Show Utah Scores Decisive Victory Over Boulder Hard-Fought Hard Battle Results In 28 0 Gama Gam Team Gam Team Shows Superior Endurance And Speed OutPlaYs OutPlays OutPlays Out- Out Plays Traditional Enemy After First Period Several thousand U students and supporters stood aghast last Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day when the Boulder eleven cleven pushed back the Crimson team deep into Utah territory at the beginning of the annual annual an an- nual Utah-Colorado Utah game The invaders invaders in almost drew the first blood when they tried for a field goal from the yard sixteen line but the Utah linemen blocked the kick The game did not begin as the Utah student body firm in its confidence in victory had hoped and expected But it ended in the right way and that was the chief point Boulder began began began be be- gan it and Utah ended it to the tune of 28 to 0 O. Everything considered Saturday was a great day for Utah A mere victor victory over Boulder great as it was was not the only thing to make the Crimson glad The old blood coursed through Utah again last Sat Sat- urda The old spirit which had once marked marled the Crimson so characteristically charac charac- was again present It drew thousands to Cummings field and kindled in them that old fierce longing for a Utah triumph The atmosphere atmosphere at at- the event and the result were as they were in the old rough rough- ready and-ready Utah of other days Only Saturday Utah fought for a higher goal and with a better understanding of her aim than she did in former years The Utah points were scored on four touchdowns one field goal and andone andone andone one goal following a touchdown The first points were scored by Romney in inthe inthe the he second quarter on a drop kick drop kick from rom the Boulder yard thirty line Warner Varner crossed the line for a touchdown touchdown touch touch- down in the third quarter after he had lad received a forward pass from Porter and had evaded the opposing backs Romney made another touchdown touchdown touch touch- down in iii the third period on an end endrun endrun run un and Kay repeated in the fourth quarter scored the last touchdown shortly before the game closed at a time when the Utah team was vas composed almost entirely of or sec sec- string ond-string men The 1916 eleven en proved that it is a great football machine and that it possesses the elements which will win make it even greater No particular star graced the day dar The team did not have to depend on one or two men for its victory Eleven men backed by another eleven almost as expert divided the work and the glory The kicking and ground ground gaining gaining runs of Romney brought to him the most honors but he was aided in his work by his team mates K Kay hay Van VanPelt VanPelt I Pelt Porter and Warner Varner also were the recipients of much praise On the theline theline theline line the men did not show up so well Individually except perhaps Douglass Douglass Doug Doug- lass and King but the effect they produced on the opposing team was good evidence of their work Boulder showed that it had improved im improved im im- proved considerably during the past year ear The eleven was composed of big men who must have weighed on the average much more than the Utah men But the they were slow footed and they had some weak points in their backfield The line was the strongest point and it was quite disheartening disheartening disheartening dis dis- dis- dis heartening to the local students to see how man many of those smashes which had broken through the South Southern Southern ern California line pile up before the they reached the Boulder backfield But the visitors were not able to break up the runs which went around the ends a fact which was made use of by the Crimson to the best ad ad- vantage Norgren said after the game that there were still some rough spots in the team and the interference interference in in- on end runs must have been one of those spots Romney and Kay got away way a for long runs runG around the ends not because the opposing opposing op op- op posing tacklers were blocked but because because be be- cause the Utah backs were fast enough to out distance their pursuers On the offensive Boulder did not have much chance to feature A few long passes a few good end runs and some well booted punts were about all that the Colorado men showed Coach wn jr 1 r. r W i i A A 1 14 r v a a. a x v A ArK rK w 1 ko kor r r t a qa Fx w k r r x x f M w k F Photos Courtesy of Upper Cut Cut Romney Romney makes yard 14 gain on end endrun Lower Cut Yell Cut Cut masters Young and Wood at winning game N N. C. C Evans changed his men so frequently frequently fre fre- fre that there ther was not much chance to select stars The offensive weakened considerably after the first quarter and did not amount to much again until the last quarter when the visitors succeeded in making malting some considerable gains through the line It was wa significant though that Boulder Boulder Boul Boul- der could not gain gam a foot when it was given the ball on the Utah two yard two yard ard ardline line following penalties on the local team which aggregated about thirty yards ards Continued on Page 3 UTAH WINS Continued from page 1 Boulder received the off kick at the beginning of or the game and was unable unable unable un un- un- un able to gain any ground The ball was punted to Romney who returned it to the yard twenty-yard line Utah was forced to punt and when the visitors were again checked another kick was necessary The ball bounced over Romneys Romney's head and he let it roll inthe inthe in inthe the belief that it would pass the goal line but it came to rest on the two- two yard ard line Romney then had to kick standing behind the goal line During the whole quarter the ball was was in Utah territory and once the invaders were near enough to try for fora a field field goal The good work of theline theline the theline line was responsible for blocking the kick During the remainder of the quarter the Crimson warriors held off their opponents and forced them back slightly In the second quarter the U became became became be be- came stronger and pushed the battle line back into Boulder territory When the advance was Romney stepped back to the yard thirty line and booted the ball between the goal posts At another time a few I minutes later Utah lost the ball on downs while within twenty yards of its goal and at still a later time Romney Rom Rom- Romney ney had again stepped back to take another shot at the posts when the whistle announced that the half was up In the third quarter Romney made madea a spectacular run of three forty-three yards yardS' aided by Kays Kay's remarkable ence A few bucks brought the ball to the yard twelve line and then Romney Homney Rom Hom- ney carried it over for a touchdown on an end run The chance for lor a goal was lost on the kick kick out A short time later Homer Warner Varner gathered in a nice little pass from Porter and raced over the goal for another six points This time the kick for a goal was blocked The score then stood at 15 to 0 O. In the fourth quarter penalties ga gave ye yeI I he llie ball to Boulder on the Utah two two- yard line but the visitors were not notable notable notable able to put it over Utah again braced up ap and worked the ball bail to the Boulder Boulder Boul Boul- Boulder line from which der twenty yard twenty yard three point Kay carried it across across for the third touchdown On the out kick Happy Van Pelt caught the ball but allowed it to touch the ground Consequently Consequently Consequently Con Con- Utah lost the chance for goal With only two regulars in th the game King at center and Douglass at tackle the local eleven pounded away at the Boulder line for consistent consist consist- ent gains and in the last few minutes of the game put the ball bail across the goal for Cor the final touchdown making the score on a buck over center enter Ferguson kicked the goal The lineup Colorado 0 Utah 28 Sylvester le le Van Pelt E Eschenberg lt It It Goodwin lg Ig Roche Randall c King H. H Eastman gr Taylor Talor r W. W rt Douglass Douglas s L L. L Eastman re re Warner Warne r Evans gb Porter Porte r Costello lh Ih Ka Kay Y Chapman rh rh Romney Ronne Y Yn Kemp emp fb fb Bohan Boha n Score by quarters Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 Utah r 0 0 3 12 13 13 28 Touchdowns Utah Romney ey Varner Warner War Var ner Her Kay Kays Goal from field Romney Goal from touchdown Ferg Ferg- Officials Referee Referee Umpire Um Urn pire Reeve pare Reeve Richardson Rt cl ardson Head linesman lines lines' man man Timers Timers Callahan Callahan an and aull d Barker Barler Substitutions Boulder Minns 1 for Evans Rapp for Kemp Morrison l for fox Costello Costello for Minns 1 Minns 1 for Chapman Kemp for Rapp Dobler Dobie r for Adams Utah Utah Coleman Coleman for Taylor Talor Karrick Barrie k for Roche McGill 1 for Goodwin Langford Langford Langford Lang- Lang ford for Van Pelt Hayward for fOl Warner War Val ner ncr Whitney for Porter Ferguson for Cor Kay Matthews l for Romney for Bohan Reid for Coleman I |