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SHOWS IMPROVEMENT U Optimism Appears as 3 38 8 Players Report to Coach Easier Schedule Arrange Note Note NoIe Eliis this is the third article of a series by The T Telegrams Telegram's sports editor who is making his annual tour of Rocky Mountain Moun- Moun lain tain football camps to size up prospects for the eam campaign 3 By FRANK K BAKER Telegram Sports Editor f COLORADO SPRINGS Colo Cob Sept 18 An 18 An improved Tig f will represent ent C Colorado lorado college on the this gridirons season season season-no a 1 title contender of course but strong enough to finish midway in the conference The Tiger has even picked up enough courage to growl in an I optimistic sort of way as he prepares forthe new cam cam- Thirty Thirty-e 1 I g h Ii t men have turned 7 out for varsity practice and a n d f that's more can candidates than Coach Billy Van Vande Vande de Graaf has seen in la ages aes Only once before since 1925 has his squad numbered over 30 That was in 1932 An easier schedule schedule sched sched- ule lends further to the promise Van do Graaf prospects of a happier campaign Last season the Tiger won only one game in eight beating lowly Colorado Mines 6 13 in the first game of the campaign This year Western State and Montana Mon Mon- lana tana State have been substituted for Utah and Colorado Teachers on the schedule And despite his de decaying decaying de- de teeth of the past few years the Tiger expects to chew these two foes to pieces Van de Graaf's optimism Is not limited to this year alone For as ashe ashe he ruefully points out the team could be an improvement over the 1934 model and still be a e long way Tigers Get Three Prize Pr Prospects From I Colorado U Dartmouth and Denver U I Transfers from other schools meanwhile have brought the Tigers three prized prospects in Pete Mowry Mowry Mow- Mow ry 17 a pound halfback Jim Sinton Sinton Sinton Sin- Sin ton pound lineman and Bob Keaton pound back Mowry Is expected to be the sparkplug of the teams team's attack Hes He's one ana of at those streamlined ball carriers who imitates a greased pig going through a picnic crowd when he hits the line Hes He's not so strong on the change of at pace but ho he can sidestep and spin away from tacklers tacklers tacklers tack- tack lers in fine style style and and what's more he looks like hell he'll be sturdy enough to come up smiling after acter a a. lot of battering And of course any ball carrier will take a lot of at that with nothing better than C C. Cs C.'s pound line in front of him Mowry is a transfer from Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado university where he spent one season on the freshman squad Van Vande Vando de do Graaf hopes to develop a real triple threat man out of him needing needIng need need-I ing only to polish up his kicking 1 fOr he already throws an effective pas pass II Sinton a former tackle on the Colorado Springs high school team transferred back home from Dartmouth Dartmouth Dartmouth Dart Dart- mouth after a year of ot freshman ball Hes He's fast and rangy rang The Tiger coach announced hi his weight at He weighed at least eight pounds more at the beginning of practice according to the weight chart in the dressing room Hell He'll probably weigh veigh just under as the season gets under way and hes he's S the biggest st man on the squad y Sinton is listed as a tackle but the squad is better fortified at that point than any other so it would not be surprising to see him work Ing next to the center before the e year is 13 out because the guard m material ma material is not so husk husky Z fI Keaton is a n. transfer from Denver university Hes He's almost certain to tobe tobe tobe be a backfield regular teaming perhaps with Mowry Andy Mth a lick and Wayne Vayne NeiL ii f and Neil each have had bad a years year's varsity experience Hex Herb Her Jolley Owen Owens Jack and Paul Deacon are other backfield backfield back back- field prospects but they scarcely look like anything better than some willing youngsters who can pin pinch hit while the regulars catch their thel breath The heavy work will ha have il to be done by Mowry N Neiland Neil Neiland ir irand and Keaton 8 One of the end posts will be KP J. J to Jim Riley poun pounds 11 who played reg regularly last season Beason LeMast LeMasters LeMaster's rs r's running mate Van de deGraaf dij Graaf hopes to develop R Ray y Hess Hess- also pounds into a a capable wing win wingman wing wing-rj man but in case Hess doesn't make mak the grade ho he will probably shift the captain Henry from center center cen cen- cen center ter to the end of the line is the only starting pros pro prospect with two years of at varsity ex cx experience to his credit If It he is switched to end a sophomore will go over the ball There are two such prospects namely T Tom m Dillingham Dillingham Dill Dill- ingham and Paul Simpson I 34 Freshman Captain May lay I Play at Tackle I Four Good Prospects Should See Action Actio m Young Simpson captained the freshmen last year ear and proved he has a football noodle as well as pounds of at gridiron vitality packed into his six-foot six frame Just now the Tiger coach has him tagged tags for fora a a. tackle With Harold Haines a letterman Sinton the freshman transfer from Dartmouth Simpson and Eddie pound d sophomore re rel all listed as ast tackles ckles safely af ly Van de deGraaf deGraaf bet his last nickel that Graaf Graat wont won't let one or r two of these boys sit on the bench when the guard and end and end positions arent aren't so sowell sowell sowell well fortified The coach is re really lly banking on Bud Alston Aiston pounds to retain the guard berth he held last year The other are candidates are Joe Biggs who is inexperienced as well as light Harold Stillman just up from the freshman crop and Carl Switzer another another- light but scrappy sophomore Undoubtedly Van do de Graaf w will lI from the once proud machine tha thai represented the school ol in the day daya of at Dutch Cl Clark Clark- rk 5 Van do Graaf and his aids be belIeve believe be- be lieve they are building for the future fu ture freshman squad of 40 4 members Is nearly as formidable as a athe the 1934 varsity and despite the loss losi- of at eight lettermen this years year's varsity var sity with nine lettermen in the tbd harness promises to completely an antiquate I its iti predecessor 4 It is little wonder vonder the Tiger coach Is s so hopefuL Last year he start started d' d with 23 men Because Beca se of at injuries I inthe in the Mines game he had to recruit rec four tout freshmen to have enough manpower man man- power power to have a scrimmage as the tho squad prepared for far its trip to Salt Sal Lake City and the resultant m mas massacre l sacre at the hands of at the Ute Utes 3 Before the season was out v Van Vane il d de Graaf was struggling struggling- along with with only 17 men J. J Graduation took LeM LeMaster ter l the e end who stood head and shoulders shoulders' above his bis mates mates- managing to play a sparkling brand of ball all U season n long The diplomas took A An Ar drews the clubs club's best lineman man man- Von Van Steeg the blocking back and Captain Cap Cap- tain lain Roach another back in ad addition addi lion tion to four reserves JP The Tigers could make great us use use of LeMaster arid and Andrews but the th others will not be seriously missed Another LeMaster would be esp especially esp espe daIly gratifying however as as' as tHe club is woefully weak at end I do some som tall taU experimenting Per per perhaps haps with some of hi his surplus tackle material material before before deciding definitely defInite upon the tho men mento to flank the man ove the ball 5 y Van de Graaf picks Colorado for first place in the confer conIe conference ence this year figuring tho the Buffalos Bur tabs falos may have havo their best team in history 8 He Ha figures the second place la Is a to tossup sup between Utah and Utah A Ag ii gies gis s and ranks Denver fourth f with Brigham YO Young Dg university fifth Colorado Mines vill will the sac flee fice at Denver's opening Friday I Inight night but Color Colorado do college be begins lj Its campaign a week later agai 1 S the husky Pioneers who ought t to fatten their average e easily again agal Van de dc Graaf's lighter atio Despite the battering they arc expected ex expected ex cx to take t ke from the Pioneer the Tigers Tiger will be t favored to Western State I here October 5 f they prepare for an intersection I Continued Pare Page Tigers Reveal Stronger Team Continued from hom Pace Pue fray with New Mexico here hera October October Octo Octo- ber 12 The Tigers invade Provo October I 19 9 in an an attempt to revenge the 1934 34 bea beating ing they took toole from B B. 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U at Boulder November No No- November vember 2 Mines at Golden November November November No No- vember 11 Montana State here November November No No- vember 16 16 and Colorado here November 23 in the homecoming game complete the Tiger schedule Van dc do Graaf Grant is tolling toiling in III the thick of or his practice sessions with his charges teaching his blocking and tackling theories b by actual demonstration demonstration demonstration dem dem- when the tho need arises It is difficult to tab his backs in inthe inthe inthe the orthodox system of halfback halback fullback etc for his team lines up with five men and shifts one man into the line just before the ball is snapped A great player In his own right when he was in college Bully spends the majority of ot his time with the linemen trying to ground them in fundamentals For assistants assistants assistants assist assist- ants he has Juan Reid Harry Spicer and Steve Andrews Spicer directs the he varsity backs Reid divides his time ime between the varsity line and ho tho freshman squad and Andrews helps with the freshmen |
