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Show SGOIES FORFEIT CAME H BY LEAVING THE HELD 1 ; . i 7 - . ; The University of Utah-Agricultural college game Saturday broke up with strained relation on the gridiron . at Logan with the score standing stand-ing 5 to 0. Umpire R. D. Burtner ruled Frew, the fast player on the Farmers' -am, 'from the field for slugging and the Aggies refused to continue the X2!g' The sudden rw't In the game after twenty minutes of play In the first half may result in a more strained relationship between the two schools. The trouble came Just as Varley, the University center, had blocked Frew's kick and fell on the ball for a touchdown, touch-down, a It was behind the line. Although Al-though Varley Is said to have had the ball fairly, the Aggies piled on top of him; Jt was while digging out the ball from this scrimmage that the umpire saw Frew get up from the ground and make x vicious lunge for a Utah player. play-er. As Frew had been warned twice Lefore not to slug, he was promptly disqualified. dis-qualified. Although Capt. Hansen of the Aggies tried to pursuade his players play-ers to continue the game, they refused and the game was forfeited to the University Uni-versity players. Frew was the star man on the Farmers' Farm-ers' team and Is also a sprinter of considerable con-siderable note. It is said that this is not the first time that Frew has been disqualified for slugging in a game. Referee F. H. BasEett says that he also believes that Frew was disqualified at the All Hallows-Logan game and also the Loan-Fort Douglas game for slugging. slug-ging. The game showed that the Aggies are ay strong if not stronger than was expected ex-pected and a great game was promised if it had continued. The Utah playej-s returned last night. |