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Show j est squad to report for practice at a Utah school this spring, however, how-ever, and one of the largest ever to turnout at Utah State. Sixteen varsity lettermen, led by Capt. Carl Smith, veteran line-, man, form the nucleus for what , should prove a strong Utah State i team with prospects for a brilliant l season. GRIDDERS ARE HARDAT WORK The 1939 gridiron season is still six months away but vacation is over for a group of husky young gentlemen with football aspirations aspira-tions on the state's three major campuses. At Logan, Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah State Agricultural college, col-lege, Brigham Young University and University of Utah grid squads are going through their paces daily in early spring drills. Six weeks of work on fundamentals, funda-mentals, assignments and plays are scheduled at B. Y. U. by Coach Eddie Kimball. Utah's other two big seven conference coaches, Ike Armstrong of Utah and Dick Rora-ney, Rora-ney, Aggie mentor, will probably hold sessions of about the same duration. Coach Armstrong's first call for Ute pl'jskin toters was answered by 35 men but the Redskin coach said he was disappointed. A turnout turn-out of about 50 was anticipated but skiing injuries and illness cl.'pped several veterans from the early roster! Three experienced men, Ray Davis, Dick Winder and Dick Strike, are no longer in school. Thirty-four men donned moleskins mole-skins at Provo and ran through their opening drills under Coach Kimball. Eleven lettermen, including in-cluding co-captains Fred Bateman and Wayne Reeve, were on hand. Members of last fall's string B.Y.U. frosh team and juniors with one . year of varsity experience will dommate Kimball's squad, since only one man in the turnout will be a senior next fall. Utah State's spring sessions were late in starting because of Coach Romney's absence while taking his Aggie basketball team to Treasure island for the national collegiate athletic association playoffs. play-offs. The Staters boast the larg- |