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Show 4 , 4 Football Comforts of I Today Outclass Early 1 Day Gridiron Uniforms ill1 Seth Thomas, First Utah Quarterback, Tells of Outfits Worn in Early Day Play and Gives Other Interesting Data . : I: B AL WARDEN. I In early-day football B gr,U( line that could hold could defeat any team, re-gafHIefll re-gafHIefll of the ability and elasa of' the backfieid. Thl wo eepeeiallyl true in 1894 and 1896 when the prlill gnme was first taken up by tin- Jnl-I versify of Utah, according to Seth Th'onias, quarterback of the first Crimson Crim-son machine. This aelfsarae rule plays a big factor In modern day football, the line being , one of the factors nece6ary to sue-, cess. ! With tho many changes that have; been mado not only In the rules, in the style of play, uniforms and other1 features, the modern game Is far more syateruat ized, Thomas states. "Our unllorms in those days cost about $2," said Thomas. " They consisted con-sisted of a canvas jumper, a pair of, trousers, a pair of fox and any kind of shoeB Head guards, shoulder pads and other pads were unheard of. Nose guards made- of rubber, however, were I used by some of the players. "Only a few of tho players wore waatsrs. Our shoe3 were not cleat I on ana maue iasi piay aunosi out oi thfl question.' Although we did not use head guards, I cannot recollect of one i serious injury recorded during our pe-I pe-I iod of play. FAST TEAM IN 1896. "While our official games were t played In 1894 for the first time, we were unable lo get a team together , In 1S95. The following season we had B rattling good team in the field, our: feature game being played against tho: SnM Lake high school machine. "In those days a game consisted of two 30-mlnute periods In the first' half the high school players tallied six! point, holding our elnven scoreless. "After ire had banded together pri-1 or to re-entering the game, we start- J ed a constant march down the field; which finally gave us a 14 to 6 victory' o er the high school players. "High scores such aa are featured' many times nowadays were scarce at that time. "In this particular game the pun'-, Ing of Alma Cunningham was a big i feature. He was one of the greatest, kickers ever developed in the state, be-1 lng equally good in all branches of the I j game. "We had three chances of Hire downa mi thosi days uj make a first down, which was live yards instead of ton, which Is the rule under present day football ruIeB, HERE'S LINEUP. "Our backfieid consisted Of myself at quarter, Fred Reynolds, rifht half Lon Hyde, fullbaek. nd I. B. Wool-ley, Wool-ley, left halfback. David O McKay and Van Pott were the tackles. Poul j eon and Stewart were the guardr, while StflngfellOW was the center Fred May and Young held down tho ouds. f ! "Mass formations and wedging plays were the big items of attack fot 1 all elevens at that time. Players at i i Hint Mine could Bh'ove, push and hurdl" v tthout penalties being inflicted. "We resorted to straight football ut Ing lino bucks and end runs. The crishcro8s, which is used by many of I Ibe present day elevens, was our first H trick play. H "On a fair catch we had a chance t H register a place kick Prop kicks were 'H also uspd occasionally by some of th H teams. Field goals, however, wero I had to be an exceptional kicker to ge'. I the ball away before the opposing I I line men tore through the line. !j I CHASHING PLAY. "One of the hardest plays to break ! I up in those days was the revolting ' i mass play. All of the players would I form a circle with the man carrying I the ball in the center. This play was j'j hard to break up, sometimes opposing i - I teams would use it for gain after gala t II before the play was broken up. Thli . , ;L II proposition was hard to stop, oppos ' l I Ing players being forced to drop down I in an effort to stop the rushes of the ; I team using this play. f-'ldl "A football player of today has ev- I ery comfort, which not only aids in , I developing the game but makes it I safer. Early day football has been H wonderfully worked over the style of I open play ol today making the game I much more modern, much more ad- i, I vancedi and better in all details." ' rl orval W. Adams, halfback on tb jl first official Ptah Agricultural college I team of 1901. will tell of the games , M during his career, in tin article In this jicl paper next Friday. j |