Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-11-25 | Page 12 | Beetdiggers Get Eight Stars Back for Nucleus of 1941 Grid Squad

Get Eight Stars Soars Back For Nucleus of 1941 Grid Squad By TOMMIE PORTER I Jordans Jordan's who Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day retained d the Utah high school class A football championship by byI I nosing out Carbon 7 6 at the Ute Ute stadium are already weighing their prospects of taking that title again in n 1941 Saturdays Saturday's victory gained when Bob Job Price tossed a touchdown pass passo to o Dale Butterfield and then place- place kicked the extra point gave the suburban school its sixth state title in n nine years the fifth filth under Coaches Dunn Snide Taylor and John It is the first time timen in n 17 years that any school has held the top two years in a row Price and Butterfield will graduate graduate graduate ate next spring together with five other boys who started Saturdays Saturday's game ame two other regulars an and andhree l three other very capable reserves vho who served often this this' fall Five Regulars Return n But Coach Tay Taylor or Is far from pessimistic and Jordan is quite hopeful For Orin Van Don Soffe and Wendell Cook the entire right side of the championship line Phil Maynard and Ralph Holt surefire surefire sure- sure fire ire blockers of the starting backfield backfield backfield back- back field will be the nucleus of the 41 4 team Ray Malmberg a fast and hitting hard-hitting fullback husky Eddie Eddie Eddie Ed Ed- die a tackle and rangy Lowell Thompson a good end lead leada a fine group of seasoned first team reserves who will be back And the third and fourth teams direct direct- directed ed by Coach will contribute contrib contrib- ute very outstanding stars to give the school its most promising squad since Taylor Taylor Taylor Tay Tay- lor took the reins there in 1934 I I Of course Jordan will miss such great performers as Scott Wi Wi- I berg Paul Cook Nick Mascara Bill Poulson Bob Price Eugene Robinson Dale Butterfield Bob Jace Walker Lee Dimond Dimond Dimond Di- Di mond Jim Butterfield and George But those boys this year helped compose a team which had been considered too small and in inexperienced inexperienced inexperienced in- in I experienced to really go places I but which simply dug in its cleats and marched to state honors by sheer determination not to lose And thinks Jordan if a team of which so little was expected can cango cango cango go so far a squad with a wealth of seasoned players and more weight for next year should certainly certainly certainly boost title hopes The title trail was no path of roses this season In fact Jordan had only two sided one-sided victories in its drive to a share of the state football laurels a place beside Morgan of the Summit district which Friday annexed the class B crown by defeating Richfield 20 The lost a preseason preseason preseason pre pre- season game to Butte Montana 13 0 and dropped a 12 0 decision to Carbon at Price before starting Continued on the Following Pace Pagel