Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-12-30 | Page 18 | East, West Squads Taper off for Thursday Tilt

East W West st Sq Squads ads Taper Tape Off ff For Th Thursday Tilt SAN FRANCISCO Dec 30 INS u-iS The The rival rI squads began tapering off Tuesday In their drUb drills for the New Mew Years Year's day West East football football foot foot- ball game The last hard practice sessions were held Monday by the eastern c college stars all at Santa Clara and arid the westerners westerners' at Palo Alto Atto Lighter workouts are on tap Tuesday and Wednesday for the teams that will participate Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day In the renewal of the Shrine charity classic at San Francisco's Francisco's Fran Fran- cisco's Kezar stadium The East's head coach Bernie Bi Bierman frankly rankly admitted he be is concentrating on speed while definitely del def hoping hopin for a dry field and a little sunshine Thursday He said z This type of team needs good solid to build up the speed potential We are re obviously ob ob- ob attempting to work up more and more speed In our at attack attack attack at- at tack because th the personnel war warrants warrants warrants rants that type of offense oense I 1 It hope doesn't rain Bierman was working mainly with a backfield combination consisting consisting consisting con con- of Notre Dames Dame's quarterback quarterback quarter quarter- back Johnny Lujack the No 1 attraction of the coming contest halfbacks Glen of Colgate Col- Col ColI state Kate Art Fitzgerald of Yale and I Bob Sullivan of Holy Cross an and fullback Earl Maves Maven of Wisconsin The West's d drills llIs were aimed primarily primarily marily manly toward fulfillment of the Stop Lujack Rices Rice's Virgil Eikenberg Stanford's Ainslee Ains- Ains lee Bell and Idaho's Billy Williams won plaudits for their excellent formation T-formation passing Linesmen were drilled d to break up Lujack Lujack- sparked razzle dazzle while protecting protecting pro pro- i the e. e West's offensive p plays aYL