Show B Backseat Driving By ByTel FRAN FRANK K K K BAKER BAKER- T Tel e Sports Editor After prolonged service at end in high s school hool college and md professional football big Paul McDonough is to be shifted into the b according to word word- from Berea where th the former Big All-Big Seven end from Utah is is working r i g out out with the Cleveland Rams Tb rh proposed change in assignments is similar to the one Coa Rc Armstrong is puzzling o over ocr er at the University of Utah involving Mac Speedie the lan lanky y end and hurdling star 4 Good right half or blocking backs collegiate or professional lire are never overly numerous Hence these two experiments I which will be watched with deep interest I It is significant that both McDonough and Speedie have been outstanding Needless to say too that b both th arc are rangy rang fast and rugged and both Coaches Dutch Cir Clark of f the R Rams ms and Armstrong of the Utes are arc confident these thes are sufficient ph physical requirements for their new undertaking change of char character is the big news around the Ram am training camp John Dietrich writing I 4 about it in the Cleveland Plain Dealer says this So uSo far farthi farthings farthings I thi things gs are arc a long way from perfection but the shift of i McDonough from right end to right halfback seems to have been a brilliant hunch on the part of Clark The former Utah end is big enough six enough six feet four and a half inches and pounds pounds to to be a bruising blocker This This' is the first requirement He has shown himself an able able- ball carrier too and in the most important test of all all defense defense particularly against the forward pass pass has has looked very good Both Doth McDonough and S edie have been stars on the end of the line and their transfer to the backfield will open up opportunities for other aspiring end talent The Rams for example were well vell supplied with ends this year ear 13 t touted t d reporting for practice It is no wonder therefore that Utah's Tom Cory has already been released and ma may be attached to another pro club through Clarks Clark's connections Three other Barney McGarry Clarence Gehrke and Pete Bogden are still with the Rams McGarry the former captain and conference all-conference tackle at Utah was with the Rams last se season son and is now regarded as a starting guard at Cleve Cleve- land It will be remembered here that the the- former Ute and Park City star was a brilliant guard in college before being transferred transferred transferred trans trans- to tackle after Karl graduation had left the club shorthanded in tackle material lAs year first men in the pro game both Gehrke and Bogde Bog- Bog de ji a tough assignment of outlasting so much seasoned talent This is is especially true so far as Bogden is concerned at here the material is so deep v Gehrke the halfback has gotten away to an encouraging starts start according to Dietrichs Dietrich's story which says The touted rookie from Utah has done well weli so far in passing running and blocking g. g With With the prospect that the Salt Lake Bees Dees will ill soon be beable beable beable able to quit worrying ing about winning the pennant pennant pennant-as as if be after leading b five to 12 they might worrying ing by games now for the better part of the season season its its it's about time that the club took time off to pay a little special attention to some of the players A number of fans are planning a aTom aTom aTom Tom day clay September 6 in appreciation of what he has done lone as pla playing ing manager this year and I think it would also be appropriate to honor some of the theother other boys too It would as weve we've mentioned before b be a novel stunt to see sec Jack Hatchett play an inning at a different position position position tion After all he has done mighty valuable service as asa asa asa a general utility man performing in the outfield behind the plate and on the infield with flying colors and I imagine he could get by a ninth inning some day as a pitcher Why Thy not try it anyway Boston Red Sox pitchers went the route only 26 times in their first games or in other words Joe Cronin's starting starting starting start start- ing pitcher was knocked out of the box in five of every six games during that time so its it's no wonder the Sox arent aren't in first place a |