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Show By SteVe Molorxey , "H. ,jf : Beat Utah Beat the Aggies! EVERY section of the country has its traditional gridiron battle. In the West it is Stanford against California; in the Missouri valley it is Kansas vs. Missouri; in the East it is Army vs. Navy. That is only a few. There are a score of others, hut nowhere is ' the competition keener, the rivalry- more bitter,, than in the state of Utah between the University of Utah and the Utah Aggies. Junt to find out how intense this rivalry is, approach Tommy Fitzpatriek, the scrappy Crimson mentor,, and ask hira why he came back this year after threatening to resign last season. Ask Harvey Hancock, captain of the Crimson last year, why he came back when he should have finished last year. , Ask Hank Hurren or Kent Evans, the powerful pair of guards. From the mouths of each will come the biting remark, "To beat the Aggies." That is the kind of spirit that is brewing in the -Crimson gridiron camp on Cummings field these late autumn days. It is certain that the same kind of concoction is being stirred in Coach Lowell Romnpy'8 gridiron quarten. What a classic that will be on Thanksgiving day whn those two, strained to the breaking, point, meet again. It is a fitting climax to any football season. Utah has its eyes fixed on the conference banner this year. It is now tied for the lead and has promising chances of winning, bnt that banner is not obscuring from view the annual tilt with the Aggies. It is certain that the Crimson would sooner beat the Logan-ites Logan-ites than win the conference flag. Last year the outcome of that unforgettable game that turned out so gloomily for Fitzpatriek, and so hilarious for the Utah Aggies, decided the Rocky mountain championship. This year that won't be at stake, for the Utah Aggies are already hopelessly out of the race, but they may have the opportunity of stopping Utah from sipping the golden nectar. - This is Fitzpatrick's last year. It is Hancock's last year. Both have fought shoulder to shoulder for the past four seasons. Twice they have been humiliated by the Aggies. Only once have they tasted .victory. One can easily imagine the kind of fighting stamina coach and player will throw into the fray on Thanksgiving day. Again like last year, Utah is thctfavorite, but when Aggie meets Crimson there is no favorite. It is like trying to pull the correct number out of a hatful. Elements, other than those in an ordinary game, enter into that annual game. Psychology plays its part. Half ' dozen other freaks play their part. Tommy Fitzpatriek, with his last chance to beat the Aggies, is going to put everythinginto the fray. He will use the best of hi.4 plays, the best of his men and the best of everything withit him to push over a victory. His cry shall be, "Thev shall not pass !" ' More New Features A L.WAYS liv. to th. most int.r.tting f.aturaa of '.lia day, and r.ady and " willing to giva ita aporta raad.ra tha boat in aport nawa and articlaa that Nv tha world afforda, Tha Ttlagram tomorrow will atart two now aariaa on . football. Tho lataat additiona to Tha Talagram'a aport pagaa will giva tha raal dopa on tho graat eollega gama. propoundad by a pair of gridiron artiata who know it, man who hava l.arnad it from aetiva compatition and who hava boon declarad by tha foromoot grid critica of tha Unit.d 8tataa to bo two of tha graataat football playara of tha aga. Tho nowaat additiona to Tha Talagram'a aporta ataff ara "Bo" McMillin, captain of tha famoua "Prayin Colon. I" and tha man who by hia own work and hia own axpart football daf.ated tha far famad Harvard alavan laat yaar. Tha aacond mambar of tho naw football ataff ia Aubray Davin, pilot of laat yaara famoua Iowa al.van mm' all-Amarican quartar fop 1921. No graatar pair than thaaa two axparta could bo obtainad by any papar In tha country to commant upon praaant day football and currant avanta af tha gridiron. In addition, tomorrow Tha Talagrom will praaant a naw column, "Around tha Town, which ahould ba of intaraat to tha fana. If it ia worth whila, why, of couraa, it'a in Tha Talagram. a a ANOTHER YEAR LAST year rvas the spectacular in football. Ontre beat Harvard, Chicago beat Princeton and Notre Dame beat the Army. No wonder that last year was the spectacular and sensational in football. This year it is a different tune. Harvard trounced the Centre eleven, yesterday .Princeton beat Chicago, and Notre Paine is far behind its class of last year. There's a difference for the lack of spectacular football. Last year there was example and leadership such as has never been seen before on the football field. This year there are few outstanding players. Take the three spectacular teams of last year. Center that meant nothing more than wonderful "Bo" McMillin. Chicago earned its reputation because of a favorite son of Utah, Mitt -iComney, and Notre Dame shone with its famous Johnny Mohardt. jf Iowa was another outstanding figure in the football world because it had one of the greatest football players in the wprld, Aubrey Devine. This year football lacks its spectacular qualities. There is no outstanding figure. Howard Jones, coach of Iowa, is given credit for his team's successes. He has no outstanding star on his team. Centre was defeated without its 4Bo" McMillin. Chicago was defeated without Mitt Roraney. Probably the only great figure in football today is the captain f the Navy team, Vincent Conroy. a native of Ctah and a resident resi-dent of Ogden. He is the only grid artist mentioned prominently in the dispatches. I Walter Camp and his thousands of imitators the country over will have a mighty hard time picking their mythical ail-American eleven. It has been a season of teams and systems, not of stars. "When the time comes to pick, the choice of a championship eleven, rather than a team of championship men. should be made. I Football, like the well known tide, changes so rapidly that it waits for no man. I , , : |