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Show ' i Y GAME -VIIS BOULDER University' of Utah Meets Stronger '- Team ana Is Beaten by a Score of 33 to 6. The defeat of the University of Utah by Boulder by a score of 33 to 6 was probably the very best thmg which could have happened to tha Utah team. They did not really expect to be able to win from Colorado, and If they had lost y a small score or if the game had beejv. closer they would not have realized hbw much they have to learn. As it was, they were outplayed In every department of the game except in handling punts, and there they had no chance to show what they could do. They were not only outplayed, but out-generaled out-generaled as well, and Captain Owens showed far better management In the handling of his team than did Captain Y.'ade. , The game, however, showed -up avery weak point In the Utah team and half the battle Is over when a coach knows Just what points need attention. One thing that makes the supporters of the team feel more cheerful Is the fact that although they were palpably beaten from the beginning of the game the team did not weaken under punishment and played harder in the last few minutes min-utes of play than at any part of the game. Indeed, they seemed to learn something from the hammering which they received and made a better showing show-ing toward the finish, but this may have heen because the Colorado team was tiring. Another thing which looked good was the fact that the Utah rooters root-ers did not quit cheering when they saw that the team was beaten, but cheered the game out with the best spirit In the world. ' . The line of the Utah team Is lamentably lament-ably weak and Colorado was not slow to discover that fact Fat Bobbins at center played virtually his own position posi-tion and that of the guards as well. Varley and Barton are both new men at the game and showed It plainly. They were hardly ever under a play, and the Boulder guards got the Jump on them every time. They did not get a chance to do much offensive play, but were very weak on defense. Bobbins' handling of the ball was fairly accurate. accu-rate. The -tackles were the weak sisters of the team. Peterson and Hope started the game, and most of the Colorado Sains were made through them. They were boxed or shoved out of the way time after time, and when they did get In front of a play they always went in high, so that they were unable to stop it without gain. The system of playing play-ing the tackles out from the guards on defense with the halfbacks in between did not seem to work well. For one thing. It makes the backs effective on only ?ne side of the line, and when the tackles were forced out and the plunges hit the light backs they never failed to record a gain. Settle, who replaced Hope, might just as well not have been in the line at all. Russell and Davis at the ends played good ball and were handicapped greatly great-ly by the fact that the tackles and the backs seldom broke the Interference any before it got to them. The ends, with Bennion. who played up on defense, did the best work for the Utah team. Bennion Ben-nion was a tofrer of strength on defense de-fense and was under every play. In fact, he was the only man who seemed to get a runner low. His punting, however, how-ever, was ragged. He had no direction and little distance. He Is understood to have sprained his leg. but if that is the case, Captain Wade should have put another man In to punt Milner for choice. . The work of the backs was not con- 1 elusive. They had little opportunity to run with the ball, and their work on the defensive was marked by high tackling. They seemed to get oft fast, but were Inclined to get away from their Interference, which, by the way, was very ragged and slow In forming. Wade's work in the back field was very unsatisfactory. ' He missed several tackles in the open wffich he should surely have got, and never seemed to dive at his man. Indeed, the tackling of the whole team was poor. They tackled high, and only a few of them dived at their man as if they were going go-ing to throw him hard. What they need is an hour every night tackling the dummy. This first game was simply a try-out for the team, and from now on they will be in condition to improve steadily. There is little doubt that they will do so. as they certainly show the right spirit They meet the Salt Lake Athletic Ath-letic club team on next Saturday, and will probably put it on the veterans. . |