurled blm back. Denver Loses Her Chance. Again Denver tried the center, and such a pulling and tugging was nevur seen before. be-fore. When tho dust cleared away and tho mass of humanity had disentangled itself, thero lay the ball two feet from Utah's goal line Denver hud lost hot-only hot-only chance for a touchdown. Bennion Called In. Time was nearly up and Wade decided to call Bennlon's valuablo right leg In active service. A double exchange of punts and good tackling on tho part of Russell and Brown soon gave tho University Uni-versity tho ball In the middle of tho fold. Pitt, Brown and Bennion each bucked tho lino for ten yards. Russell cleared the end for seven moro, while Bennion repeated tho trick through con ter. A fierce tacklo buck found tho Denverltes helpless and sent Peterson over the lino for tho first touch-down. Bennion kicked goal Score. 6 to 0 in favor of Utah. Tho half ended with tho ball In tho middle of the field In Utah's possession. Second Half. With Increased vlgcr tho Utahns started start-ed to plow their way through their opponents op-ponents at tho opening of the second half. I I ii less than llvo minutes they carried the ball almost from their goal posts U Denver's thirty yard line Another miserable mis-erable fumble crave tho Denver university univer-sity the ball and they started up tho Cold almost ns fast as Utah came down. Carlson, who hari Just replaced Flcsh-nian, Flcsh-nian, proved a tower of strength, and tho Denverltes' onslaught finnlly came to an end on Utah's fifteen-yard lino. Galloped Toward Denver's Goal. By some mysterious play oxecuted with lightning rapidity Bennion broko through tho Dencr university lino. Before Be-fore any ono realized what had happened tho blir fullback was gnlloplps towards Denver's goal. Several Denverltf-s tried In vain to catch him. but Peterson brushed them away and Bennion planted plant-ed the oval squarely bohlnd Denver's goal posts. A moment later ho kicked a goal and tho scoro Btood 12 to 0 In Utah's fa-favor. fa-favor. Again Mnddock's whirlwinds started down the field. Barton, Hope, Russell and the backs all hit tho line for i;ood gains. On her own t. verity-yard line Denver Den-ver braced. Bennion tried hard to place kick but failed. Up the field tho Denverltes Den-verltes carried the ball, determined to score, but tho Utahns braced on tholr own ten-yard line and got the ball Just as tho half closod Tho Line-Up: U. of Utah. U. of Denver. Anderson , l.e Manley Hope .'.....l.t Foberts Carlson, Fleshman....l.g McCoy Robblns c Foley Barton r.g Martin Peterson r.t Alter Russell r.e Sabine Wado (Capt.) q.b....A. L'uto (Capt.) Scranton, Pitt l.h.b E. I'ate Brown r.h.b Gundt Bennion f.b ..McN'utt Attendance 2G0O. Referee Austin Umpire Um-pire Andrews. Linemen Moore and Jones. Timers Gardner (University of Denver) and Riser (University of Utah). |