Show t IDAHO AND UT UTAH AU fOOTBAlL I TEAMS MEET IN N SCORELESS GAME ON fiELD Of SNOW Rese 1 Id Bd Water Polo and Was Ns Anything Any- Any thill thing but tilt a 8 Game of ot Mall football the thi Was 0 to 0 O. Statements From the Coaches I I am convinced that Idaho has the better team and the best team In Inthis inthis inthis this x section of ot the country On a dry field my boys would have won with ease Idaho and outplayed Utah and Idaho handled bandied punts better than did Utah Of course the of ot the field made It Impossible to get a line on either team to any great extent and fast tast work of ot any kind was out of ot the queston question I do hope that we will be able ablo to play Utah ah next year Coach Coach Middleton of ot Idaho university I When Wb n I arranged tho the game with Idaho I Informed the boys boya In advance that t thoy they would meet a formidable opponent but they did not appear to appreciate ap ap- ap this advice and notwithstanding tho the weather conditions played poorly as a n result o of their overconfidence Tho The team did not go SO on the field with erith tho the shown against Boulder I feel teel sure that Utah would lave won von on a a. dry field although the score mi might ht have been clo close e. e I hope to toDe tobe tobe be De able ablo to meet Idaho next year under more favorable conditions tt Too Too roe Maddock Haddock of ot Utah Last Wee week the football sat at about tho the sport fires fires and and attempt attempted cd ed to draw comparisons between the tho football teams of the universities of Idaho and Utah Well these two teams met iu in a contest that looked very cry much like water polo at Cummins dummings field yesterday afternoon and if there is a football critic who happened to witness this farce and who can now draw any more comparison of tho the two to teams than before the lineup lot him come to the front No Xo the football game came yesterday was not even a good farce If tho the teams had attempted to play in two feet of water they mi might ht nave have been to better advantage c. c As it was tho the two twenty men men wrestled one another about in eighteen inches of snow enow until they were completely exhausted laD long before the first half came to an end and from thou then thenon on neither side did anything other than try to keep the other side from scoring The Tho game ame ended with neither side dc having haying hay hav a ing been able to score ecore A Great Mistake Coach Maddock realized yesterday s that ho bo made tho the mistake of ot his hia life lifo when he di did not remove the snow from the field as the frost of the tho early forenoon forenoon fore foro- noon would have o left the soil beneath in infine infine infine fine shape for much macli better football than was played at an any rate Joe fi figured that a possible thaw would leave too much mud however and allowed the snow to remain after it had been tamped down to about a one foot depth de tb The crust on top of the snow was just bard hard enough to hold a man if he walked very lightly but that was the extent of it A player could no more run with the tIle ball thau than fly ily and no matter how bow speedy might be the man with the tho ball a clumsy man who ordinarily could not run a n hundred hun bun dred yards in a n half halt hour boar had more than thau thauan an au oven even chance to run and aDd catch him hinl The condition of the field in iu other words was almost unbelievable able No Opportunities Seldom in tho the history of football and never in the history of r sport in Utah have the tho conditions of the tho field been so 50 overwhelmingly against the contestants Neither team had an any opportunity to show what it could do Forward J passes were wore impO impossible impassible because tho the passer could not hold on In to the ball nor could coald the receiver receiver receiver re re- re- re cat catch b it Drop kicking kickin was utterly utterly ut ut- terly impossible and punting resolved ed itself into a 0 joke because e the punter could not stand up in the snow Line plunging n was also h impossible because the man with the ball could not hang on to it even if it he did get et through the line linc When tho ball was fumbled a half dozen men would dive into the snow banks and the fans faD would T en say eay Button button who's 5 got ot the bu button but but- ton 1 Both Sides Boastful After Alter the game ame Utah's admirers volunteered vol tho the opinion that on a dry field Utah would have won hands bands down dOTIn and Idaho rooters roo rs and adherents opined that it would have been like getting money from home bome for their team if the field had been fast Either had a n ri right bt to his opinion but neither could show any sane ar argument ment to substantiate their beliefs be be- ties because there was not oven a blance of the great creat game or of football Made MacId ade Downs Do Just Once When Whon it is taken into consideration that Idaho made her hr necessary downs just on once e during t the e game and Utah failed to do oven e this then some idea of oX the utter impossibility of trying to advance ad ad- vance Ance tho the ball ban can be gleaned All AU that remained then wa was to kick out of danger danger dan dan- ger but before this was possible it became be be- came caPle necessary for the whole team to a assist tho the kicker in iu di digging in away II IIa enough h snow so that he could cowd stand on ont t terra firma tirma Then a punt was ju just juat t as apt to go 0 off into the tho grand rand stand as into tho the intended direction It was awful to say tho least and end to many spectators it was di disgusting usting Near the close of tho thoaI game gamo aI lo shovels were used to di dig out pla places cs for tho kicker J i ker Or r tho the conter center Idaho kept tho the ball in Utah's territory terri tern tory most of at the time and Utah ap appeared appeared ap- ap perfectly contented toward the tho end by taking the ban ball whenever er it came to them theta and aud kicking 1 it t out of dan dan- au frer ger r. r Idaho's Lost Lot Opportunity Once during durine the game and but once it looked bad for tor Ut Utah dh h. h This was within with with- in one ono minute of final time Idaho Idabo had tho the ball on Utah's Utah yard forty line squarely in front of ot the goal oi posts post Tho The shovels were vere brought in from irom the sub side sido lino Ubi and a part of the tho sr ground uncovered ered end for a pl place o ce kick Utah anxiously awalt awaited the try and gave ae a n great s sigh siga h hof of relief as tho the ball baJI slipped d off ocr Smalls Small's 5 toe tte D. D Richardson Rich nailed it t and then fumbled an ap Idaho m man mau lJ getting it on Utah's yard fifteen line With fifteen seconds t tp to play pIRY the tho shoveling brigade de again got ot to work and it s seemed med certain trio the score would l ant end in ip Idaho's 5 favor by a field goal coal oal But Utah was ws equal to tho occasion this time and tore the Idaho line to pi pieces ces a dozen men blocking block ing Ins t the e kick lick as the whistle blew It was Idaho's fourth at goal 31 kicking kick kick- in lug ing from the field old and e each h time the ball slipped from irom Smalls Small's toe In the first fint half balf Idaho's Idabo's suc- suc successful kickoff landing the ball on Utah's ten ten- yard line greatly helped the northern I school For a n full thirty minutes the ball ban passed back and forth forth but at the end 1 of the tho first half Utah Utai had gradually worked the oval well into Idaho terri terri tern tory i In the thc second half Utah Utah's s 5 only kickoff kick kick- off tho the ball ban slipped dipped from irom Convill's toe and aud I Idaho aho down downed cd it in iu in tho the center of the field For tho the full half tho the ball was worked back and forth in in Utah's territory ter tar the hard luck at the opening of the half never bein being overcome Neither oither goal oal was over in iii danger from a touch touch- down Utah had one touchback the theall ball all going goin over her goal o l line on a are re returned returned re- re turned kick Devoid of ot Sensational Plays The Tho game amo was entirely devoid of sensational sen ecu rational plays Such a thing as a l brilliant brilliant bril bril- run was impossible UD under er the tho conditions conditions con con- of the field Thornton tho the Idaho sprinter secured tho the ball after a dozen fumbles in which t the tho members of both teams repeatedly lost and recovered recovered recovered re re- re- re covered the ball for a yard run Ho bad had a clear field and w when cn Idaho saw their famous sprinter plodding through the snow her rooters called caned for fora a touchdown Beunie Bennie Grant however ho pulled down from behind actually outrunning out out- running him hint Once a again ain in the game ame Johnson got ot around his right end for fifteen yards This was tho the only nh time either cither t team made mad the tho yards duri during J the game ith a a. loss a-loss loss on the first down U COU on one occasion plunged fd through the theline line liDo for ten yards This was Utah Utah's s 's best gain ain in the game ame on straight foot ball Famous Sweep Pails Falls The famous Idaho sweep sweep failed A half baJi dozen times it was tried in the first half balf and then theu given ven up for the rest of tho game ame But Because it failed it cannot cannot can can- not be condemned It failed and so 60 did every othor other play tried by either cither team Utah used the same formation orm tion and used it effectively against Boulder two weeks a ago o. o Maddock has a well established defense for the play pIny but did not need to to use it as the did the work Tho forward pass was also unreliable Only Oily once during donns the game gamo Tr was u-as S it worked with success when Monahan got ot away with twenty Utah tried it ita ita it a couple of times more and was penalized penal izod as the receiver could not travel fast enough o to get et near the passed ball baU Idaho tried it lt once or twice and then like Utah gave o a it top up End runs were impossible Tho The men could not get started and the interference could not form forni in time to help the tho runn runner r. r Kicking Kickin was wa the only practical way of advancing d the ball alJ and the game ame was really a kicking duel dud uel between and nd Small Tho The latter carried earned off the honors of the tho day because he was more careful and to tok k his bis time Small was content to get ct the tho ball baJI over the the- lino line of ot scrimmage with a n fair chance of a short gain while Convill tried to kick the thu cover er o off l' l the ball baU When n II Dad did didget didget get et a 11 punt away away it sailed through b the theair theair theair air for a big ia distance but fully tully two two- thirds of his tries trios reunited resulted In a slip with the tho ball baJI rolling off oil to one side sido or a short kick into the line of ot scrimmage e I Many Costly Fumbles j I Fumbles were many and nd costly and Idabo had bad by far tar the better luck in recovering re covering the ball Idabo Idaho first r resorted to letting this the ball hit bit th the tho ground on a pun pimp and ana then picking it up or falling on it Utah tri tried d to catch cotch the punts bu but near tho the end of oi the game amo adopted Idaho Idabo b i successful tactics of allowing tho ball to bury itself in tho the snow an anthen and then falling on op it H. I Penalties were not many but a 3 penalty penalty pen pan alty yesterday meant tho lo loss lois of yards that were hard to get et back Utah suf saX bred most on once cO being penalized thirty thirty- o fl yards half balf the tho d distance to her ber own goal oal from from the tho yard seventy ard mark for rough playing Ono One of ot the Idaho clay ulay 4 Bill Dill Bill smashed ers Home Bill BIll smashed back and md tho referee saw aw sawBill Bill in in the tho act Home RoUtt was put out of ot the tho game came and tho I Idaho aho man e es escaped d. d capell because It Jt is not Dot wron wrong to slug in football if the officials do not see you ou In tho second balf half another I Idaho player deliberately singled sInged cd H II d. son Ion who instead of hack back yelled to the tho It was not so soon seen en and Idaho e escaped a similar penalty although al thou though h the tho stands stand yelled to nut nui him hini out of the game ame More slugging n took place m iu in the than any that has been played in m in Utah Ut for tor some time The lineup |