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Show JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE Watch the Athletes Come Onto the Field t- By V 1 VA Just Before The Rattle, Lorln Fan-Park. Fan-Park. Nov. 11. The Weather Is anything any-thing but ideal, a north easterly wind dividing honors With a snow storm. A trifle too cold, possibly for the young athletes who are about to step forth tr. entertain the customers. Thus far the large grand stand Is nut overly crowded. I hough the mob Is advancing advanc-ing in small numbers toward the gates. Half an hour before the game the. stand Is but dotted with soectator. and the center lection yan ns almost empty. Coaches Dixon Kapple and Merlin Sleenson of the Ogden and Weber teams respectively step forth onto the field to teat tho turf with investigative investiga-tive toos to ascertain the direction of the wind There Is somewhat of a breeze, bu' tho grand htand and the large fences tend to break the wind somewhat A large Orange and Black wxier but ket Is placed at the end of the Ogden bench for the personal use of Dixon Kapple. Dixon consumes on an average of 12 gallons per game. , Wld Ashton, referee, has donned mud attire, but Is minus self stopping stop-ping apparatus In case of a landslide The field Is muddy. War correspondents correspond-ents to the number of three surge onto tho field and give It the, careful once over. This may be an expression of amity or it may be a tour of Inspection to see if there Is any Ogden money at odds of three or four or five to ono on a 14-polnt margin. Wo have Just recorded a bet of 2o cents to 50 cents with a brother reporter re-porter that there, is a fistic battle of soms ort before the aftei noon closes. At 1:60 the Ogden squad ambled onto the field and began tossing tho ball around Th Ogden rooting SSC- lion stands up and roars. It Is h ro-ari too. For a goodly concourse, is on! band. Ths 1 gden campm must be deserted. Weber' j athletes trot on tho field two minutes biter amid tho cheers of! hundreds of students and alumni. Couch and Clark are kicking In the warm-up. Clark appears to bo get-i ting about lo yards to tho boot better than the Weber artist. Coaches Kj.p-' pie and Stevenson watch their two booters with crlu ul cys. Daryal Clark seems to lutv dia- T carded No 1 3 A blonde youth sits on the Tiger bench sporting Oiofc mystic digits, while Clark prances around the field, hiding his numbers behind a large black sweater. Tho band ploys 'A Hot Time Tn th" Old Town Tonight '' There will be if iWeber wins. Tho Weber rooters send up a cheer for their eleven as they trot on the. field for a final warm up. The customers are Btill coming. You an see 'em Jamming through the gales, eager to get to their seats before be-fore the kickoff Tho game is delayed by the fnilure of the officials to arrive Ion Rom-ney. Rom-ney. former l'tab grid star. Is urged to take up the referee's duties He I conaenta Just as he dons his sweat-1 or. the original officials arrive. Rom-, ney Is retained as head linesman. The two teams are gathered In eon-: ference. LfHfl and final instructions are be-lng be-lng given and absorbed Anderson and Norton, rival captains, cap-tains, flip the coin Anderson wins th- toss and choose to receive, forcing Ogden to kick against the wind. They're off |