| Show I r y F r rI I r l V J t I 11 I I fk vy fa a ar i FRANK K V I r f K BAKER BAKERI 2 I TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR if Judging from Vadal Petersons Peterson's scouting report the of Utah will get its first real test of the season against a power attack inside the tackles Saturday when theD U. U Pioneers come to town q ti- ti tiThe IThe I- I The head Ute scout says the Pioneers have a lot o of power i rou ough h the line especially when Fullback ck Herb McCarthy is I tin the game McCarthy led the Pioneers to their 6 0 victory f over over Wyoming last Saturday turning in an impressive perform perform- Ti once ce on straight line plunges and spinners U He He was S so effective in fact that Peterson I has already dubbed bed him of the one best fullbacks in the conference After l jading ading Denver to its lone touchdown at Laramie McCarthy sus- sus t tined ined a slight leg injury and his teams team's attack bogged doz down v vs n considerably with him on the sidelines justifying Vadal's Vadal s eval- eval ion tion of his importance to the club This promise of a more formidable attack in the middle of the line means that the Utes will tighten u up their line I I. I defenses after a couple of games in which they loosened up I the hc forward wall waIl considerably in an attempt to to guard ag against n speed on the flanks The Utes spread their lines especially for the Cougars two weeks weel s ago nt in guarding against Jack Christensen's speed outside the tackles and vindicated their strategy by holding the Cougar flash to an average net gain of only 2 21 2 2 1 yards in 21 tries I The scheme worked then because the Cougars couldn't mister aster sufficient power into the middle of the line It 1 is S true a rue they made their most ground through this spot which had R d been intentionally weakened but even so they didn't have ave ve the powerful thrusts there the Utes expect from I Denver enver nver Just how much the Utes can can an weaken the flank defense in to tighten the middle section of the line remains to be seen 4 f cause in Frank Gentile the Pioneers have an elusive little ball airier arrier who may be able to cause considerable trouble outside he lie l tackles In other words the Utes cant can't start watching for cCarthy's cCarthy s line plunges and forget entirely about what may lappen appen around end So far however the Pioneers have not been too well organ organ- 1 i zed d offensively They failed to score against B. B Y U U. and ColoMO Colo- Colo jj ado MO State and got only one touchdown on the Cowboys Off Offa J o a bad start in the Y game they have had to fight hard to tofake fake hake off the demoralizing effects of one disappointment after 1 another nother and the team did not begin to live up to its true prom- prom e until last week against Wyoming For all of its team problems yet unsolved Denver has some ome exceptionally fine talent In fact the squad personnel is one of the best in the conference which is just another yay way of saying that if hot Denver has enough material to give any conference foe a lot Jot of grief For example t two t O players who proved to Utah fans last year that they can really play football have not been clicking thus far this year They are Orlando Maio the pound ISO tailback and John Woudenberg the pound tackle Confusion in switching from a five to seven-man seven line defensively made Woudenberg the goat on Christensen's Christensen's Christensen's Christen Christen- sens sen's initial touchdown for B. B Y U. U as the Cougars got away away to a flying start in their 20 0 victory at Denver Even Evenso so he still is a good tackle and should not be underrated The encouraging manner in which the Utes blocked against Montana State and Utah would indicate li though Chough ugh that the Redskins may not have to worry too much bout about their own defense A good attack still is the best waY way to keep from getting beat and the Utes have shown considerable promise of knowing what to do with the ball J once e they get hold of it The team has had hd good punting 1 f for o the tha most part and its ends and guards have been down h t field well under its kicks And nobody yet has been able to cinch the tailback assignment Tom Pace Clarence 17 Papa pa a Gehrke Gene Cooper Ben Browning and Dale Soren Sor- Sor en enson on all have gone well in their chances The team has concealed the ball well on occasion especially during the early ly stages of the game at Logan last week so well in in fact I that fruit an Aggie tackled Irv Crandall when he faked through the line as the ball went around end H This numerical wealth promises to give the Utes their I Knost most o t versatile attack in years At least the clubs club's hope is isi i 1 not wrapped up in a single basket |
