Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 24 | Well Balanced Panther Eleven Captures State Title with Ease

I WELL CEO PANTHER ELEVEN N CAPTURE SSTA STATE TITLE WITH ITH EAI WEST SCORES S 9 STRAIGHT GRID WINS Granite Tics Ties Three Times Proves 2nd Strongest Strong Strong- est Team I- I Although the West high Panthers annex annexed d tho Utah State scholastic grid title during the fall tall o of 1927 1921 by winning nine consecutive games gunes In as many weeks thee seems to tobe tobe tobe be a feeling of disappointment in inthe inthe inthe the fact that opponents ran out while the the- heavy Black and Red Bed team was in Its prime Had there been a playoff for tor the Rocky Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain tan title or such it ft would be a a. good od bet that Coach Roy McIntyre's re's res warriors would have been a a. win win- ncr ner When the Panthers downed dawned the Provo Provo- high Bulldogs In the final game of ot the season It did not only mean a a. state title titleS but also that for forthe forthe forthe the fl first t time since e East high won Its last undisputed championship In i 1923 a team could cl claim lm the title individually In 1924 West had as asgood asgood good a team as any time In Utah b having gone through the season undefeated un un- un- un defeated But the big catch proved ed to toP be that East West and Ogden were outlawed at that time and and- andL I L L. X I D. D S. S and Carbon tied in the final game and claimed honors Jointly 1925 found East West Monroe and son In a four cornered tie while in 1925 1929 East and Boxelder deadlocked deadlocked deadlocked dead dead- locked In the final tussle PRESTON GETS PLACE IN FINALS Coach Roy Boy McIntyre's outfit won the title during 1927 1921 by going through the Big Nine schools without a defeat East L. L D D. S S. Boxelder Granite Jordan and Ogden Ogden Ogden Og Og- Og- Og den falling victims With the Big Nine Kine honors tucked safely away I West began Its march for the state honors honor by beating Pr Preston ston and Tooele ff for fot the northern division title and later Provo Pro which beat everything In the southern portion of the state Jute for tor the scholastic honors Preston was entered Into the fi finals fi- fi nals when Logan Losan was disqualified for tOT using an ineligible player Tooele g garnered the title in the class B 13 division by beating Wa Wasatch high of ot Heber City P Provo o o trounced every team In region 3 3 Moab won the th region 6 title by beating Caron Carboa Car- Car J boa on on high but lost to o Provo Delta ve beat t W Wasatch satch aC academy my in the other semifinal and Provo topped off oft the I southern invasion with a L win over I Delta for a a. crack at West high Although tied In three games Granite proved the second strong strongest strongest est pst team in the the- state by holding West high to a to 6 score The Farmers were the only outfit able I to slow to-slow slow down the onslaught of ot the st state te champions ONE NE' NE NEOF OF BEST BESTIN IN YEARS The Black and Red ma-hine ma proved d to be one of the best turned out in the state in several years I While there were no particular in individual individual individual in- in stars credit must be given to e each ch and every man for Jr ranking above the average West proved to h have ve a powerful line and a baCkfield backfield backfield back back- field that was consistent in gaining ground through the large gaps opened up by the forward wall Fred Tedesco halfback k find and Claron Swan at guard were named on On- The Telegrams Telegram's state all-state selections selections selee- selee along with a group of ot outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing players picked from fro the outstanding in the state The Telegrams Telegram's all st all state te selections sel-c- sel are as follows fellows TEAM Q Quarterback BIddulph Provo West Tedesco Tedesco l Halfback Halfback Thompson k-Thompson Bear River Fullback Fullback Christensen Granite End End E. E E. Smith Granite tEnd Provo 11 Tackle Jolley Granite Cackle T Ta kl McKenzie kle-McKenzie East Eist San Gua Guard Swan d-Swan Swan West L L. D. D S S. S i Guard Guard Harwin in Cent r Gra Johnson Center Center Johnson 5 V SECOND TEAM Qua Qu Quarterback terba k Noble West est Halfback Haback Bates Halfback Halfback Penrose Penrose L. L D D. s S Fullback Fullback Fullback-Beckstead Beckstead WestEnd West Vest End End End-Daves Davies Westi West j i End End L. L ID D D. S. S Sith Tackle Smith North Cache Ta Tackle Swenson Preston Guard Guard Guard-Grames Grames West We-st. Guard GUard- Mime Guard Milne Jordan t Center Center Bingham HONORABLE MENTION Q s orth Tooele Ros Rosenbaum Bo Boxelder elder Brennan Drennan A Cathedral Walker alker Moab Halfbacks Rose Halfbacks Rose Tooele Anderon Ander- Ander eon on West Vest Edwards Delta Aver- Aver ott Heber Cropley Bear River I Mathews Jordan Martin Marttn Provo Peters ret rs Murray lurra L Fullbacks Fullbacks Fullbacks-Fotheringham Fotheringham Provo Wilkin East Paddock k Cathedral Ends Garif Ends Garff L. L D D. S S. S Eg Eggertson ertson Provo Hunsaker Boxelder Bagnell Bagnell Bag- Bag nell North Summit I I. I Smith Gr Granite Owens West T Tackles ckles Eur Eureka Eura a Eat Eardley l y West Clawson West Walling Wailing Granite Shields Tooele Lindsay Heber Reber Kowallis Logan 1 L. L D D. S S. Cutler Giards Guards Cutler Park City Ta- Ta gren Moab Worthington fl Provo D Bunker Granite enter centers Centers Bridge West Lilly Lilly- J Boxelder A f. f