WEBER-HONOLULU GAME The following week, on November 15th, Weber played her second league game with the Branch Aggies at Cedar City. Weber had things just about as she wanted them, and came home on the long end of a 30-0 score. Russell tallied two touchdowns; Saunders, Hearn and Knapp each crossed the goal line once; Joe Clapier, who seems to be Weber's big gun in mid-field, thrilled the crowd with his open field running. On November 22nd, Weber played her final league game with Ricks College at Rexburg, Idaho. In this game the Stevenson spread worked to perfection; Clapier used it time and time again to make good gains. A pass from Clapier resulted in the first score. In the third quarter Jim Francis pointed his tow head towards the Ricks goal and plowed ahead until he set the ball down inside Rick's goal line. Ricks took the air route in the last quarter, had one touchdown tucked away, and was on the verge of bidding for another when the gun sounded. Wansgaard was the big star on the line for Weber. Again and again he checked Rick's plays. Thanksgiving Day, November 28th, Weber locked horns With Santa Rosa Junior College of Santa Rosa, California. This perhaps was one of the most unusual games ever seen in Ogden. Three times during the game the score was tied, and six times the two teams alternated in taking the lead. Although outweighed twenty pounds per man, Weber put up a fight that made a real thriller out of the game. Santa Rosa used her weight to batter the Weber line to shreds, and Weber in turn used her lighter, faster backfield men to run Santa Rosa ragged. Three minutes after the game started, Russell slipped away for a forty-five yard run to score. Later in the same period Saunders fumbled a Santa Rosa punt, and Woodward, the gigantic 195 pound fullback for Santa Rosa, went through the center of the line to score. In the second quarter Woodward plowed off tackle for Santa Rosa's second touchdown. Clapier heaved out a thirty yard pass to Saunders, who ran twenty-two yards to tie the score. Soon after, Woodward used his bulk to batter through for another touchdown. It must have been Weber's turn at scoring, for Hearn broke away and ran fifteen yards to a touchdown. Joe Clapier's toe pushed the ball over the goal post for the extra point. In the third quarter Santa Rosa marched down the field on a series of line plays. On Weber's thirty yard line, Woodward, who seemed to be the entire team, bored through the center of the line and crossed the goal line. The next point was made by the same man. The last quarter was a thrilling climax to the game. Francis Hearn ran forty yards for a touchdown. This tied the score once more and the crowd went wild. Santa Rosa, not to be outdone, pushed Woodward and Forman over the goal for two touchdowns. With but twenty-five seconds left, Joe Clapier and "Red" Knapp staged a little play that would be a thriller in any moving picture. Weber was on her own twenty yard line, and Clapier must have put his all into this one play to cap and write "finis" to his athletic career at Weber. Jack Doxey snapped the ball back; Clapier received it, faked a run around the end, raised his arm and sent a beautiful pass high over the heads of the players. Ten, twenty, thirty, over the heads of Santa Rosa's secondary defence, forty, fifty yards it sped, to drop in the eager arms of "Red" Knapp, who completed the remaining thirty yards under full steam. A typical example of a typical Weber team, fighting to the last second even when victory seems beyond reach. Weber lost by a margin of seven points, the score being 38-31; but she won the wholesome respect of the Santa Rosa players. The season was a success from both a financial and an athletic standpoint. The citizens of Ogden were backing Weber to the limit. The school is grateful for their splendid cooperation. There were players on the Wildcat team who seldom received much notice through the papers, but who were nevertheless big cogs in the 1930 grid team. "Wild Bill" Hickman, a substitute end, filled Peterson's shoes to perfection whenever the occasion demanded. Dave Doxey and Ray Anderson were handicapped a great part of the season by injuries, but played bang-up ball whenever they were in the fracas. Jim Francis, who played halfback, seldom had the opportunity to carry the ball, but was an artist in clearing players out of the way of the other ball toters. On defence, he was half a team by himself; when he tackled, the unfortunate individual knew he was tackled!! Joe Clapier did not have his name in the paper this season for scoring touchdowns, but in reality he was the best ground-gainer on the team; for example, in the Santa Rosa game, Clapier did not make a touchdown, but he carried the ball fifteen times, for an average of over nine yards each time. A man like him is valuable to any team. In the Weber-McKinley game the punting of "Red" Knapp and of Jim Russell was of a type that would do credit to any four year college man. On one occasion "Red" set off a punt that traveled well over sixty yards in the air, before settling into the arms of a McKinley player. Jim Russell, on a quick kick booted one sixty yards, and then it rolled forty yards before being touched. This is one of the longest punts on record in Utah. When the dust had settled from the last league game and the mythical Junior College all-star teams had been picked, Weber had her share of men in the line-up. On the first team, Jim Russell, whom Al Warden termed "the outstanding Junior College back of the season," was placed at the fullback position, and named captain of the first all-star team. Joe Clapier was placed on the first team for the third consecutive year, while Jack Doxey was given center; Owen Wangsgaard, guard; and Elton Knapp, end. Five Weber players won berths on the second all-star team. They were: Hickman, end; Dave Doxey, tackle; Albert Saunders, quarterback; Francis Hearn, halfback; and Jim Francis, fullback. Most of these men were serious contenders for first team honors. Weber men came into print once more on the list of honorable mention. They were: Don Chambers, Melburne Chugg, Jay London, August Ahlf, and Ernie Tar-ran. In fact, there were only two men who were on the squad all year without receiving mention of some sort. I wish to say a word or two here with regard to one of them, Ray Anderson; a gamer, cleaner, harder playing man never graced a Weber uniform. Early in the season he received a shoulder injury that kept him out of the line-ups all during the league season. He entered the Santa Rosa game with his shoulder in a harness, and gave a wonderful exhibition of a first class lineman. He played like a big leaguer, even when every jolt felt as though someone was tearing his arm off. I take off my hat to him, and hope that next year his luck will not run to broken shoulders. This writes "finis" to the chronicle of football at Weber in 1929. Best wishes to the Weber teams for the future, and good luck to our Coach of coaches, Merlon Stevenson.