| Show 19 9 of 14 Lettermen Lettermen Will Return To lo Colorado Aggie Football Camp Conference Champions Look to Frosh to Uphold Uphold Uphold Up Up- hold Honors in 1928 Race FORT COLLINS Cola Cob June 4 AP AP Tile The mortality rate on the Colorado Agricultural freshman football rings with a a. question question question ques ques- tion mark the prospects for another championship team In the tile Rocky Kooky Mountain l conference during the 1928 season Checking tip up on an the gridiron gridiron gridiron grid grid- iron record for the tIle past season and the tile prospective material for the tile coming season followers of the tile Fort Collins college eleven find nipe nine of the tile fourteen letter men of af ift year who VilO probably will be suited up next fall fail But the tile freshman contribution always is a gamble in any school due to dropping out for lack of finances or 01 low grades LOOK TO FROSH SO So far as the varsity nucleus is concerned however the belIeve believe believe be be- lieve that early practice in ill the tile fall falland falland falland and a representative frosh turnout may mean rather an exceptional than an ordinary eleven to represent represent represent sent the school With the tile close of school the tile incoming crop of second year athletes in September will be looked upon as the unit to solve salve the problem of a winning combination The letter men who will be missed from the tile squad are Brand Drand CaldWell Cald- Cald well Pitcher Rankin and Brady Ament Lory Lor McGaughey and Parkhill Parkhill Park- Park hill also will vili be missing although these four tour did not get their letters i last season I Of the tue men who llO have been lost Caldwell and Rankin fullback and end respectively very likely will leave the tile largest holes in the tile of offensive offensive offensive of- of and defensive mechanism of af the tile team Caldwell last seasons season's captain was wa considered one of af the conferences conference's hardest hitting fullbacks fullbacks fullbacks full full- backs and easily was the hardest playing member of af the tile Aggie team Rankin will leave a gap on tho the Aggie Aggie Ag Ag- Aggie gie end where his ilis long passes were a constant threat to the tile opposing eleven PITCHER CLEVER Next to Caldwell and Rankin nankin Pitchers Pitcher's position at guard probably will be the hardest to fill Pitcher pla played ed two seasons at tackle and this last season was shifted into guard position lIe He was not a spectacular spectacular spectacular spec spec- player but he ho was consistent consistent consistent con con- and presented an integral part of af the Aggie forward wall wail to any guard or ar tackle in the tile confer confer- ence Brand and Brady were both bath utility utility util util- ity men valuable to the Aggie team They did not hold down regular posItIons positions positions po po- po- po on the tue championship squad but they did play playas as much as several several sev sev- eral elal of the players who held those positions Aments Ament's toe helped the Aggie team out aut of af several bad holes It was his kick that gave the the tile extra point to beat Denver university university university uni uni- in 1926 and his llis toe also tied A the tile score with tile the University of af Arizona during the tile same season LORY DEPENDABLE Lory was a dependable quarterback quarter back and general utility man good goodon on passes and end runs McGaughy was out of school one ane year after making his iliS letter and when he lIe became eligible again last fall ho he helped out in several tight pinches and will cause the coach some worry in finding a a. re reserve reserve reserve re- re serve to equal him Parkhill has left school and leaves the Farmers short a good reserve reserve re- re serve servo end Among the letter men who will vili be beback beback beback back to d dO don the moleskins next fall fail are Davis elect captain-elect Brown French Williams Vickers Beattie Graves and Prince Davis should be bo one of the best punters in the conference next season sea sea- son His excellent placing of af punts in m several of af the games during the tile 1927 season materially helped the thel l Farmers to win tho the championship His experience at calling signals should boost tile the Farmers Farmers' hopes next year Tho chances are that he will again call signals from the end position but it is possible that he lIe will play the regular quarterback position FIGHT IT OUT Brown Drawn French and Williams willbe will willbe willbe be fighting it out aut with some somo of af the freshmen coming up tip for the halfback halfback halfback half half- back positions Brown went well during during- the tile first of last season but ran up against concentrated opposition opposition in lugging the ball later Inthe in inthe intile the tile season as opponents began to spot the strength in tile the Aggie of of- of Williams was the most consistent ground gainer on an the team This Tills was partially duo due to the wonderful Interference run by Caldw Caldwell ll Ran Ran- i kin Brown and Davis I With another year of af experience behind him l French rench will make a bid for far a regular berth at half Vickers with the tile aid of or Prince Beattie and Graves will form fern the nucleus of the line that Hughes must build from up fairly green ma ma- te ial All four of these men are considered red exceptionally choice ma ma- Vick Vickers rs will be back as s a dependable center and Prince with Graves and Beattie will be worked at the guard and tackle positions with Beattie possibly working at a an ar end l From rom last seasons season's frosh froslI squad the coach can figure on Day and Ball along with Bills Dills working hard for positions in the backfield Collins Col Col- lins and both bout rather rither rith Cr Cru n light will try for tor the line u t I. 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