Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-15 | Page 20 | Backseat Driving

FRANK K BAKER TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR Both Utah university and Denver stand the at crossroads cross cross- oads roads of their gridiron campaign Saturday when they Pace face ce each etch other in D. D Us U.'s stadium and the victor barring bar- bar ping ring mg a tie will ill take a tremendously y long step toward a high ligh gh spot in the final R. R M. M C. C standings this year The teams come down to their clash dash with each other on far more even terms than was expected a month ago when D. D U. U prepared for the season wit with the brightest prospects of any club On In the conference and Utah shrouded itself in all possible gloom Because because of the heavy inroads by graduation last Jast June D. D U. U has not been overly impressive in chalking up its three conf conference rence victories in as many starts Utah on the other hand lhand has come along at a most promising gall galt uncovering some fine Erne pro prospects in Irv Crandall at fullback and Tom Cory at end Meanwhile the team has won its two conference games and taken Arizona in an intersectional tilt while Captain Newell Call has shown remarkable development in his kicking and passing assignments S For the most part those fans faris who back their beliefs with money have already concluded that it is an even game And that opinion is as generally true in Colorado as it is i. i here on the western side of the conference according to dispatches disi dispatches dis- dis i patches from Denver Denver admittedly has tried to hold its punch so far tr being content contento o 0 experiment a great deal with diff different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent f rent combinations and give some of the sophomores a chance for experience while beating three of last years year's I last st division clubs namely Mines Colorado college and Colorado State Except for their win will over Arizona however the Utes lites still haven't done anything to get puffed up over either Greeley State and Western Vestern State with their limited lim urn ite manpower were teams Utah ought normally to beat l by l- wide margins Yet the Greeley State game wore well welli i into the thid period before Utah could score And even evenin in iii victory over a powerful Arizona team the Utes gained only yards Il j I merely point out these facts to stress the contention contention conten- conten tion ton that although Utah has won three games it still stills has s to prove that it has a dependable consistent ground- ground gaining ining attack against a form formidable dable foe To all a appearances appear appear- I ances ces Utah is dangerous both on the ground and through the e air Saturdays Saturday's game ought to tell Utah's most credible showing was of course against Arizona because in winning after being yards he lie Utes made few mistakes themselves capitalized on every very one of Arizona's miscues and had the courage and stamina to keep hustling after the visitors lorded their way Into a 0 6 lead Neither Greeley nor Western Vestern State had an attack sufficiently sufficiently sufficiently suf suf- strong to test Utah's defense Arizona however did prove prove that the Utes are more or less vulnerable to a running game In fact the Arizonans gained substantially on all but two of their scrimmage plays and it was the general opinion of critics after the game that Arizona's failure to stick to its running game in preference to o passes was as great a blessing for Utah as any factor S Don Reddish who watched D. D U. U beat Colorado State last week prior tp his officiating assignment at Wyoming Wyoming came home with the observation that D. D Us U.'s offense was m most st indifferent t for for a greater part of the I c contest Then in the waning minutes about minutes about the last I six D. D. D U. U called on the services of the pound Ray Johnson at fullback and began going great guns That I Illy rally ally lly incidentally won the game staving off a 7 tieI tie It L I Vadal Peterson who scouted the game for Utah re reported reported reported re- re ported to the Redskins that D. D U U. even with Coach BillS Bill S Sunders Saunders in the saddle is is' still stronger on defense than on the attack recalling the defensive stubbornness de- de eloped under Coach Percy Locey Get down deep in their territory and those boys can tighten up and get K II Continued on Page Pase Nineteen