Show eureka football affairs local team leads in championship series the eureka association football team returned home last sunday evening after a very successful tour to salt lake and park city having added five more points out of a possible six points to their stand ing in the utah association football league the teams they met were the bangers A F the salt lake A F and the park city A P in the order named the first game was a tor eureka by 5 goals to 1 the resulted in a tie with no score and in the third the local boys came off kieton ous in a hard foight battle by the score of 3 goals to 1 this ig a grand record for a team playing three successive games in as many days at agricultural park at the state pair grounds in salt lake city last friday evening eureka met and defeated the salt lake rangers A P by the score ot 5 goa e to 1 the weather was beau though a rufle too warm for foot ball and a large crowd 0 people wit hessed the game immediately after the kick off eureka bagan to the home team hard her back division keeping the forwards well supplied and before ten minutes had elapsed W herring succeeded in putting the ball between tle uprights after a splendid combined rush by the en tire line of forwards at this point of the game the rangers were completely mystified by the swift horii of the ners and in ten minutes more time fred her ring made the rangers custodian look like 30 cents as he was completely baffled by the quick manner in which it was sent through here eureka slacked up from the swift pace they had set and the ran gars got into eureka s territory and scored the first and only goal for the home team it was a shot however that was out of newtons reach and no blame can be attached to him on that score after the teams chanced ends eureka alaia look the offu nerve and from a scrimmage in front of goal bramley scored the third goal tor eureka A few mm ettes afterwards Smet huret bent one in aiom outside right which was a beauty swift and sure which napier ranger s could not stop another quick piece of combination aud time the bangers citadel was taken this time bramlee doing the trick EUREKA 0 SALT LAKE 0 this game played on saturday even ins was fast and eunous froin start to finith the entire history of the game can be told in a few words but it must be stated that abe miners bad the Zio at their mercy more than five times me abe game bait lake started with the wind in their favor but in edite of this eureka repeatedly brought the ball into their territory and forced brown to save hia charge at the beginning of the second half eureca schied what to all spectators who knew the game looked like a fa r goal but it was disallowed by referee donaldson eureka still kept forcing matters and it looked as it eureka would lower the colors of the salt laker but at about minutes from the call of time a fierce gale burst suddenly from abe home team s end against which it was almost impossible to kick the ball this prevented eureka gaining another victory although twice during th e wind storm the minera had jhb ball in the mouth of the enemy s goal in this match the eureka team to a man played in first class form EUREKA 3 PARK CITY 1 th a was the fastest game of the tour and the park ty team despite the tact ahe playne first match on sunday last showed the eureka players that they were up against worthy foemen tl e summit county b s were at least on nn aysies aye ies rom lo 10 lo 10 20 t eav tin the F rel a iraca and e thuy leara to play a bettel comb na 01 geme they will t u 1 atle team a very close race and they will yve the bait laders a decided birdi se the game started at I 1 0 do k picc at tha advertised an eureka was speed ly in park giov s territory jack cowan lorme ly of the eureka team and bow with the Par kites was a giant of strength and repeatedly cleared for the home team bat a deliberate foul within the penalty area gave kuikka a clea shot from the 12 yard line which geo herr ng easily put between the posts the play fram this on till nearly half time was decidedly even when after some clever passing by the bureda forwards bramley abr the second time low ered the colors of abe home team in the se oud halt park placed a much belter game RIV ng edreka s back and half back division all they could do another combined rush however brought the ball back to park territory and bramley slam med the ball through for eureka e third goal at this point calta n I 1 red herring received a b t purely accidental kick on the head aud b d to leave the field for a short period and a few minutes later spra ned his knee severe ly which put him completely out of the game this is when park ty scored their one goal wh eh was ainaly a beauty coming alter a pretty piece e passing bureda has a good football team but without the generous support ot the town it will be impossible to keep ahead good encouragement from the electa tors each as park city received ie abet BS essential in football as it is in base ball spectators in order to see the game properly should line up on the side or touch lines by doing they are better able keep warm in chilly er than by sitting in the brand stand and being close to the players their cheers have an encouraging effect on the atana A big turn out is looked tor sun day when eureka will play the rangers their return match on th local ball park on the of this month park city F L will most likely run an excursion to eureka on the occasion of the return u with eureka when the tans will tee a fite exhibition of football UTAH LEAGUE P W L D pt bureda 4 2 0 2 6 salt lake A PC 2 0 0 2 2 park city 1 0 1 0 0 S L bangers 1 0 1 0 0 mode of tabulation two points for a win ore for a draw lost games ignored |