Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-23 | Page 24 | Redskins Take 24 of 36 Games

Redskins Take 24 of 36 Games Continued from Preceding Page was about all that was necessary making the total outfit cost a little littleover littleover over oYer 5 Today's modern equipment for tor or one player costs approximately 60 60 and In some instances even more Those were the days of the famous famous famous fa fa- fa- fa flying wedge and the rock em em and sock em idea was uppermost uppermost uppermost upper upper- most in the mind of every player Brute rute strength meant everything and there was no place for the midget backs who today have a definite niche on practically every team earn in the country cropped Close-cropped haircuts and an occasional occasional occasional oc oc- oc- oc walrus mustache made some ome of the players meaner looking than han they actually were Practices were held when they didn't interfere interfere inter- inter fere ere with studies and sometimes being only twice weekly There was no forward or lateral I passes but there was excellent drop kicking ticking a feature which today has passed almost out of the picture in n collegiate ranks Place kicking is s easier There were no high salaried coaches radio broadcasts of games ames or huge stadia If a team had a acoach acoach acoach coach he was usually a member of the he faculty who donated some of ofus his us time to the boys Some Sonic years the he captain acted as coach Its It's a far cry from football as played in the early part of the century to the annual autumnal hysterIa that grips the United States in n September and continued until thoughts turn to Christmas early earlyn jn n December For ten years the have haven n not t tasted the sweets of a victory over a Utah team The last ast triumph came In 1925 when they hey won by a 6 10 score A scoreless scoreless score- score less ess tie was played In 1927 1921 and then there here was the 14 thriller in the Utah stadium last Thanksgiving day before fans Coach Ike Armstrong was in his first year of coaching at the university university university uni uni- when the Farmers gained their heir most recent victory He Isnow is isnow isnow now in his eleventh season at Utah while Coach Romney is completing his ils seventeenth year at Utah State And so when you fans gather Saturday at Logan be thankful for forthe forthe the he transition that has come to the king of collegiate sports even if the cr cry commercialism is raised every season