Show k f. f I Backseat Backs Driving I h. h Profiting On Breaks f 4 Utes cm on Their Toes z If 0 1 By FRANK K t. BAKER Telegram f Sports Editor On One Fellow Says Lucky As O Other Oher her Thinks Think Its It's Great p Everybody knows that the p payoff in football il 11 comes from touchdowns touchdowns touch touch- touchdowns downs conversions after touchdowns safeties and field goals No matter matter mat mat- ter how hew well that fact is known though you'll always find some enthusiast enthusiast en en- who'll point out that dear old Prospect scored 12 first downs to ten for Reality and therefore ought to have won Utah's 6 13 victory victor over Colorado was barely an hour our old Saturday when two enthusiastic fans sought out my opinion of the game One a stranger called me by phone Dont you ou think he asked ked that Utah was fortunate to win Colorado scored 15 IS first downs against ten for Utah and the first Utah touchdown resulted directly from the I first of three Colorado fumbles on punts which Utah recovered Dont misunderstand me as complaining he hastened to addI add I Im a Utah fan and I like to see ace them win In fact I feel I had the best entertainment for formy my money of several years at a a Utah game today oay Then the second fan an hove ho Into sight What a a. a game me he ejaculated Some may think Utah was lucky b because cause they got the breaks break I I. I think myself that Ike Armstrong ought to buy the timers timer's pun girn as a keepsake I was sure glad Iad to hear it sound the end of the first half with Colorado out there on Utah's yard five line Une Still I don dont don't feel like calling It U a lucky victory victor Its It's a smart ago ar- team that can take advantage of the breaks like those Redskins Rod Red skins did diM Inability to Handle Punts Punt's Weakens Teams Team's Chances of Winning There folks are what two fans think of the game I must agree with them both that the Utes capitalized on Colorados Colorado's bobbles Inasmuch Inasmuch Inasmuch Inas Inas- much as as' Utah's first touchdown was made possible by Dan recovery recovery recovery re re- re- re covery of Jimmie Counters Counter's first fumble i suppose as Fan No 1 intimated in- in Utah was fortunate to be pla playing Ing a team that didn't handle hendle all aU its punts in flawless lawless st style le Utah might not hot have scored two touchdowns otherwise and since the Utes missed their conversion alter after the touchdown they got in the last quarter they they- most certainly needed two touchdowns touchdown to win Still StUll it wasn't Utah's fault that Counter fumbled three punts II It was to Utah's credit though that Sid Kramer and Harry Ostle recovered those fumbles for the champions Very Vc-ry much to their credit if you jou please Those recoveries I s are ore a as deserving of praise as a a. a good tackle a perfect kick or a fine pass Batten was p Playing ing center when he recovered the first fumble After S passing the baU ball to Captain Hack Davies he broke out of the line an and I galloped 40 yards down the field so he could pounce on the ball the moment the Colorado safety dropped It That's good football Davies kicked out Ht f from rom behind his own goal line Une when Counter fumbled the second time yet Sid Ski was down the field fast enough t to recover on the yard 44 jard line Une More good coed football I U i your ur opponent PP nci t makes a mistake in ill golf 1 that's that simply his hard hard luck t t- t You cant can't beat him unless you shoot a better game fame ame than he docs does In football basketball or baseball its it's smart to take of tage f your opponents opponent's frailties Its It's common in hi i baseball for lot a team to win and still be It won won because its hits were more timely These games put a premium p on the defense as well as on the offense I IFor For that matter every completed pass and each uch successful run Is made because the defense has erred Dropping a punt Is a a. glaring Jarm- Jarm error to be sure but bat it can hurt no more than letting a 4 man f ret get et clear to receive a pass Still passes are arc completed in nearly every game despite the fact tact they wouldn't be If It the defense did oJ Its job perfectly i t i 1 I b believe Utah looked bett better r Satur Saturday ay than it has ha in I 1 any home nome games this season If the boys hadn't been on their heli toes and plugging hard all all' the time they probably would have lost Roland Sleater momentarily tumbled Jumbled one of Colorados Colorado's punts in t the e second quarter but he recovered and r returned turned almost 20 yards Had Colorados Colorado's men been as alert as the 2 R Redskins ds were they might have made a right handy break of their own on th that t play As Colorado coaches feared Zeared it was their defense and not nt their offense that decided the issue C C. U. U was wa a constant conI constant con con- I stant threat every minute it had the ball When Utah had C. C U. U backed into its end of the field late Jat in the first half halt Coach Armstrong warmed up Bill I Cowley Bills Bill's passing arm might bring brine another touchdown I b before fore the half was over but Bill Lamb of oZ C. C U. U spiked ct th that threat with a yard 22 run from punt formation and the Utes had to forget all about any scoring Ideas of or their own They had their hands full keeping C. C U. U from doing the s scoring B Buckeyes Score Twice I Without t Making 1 a First Down statistics Utah is He Sam Barn not the first te team m to win a game after being shaded on Ohio State coach was almost dancing In the S training f room as he He watched watched patched the various his team B getting g patched up after the 1 0 13 0 victory over Northwestern It great he asked everyone His colleagues ln in the athletic department echoed Great f They They Outside had md In inthe the ue streets critics had a no different version erslon seen the Buckeyes make two touchdowns without making a first down two touch touchdowns lowns J I owns that resulted directly from Northwestern tumbles fumbles i it a miracle ml they asked l I lt Meanwhile eul offer an outstanding example of orine t the futility of ot first downs Inthe first two conference tests testa this se season son which the Badgers lost Jost to Illinois DUno t I 21 0 and to Iowa 26 7 the they i f P. P piled o up this record 19 10 downs doWnz d n for or themselves yet only 7 9 first downs for the toes foes but hut 47 41 points ur Our Ide idea of pt tough luck b breaks eaks is the he one that kept kt Ut Utah h Aggie from bea beating ing Colorado Alexander broke loose in the first half and had a clear field ahead of oZ A him after running 43 yards He slipped sUpped and fell on C. C A. A Cs C.'s yard 35 line and under the n new nV V ruling the ball was dead at that point Th Then n with 30 seconds to play big Julius J Dammann ammann booted a field goal to b beat at the Logan crew 3 0 |