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Show Salt Lake Team Bests Eureka Suckers Only Handful of Spectators Witness Novel Contest From Stand. By the close scoro of 2 to l Salt Lake defeated Eureka In a hard-fought asso- elation football game played at Cum-mlngs Cum-mlngs field yesterday afternoon. Only a handful of people witnessed tho game and thoy wcro principally Englishmen and Scotchmen, Their side lino coaching, exciting disputes with the referee and spontaneous cheering constituted a novel and entertaining feature of tho contest. Field in Poor Condition. Perhaps tho poor condition of the field worked against the players and prevented more scientific playing, but despite this fact association has little attraction, compared with football, ,for tho American. Ameri-can. It la rough enough players -get knocked out. dumped on their hack and rolled around. It requires s.clonce to pass the ball to punt away from an opponent to a fellow and to follow tho ball In action, ac-tion, but there seems to be that tome-thing tome-thing lacking about It which brings Americans out by the thousands to seo Intcr-colleglato football contests. It lacks tho get-In that characterizes football. It doesn't require that every man be In cv-ory cv-ory play, and Isn't so strenuous and requiring. re-quiring. There Isn't tho getting In close together, tho charge, tho resistance and the struggle for physical supremacy that characterizes football. Yet association has Its dramatic and thrilling parts, and yesterday many Englishmen cheered themselves hoarse and acted llko tho proverbial football crank. To them It Is a great game, from youth up they havo learned lo love It and any ono who dares decry Its merits Is considered almost guilty of sacrlloge. Argued "With Beferee. Tho officials had a Job on tholr hnnds, and a dozen times things approached tho danger line when suddenly tho storm of rage died as quickly ns It began. Not only did the captains "chew tho rag." but all tho members of their respective teams backed them up. and how words did lly! Frequently tho rootors Joined In, and then thn dissatisfied captain ran to tho sidelines side-lines with tho rule book shouting, "Gentlemen. "Gen-tlemen. I leave tho matter to your Judgment." Judg-ment." And then what a chorus of Scotch and English cJaculntfonR rang ouL To tho uninitiated It was amusing and int"-ojlini' ond so m'lo.h of a fontrnst to the methods pursued In football, whero a piayer, and much iess a single Individual, Indivi-dual, never dares to call down tho referee. ref-eree. Game Is Exciting, Most Americans know something about association football, of how tho ball Is kicked from the center of tho field nnd then forced up or down, as tho caso may be. until ono Bldo punts tho ball betweon tho goal posts. It Is pretty to seo tho ball go sailing high In the air and then watch tho players gather to bunt It with their heads as It falls. Then follows tho fierce kicking contest wlM iIIvps it tho man following the ball whom you con-not con-not touch wltn your nunds, but can push or bunt away. Often hard collisions tako place between men bo Intent upon following follow-ing the ball that they fall to seo on another, an-other, and then a fow bnck somersi;ultH follow. Thoro Is opon field work, and clever passing back and forth across tho field. Hero Is whore tho player must judgo accurately nnd punt quickly, frequently fre-quently beforo tho bull touches tho ground. As the ball Is forced noarer the goal tho tender begins to get tho "hurry habit," for ho alono It la who can touch tho bnll with his hands. Ho swata It with his hand, bunts It with his head, catches It or uses any old method In this moment of Intense cxcllcmont to get tho hnl) nway. To him the ball Is llko a viper and tho farther away It stays lho bettor ho likes It. But sometimes his fight If? In vain and a good shoot through a low, swift kick, nnds the ball over the lino between the posts for a goal. Salt Iako Team Fast In yesterday's game Salt Lako's men were faster, played hotter together and generally mado the best of their chances. Lurcka lacked ginger at times, but It was only an accident that Bramloy did not got a goal near the close of tho gamo and tin tho score. For Salt Lake the Fanning brothers played a ioat game, and did come good kicking. J. Sneddcn, at center half-back, played a corking good game, and watj perhaps tho best man on the local team. He In quick on his feet, cool and never hesitates to force or mix mattoro. Captain Sanford did good defensive de-fensive work and his long skyrockets were features of the game. Marshall at Lewis mado one goal for the locals and tho local team, and helped force matters, Lewis mado on goal for the locals and J. P. Fanning made the -other. Smllhcrs made Eureka's onlv goal, and that wbh on a goal kick for penalty. Newton and Bonner did fast work as backs for Eureka, and forced matters throughout the game. Bramley at center was Eureka's star. Ho played a lightning light-ning game and exhibited remarkable ability abil-ity In following tho bnll. Once ho forced It right up to Salt Lake's goal, when a careless kick lost him a well-earned point. The line-up was as follows: Clnybourne p Kins nusscl..., r.b George llcrrlnft ban tor A I.b Cfwnn Whyto r.h.b.. ..William Herring Howe l.h.b.. ...Newton Snerlilen c.h.h Bonner J. P. Fanning o.l.w Smlthcrs Lowls ..1.1. w T. Hcrrlnc Mnrflhall o.r.w , Ilobbs T. J. Fanning l.r.w Mnnlovc Randsbury c Bromley |
