Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-23 | Page 23 | Backseat Driving

iV ii i f M iY j t f H f. f m mt t ff b irl i 1 RANK FRANK K BAKER t 1 z W TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR Although J it probably is too late now to do 10 anything about bout it for Saturdays Saturday's game at Logan between the and Utah the athletic authorities will be wise hereafter to consider a o'clock starting time instead of slating the kickoff at 2 p. p m. m Normally I am heartily in favor of the earliest possible starting starting starting start start- ing hour but for such an attraction as Saturdays Saturday's game which will draw a large throng from Salt Lake City there is is the chance that a kickoff would be more convenient It is nearly 90 miles from Salt Lake City to the Aggie sta sta- A great many of the football fans have to work until noon or at least until well after 11 o'clock on Saturdays This leaves leave s them with scarcely enough time to reach the game for the opening opening opening open open- ing k kickoff The football enthusiast will undergo a lot of personal discomfort to see the big games He will frequently go without without without with with- out meals He will graba grab a sandwich at a roadside lunch stand and eat it on the road but safety demands that he travel only so fast when he gets on the highway Prospect of heavy traffic Saturday and t the e necessity for comparatively slow progress through Sardine canyon will make it almost impossible for the th fan to reach Logan in time for the game unless he lie leaves well before noon This virtually virtually virtually vir vir- vir- vir forces the man who vho has to work half a aday day dayto dayo to o stay stay- at home All AIl of us recognize the fact that the days are rapidly rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly growing shorter and that a kickoff runs the final minutes of the game well toward dusk especially if the day is s cloudy And if this game came after November November November Novem Novem- ber 1 1 nobody y would favor a kickoff We Ve appreciate e Continued on following Page rage