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Show I Haddock's Hen Down the Tigers. Visitors Were Outclassed at Every Stage of the Contest, Con-test, but Were Game. Tar ally's "Hurry-Up" Taotics Swept tho Coloradans Completely Off Thoir Feot, f University of Utah -43 4r Colorado College 0 " Haddock's "Hum'-Ups" twisted the Tigers' tall yesterday afternoon at Cum-rnlngs' Cum-rnlngs' Held, defeating the Colorado college col-lege eleven by the overwhelming score I of 43-0. The visitors were completely out-classed In all departments of the game, and at no time stood a ghost o a chance against the speedy Utah team. Colorado was powerless before the terrific ter-rific offensw of Maddock's men, and when It came their turn to advance the oval they were strictly up against It. Eoth In offensive and defensive play Htah excelled, and after the first few scrimmages It "was evident that the locals would win by a good margin. "TJ" Men Started. Fast, In true Michigan style, Maddock's men started In from the sound of the whistle. Colorado received the kick-off kick-off and the bleachers were painfully silent as Quarterback Johnston called his signals for the first play that was to be hurled at the 'Varsity line. Thousands Thou-sands of eyes were- riveted to the spot In the northeastern corner of the field, where the two elevens were lined up waiting for the signal to charge. "Twenty-eight, fourteen, eleven," called the Colorado quarter, and the Tiger backs started. There was a dull thud as the opposing forwards came together, to-gether, an echoing thud when the backs hit the line, and a roar went up from the "V" bleachers, for Colorado had failed to gain. Colorado Held for Downs. Before the players, had regained their r-oaitlons Johnston rattled off the signal for the next play- Again the rooters were hushed as tney awaited the result of the attack. Another thud, another i cho, and another wild cheer from the bleachers. Colorado's second attempt had failed, and the "U" enthusiasts were wild with Joy, for their line seemed : s solid as a stone' wall. On the third down the Tigery kicked, and a moment later Utah began her march to victory. The "shoestring" play was tried, but netted a small gain. Then Wade began an assault Just outside of tackle that completely swept the visitors off their feet. On the fourth play Pitt went through the TJger line behind beautiful Interference and sprinted nearly forty ards for the first touch-down of the same. ' The score was made in exactly four minutes and thirty-seven seconds or actual nl.iv. I Varsity's Strong Offense. Not until after the sjcond kick-off, however, did the Utahns show their powerful offense. Colorado received the kick-off. but was held for do"wns and compelled to punt. The 'Varsity took possession of the 'oval on their forty-live-yard line, and Capt. "Wade at once started a fusillade on the Tiger tackles nd rush-line backs. Russell and Peterson Peter-son were the particular stars. Time iftfr time Wade called upon these two inen for gains, and not once did they fall to respond. Colorado struggled desperately to check the vicious atack, but In vain. The "U" Interference cleared the way In beautiful style, and cuery time the locals' gained from two (o ten yards. Itussell, Peterson and Pitt did the brunt of the work with the oval, and in about nine minutes of actual play carried the ball up to Colorado's five-yard line. Carlson Hits the Line. "Touchdown 1 Touchdown! Touchdown!" Touch-down!" roared the "U" rooters, and ("apt. .Wade called the giant Carlson back for the final plunge. Like a ponderous locomotive the big guard hurled himself at the Tigers' center and fairly fought his way through the orange and black to the goal line for lht econd touchdown. From this time on the Coloradans Aere helpless. Gamely they tried to stop the advance of the crimson warriors, war-riors, but without avail. Tt was simply a question of how large the score would Le at the finish. - Russell, Peterson, Eennion and Wade were as usual the shining lights of the 'Varsity eleven. The first two excelled at carrying the ball, Bennlon on kicking kick-ing and dufenslve work, and Wade at managing his team. Russell a Great Halfback. Many football experts who have followed fol-lowed the game from Its beginning In this city expressed the opinion yester-daj yester-daj afternoon that "Cuddy" Russell Is the greatest halfback that ever trod a local gridiron. Coach Maddock, who knows a football player when he veca one, said yesterday, as Russell fought his way unassisted through the Tiger line for eighteen yards, "That boy is another Heston." Thl9 may be a pretty strong assertion, but Russell Is undoubtedly un-doubtedly one of the fiercest and headiest players ihat Utah ever produced. pro-duced. "Pete" Had a Smile. Peterson, the youth with "the smile that won't come off." is a worthy team mate for the powerful Russell, ""Pete" gained almost as many yards yesterday afternoon as did "Cuddy," and played a strong defensive game. Pension's Strong Defense. Bennlon was the mainstay of Utah's defense. When the Tigers had the ball the big fullback was everywhere, and when he hurled his 200 pounds of sinew and bone into an opposing formation a full stop usually resulted. Ho kicked In his usual good form yesterday and negotiated a Princeton from the forty,. yard line In pretty fashion. In the interference in-terference Bennion was a powerful factor. He and George Brown, although they had little opportunity to advance the ball, did their part In the way they cleared a path for the "U" runners bowled over the Tiger tacklcrs and cleared a path for the "U" runners. Whore Wade Shone. Capt. Jimmy Wade never played a bettor game. Ho was the life of the Varsity 'team and handled his men magnificently. He took care of the punts In good fashion and worked like a beaver on defense. Wade had the "dragging habit" more than any other man on the "U" eleven, and could always al-ways be found where the milling was hottest. He did his share of yard getting get-ting also, making a number of good quarterback rune. Ends Were Strong1. Anderson and Pitt, at tho extremes of the Utah line, behaved well. Both men were ever on the alert and allowed but few gains In their direction. Both men mado spectacular rune for touchdowns. Utah's center trio. Carlson", Robblns and Barton, were strong, and met the Tiger rushes In admirable style. Hope and Floshman, who alternated at tackle, were both strong and plenty able to protect pro-tect their section of the line. In the second half a number of substitutes were called In. All of them made good. Oaptoin Lennox a Star. Capt- Lennox was perhaps the hardest worker on the orange and black team. He was Into every play and fought doggedly every inch of the way to check Utah's advance. Quarterback Johnston played a snappy game and Infused much life Into the drooping spirits of his team mates. Hill, Morgan and Mack, the Tiger backs, all worked hard and charged the line in beautiful fashion. However, the holes were not there, so no galnB resulted. J A Record-Breakinc Crowd. The , crowd was a record-breaker. About -1000. persons witnessed the contest, con-test, many of whom were Colorado enthusiasts. en-thusiasts. The "U" rooters were true sportsmen, and cheered for the victors and the vanquished alike. When the Tigers came upon the field they were tendered an ovation almost equal to the one given the 'Varsity gladiators a moment mo-ment later. Game in Detail. Promptly at 2:20 the Coloradans mado their appearance on the field. Headed by Capt Lennox they trottod down to their bench, while a Utile dclecatlcn of their townsfolks Joined with the locals In giving them a hearty reception. Just a moment later the unlvorsliy squad put In an appearance. Down the entire length of tho field they ran In single file, whllo flmli- ffllrnv vi 1 1 n 1 or f nml tlin townspeople united In giving them a right royal welcome. After a little signal sig-nal practice tho sharp shrill of the referee's ref-eree's whistle called them to the center of the Hold. Capt. Wade won the toss and chose to defend the north goal. Nead kicked to Bennlon on the five-yard line. By clever head work and fast foot work he advanced ad-vanced It to the middle of the twenty-five-yard line Cuddy made four yards through tacklo and Bennlon plunged through center for as many more. Peterson Pe-terson gained three yards on a tackle play, and Russell added four by a hard line buck. Behind solid interference Pitt circled left end for fifteen yards. After his Interference hod been broken ho dashed on. nor did ho stop until three Coloradans laid fast hold on him. Tho famous twirl by which the locals scored their first touchdown on the Aggies was tried at this stage, but Bennlon threw fioorly and Russell was downed for a ess. Tho Coloradans wero penalized five yards off for side playing A moment Inter Pitt was seen battling his way down tho field. Distancing all his pursuers pur-suers he ran fifty yards for Utah's first touchdown. Bennlon kicked goal and the score G to 0 In favor of Utah. Utah Had Little to Spare. Mack caught the klckoff on the five-yard five-yard line and advanced It fifteen yards. Peterson tackled him from behind and cut off what might havo been a very long run. Morgan and Hill tried to pierce tho university line, but found It solid. Colorado was forced to punt. Wade caught the oval, but was downed In his tracks on Utah's forty-flvc-yard line In the next play Russell received tho bull and fought his way through a broken field for ten yards. Pelorson and Russell Rus-sell smashed the tackles for six yards. Pitt gained four yards around left end and Russell broko through the lino for five more. On a tackle play Peterson "alnwl live vnxds. "Rennion. C!nrlHin nml Russell broke through the Colorado line lor gains of five, three and seven yards. By hard. List playing, tho university advanced ad-vanced the ball to the collegian's clght-yrrd clght-yrrd line. But the collegians wero lighters light-ers and, although the Utahns mado their downs, frequently they had little to spare at this stage of the game. Peterson Peter-son gained two yards on a fierce tackle buck, and Bennlon ndded another through center. Carlson was called back and sent over for a touchdown on a straight tackle buck. Bennlon missed the goal and the score was 11 to 0. Bennion Kicks Goal. On the next kick-off Bennlon sent the ball squarely between tho collegians' goal posts. Nead punted to Wado from their twenty-live-yard line, and the Utah captain advanced the ball to the center of the field. Brown hit the line for three yards and Russell gained, five more. Pitt circled left end for six yards, and Russell Rus-sell did as well around right. On tho next play, Peterson, Utah's great tackle, broke throuch the line and ran fifteen yards. Hopo and Russell gained live yards on line bucks. On a fierce tackle buck Russell broke through tho lino and ran fifteen yards for a touchdown. Every Ev-ery collegian was In tho play and there was no one to stop Russell when he broke out from the mass. Bennlon kicked goal and the score was 17 to 0. Mack received the kick-off for Colorado Colo-rado and was downed by Pitt on the twenty-yard lino. On the next play Po-tdrson Po-tdrson broko through the line and downed Hill for a loss of one yard. Nead kicked to Wade, who was downed In the center of the field. Two fumbles by Utah were both recovered and resulted in Kood gains. On a split buck Bennlon advanced the ball five yards. Russell broke through tho line on a buck and fought his way down the field for twenty yards Brown gained two yards, but lost tho ball In tho scrimmage It was now Colorado's ball on her five-yard line. Carlson Makes Touchdown. Hill gained five yards on a spiral buck and Mack added three more on a plungo through center. Utah braced and would have received tho ball on the next play had not Robblns gathered It In when fumbled. Down the field went Poterson for ten yards, fighting his wav every Inch. Bennlon gained two yards on a center buck and on tho next play Carlson Carl-son went over for a touchdown. No goal and the score was 22 to 0. Captain Wade received the ball on the ten-yard line and advanced It fifteen before be-fore downed. On a whirling buck Peterson Pe-terson gained seven yards. Wado gained three yards on a quarter-back run and Brown plunged through the line for as many more. Pitt circled left end for threo yards, and Wade skirted the other end on a quarter-back run for five yards The Utahns woro now playing fiercely Pitt again skirted tho end for five yards and Bennlon broke through the line for ten. Brown followed with five more on a hard line plunge. Tho half ended with tho ball In Utah's possession on Colorado's Colo-rado's twonty-five-yard line. Hope Forced to Retirej Colorado made no changes for the second sec-ond half. For the locals Fleshroan replaced re-placed Hope at tackle, aa the latter was suffering from a shoulder bruise received In tho Denver game. Mack caught the ball on the five-yard line, but was downed down-ed by Russell on tho 20-yard lino. Colorado fumbled, and Poterson gathered gath-ered In the oval on their 26-yard lino. Russell ran ten yards through a broken field, fighting his way every Inch. On the next play Peterson broke through the line and went over for a touchdown. Wade fumbled the kick-out, and tho University , lost Its trial for goal, Tho ocorc was now 27 to 0. Bonnion's Socond Goal. Johnston received tho kick-off, but fumbled fum-bled when tackled by Peterson. Ilrown dropped on tho ball and It was Utah s ball on Colorado's 20-yard line. Colorado braced and Bennlon dropped back for a place kick. From the 25-yard lino ho sent tho oval squarely between tho goal posts, malting tho score 31 to 0. Russell received tho kick-off on the ton-yard ton-yard lino, and by a bit of tho cleverest open-field running ever seen on a local Krldlron, advanced tho bull to the mlddlo of tho Hold. A criss-cross brought no gain, and on tho next play Utah was penalized pen-alized live yards for off -side ploying. Nead broko through tho lino and downed Poterson Poter-son for a loss of three yards. On a fast run across tho entire field Brown gained flvo yards. But Utah was forced to punt for sho still had eight yarda to gain. Bennlon Ben-nlon sent the oval twirling 10 yards, but the Collegians advanced It to their own 30-yard line. Bennion Kicks Again. Two hard bucks netted four yards, and Mack added another on a hard plungo through center. On a spiral buck Hill gained three yards, and when Mack gained gain-ed four more on it straight lino buck. It looked as though the Collegians had solved Uluh's defense But tho locals braced and Colorado was forced to punt. Wado gathered In tho oval, but was downed on the Collegians 40-yard line. On tho noxt play Russell broko through tho line and ran IS yards boforo downed. Poterson Pot-erson gained llvo yards on a tacklo buck, and Wado added eight more on a quarter back run, Pitt skirted the ond for seven yards, und Peterson plunged through tho line for five long strldeB. Four fast bucks by Bennlon and ono by Petorson notted 20 yards and sent the former over for a touchdown Bonnlon kicked goal, and the acore was 37 to 0. Bobbins Is Retired. Robblns rctlrod with an Injured ehouldor and was roplaced by Farnsworth. Anderson An-derson gathered In tho kick-off on tho ten-yard lino and ran 20 yards boforo downed. Utah was held and Bennlon punted punt-ed 35 yards to Johnston, who was downed In the mlddlo of tho field. On a tacklo buck Morgan gained flvo yards. On tho next down tho Coloradans fumbled and Wado gathered in tho pig-skin. Bennlon bucked tho center lor five yards. Tho Coloradans braced and Bennlon tried for a place kick from tho middle oftho field. The ball was blocked and It was the Collegians' Col-legians' ball In the middle of tho field. Plti. who had been plalng a brilliant game, retired with an Injured back In favor fa-vor of Scranton. On tho second play tho Collegians fumbled. Anderson gathered In tho oval, and followed by soveral pur-suors. pur-suors. galloped 60 yards for a touchdown. Bennlon kicked goal and the score was 43 to 0. Missed the Goal. Russell received the kick-off on Utah's ten-yard lino and ran 20 yards boforo downed. By clever dodging Wado gained seven yards on a quarter-back run. Russell Rus-sell broko through the lino for 15 yards and gained flvo more on the noxt play. Brown advanced tho ball three yards inrougn tacKic, anu i-iesnman auuca as many more on a hard lino buck. Scranton Scran-ton gained five yards on an end run, and Forbes, who had Just replaced Anderson, hurdled tho lino for a six-yard gain. Bennlon Ben-nlon bucked tho line for five yards. Behind Be-hind soil 1 Interference, Scranton circled tho end .or five more. Only two seconds of play remained, and Bennlon dropped back for a placo kick from tho mlddlo of tho field, lie missed by a few yards, tho ball going slightly to tho east of tho goal post. The half ended without further playing. Colorado. ; U. of U. Fisher 1. e. .Anderson. Forbes Nead I. t.. Hope, Fleshman Faucett 1. g Barton Mostoller c Robblns Farnsworth Hcdbloon ....r. g , Carlson Vnndcmoer r. t Peterson Lennox (Capt.) ....r. e Pitt, Scranton Johnston q. b Wado (Capt.) Mack .-..f. b Bennlon Morgan r. h. b Brown Hill 1. h. b Russoll Referco Fred Odcll. Umpire Baum. Linesmen Royal and Kimball. Timekeepers Timekeep-ers Callahan and Juneau. Halves, thirty minutes. Attendance 4000. |