Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-07-05 | Page 10 | Army Blitz Places Damper on Texas U's Hopes for Crown

Army Blitz Places Damper on Texas Us U's Hopes for Crown AUSTIN Texas July 5 AP The AP-The The football team vote most likely to succeed in the hurly burly Southwest conference may have left its championship and Rose Bowl hopes wit wi Uncle Sam Dana X Bible who appeared ready to cash in at the way half mark on his year 10 contract at atthe atthe atthe the University of Texas saw his starting add their names to the selective service rolls rolis this week These included Pete Layden rated the greatest around all-around back in the conference and Jack Grain Cram whose mighty runs in the clinches have become legend It had been freely predicted that Texas would bring the title of No 1 team of the nation back to the southwest next fall fail But now Bible not only faces the prospects of losing Layden and I Grain Cram but of having more than half halt his starting line marching to the drumbeats of Uncle Sams Sam's boys in khaki Noble Doss and Vernon Martin other members of th the quartet th that t crushed mighty might Texas A and Ms M's hopes last fall are marri married d and andare andare andare are expected to be deferred But Layden and Grain Cram are un unattached and eligible to be taken into the armed forces C Center J. J W W. Goodwin and End Mike Sweeney registered last Oc Oc Oc- October tober Goodwin is likely to be summoned any time now and Sweeneys Sweeney's Sweeneys Swee Sweeneys ney's number may come up before fall Tackle Bo Cohenour and Guard Buddy Jungmichel signed this OJ week That leaves only GuaChal Guar Gua Chal Daniel 19 Malcolm Kutner 20 and Tackle Stanley Mauldin 20 as certain to be back from tl th tM 11 counted on as starters i In fact only 23 members of th U returning squad are below U the draft age I Other teams might also lose thi that many nany you say At which a Texas follower would shoot back jj Yeah but how many Layden and Grains Crams I