Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-07 | Page 12 | Utah Gridders Return from Oregon Struggle

Utah Return From Oregon Struggle Muddy Field Havocs Utes on Coast Ike Points for Next Year YearBy YearBy B By JF Walt alt Beesley Defeated but not discouraged the University of Utah football team will return Monday night at 1155 from irom o Portland w where v h her e r e c 1 f i i they went down i iW jJ b before e for e Oregon l' l State college 12 to r 0 O. in a charity bati batI battle bat bat- I i tle tic Saturday Although t they h e y yS S were picked by i their backers to win the Utes Ute s failed in in th their ir second second second sec sec- ond invasion of oC S the northwest the first setback coming coming com com- S. S ing against Washington Wash Wash- S ington 7 to G 6 in inS inthe inthe S the first game of oC the season However However However How How- ever the team will Larsen Larson be met at the depot depotI I Monday by a welcoming crowd who are arc ready to greet each player and congratulate him on his showing against the heavier Oregon State eleven I The strength of the two teams will probably be disputed d from now till eternity eternit The conditions under which the game ame was played have satisfied local enthusiasts that the margin of Ithe the Beaver victory is no indication lot of ot their superiority over the Utes I True a dry field instead of the swamp the teams played on would have greatly increased Utah's still stUl there Is no reason wh why Oregon State should not have been better on a dry turf turL The Utes were up against it when they tried to push the heavier Corvallis men around in inthe inthe inthe the mud and with the me meager ger re reserve reserve reserve re- re serve strength available on the Utah bench the route was too lon long for the Redskins SENTIMENT DIFFERS Sentiment among the Utah players is that on a dry field Utah would have won von Perhaps so Right from the start It looked as if it the Red Devils were going to rout the Beavers Passes were thrown profusely but were not timed to good advantage line plunges worked effectively throughout the first half but the strain on the regulars who gave everything they had was too much by the time the third period started and the Corvallis second stringers bored in on the Utes with devastating effects The finger finler has been pointed on that manpower aspect as the reason for Utah's downfall and rightly right right- ly so State had a second half punch Utah didn't and reserve strength accounts for it Coast critics have been wordy in their praise of Utah and the gallant stand the made against the Beavers Coach Doc Spears of Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon university was loud in his ac acclaim acclaim acclaim ac- ac claim for tho the Ute Uk aggregation and declared declared de de- de- de dared that had the battle been fought under normal conditions conditions' the aspect might have been entirely different The dangerous Redskin passing at attack attack attack at- at tack was curbed after the first half because of the soggy ball Some of the Utes who returned early sincerely stated that witha with a dry one they might have told the Beavers a different story One of them made a crack that they were used to playing with a football not a CLOSES SCHEDULE The coast struggle closed grid competition competition com corn petition for tor Utah until next year when most of the squad will return to be begin n churning out victories and pointing for tor their fifth straight conference conference conference con con- ference championship Lea Walling tackle Sherman Clark end Charles Larsen guard George Bischoff halfback halfback half hal back and Ted Aldous will be lost to the team Walling and Clark have been brilliant performers on the Redskin Redskin Redskin Red Red- skin team and will be sorely missed Larsen became a regular when Toby Welch first string guard was in ina injured injured in- in a month ago Chuck was highly highly high high- ly complimented for tor his great defensive defensive Ily sive play against Oregon State Juddy Bischoff one of Utah's most colorful land and sensational backs closes a re remarkable remarkable re- re season A lot of offensive I power goes Juddy Aldous is isa isa isa a reserve who witnessed but little action this year Coach Ike Armstrong Armstron will now turn his attention to next years year's schedule which he hopes to make impressive enough h because he has a world of oC material to play it with He considers the past campaign as highly successful successful successful success success- ful and expressed himself as satisfied satisfied satis sails fied fled with his teams team's showing at Port Port- land