| Show i l I J i if I f 7 b J FRANK K B BAKER BAKER- KER I Q Coach a h Dick i. i t I Romney Romneys O. O ys s quest for a dependable passing passing pass pass- i ing threat at s tp may y get young Dallas Greener r c e A. A pound 61 p I reserve r halfback Ck an i important assignment t against g P Utah's Ps s 's Jt Redskins in in inthe the Ute stadium n. n here on Thanksgiving g da day i if the former Branch r A. A C. C pJ player rs work against B B. Y r. i U U. at Logan Loga Saturday 1 is a true indi- indi i cation of his ability r v two of the Aggie Young Greener's arm ami was responsible e for touchdowns to c 1 owns one pf of thE them l i directly a and d the other indirectly With on only y a minute left in th the f first half he hurled the ball io fo Moose on a pass pass that gained 52 yards ar l and ana carr carried d the Aggie t the to the yard two-yard line Paul B Blanton anton plunged over for the touchdown touchdown touch touch- down sown that put the the Farm Farms Farmers s' s sout out I th in front 20 1 Green Greener's rs r's pass was wobbly b but t it was highly effective and soared oar loar d accurately toward the waiting i Aggie end Later Greener Green r hu hurled another pass to ea x which scored ored a touchdown from froin the yard 14 1 ihie arid l Sand and sent en the v ahead 2 26 0 O and Greener Green r proved himself further capable by the conversion kicking place 11 v Many fans left the thc stadium with the feeling that Greener had h d' d earned earned himself himsel a starting assignment against the Utes and nd m Lii m truth th the Redskins arc are apt alt to see sec much of the flashy T product of Branch A A. C. C He Hc runs hard bard with the ball too too and even though some of his best performances have come wh when n the Aggie tio 1 was weary he has stamped Himself as a valuable man E Because the haven't havet had a Bill Cowley or a Delmar Larsen to throw their passes their aerial has had d to depend upon upon the element of surprise to be suc successful ess Ma Many y of pf their passes emanate from the ancient nt statue of liberty play simply be because because because be- be cause cause it usually affords the passer a little littlemore more time I Joe Whitesides a an end dropped back to take the b ball ll from one ne of his m mates tes on this play and throw against B. B Y U IL a year ago If G Greener could be fitted into the same backfield with Kent Ryan and ana F Floyd oyd R without sacrificing too much blocking blocking block block- ing ability or defensive eXp experience rien e the A. A C C. attack would the- the y be a lot more versa versatile ile tha than it is now The value of of a passi passing g attack insofar as sp spreading the J enemy defense defens and ad thereby giving a teams team's running game a better chance e to succeed is a well known axiom of the tho grid grid- ir iron n. n There are arc perhaps no better examples than Utah's last two games Facing into the bUzzard blizzard against Colorado university uni uni- the Utes were utterly unable to employ their famed aerial game and the Buffalos knew k ew it The Buffs B therefore drew their secondary in close behind the line of scrimmage where they hey could rush in ill and back up the line easily y Und Under r ideal playing conditions at Fort Collins Saturday however the Utes were able to employ their passing attack as a definite weapon Their aerial success was twofold It gained some valuable yards of course but just as important was the way it forced Colorado State t to spread it its secondary defense in anticipation of the passing threat at r Utah didn't have to batter through such a tightly drawn i defense with its r running nning game as as asit it had to against C. C jr gained readily more from scrimmage than it would have had Colorado States State's eleven men been con concentrated on the line of scrimmage Greener went to high sc school ol at Hinckley and gained the unstinted praise of Co Coach ch Tuffy Linford a former Aggie player when at B. B A. A C. C He is 21 years old and five feet ten inches tall He tie is working his way through gh college as a night watchman Coach Romney gave his full squad a generous workout against the Cougars using his reserves freely In fact th the continual stream of fresh men made the burden of B B. B Y U Us U.'s s 's limited manpower manpower man man- man man-I power ver extremely heavy as the game wore through its final stages year Nineteen Elv Elvin n Tarzan who played halfback when at Ogden high school turned in a strong game at center after he overcame overcame hi his nervous tendencies in the first few moments The sophomore made one poor pass at the start but steadied thereafter and gave every indication that he will soon overcome the erratic passing tendencies which have kept him from becoming a starter sooner in the campa campaign Aggie authorities would make an improvement if they would enlarge the ten ten- yard ten ard markers on th the A. A C. C field and use a bigger set of numerals for the signs indicating the down The yard ard markers arc are especially hard to read because they arc are so small and there is little reason to have them if every fan cant can't discern where the ball ban is at a glance |
