Show 11 iI i Fa FaI I 1 1 r 1 I I I 1 A fl t ell VARSITY DEFEATS DENVER The first real football game of I. I the season between the U University University niver- niver sity of Utah and the University f 0 of f D Denver enver on t the h e C Cummings Cummings' field Satin Saturday day October 12 ended in a victory for the Utah eleven by a score score of 24 to 4 This is is- the fourth successive year that the Utah aggregation has annexed the scalp of the Denver Methodist MethodI Method Method- I t school on the football grid grid- iron iron 1 Those who saw the g game me with the Denver team Saturday were F for the most part wholly unsatisfied unsatisfied with the showing in figures f made by the Utah team Time after time the Utah boys were within striking distance of the Denver goal when the ball was fumbled and according to all ethics in football where the opposing opposing op op- posing team cannot help it the r Denver boys had the good fortune fortune fortune for for- tune to secure the pigskin and send it whirling down the field to safety Perhaps it is wholly unfair to Utah to say she should have won by a greater score Denver has a 4 fairly decent team Most of her hermen hermen men have played together before which means something in a football football football foot foot- ball game and she had as good a chance to carry off first honors in inthe inthe inthe the beginning of the game as did the Utah team This however 11 1 L i L J Jis is no excuse for the manner in I which the Utah boys handled the k pigskin while behind the line of scrimmage Utah must come to life She must get her plays oft off with more precision for if she does not woe be unto her when j F she goes up against the the big Boulders of Colorado for the i intermountain intermountain in- in 1 championship J j Utah's defensive work was greatly superior to her offensive work It was simply impossible c for the Denver boys to carry the i pigskin over the line of scrimmage scrimmage scrim scrim- i image 2 mage and had it not been for the s i big boot of Bruce the Denver team would have left the checker checkerboard c b board oar d wIt without h out a Str single gle score 1 Denver had but one chance to j score by straight football and 5 j that time she failed Utah was forced to kick near her own goal goal line The ball struck Quarter QuarterBack i 5 Back Grant and came whirling hirling back within four yards of the AA Utah goal only to be dropped upon upon upon up up- on by a Methodist 1 The peril of 1 the moment seemed evident to every every every ev ev- ery Utah man The ball left the M Denver center but before it was safe in the hands of Half I Back I Bruce it was in the possession of the Utah team and the next down by the aid of Conville's great leg t went down the field and out of danger t tI I 0 1 j f 7 All 11 rpm JJ lr Jr t L 1 j 1 Utah's Utah's team this year is is- iscer cera a tinly filled with stars and if these stars ever get into action as one there will be something doing in Utah and Western football before before be be- fore fre Thanksgiving day game Big Dad Conville on the defensive defensive defensive de de- was vas almost always with the Denver man with the ball On the defensive he was vas for the most part always in the game Standing Standing Standing Stand Stand- ing up behind the line of scrimmage scrimmage scrim scrim- r mage before the ball was passed he appeared the big brother of the squad one in whom everyone looked for the best possible Richardson Richardson Richardson Rich Rich- ardson and Russell were vere always able to do their share in making Utah's required ten yards Richardson's Richardsons Richardsons Richardson's Richardsons Richardson's Rich Rich- ardson's capacity for picking holes in the line is wonderful and had his int interference been able to stick tick with him the final story would have been much different The back field however is not all that Utah possesses She also has a line which is equal to any in her history Seeley although he lie is new v at the game this year always managed to help keep his hist t side of the line from puncture t Home HOlTIe and Palm were vere also there therein in the blocking stunts Dick Bryant who vho is one of the hardest fighters Utah ever had more than once kept the pigskin from coming coming coming com com- ing within striking distance of the home goal J The shining light of th the whole game was vas Andy Anderson Before Before Before Be Be- fore the game was called it looked like Andy would not be in the r c t. t t 1 t pt p t 1 J i r y 21 scrimmage at a all l. l Some of the Utah professors saw v fit to say say that Andy had no right to play but that was all they could say no other reason being given and Andy certainly showed that he did have a right to play and knew how to play when the opportunity ity was given him The lineup of the respective teams at the beginning g of the game with their weight was Denver Weight Rennick L. L E E. E Hardin L. L T T. T Green L. L G Ashby C C C. C Fritter R. R G G. G T. T G. G Seely Brewster R. R T T. Seymour R. R E E. E Bartell Bartel Q B B. B Brusse Bruss R. R H. H B Willey F. F B B. B An Andrews R. R H. H B B. B Utah Weight Snow R. R E E. E Bryant R. R T T. Palm R. R G G. G Peterson C C. C Seeley L L. G 2 3 Home Iome L. L T T. T Anderson L. L E E. E Moore Q B B. B Richardson L. L H H. B B Conville F. F B B. B 85 Russell R. R H. H B B. B |