Show highlights in sports ed note before we go into our lo 10 cat cal basketball activities we would like to give you a sports round up on the university of utah next week we will have a regular sports column written by your new sports writer a student at the high school eleven university of utah seniors will be playing their last game for the redskins thanksgiving day wh en utah meets utah state at 1 p in jn in the ute stadium although this is one of the small lest senior lists in recent years co ach jack curtice will have some pr clems next season filling the vacant spots the backfield in particular will e nuit huit with the loss of herb lou iou mele and dave dungan all of have been starters this sea aon and jed gibson a capable fill in for next year the ute qu lerback situation will be very un certain and curtice will be looking to the frosh fresh for some help in this de a anent with UCLA as the apen ii jl g opponent in 1956 the redskins e i eally on the spot to find a cepla i E tor for dungan two of this yea u b sophomores kent nielson and martin bezyack have seen a lot of action and frosh coach andy ever t feels that freshman pete haun hi iii ue tie of help bakken has been one of the con frences most controversial backs for three years As a sophomore he rated rave notices for his rugged type of football and great things we re re predicted of him then as a junior he e had his good and bad days but this season old smack em ein has ready really been great he is one of the ha adest running blocking tackling buc ks that the utes have ever had and you just don t find replacements for this kind of player over night mele is one of the best all round backs in the conference he ile is a gr ent pass receiver has 6 ent pass reliever reci ever has intercepted 6 passes this season kicks extra points kicks off and last week eek passed for a touchdown As a c co o captain this year lou has been a real lead er and in jack curtice s words I 1 Is one of the finest all around backs I 1 have ever coached in the line the ends and the tack les will be hard hit bit by graduation at takle where be he utes are pret ty thin as it is four men will be seeing their last action they are co captain lynn simons who wont won t suit up because of injuries bonn donn barr pete and dave simons was going great guns until he suffered a knee in jury in the BYU game don ban barr has been one of the finest offensive often sive ends in the league and pete riehl man and have been able replacements ends who will be saying adieu are dave garmann bud cross and doug none of these boys have been starters this season but all have been first line replace ments cross had an early season injury which cut down his effective ne ness A ray of sunshine is the fact that this years year s frosh club went unde feared in four games which makes it two years in a row that coach andy everest s papooses have ed a clean sweep coach curtis should find some replacements for his eleven graduates from this group thursdays game will be the meeting between utah and utah state the series began in 1892 utah has won 36 of the contests utah state 13 and 4 have been tied A lot has been said about a big and tough utah state line but total points scored against utah and utah state by conference opponents show that the utes also must be doing pretty well in the forward wall de apartment part ment in four games colorado A M denver wyoming and BYU the utes have had only 45 points racked up against them for an av of points per game the as in six league games have had bad points scored on then them for an average of 18 university of utah ski coah coach pres greeted 18 13 pro spec tive varsity skiers at his initial meeting today this is Summer bays first year with the slaters and he has high hopes of maintaining the tbs fine record the redskins have hushed in recent years the utes have never placed lower than eighth in 4 way corn petition and took first in the down hill and second in the slalom in 1953 in that year they also placed second in the national 4 way prospects for this season are fairly bright according to pres the loss of marvin melville to the U US S olympic ski team will be felt since he was the top point winner for the utes last season back from the 1955 squad are sp ence eccles the only senior on the squad tom warnock don irvine bill bennett bill meyer and mike reddish newcomers who are ex pecked to add strength to the team are ramon johnson outstanding freshman from 55 dick simon a 4 transfer from washington jr coll ege and bill spencer another boy up from last year s frosh this year i added emphasis in jumping and cross country is anticipated in iii an effort to bring the utes up in these ev ants their weak ones coach jack Gard gardner ners s basketball drills this week will w have a two fold purpose first to get his club in sh ape for the november 28 30 varsity frosh tilts and second to find the right combination to start against wichita university on dec dee 3 at wic hita the redskin papooses are tough enough to worry gardner s vars varsity ity a little and wichita is reputed to ha ve one of their best hoop squads in recent years year with the two frosh ga mes rne on tap gardner ardner s red skins will be pretty busy next week and for this reason most of the pre pa caration par atlon ration for wichita will have to be done in the next few years the first of the varsity papoose skirmishes will be held in the einar nielson fieldhouse beginning at 7 30 and the second two night later in the ben lomond high school gym at og 09 den same time in preparing for the Wheat kers gardner has a big chore to get the job done the utes while the rest of the school is on vacation will hold two a day drills this friday and saturday wichita has a fast aggressive club ed led by 6 66 6 herb coin three other seniors 6 3 rod grubb 6 6 rob ert hodson and 6 61 1 james are the backbone of the club A hea raided sophomore joe stevens who was the star of the north south all ali american game in murray kentuck ky in 1954 is considered one of the finest in the league leave in early practices several of the ute veterans have looked good and right now art bunte jerry mcclear y gary bergen morris burkhalter Bur kwalter and curtis jensen look like a good combination buckwalter has been shifted from a forward position to guard this season to make room for mccleary on the front line veterans ted berner and john cro we are also coming in for praise fr om the ute utes s head coach impress ive sophomores are darrell gary hale and bill moncor two oth er men jim frary a junior college transfer and ed gaythwaite Gayth walte a yet vet eran of the 1953 redskin lied skirl squad have also had bad their Ino moments ments gardner points out however that every pos on the club Is wide open and at this time of the season there is no way of knowing for sure who the top men are the university of utah squad is highly honored with the opportunity to play the opening game in the new capacity wichita fieldhouse |