Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-28 | Page 18 | Backseat Driving

t 1 y v FRANK K K BAKER TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR If IE the local colleges arc are to continue the p practice of having their football games timed by special men ope operating at- at ing watches on the sidelines instead of delegating the assignment to the field judge as the national rules s recommend recommend recommend mend the colleges should organize t their program on a better foundation This department has already recounted the Incident at Provo nearly two weeks ago when the scored a touchdown touchdown on a play starting starling almost simultaneously with the firing of ot the timers timer's gun At that time there was a question sUon as to whether time had actually ended before the play started and the realizatIon realization tion Ion that at least the gun should not have been fired while white thet the t play was in progress The officials for last Saturdays Saturday's game at Logan between the ggles and the University of Utah tell me they had difficulty all afternoon to keep track of the timers who wandered up and down the sidelines instead of staying in a prearranged location Unfortunately too many people were permitted to trail the tho progress up and down the tho lId sidelines clines for the Logan game It is true that tho the Aggles had an nn overflow crowd in their stadium but even so means should be taken to prevent congestion congestion congestion con con- along the tho sidelines The timers were not easily discernable to tho the officials who had to look for them against the background of this sidelines crowd Authorities should at least have provided the tho timers with a special uniform unICorn or sweater so 50 thc they could have been distIn distinguished The Tho referee and other officials could have o spotted them more readily then k Better still the might copy the system used by the University of Utah here in their home stadium And SAnd that is the arrangement of a 1 special timers timer's table uble at It ata ata a specified position about midfield on the sidelines So long as the timer stays there and his line of vision is not obstructed by a 1 sidelines crowd he can do an e efficient ic ent job and md at ac the same time be spotted the instant the official has occasion to signal him for any reason Coach Ike Armstrong says Captain Newell Call is too accommodating to photographers In fact he lie says Newell could have gone several yards farther and might have scored a 1 touchdown on his long run toward the end of pf the game had it not been for or a photographer C Call I scampered 2 2 yards before he was brought down by Bernard Magnusson on the A. A Cs C's s yard 25 line He was rambling down toward the corner of oE the field when Magnusson and three teammates angled across the field after the Redskin captain Newell partially broke his stride cut back and md tried to reverse his field when Magnusson Mag- Mag Magnusson overhauled him r 1 Ikes Ike's version is that Newell saw a 1 photographer had his tripod set up away over on the left side of the field and md that he tried to run the play in focus for the picture taker Hereafter Ike kidded his captain well put a photographer pher on each cach end of the goal line so we wont won't have to worry The serious side of or the story comes from Newell him him- self Ho Ito had taken a terrific pounding all nil afternoon and antI when ho broke broko away he ho was not so 10 fresh The uThe first 30 yards was easy going oln he grinned but I was getting mighty tired when Magnusson and his mates came camo charging across tho the field at me I knew they had an advantage on me mo be because be- be 5 causo cause of the angle they were running I probably could have o made a few more yards ards by going goIn the tho way I was headed beaded but butI I hoped that by changing my pace paco I might catch the tho and be able to cut around them and reverse re the tho field again before beloro they could recover It seemed my best chance chanco to score but Magnusson l ruined that hope in a hurry