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BUFFA BUFFALOS LOS APPEAR STRONG STRONd p Veteran T Team earn ein Will Carry j i Colorados Colorado's Colors C l rs in 35 3 5 Rocky Mountain Grid Race I V Note Not Note Th This is the second of a series by The Telegrams Telegram's sports editor who is making a tour of Rocky Mountain j camps to size up th the prospects for the f forthcoming campaign f By FRANK K BAKER KER I Telegram Sports Editor BOULDER Colo Cob Sept 17 Unless 17 Unless Colorado university's senio senk r go sour t the e B Buffalos will have one of the sweetest title contend in m the conference this season And with a new coach coach Bernard Bernard J. J Bunny Oakes Oakes just acquired from t the c University of oC Montana Montana- on hand to 10 Intrigue the veterans' veterans fancy with his new plays pIny the Buffalo Buffalo But But- tab falo seniors arc are not ns as apt to get bored as they might be Oakes modestly or pessimistically ly Iy predicts that his newness It to 0 the post with his with his men and C. C Us U.'s opposition may be a handicap Therefore he rates Utah Utah Aggles and Denver ahead of Colorado in title prospects but the change in hc head d coach is Is apt to be just the tonic the seniors need to keep p plugging at a time th they y might normally feel they know all there is to know and therefore take things easy C C. Ui U.'s chances rest rest- wholly upon Its seniors Nine of ot the potential C. C U. U lost a a half doz dozen n valuable ble be bemen men from its championship club by byl graduation but it has had some great understudy y material t to pu put In their places immediately Graduation took the flashy JI Jim Counter and Clyde a a- ado ade de dependable dependable do- do blocker out of the back back- field It also took Doy Neighbors a regular end and Vernon Drain one of ot the best tackles in the but their departure is not so p keenly felt because of the wealth of matena material material mate mate- na rial already on hand not to mention mention men men- men men-I tion a half dozen fine prospects up from years last freshman squad The Buffs will be better fortified at center this season than for 10 or 12 years Sophomore Gene Gone Moore a footer looter from Casper Wyo weighing pounds will probably I get the call can although hell he'll have to togo togo togo go some to keep the pound Dudley Dud Dud- ley another sophomore from Crom taking his job That Oakes these two sophomores sophomore can handle the pivot post is plainly evident in his de decision decision decision de- de to shift Bert McGhee a center center cen cen- ter two years ago to a guard McGhee is a little more mature starting lineup are arc seniors senior wl wh turned in brilliant work a year a aas ag as Colorado fought Its ts way top to thre way three way tie for tor the title wi wil 1 Colorado Aggles and Colora Teachers after n nosing out Utah 7 7 The starting backfield will be bc a seniors with Kayo ayo Lam Otto sta Al Oviatt Al-Oviatt and Eddie Eddio Wagner o deck The Buffalos los have a las clas sophomore quarterback in hi Byro Byr White who is destined to be d dof ri of the best in the conference he Is ls through White who isa grade A student as welt well as a n poWerful pow pow- erful balt carrier was a Il star last Jast year and he has been J JUng ting Ung the line like a a runaway true tru tru-a tru here in early eary scrimmages a J this fall faU Hell He'll be playing a g c share of ot th the time ime before the seas seas' i progresses far Sk Ii at Buffs Buffs' Better BeUer Fortified at Center I Wyoming Youth Likely to Start U than most seniors having been 01 of school last year tear ear He weighs oh riD pounds butis fast enough to toa tola tot tol tota a dandy running mate mattS' for tive Dave Murphy urphy who despite h hi meager pounds last year y yone W Wone one of the best running gu guari r r rIn in the conference f C. C u. u Us U.'s chief spot ot of uncertain on on the line is at the Ute ends ends' wh Del an all ali choice as a 1 guard on many sel sele last Jast year will toiL Oakes Oakes' a have lent considerable r e ej to this proposal to co covert col colvert vert the pound 92 guard into wingman They point out this thu even though he was not the r ri rui ruining ning guard Cuard last season he fn ft pulled out of oC the line fa ta enough to be one of the first me mel me under a punt The club has one truly depend dependable able tackle in Buck Driskill 2 pounds and Lou Smith a ran rang and aggressive sophomore fr fro from Manual high in Denver is to take care of the other t tack position 4 J Hank Simons another nother win senior played regularly last Jast year coi coni the line Jine as the other end U Oakes Expected to Use Uses Double Wing WingBack I I Back ac Formation V Very cry Sparingly I On the face of early practice the Buffalo line will weigh h an even 1300 pounds or average abo about t pounds per man This may not sound es especially especially es- es heavy but it must be re remembered remembered remembered re- re that it also includes such great little performers as Murphy who comes out of the line and strikes like a bolt of lightning Oakes' Oakes determination to give the thc former center McGhee a thorough trial at the other guard although he weighs only pounds when there are some heavier linemen available simply strengthens his explanation that it takes a tremendous dous lot of speed to make the double double double dou dou- ble wingback mode of attack attach truly effective If It h he he doesn't get a lot Jot of ot speed t out of his forwards the Bull Buffa J mentor will undoubtedly use th it double wingback sparingly He IIi figures fig ures a team with no faster II Hathan Hi Ha than Stanford for example has V business trying the fancy do doub dou wingback k ball When Oakes starts to cast ast abo aba for reli relief t line Jine material he has has has' a exceptionally fine tackle in Frank Rogel pounds TJi Til there are Laurence Don Lesher both lett at guard Despite t the e loss of Counter an Gelwick the senior backfield o g to muster a lot of power especial on its running game All An fou fourn fourc r the veterans played par parin in m the campaign last season wn wh Continued on Following P pun I Have Strong Eleven lit t from PACt Pace s Buffalos thundered down fid Id for 2386 yards In nine games pt counting their aerial gains Wagner Wigner W gner averaged four tou and and- anda a frac- frac 2 n yards for tor every one of at his hising hising aging ing assignments during the theaon theon aon on and and Oviatt both bothe e ei r pounds promise to be lly as effective blockers as Gelick Gellick Gel Gel- lick ick iek was wa TV Lam Lain Dependable Lam m perhaps is Js even more moro de- de dable than the more flashy unter ter W who o always was notorious D or his miscues or fumbles when ha C e. e g going was WM tough Lam is faster Ran Counter and he throws a fairly i pass I The team must develop a new to replace Neighbors ho missed only one ono try for point tel touchdown iter touchdown last year out out- of ot of 21 21 Dances eel It was was was' his toe incidental- incidental which guided the pigskin square- square over over the crossbar r to beat Utah re ret 7 8 in one of the most exIng ex- ex Ing rig ng games of ot the year kes ikes ordered two practice sesa ses- ses s a day for tor the first w week k and charges got plenty of work as began pegan whipping them into shape shaper r their opener against Oklahoma at nl Norman on Septem- Septem 28 b r Three Big Dig Games Games' lie e. e Buffalos play three Big Six In Inte Intersectional competition year namely Kansas Kamas here hero and l at Columbia In addition e opener with Oklahoma Th They y I already a nervous lot lots loto so far lar laras as Sooner game is conc concerned for Ji eJ eis Is bent on n getting Setting away to a oa d tart and he figures the Okla Okla- are counting on getting Ir new ew coach Biff Bit Jones of off to r happy nappy beginning too at C Cola Colo- l PO 0 expense e eC C C. U. U mentor smiled happily x the weather continued to be ching hot for tor he figured it was was MUnd of weather they will wm enter en- en tar ter o on the uc trip to Norman T The e got lita Its Ita first taste of a im- im afternoon workout Fri Fri- r U w want a tea part party parts s 's sort rt beginning iSi either They socked but formations of ot course were g Sed ged d. d II Will B Battlo Utes to put a bIg ek ck on the calendar for Novem 19 g 9 e and to th the rese that d date to for tor a University of ot Utah eta sta- That Is the day the thc Buffalos into Salt Lake City for tor Important all game with the and It will not be th that t unlikely to tray fray terminate the cham cham- hopes of one one cf at the two teams f as the Buffalos Buffalo are are arc cond con con- d there ar arc aro only two bIg biz es o on n theIr schedule One is enver n nver on ThanksgIving The t with Utah hasan DS an Ideal schedule so far tar Its Ita Conference campaign Is con conS ed U starts b against ma Is t two o weeks apart and cornea home c to begin the e con- con u ado October 19 10 a agaInst I Mince Boulder partisans J- J r say ay It is II a tradition to play Mines Mines- that hat this will be the forty-eighth forty clash lash between the two schools schools but but butt It t must be remembered that it is also Iso becoming becoming- a tradition to smash Mines Mind by way of at an easy victory in n the league standing Nothing short lort of ot a train wreck could keep this his C. C U. U club from being a a. prohibitive prohibitive pro- pro favorite over Mines To Meet leet Kansas The Buffalos meet their first stern conference test October 26 against Colorado and play an improved improved im- im proved roved but nonetheless small Colo Cola rado ado college Tiger in preparation for or the clash with the Utes in Salt Lake Lak ake City A game here with Kansas offers a reprieve from the the conference grind after which the Buffs wind windup windup up p the c campaign against Wyoming and nd Denver It will be noticed that Utah Agles Ag Ag- glee les one of the most formidable title itle threats In the conference are not ot on C c. C.- C. CUs Us U.'s schedule No doubt a break for both of them |
