Show I r u- u 11 1 f- f 1 Colorado Are All Green But Show Ability Editors Editor's r note Tills note Tills I Is the fifth of If a series of articles discussing football prospects at st Big Seven football camps camp by by John Mooney Moone Telegram editor who IB ii the only writer thu this season waon per personally per per- II 0 nAlI covering co each ach camp By lIy JOHN MOONEY Telegram Sports Editor r FT COLLINS Colo While V While h II e rival Big Seven coaches are singing the blues blue with great feeling Coach Julius Hans Han V Wagner gner Colorado State football mentor I Is smiling these these- days not in pr prospect Jpe t of ot many gridiron conquests th this J season sea seR son but for future exploits of ot his freshman n t team am For Wagner Vagner hasn't one letterman letterman letter- letter man on his squad of or 50 who are working out daily dally Wo Worse e I than that he hasn't one player who was even on last years year's squad Green The rho are so green they could wear white jerseys on the field and they'd still sUll look from the tends stands like the green and white shirts shIrL of ot C CS S a A C. C But surprisingly enough Vagner Wagner Wag ner ier isn't moaning Even Harry Hughe Hughes who finally stepped out of Cf the active coaching field a couple of or years ago these days day and ordinarily H Harry a r r y Hughes Hugh never smiled between August and December q Gre Great t Flo Frosh h Club Reason for this lack of weeping 8 and d moaning moaning- at the PIe bar is ts the c 4 greatest freshman team ever col- col 3 r at Colorado State Both 4 athletic leaders know the Aggie wont won't win many games but they're looking to having these same flame boys 4 for four years and even Wagner Vagner doesn't hesitate to predict a conference conference con con- ference champl championship by 1948 if most niost of these boys are still around Hughes and Wagner give four I r reasons why the stole the prep show from its ith larger rivals t on en the eastern slope of at the Rock Rock- ics 1 Many prep stars shied away from Colorado U and its it naval training I 2 Denver uni nat ill v appeared to be a and cht-and- dried team proposition 3 Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming didn't have a a football team this season and 4 the boys a at C Cs S A C contacted more prep stars this year than in the th past ast And the combination of these four 4 reasons really paid di dividends Probable Lineup There wont won't be bo A A an man In Inthe Inthe Inthe the starting lineup but a glan glance e eat at the squad as it l lines up today may give the to those canny gleams geams in Hughes Hughes' and Wagners Wagner's eyes 1 Left ft end Floyd end Floyd Bob Si Simmons Jim Coan 1 0 and Bill iiO Right end Glen end Glen Ross Don DonS S Hoch and George Hahn Left Len tackle Vernon tackle Vernon Carter m G. G E. E Davis DaviS F. F Malouff and Clark Right tackle tackle Box Box Marx Frank Hensley ISO Jim Miller J Roddy Goff Gaff RIght guard guard Earl Earl Graham Dpn Lowe John Miley and Milton MUton Vondy L Left rt g guard Homer guard Homer Bu Butz Ken Iten Joseph oseph and Jim La Lawrence Lawrence Law Law- rence Center Center Bob Bob Adams Bill Bm Six She Ro Ross Rosa Hargrove and Boyd Smith Quarterbacks Bob Bob H a i n 1 e n ii Paul Bud Hedges Hedge 1 15 5 JR J. J R. R Connell Connen Lloyd Cha- Cha vez and Tom Johnston l Left halfbacks Vayne Wayne Miller Bob Bob Rocks Rocks- Bob Bowman 1 Right halfbacks halfbacks-F halfbacks halfbacks-F. F. F Thompson 4 Bob Clark 17 Phil Smith and George Estabrook 1 I Fullbacks Fullbacks Chale Charles urn O Og g bu u r n Don Bostick Bob GaI Gabriel Ga- Ga 1 I briel Dave GurUs Curtis and Al AI f If That's the way the squad lines up with the men ranked in order I I I for each position You can see that the Aggie forward wall will 4 average close to and the tho boys 7 look to have been wearing their 4 light suits the day they turned II b in their weights I While few of the boys have any i t college experience J. J Miller Goff off I Lowe Thompson Ogburn and BosI Bostick Bos- Bos I tick have been named state all-state f prep stars The boys boya are no count coun cairn t p try bumpkins when It comes to how to la hold the pigskin II T Thompson on was an all all- state all tate half- half 1 I back in Kansas Ogburn In Wyot Wyo- Wyo t II ming fl Goff Gaff in Arizona Ariona and t tie the e II then othen gained their honors in Colo Cola rado Bronco Transfer In addition transferred from rom Santa Clara from Denver U TJ and Hainlen came from Causa U V although he was not a a. a football player in college In addition Josephs was waa a In n 1940 and Ross was wason on the freshman freshman fresh fresh- man squad in 1940 both being caled to the lne service in 1940 Wagner lists fists his weakness weakness weakness weak weak- ness at the tho tackle I 1 haven't got jot a natural conference all cinch tackle ackle on the squad Is th the way he ie bemoaned his weakness However Howver How- How ever ver Colorado State Slate almost had the best beat tackle prospect In Colorado Colo- Colo rado ado history in the person of Therman Therman Therman Ther- Ther man McGraw from Colo Cob Standing 6 feet 4 r-i Inches and weighing a good pounds McGraw McGraw McGraw Mc Mc- Graw was on the tho way to C S SAC A C C. when Uncle Sam snatched him Another not cr star r who would have helped the he allowed to o play was Bud Caslani second string tring California U fullback In 1942 studying to be a a. veterinary at the college collego was advised advised advised ad ad- not to play football by his sawbones who Is employed by the highway department now ranks ranks' as 5 the most moat polished back on on- on the quad squad He along with and Hedges Hedge are good passers and handle landle th the T If II quarterback slot I like ke they had a alease lease on the Job i Hainlen Hedges an and Gabriel are I remarkable p punters tera Adams at center enter after transferring from Modesta Ca Cal J. J C. C a year ago is rated by bv Wagner Vagner as one of at the top centers enters centers in the l league The club L la very green Wagner realizes that he must see lee guards and tackles tackle his ends sucked I in and arid hi his hla secondary ca caught flatfooted ted at times this thia year rear One expects that from a team earn of freshmen but but and and this thin may be the Colorado Colorado State Is 15 B the ball club weve we've seen acen to date Football is just a game jame to those fres and Wager Wagner Wag Wag- ncr ner er might surprise someone before the ie season ends Utah Denver and nd Colo Colorado do have a big edge In Inexperience inexperience experience but I think this club as s It stands noW IB is far superior to to Utah State The Aggie dont don't expect mu much muth h this year in the victory column but ut watch them for forthe tho next three y years ears ars If this squad sticks BUCka together I Its It's t's ts a comer corner |