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Show JACK BRECKDN TO PLAY FOR CRIMSON Star Back Writes That He Will Arrive Here on September 27. A good pi606 of news for the supporters sup-porters of t ho " lT' ' football eleven was made k QOWli ypstonlnv by Prof 68' BOT Walter A. Koir. Jack Bnvkmi, the PtHr back of the fre&Kman temn of 'nut war rtnd admit t e1 ly one of the best brtt'kfield men n the whole region, has written that he will return to school on September 9T, It was rutnoved thn t Brerkon would not return this fall, and his 1 064 was regarded as a hard blow to the Crimson eleven. Hreekon is a t'nrious line-plunger, fast and heady. Alone with t'arl Olsen and " PigfgfieV Wnrd, he was a member, of the famous Salt Lake high sehool baekfield of a few years ao. One more candidate joined oaoh Norgron 's group of sore and tired gridiron grid-iron athletes yesterday afternoon. Skol-field. Skol-field. a guard of last "year, was the new arrival, whose presence now brings the Crimson squad up to nine. This is not as many as Norgren thinks should be out, and he stafes that he does not know for oertain when the other old men will show up. Thai the spirit of some of the regulars of last year has not made a hit with Xorgreu is evident. evi-dent. Hard Work in Store. The squad, which is uow out for practice, prac-tice, is displaying the utmost earnest -neas, though, and Norgren says that he wilt judge the condition of the eleven throughout t he year by the men who take advantage of the" early workouts. This means that hard work will be meted out to the late arrivals, regardless regard-less of their lack of esrlv preparation for it. Though nothing is known definitely about the players who have not yet returned, re-turned, it is quite eertaiu most of them will show up within the next few days. Captain Roy Melutyre has been in California Cali-fornia and is expected back not later than Monday, with the possibility that he mav arrive in Salt Lake today. Clarence Clar-ence "Douglas and Oliver Parry are known to oe intent upon returning, but the time of their arrival is uncertain. Ward May Return. "Piggie" Ward is now working at Garfield and may possibly return to school within a couple of weeks. It is said that the football fever has got a hold on him. and the return of his teammate, Breckon, may, bring him back onto the sodded field. No practice games have yet been arranged ar-ranged for the squad, but Norgren says one will be held with the West or East high school about September 24. if the scholastic managements are willing. All the players who are now on the university- squad are former varsity mpn with the exception of "Pat" King and Homer Warner. Both of these were members of the freshman team last fall. Warner was developed in Ogden high school and is expected to put up a good fight for a position on the team. King played center on the all-western scholastic scho-lastic Salt Lake high school eleven two years ago and is more or less of an old head at the game. Forenoon practices have been postponed post-poned until next week. |