Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-04-16 | Page 14 | Backseat Driving

r A FRANK K BAKER BAKER- You needn't waste your time trying to convince University of Utah football players that practice is all it takes takes not not at least after they get the sad details of a 1 little mathematical research into the practice situation V Boiled down our findings are that the average Redskin V spends 40 minutes in practice for every minute nute in an official game Heres Here's the way it is figured Twelve weeks are utilized by bythe bythe bythe the gridiron sport each fall Utah will spend longer than that this year counting the trie trip to Honolulu for the game December 14 but we wont won't count that The time required for spring training varies but four weeks V Is a conservative estimate inasmuch as they have been known V to run six weeks I S S Counting two hours for each practice session five practices practices practices V tices a week for 16 weeks we find the tile would-be would hero spends V V some soine hours or minutes on the practice field S SV V Last year Utah played eight games The average man on the squad felt fortunate if he played half of each cach game or 3 30 0 minutes True a few such few such as Harold Roberts Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts at center D Danny at guard Fred McKenzie at tackle and a few others were in action nearly all the time but on the other hand there were many others who didn't play even half of the time Counting half the time therefore the average pla player er faced a maximum of only minutes of actual competition Dividing int into gives 40 which represents the minutes minutes min mm- utes practiced for each minute minUteS played V A An individual identified to last October 27 by No 44 14 when Oregon's invaded Utah stadium for that great intersectional foot baIt game may be one of Uncle Sams Sam's Olympic hopes next year when the American team goes to Berlin V He is Bobby Parke of the 1934 football team at Oregon and a standout javelin thrower A senior this year ear Parke may not defend his N. N C. C A. A A. A title however because of back injuries he received in football last fall The Webfoot star hurled the spear feet 11 8 5 Inches last June to set a new N. N C. C A. A A. A record and is expected V to add considerable distance to that figure b by Olympic time If his back injuries respond sufficiently to treatment S I S Bill Hayward Oregon's veteran coach who can readily remember when the worlds world's record for the javelin throw was only feet has a pair Jail of spear who send the shining shaft well over feet In addition to Parke he has Var Warren en Demaris who two years ago sent the shaft feet When he was here with the football team last fall Haywar Hayward Hayward Hay- Hay war ward ventured the belief that for his size Parke is the best javelin thrower er in the world He added He is only 5 S feet 10 inches tall and weighs He was listed at for the football program He throws almost entirely with his back muscles S S S V Utah's lanky y Jack Thornley stands a good chance of reaching the foot mark with the spear this year too He made spectacular development last spring whipping whipping whipping whip whip- ping it out 1973 feet to win the conference meet and andset andset andset set seta a new R. R M. M C. C record