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Show Promising Squad Of Lettermen Drilling Coach Ott Romney Places Charges in Hands of Dick Thorne, Andy Dastrup and ex-Captain Keith Wangsgard. ( T,nl(rw;irni forward passes and ii'viMHn bicycle calisthenics started out the nriham Young university Hpi'ing football training on the uni-vcT;;ily uni-vcT;;ily practice field Tuesday afternoon. aft-ernoon. Under the supervision of JJick Thorne assisted by Bliss Hoover, Keith Wangsgard, and Andy Dastrup veterans, the young-;;li!i'H young-;;li!i'H turned out. to warm up lor .spring season practice, the first day. fUile Robisdn, last year all-conference end and Glen Wilkinson, quarterback, were dishing up a variety of passes to the 20 men w 'o engaged in a game of one O'cat, 1 ;i It cr the setting-i.p exercises. Al-t Al-t hough the reception of passes was a hit ratified, throwing arms seemed to be in fair shape and the coaches were formed to warn the over-ztfi over-ztfi Ions players to keep the airmail air-mail utampf, otf the ball. Shh'lUs Jeuds Squad Captain Lloyd "Gus" Shields, led i he men onto the field and the dozen veterans and the half-dozen fjoshmcn on the field took kindly to the warm-up. A number of men who are now out for track and tennis will not appear in practice for two weeks. The first week will ihe spent in getting the -men in shape find in passing,, the second and third weeks will be used in passing and in fundamental groundwork and in the third and fourth weeks a system of offense plays will he instituted. The men who were issued suits present a well-balanced squad so far but will be reinforced by , a number of stars who are now working out nightly on the cinder track. The following men were given suits in the first two days of play: Bucks Joe Ha pi, Burdell Pace, Glen Wilkinson, Reed Russell, Frank LaComb, Weldon Mathews, Dean Simmons, Hunt San ford, "Banjo" Kirk ham and Floyd Merk-ley. Merk-ley. Ends Burle Bob! son, Woodruff Wood-ruff Miller, Arrnand Eggertson, George Gillespie- tackles Ma:: Nisnngeiv Bill H.iwy, Carl Allied DeVere Crawford, Vernon Ccndin, Fred Horlacher, and "Rip" RussjJI; gua.ds, Lloyd Shis'ds, "Axel" Alexander, Alex-ander, and George Brown ; centersSteve cen-tersSteve Murdock, Glen Tucker, A. "Vest, Dewey FeverD and Bill ' Haws. Part of the men were not cut to the Tuesday practice but reported report-ed they would be on the lurf early in the week. From the array of men out Tuesday and the number on the track indirat'i.io are th&t B. Y. U. will be a strong contender for the state and conference titles, The spring practice will finish up with a game between the varsity var-sity team and a picked team from the alumni. |