| Show r j T t If i II 1 If fill j J n- n 1 d II FOOT BALL SEASON AT AN END The football season season of 1902 is over and all agree that it has been the greatest greatest great great- great great- est in the history of the sport in Utah Our team was by far the strongest ever turned out by the University in fact it was much better than cond conditions justi justi- fied With lith about fifty College Women some fifty Engineers and a few Art rt 1 students at our back we defeated all the school teams of the State played the Agricultural College of Colorado to a standstill and put up a great game against Stanford Our annual game with the Agricultural Agricultural tural College of Utah was the most in interesting interesting interesting in- in game of the season The Logan Logan Logan Lo Lo- gan boys had the support of the whole body and their one hope and determination determination determination de de- termination was to beat the Varsity something they have never l had ad the pleasure of doing Early in the season the got about fifty men out for Coach Camball to make a team to mop the earth with our eleven Coach Camball Camball Camball Cam- Cam ball trained his men for the one game and no doubt thought by defeating the University that would wipe out their past record and would put his team at atthe atthe atthe the head of the list This method was used to throw us off the track but it did not work About two weeks before the game Dave Camball captain of last years year's champion Harvard team was in induced induced induced in- in to go to Logan and help his brother broth broth- er put the finishing touches on the boys Wilbor a Yale man was also secured for the same purpose The Varsity team went into the game ganie with but little practice in defensive playing except what they got in the regular games as as we sel seldom on had enough men out to form forma a scrub b up line-up and so give Goach Holmes a chance to coach the boys on defense play However for those who were not out to the game that game that is ab about t ninety per cent of our students students students-I I will state that the got a right good flogging Hogging The aggregation from Colorado were the fastest football players ever seen on our campus They have been playing with all the best teams in Colorado and Colorado has been in athletic relation with the middle West for many seasons I Our team was able to hold the the score down nothing to nothing by their stubborn stubborn stub stub- born defensive work and our superior II j I system of attack Twice the Colorado had the ball within a few yards i II of our goal line but could not push it i II over The The game with the National GU Guards is the only black spot on our record this year We vVe met this all star team one week after the game with the Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural tural College of Colorado which was the hardest contest of the season Our men had played six games in as many weeks and were worn out Had th the game been played a week earlier or a week later the outcome would have been different The showing our boys made against Stanford was great Stanford has been playing good football ll for ten years and during that time has had the best coaches money could get and has had hadas as many as they were in jn n need ed of they j also so have about fifteen hundred students tu to draw from While we have had a acoach acoach acoach coach for three years who does regu regular ar work in the institution besides coaching and nd we have only about one hundred and and fifty college students to pick from N Nevertheless Nevertheless Nev Nev- ev- ev our team was not def defeated as badly as flar Harvard was vas by y Yale Yale ale and nd when our huskies got within striking distance the veteran Stanford men could not stop our rushes Captain George Brown played a star game again this year he was always good for a gain and was noted for the way he smashed up interferences The man who always made a h hole le when he was called vas was O. O W. W Carlson for a new man at the game developed into the best guard the Varsity Varsity Varsity Var sity has had for some time and with another year on the gridiron he will hold his own with any of them in the West At right guard Seward Mason made madea a good record for himself As center rush Robbins was the same old invincible VV Wades Wade's ade s tackling and his h handling of punts this year has placed him in the front rank Full-back Full Bennion has out-kicked out all the punters we have played against but buthis buthis buthis his line bucking was not up to last years year's form however in backing up the line and in running interference he was a tower of strength J John aIm Weston played at t tackle and at guard in the early part of the season but he made his reputation as a halfback halfback half half- back in the Thanksgiving game Ben Roberts was the star end runner runner run run- ner and in nearly every he game got around for a touch-down touch as a line bucker buck- buck er he had no equal in the team Evans played some good ball but was injured in the Guards game and did not get in the Thanksgiving game until it was nearly over Burmester and Kingsbury made good ends and were in good getting the man manas manas as soon as he appeared Wixon in some of the smaller games made a good showing and no doubt next year will be found in the regular line up tip Nelson Crandall Stevens Russell and Wilkins all helped the te team m to wi win the championship The outlook for next year is the brightest we have l with had had a with Holmes at coach and with Wade Brown Carlson Mason Robbins Robbin Bup Burmester ester Bennion Roberts N Nelson elson Crandall Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins' Russell and back there is n no reason why we should not have a champion champion champion cham cham- pion team It is up to the students Record U. U of U. U 5 Soldiers o. o U. U of U. U 23 U. U of U. U Preps o. o U. U of U. U 28 Ogden H. H S. S 5 U. U of U. U 41 S. S L. L H. H S. S o. o U U. of U. U 35 Soldiers o. o U. U of U. U o 0 A. A C. C of Colorado o. o 1 U. U of U. U o 0 N. N G. G U. U r n. n i U. U of U. U 18 A. A C. C Utah o. o b U V. of U. U I ii I Stanford 35 George C. C Riser H Silk Sill Sox 28 Granite Stake o. o Tuesday afternoon December an aggregation of skin pig-skin enthusiasts known as the Silk Sox journeyed into the wilderness far to the South to teach the Granite Stake Academy a few gridiron gridiron gridiron grid grid- iron tricks It only took the Silk Sox forty-five forty minutes to run up tip a score of 28 points against the Academy and during during during dur dur- ing that time the Varsity goal was never never never nev nev- er in danger The yard five-yard lines were marked off on the field by irrigation canals canals canals can can- als so that every down netted five yards and necessitated time out while the spectators rescued the drowning players The objected at first to Nelson but he finally butted into the game as full back and butted the line for sure gains Knowlton and Beveridge Beveridge Beveridge Bever- Bever idge on the ends were star freaks particularly particularly particularly on offensive play Dofflemyre had charge of the Varsity menagerie and made the animals perform wonders Shaw and MM l were the chief opposition opposition opposition in the stars Fat Robbins won beauty contest as referee while Dougall occasionally yelled time out Spencer Spencer Spen Spen- South and Nathan North tended the compass and acted as linesmen Randall of 1 Murray 1 urray was umpire in The he exhibition was begun b with Invocation by Bishop Fred Bennion and the B Benediction Benediction Bene Bene- ene- ene diction was offered by Apostle Benny Roberts The services were concluded walking four miles aggregation bw 1 the bb l Lo LO the nearest street car 1 line me an and d. d sing sing- ng mg 11 In the Good Old Summer Time The Silk So Sox Sox animals were caged as s Congress Congress- Left End End End-Beveridge 9 nan r Left eft Left Tackle Tackle- Tackle Judd Guard er Historian Left Guard Sp Guard Spencer n Center Hatch Hat Hatch h. h Capt Right Guard Guard- Measly Iea ly Russell Cuddy Cuddy Right T Tackle ac 11 e. e R Rip V. V Van an W. W Winkle m 11 e ixon t Right Rio End End Engineer Engineer r Knowlton Left Half Editor Editor Forrester Quarter Bac Back Winning Whining Way Back Dack ud Russell Tile Russell Th The Full Cuddy Cuddy Y Nelson elson fRight f Right Half Punk Punk Crandall Crandal Touchdowns were made Only by hy j jon N y Nel Nelyon Jon J on 2 Engineer Knowlton I 1 I Pi Punk k krandall randall Yandall i 1 Editor Forrester i. i Rip Ripan ran Fan Winkle Dixon belabored belabored the oval ovalor or three goals Burmester was Chief Historian Hist rian of lie pilgrimage Of T their their- V H Wanderings 11 i the Wilderness he writes further We Ve Y e encountered two grizzlies one one lion nd one half of a highway highwayman n ll And so solie solie lie he Chronicle ends f I |
