Show FRANK K BAKER g TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR Although a great many football fans think of a punt only as a defensive weapon it really is one of the most effective offensive weapons in football according to Coach Ike Armstrong whose University of Utah charges remain as the only major unbeaten team in the west Michigan proved the offensive value of the kick with its punt pass and prayer brand of football for so long the Ute mentor declared before the the weekly session of the Quarterback club at the Hotel Utah Just take two of Paul Snows Snow's kicks Saturday against Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado State for example he continued That one for 71 yards late in the first quarter really put us in position for our first touchdown drive And then there was another good for about 65 yards which pushed the back into their own territory territory terri tern tory tony a little later in the game Ten 15 yes 20 or 25 yards gained on a punt exchange is just as valuable as the yardage earned by battering the line And sometimes it proves far more valuable if it puts the other club back there in the shadow of its own goal post where it has to play everything close to the vest Perhaps the Big Sevens Seven's best example of the defensive value of the punt came in the 7 tie between Utah and B. B Y U. U when Paul Snow stood in his end zone and punted out of bounds on the Ys Y's yard 38 line Besides being against the wind the yard odd bo boot t shoved the Cougars so far back that they didn't have a good chance to try for a field goal with Ken Soffe's celebrated toe The time is rapidly approaching when scribes fans coaches and players will be talking about star all-star teams Hence a list of candidates for the various positions will not be amiss so long as we remember that there is sti l plenty of time for others to crowd into the running or for some of the current pacemakers to drop out of the picture if they should start resting on their laurels Anyway here is isa isa isa a list candidates of Ends Ends Ends-Bru Bruce e Balken Babken Utah Merrill Waters B. B Y U. U Harold Saunders C. C U. U Bill Powers Denver Bill Sturman Wyoming Tom Cory Utah Tackles Tackles Captain Captain Barney McGarry Utah Luke Pappas Utah John Woudenberg Denver Marty Brill Bril C. C U. U Guards Vaughan Guards Vaughan Lloyd B. B Y U. U Louis Engleberg Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado State Albert Wyoming Mark Duncan Denver Centers Ernie Centers Ernie Baldwin Utah Murray Maughan Utah Bud Flinn C. C U. U Quarterbacks Quarterbacks Bill Bill Swan Utah Ken Soffe B. B Y U. U Seth Maughan Utah Charles Peterson Colorado State Halfbacks Paul Halfbacks Paul Snow and Tom Pace Utah Jack Broady I and Art Unger C. C U. U Orlando Maio Denver Jack Christensen B. B Y U. U Johnny Wyoming Tracy Maero Macro and Ira Winger Utah Fullbacks Herb Fullbacks Herb McCarthy Denver Ray Peterson and rv CraIc Crandall all Utah Marty Krpan Wyoming Cliff Poole Utah Aggles |