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Show Red Devils Clash With Cavemen Friday First Home Game Is Set For 3 P.M. 5 Winner of Important Battle Friday Will Hold Inside Track For Region Lead; Springville Defeats PI. Grove 12-6 Friday The Springville Red Devils will entertain the strong American Fork Cavemen on the local gridiron Friday afternoon after-noon at 3 p. m. in one of the toughest assignments for the Devil grid machine to date. The game is the first home league encounter of the season and promises to be one of the top regional encounters booked for this week. American Fork boasts, one of the best teams in Region Three, having defeated the Payson eleven' last week 13-0 on the Lions' own field. , Springville will; be the underdog in Friday's encounter, but will rely on team spirit and hard play to bring them through. Should the aerial attack get clicking and the line play show up as it has in the past games', the Devils will give their favored opponents plenty to worry about. Coach Pehrson has a fast back-field back-field in Carter, Smith, Lloyd and Jones. His line has several huskies husk-ies and the ends are hard hitters. "Weakest spot for the Devils is their pass defense, which should . be much improved in Friday's contest. con-test. American Fork has a well-balanced aggregation with plenty of rugged, hard-driving power. The winner of the Friday game will have a definite inside track to the region title. Devils Defeat Vikings . . . Springville walked off the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove field last Friday afternoon after-noon on the top end of a 12-6 score in the opening game of the league. Springville tallied its two touchdowns touch-downs in the second and third quarters, with B. Jones getting both scores. Pleasant Grove's score came late in the last quarter, quar-ter, just seconds before the final gun, after Pleasant Grove took a Red Devil punt on their own 35. Jarman passed to Beck on the 50 and then to Lewis on the 10. Jarman, on a spinner, went over Pleasant Grove tallied their only 6 counters on the next play. Lineup and score: SPRINGVILLE Ends Snow, Hunt, Sanford. Tackles Stewart, v Robinson, Larson, A. Weight, V. Weight. ' Guards Larsen, Beardall. Center D. Jones, Hodson. Backs Carter, J. Smith, Lloyd, B. Jones, Thomas. PLEASANT GROVE Ends Gourley, Louder, v Tackles Haymond, Hall. Guards Porter, Shumway, Newman. Center Adamson. Backs Jarman, Beck, Richardson, Rich-ardson, Lewis, Brady, Jackson. Score by quarters: Springville 0 6 6 012 Pleasant Grove 0 0 0 0 6 Officials Dixon, Lamb and Kump. |