Show COUGAR G GRID RID HO Hop ES SOA i Provo Squad Believes It Iti i Will Score By fly BILL DILL McCREA Theres There's a first time for everything everything every every- thing and Brigham Young university ally sity has haa a hunch that maybe this Is Isita Its ita big year oar that perhaps the tide lIde will wUl turn toward the tho Cougars Saturday In Utah stadium and give them their first gridiron triumph over Utah's Redskins In 15 attempts rho Tho Cougars never have defeated Utah on the tho gridiron Their basketball basketball basket basket- ball and track teams have trampled the Utes on frequent occasions but bul their football teams have yet to taste a victory over the Utes Tie Game In 1028 1928 On a bitterly cold day in 1928 the tho Cougars held the tho Utes to a scoreless tie Ue on a frozen field And now with what undoubtedly Is their most promising gridiron material in historY history his his- tor tory the tho Cougars believe they have an outside chance to tip Up tho Redskins Red Red- skins The om Iro are not kidding kidding- themselves They realize tho the Utes s viii bo be slight favorites fa but ut they cant can't forget either cither that their players play play- players ers did virtually as M well against the tho undefeated Utah Aggles as Utah did dill The Tho Aggie Aggles beat the theY theY 4 Y 13 0 and Utah 12 0 In tho the past two t weeks In the tho past post however the Cougars have gambled on far more moro flimsy hopes than they enjoy this year For the first time the tho Cougars have enough manpower to develop a gridiron machine Instead of relying on the Ute superiority of two or three brilliant individuals True the team is still sun Inexperienced Inexperienced inexperienced but It is a squad team now It has size ranginess and an encouraging encouraging encouraging en en- high school background Many of the boys have played with and against the stars now In Utah raiment They therefore have no reason to suffer sutter from an nn inferiority complex hold Instead of trying to Utah Utah the Cougars will ill come como to Salt Snit Lake City Saturday dedicated to the task of scoring on the Utes And because of this Improved Improved Im Im- proved outlook the Cougars cant can't help but dream that perhaps this really Is 15 the year ear they've thought about for nearly two decades The Y T has had a full weeks week's rest since losing to the Aggie Aggles Theres There's another reason why Provo partisans partisans parti parti- sans feel this may b be their year The team has a number of capable reserves Some years the Cougars have been woefully short on reserve material weakening their cause considerably Past scores In Ute-Cougar Ute frays reveal that the Redskins have never pulled their punches against the theY theY theY Y With the exception of the tie game only in 1923 1926 and 1933 have the Utes failed to beat the Cougars by less than a touchdown margin Therefore a victory for the Cougars Cougars Cougars Cou Cou- gars would be doubly sweet after having taken it so many times on the chin Jack Christensen is expected to get the starting assignment at quarterback quarterback quarterback in place of Charlie Roberts Paul McBeth has been moved to fullback as a replacement for Jack because of the Injured Meldon Warner Jackson Jewkes and Ken Soffe Sotte or Mack Dow will start at the halfback halfback halfback half half- back posts Herman Mines can be used at halfback or fullback the latter position being his regular post McBeth's appearance In the Cougar Cougar Cougar Cou Cou- gar backfield Is believed will bring more offensive strength to the Blue and White team Ho has recovered recovered recovered ered from an Illness which has hampered him all season In five starts against formidable foes Toes Louisiana State has rolled up lob points to 27 for Rice Texas Mississippi Georgia and Arkansas L. L S. S Us U.'s only check was a 6 66 deadlock with Texas U. U The Utes enter the game a two- two touchdown favorite and after last weeks week's loss to the Aggie aro are apt to rebound with itla plenty of fire and fur Jury fury Utah's Utah big problem as it has been most of the season Is b capable replacements replacements re re- re- re placements In the backfield For example Paul Snow has been used at the blocking back Job wIngback tanbark tailback quarterback and fullback fullback fullback full full- back which may partially explain why he hasn't shown any more punch and drive than he has Injuries to Irvin Crandall 1 Milton Mecham Glade Del Avery and now Sterl Jensen have played havoc In the Ute backfield all season Mecham an and Jensen will be ready Saturday but none is b in top playing con condition dIU on Crandall still aUll has his bis left hand band Ina in ina ina a cast cut With the u exception of the Aggie Anle game came the Ute Use forward wall has hM functioned welL It was only In InthIs Inthis thi thIs game rame that some of ot the trays boys thou thought ht the they were playing touch football and failed to charge charre and tackle with characteristic characteristic- Uto xeaL uaL The threatened break In football relations between the Utes Ute and Cougars Cou Cou- gars cars which truck struck like Wee a bombshell In the tho R R. M. M C. C meeting here hero last winter has bas added more coals cols to the fire for this weeks week's game came Graduate Manager Theron S S. Parmelee of Utah reports a brisk ticket sale A number of ot seats leaa have been reserved nd for high school coaches and officials who will wil bein be beIn bein In Salt Lake City for tor the annual U. U E. E A. A meeting medine Friday and Sat Sat- m i J 1 I |