| Show IDAHO BA TILES UTAH TO A i STANDSTILL 1 IN SNOW r Large Crowd Sees Gem State Champions Give Local Men Hard Run Runt t I t BUT NO SORES SCORES ARE MADE M Oe Contest Is but Series of Scrap t- t Snow and Punt With Attempts At tempts tei tern at Line Bucking B 1 STATEMENTS STATEMENT BY BY COACHES COACHE Coach Maddock s. s Should Have Won But jj t by by- by it 1 Close Score f I Slipping and sliding sliding- through a field of snow snowa a a afoot foot deep Utah and l Idaho ho battled for an hour on Cummings Cum Cum- field Thursday afternoon afternoon afternoon after- after noon to a to O score while 1500 spectators stood on the bleachers and in the grandstand grandstand grandstand grand grand- stand and made maIe heroic efforts efforts ef ei- ef- ef forts to keep warm wann I The annual Thanksgiving I fr football game the max of 1 gt ori- ori ee tl t hardly have been played under worse worse conc conditions ti ns I There was almost a foot of o snow covering the field and nearly as much had been scraped off oft the field before the game impression impression impression im im- There was a general that the Idaho team am would be easy money for the Utah boys following the thereat great reat victory over Boulder but Coach Joe Maddocks Maddock's men were played off their feet by the Gem states state's eleven and escaped from a a. defeat by several close mar mar- gins More than three three- fourths of the play was in Utah territory and not once was the Idaho goal seriously challenged Under such conditions as ns maintained ye yesterday tenny It was absolutely tile bley for for good frood football Tho The field s so deep in snow made running moro more dif difficult than in mud and both end runs run and line plays were practically Impo sl sible le Not ot once during during- the game did Utah try to make their yards ards through the line IIno u of the tho boy boys from tho the north Early Darly in the game frame sov several ral forward passes vero vero ero tried with indifferent 0 o- o of- of feet after which Dad Conville Con re resorted me- me sorted to punting every time the ball came into his hands At Intervals duming durIng during dur dur- ing the game same the Idaho t team nm tried line plays plas but seldom did anything with t them On Only 1 once during tho the entire same game sameS was S good distance mado b bIther by either Ither team on straight football and that was wis when Johm Johnson on of or Idaho wont Went through tho the Utah right wins wIng for tor I 1 yards ards Line plays were tried by the Idaho team many times but when these failed alIc of material gains gain puntIng puntIng punt punt- Ing lag was resorted to S Idaho Shun Shoie Claus Clan In this branch of the game as well ell wellis as is In catching and hanging onto the slippery ball the tho the Idaho Idaho team had all th the better of ot tho the nr argument Con ConIlle's Conville's Ille's Illes jest best kl kicks ks were vere hotter batter than of ot Idaho hut the average crae was behind for Cor Small was nearly IlI always IlI'S S 'S sure of ot good gains S SIt It would have havo been hoen a a. beautiful struggle between the thus rival states ou ott Continued d on OD Page e Five Fly BATTLE I IS IN SNOW CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE O 0 f K H 4 f t t t M t M t t M t f t M t t f i f t M Mf f f O 0 Of COACH MADDOCK COCH H 4 t After the game samo Coach Conch Maddock I 4 said Bald samo 4 f When hen I n made e tho the arrangements f f for tho the game with wih Idaho I thought I was getting Betting a high class team 4 1 They Thoy had won th the championship of or the time Northwest last year so that f I knew they must have havo the mater mater- f lal for tal a good good team tam In m my contentions con- con conf f ff f however I was si-as hooted f ff f and told that I tony may ab as well wel vel got ot f ff f Wyoming or a High school team f I was Unable at any time iliac to make mako f 4 nn any one ono 1 see seo 0 that Idaho Idalio had a good 4 I f team and und that situ would give f f Utah a haid hald rub As S a r result su my 4 men Inca were overconfident They be- be f lien 4 tile the they had hind the game In a a. af Jamo 0 f nutshell Consequently they dl did 4 not go o Into the tIme game with Ith the f thought of having anything of a f hard har struggle lo I 1 think this was I wholly responsible for their WIl i f fling ln ling hag and general field work On Ona if i- i f a dry dO field however r. r I bellow believe e bele e f Utah would havo won but It ft f would havo been close a f score I hope to meet Idaho next year under moro more satisfactory condl- condl i f lons 4 4 0 OMM t H t M t M t 4 M H M M MO MOa O 0 Oa a good good field feld and under favorable con con- For the Uie Idaho school has a strong team tear The Tho weight of ot tho the op opposing opposing opposing op- op posing teams was vas about equal oqual with witha wih a n shade ahado favoring Idaho Idaho has a lightning fast bac back tide nela with wih Small Smal Johnson Lundstrom and Thornton and look likely for tor open IlIa play Their line lne held better than did Utah's and for a variation of or plays the they y showed a bettor beter stock Three times during tho game twice in the time last halt half and once In the opening opening opening open open- ing part of ot the game tho the Idaho men wore within striking dl distance tance of the Utah goal Lino plays s 's proved futile rute C at nt these crucial moments and the tie at- at temps at ut Hold field goals by Small failed Evor Every time a punt was under way the snow was cleared away from the time ground In a small smal spot to give o tho the a chance to get tho the ball b-al b awn away without throwing a bunch of or snow with I It And throughout the struggle It was kick scrape and kick kick In the exchange Idaho came off with or wih a large laige margin to the time good One Go Good Hun In many respects respect the thc game was a n spectacular one Thornton gmo fullback of ot the Idaho team ma made e time the greatest run of ot the tIme game when he lie picked the tho ball up from a tumble fumble fumble when during the second hal half haI and amid aul carried It 50 60 O yards before ho he was nailed by Houston He lie made incredible speed through h tho the deep snow and lit seemed certain for tor a time tm that t ho he would get the Utah Uth bunch and md carry the tho ball bali bal to a touchdown touchdown touchdown touch touch- down and and victory victor I I Tho The ball bali bal was wn no 10 o slippery that It was always alwa's an uncertainty uncertainly us to whether tho the man who had haa It was going to hold holl on No o count was kept but It in is pr probable bable that there were nearly fumbles during time the game ame both on catching punts and nt on omi receiving and holding passes Small the tho Idaho quarter I ter cl deserves a a modal medal to for l' l tho the wn way ho lie knotted himself around tho the ball bail on catching punts and ond then hol holding It when ho wa was wo tackled A hard tackle nearly 01 always tho the from rom under the arm but not DO ao with Ith Small mall When Whon once ho lie the tho I ball there v was s no getting It awa away Tho The great Idaho spread a 0 peculiar formation was not trotted out b by II Captain Savidge until In tim the second halt half an and it came nearly doing th the hal business busIness It I showed what could be I expected o of It Jt on a dry fold field feld and It I certainly looks like a dan dangerous erous for for- I mation Tho To line spreads out halfway halway across maton the time held field feld In this pa play anI and tho limo center gets betl up when the ball ual le Is put in motion and tosses toses It to an any man I II along moton the tho line in either cither direction arecton Each man nian has to be guarded else an Idaho man could bo ho seen trotting along for tor fora I a n. touchdown n. L' L The spread oa eagle lo W was mao intO play pia several times and only on tho time first tr try was It successful at alt That time Lundstrom was Just getting started on ona ona ona a good run when he lie was pushed punned over into the tho snow enow after having gone seven yards After that the Utah men had each o of the others other guarded and there thoro was nothing doing The Utah team did no real football ll playing during the game same Early Eaily in tho the afternoon several forward passes were vere attempted but only one was success success- ful tul After that Da Dad Punted that cr c every cry timo the Utah boys rolled roiled onto I Ithe the ball It I was apparent from the bal outset that the time only wa way a a c would I Ibe be bo hun hung up would woul be bc on a f fluke fuke and ana Utah was trusting to one of ot tho the Idaho mon men In 11 the thc back Held neld to tu miss a punt punt with the hope that a Utah man maui could wih grab rob it I und amid L d carry It 1 across the 1 line lino no But Hut when the ball ban was fumbled tumbled an Idaho man muan was a always alwa's sticking around and nabbed it before an any damage damns was wa done nut But there thereas was as no fumbling when direction of oC Small It went vent In IU tIme the Smal One redeeming feature of or the tha flOW was that It I was absolutely impossible to hurl an any one There Thoro were many pretty flying tackles which resounded across tho the field CleW but time the victim oat only went down into a pillow of ot snow an and caine up smiling Somo omo of or tho boys bOYI came near hear smothering burled buried beneath boncath a mass mans of or human flesh with wih his hll face faco sunken unken Into the snow show but those who throughout u h ut played started In iii tho the game gamo v with the tho exception of Homo who was taken tl out of ur t time the I game Ime g-Ime In tho the first half halt for tur undue roughness rous N is isIt Ja l. l 11 It didn't take take much of a n tackle to down I a ma man Ither All AI a n tackler tackier had to do was to bump Lump against tho the runner and antl li he he would loGO Ills hits footing and and anu fall faIl rai Twice In tho time second half hal during durIn tho the closing minutes of ot tho the game gamo game time tho Idaho h team It-am al had wonted worked the ball so 60 close to the Utah line lino that a field fed goal was wai deemed advisable but each e-ach time It missed The first one was WUK Just after Thornton had grabbed time the ball bal from the ground In Idaho territory and bad ha run ruin 60 0 yar yards s before ho lie hesitated A shovel hovel was wa brought Into luto play ilay and a path about ten feet teet long wa was wat cleared along the ground nut lInt tho the ball bal loll fell Cel Grant fumbled tumbled It and amid Idaho reclaimed tho the pl pig skIn on Uth Utah's 16 15 yard ard lne line Then tho lImo shovel sho came into prominence prominence prom prom- Irom- Irom again and wd this time Ume it f real really looked for the time ball bal was as straight ht In front of oC the tIme goal posts But lut the kick was Wol blocked the referees referee's whistle blew for tor time the end nd o of the time game gamo and it I was all al over o FOr Tor the Utah team lenin Deich Richardson Richard Richard- son was the url bright ht particular otar If It ono clue could be picked out Ho 10 was not notI given cn much u of an nn opportunity to fl sho show t I his quality but ho lie was always han hanging hang hang- lug Ins around In the the- the way of ot the time Idaho boys O 8 For FOI Idaho IdaLo Small and Thornton c carried oft off oC the tho honors First I lieu ull Idaho opened the game gamo by kicking to 10 Convie who returned tio tile tho ball bal li iii 1 yards yard threw a forward I paea to Benny Grant Grunt and ami the thc ball haJ was tas can carried led nearly 20 yards Tho same samo samoI trick tick was tried again around tho the other end nd but Grant didn't see ace ce tho hit ball nl I coming and Utah W was wan M penalized Then le CIl k kicked cd n nearly url to tIme the center tor of ot tho tIme Held Thornton went through the tile Utah 4 line lne for fOT live 1 yards tho the next himm ln lino play I failed and mind Small Smal klc kicked cd to Utah's live live- Jve- Jve yard urd line kicked out the tho bull boil I goll going out of hounds bounds on Utah's la yard IS-yard rd line lne Tho The boll ball bal was brought In und mind I Idaho aho tried might light end to got get ot time the hail ball ballIn bal In iii 11 the tho middle of or the gridiron Then Small mal tried tiled a kick from placement the time ball al falling short abort After Aftem Acl an al ex exchange cx- cx x- x change of ot kicks Con punt was waI blocked and ald Idaho Ido fell tel on the tho ball baU bal on on- OD Of tM t f t M 1 t 1 M t M t M t t M t M M t M t M t t MO MOt to I f t tf f COACH TO f 4 Coach MIddleton said alter tho the f 4 ff f same game f 4 4 Well Wel Vell I am con confident dont that Idaho Ida- Ida 4 44 f 4 ho ha has the time batter team 1 nl also o of f 4 4 think that Idaho has the best st f ff f- f team In this of ot tho time party purt country countr f ff f Idaho made 25 5 times as much much f 4 yardage b by straight football as f ff f 4 did Utah Ulah Idaho's punter completely com com- f 4 outclasses Utah's at all allf aU- aU f ff f stages etges Our team handled bandied th the f 4 punts punt better beter than did dIl tho the Utah Uth f 4 team and amid showed greater skill kl in 4 advancing the tIme ball bal I think Idaho Idaho Ida- Ida ho 10 should have had lund the game ame and f ff f although it is Ilpo impossible to pro- pro 4 diet exactly I believe Idaho would 44 4 4 havo have won on a dry Ibid field 4 i V f Next year I hope to meet Utah 44 4 4 again In that case cale however howe I 1 If f 4 will wi have loet lost six of or my present 44 4 4 men so 80 that It would woul then be Impossible im- im possible to draw any conclusions 4 J but I do know that Idaho will wi let 4 f some one know that that they arc are on ont 4 t 4 the football map the te coming year ear 4 0 Ot 4 t M 4 I 4 M t M M t. t M M t M t M t M t t M t fV MO 0 Utah's Uth's yard 10 line line or or lne-or or about where here the time yard 10 mark would have hn e been bon Two tried without line Jpe 1 plays lays were cre avail a and then Small Smal tried another field tel goal oal from a difficult angle ansle and this went wild wid Conville kicked to the yard 30 line lne Henry Richardson falling failing on the ball bal only to see the elusive pigskin flip lout out of ot his hla hit grasp and of oC Idaho ta fall on it Idaho tried the line lino a again ln but but failed Caled and Small Smal punted punted back tan to teT the center of ot the tho Held eld the best kick of ot the da day Th Then n tho Idaho spread eagle was and It i netted nearly 10 yard art Another effort ef cC- c- c fort failed and the Gem state team was sas forced to punt the ball being being blocked and covered b by a Utah man again kicked Into I Idaho aho territory ter the first timo during the half haI Idaho worked a cross criss-cross cross cris-cross for nearh nearly near- near Ij ly 10 yards and Home was 18 taken out of or tho the game for tor undue roughness 1 For or orthis this work worl Utah was penalized half halt of ot I Ithe the time distance to her goal goal Idaho gaining gain gain- ing lag about 30 yards and taking the ball bali within that distance of tho Utah goal line lne Idaho failed to gain an and a quarterback quai- quai kick was grabbed grubbed b by Utah j Con le punted and Idaho trl tried d the sweep swep a again aln but It I didn't work Inan lu In luan II an exchange of ot punts Small mal booted tho the ball bal back of ot the Utah goal line lne Another An An- Another I other othel exchange saw the ball bal on Utah's yard 30 O line lne and Small was about to try another placement but the pass wont over his head and Ind he ho wa was nailed for a 16 yard 16 ar loss 1088 Idaho then thon fumbled tumbled fum tum- bled tho the ball baJ on a line lne play and Utah Uth secured It I In the tho center of the |
