Show Skyline Grid Co Cohe hes Mke Spring Report By Frank Pitman DENVER May l 7 IP The Ai The other Skyline conference f Io football o o 0 t b a 1 II 1 teams may find solace in Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming Coach Bowden Wyatts Wyatt's spring report on the two-time two champion Cowboys I The Wyoming wizard said saidI I Monday Our team speed probably probably probe i iI I ably wont won't be up to 1950 Our passing passing looks weaker and outrunning our out running about the same We Ve are I Inot not miot as deep as in ill 1950 Well We'll have more 60 minute players Other coaches in the expanded team eight-team league league after after looking over their own squads in spring drills drills arc are handing the 1951 title again to the powerful single wing machine at Laramie Training En Ended ed Spring training has been concluded con con- eluded at Utah Utah State New Mexico l and Denver Wyoming winds up Saturday Montana 1 beset beset beset be be- set set with bad weather may extend extend ex ex- tend its drills into next week Brigham Young will end workouts workouts work work- I outs May 17 Colorado A M 1 will finish May l 19 These arc are the reports on spring practice sent to the Associated Press by the tile eight Skyline football football football foot foot- ball coaches Wyatt Wyatt Our Our spring practice has been quite satisfactory though much time has been spent in personnel experimentation tion ion designed to strengthen our 1 weakest positions positions end end tackle i and guard We have helped some hut but the he offensive and defensive line will be the principle question ques tion lion mark this fall ques-I ques Jack Curtice Utah Utah Utah-flIn In my 20 years of coaching I can truthfully truthfully truth truth- I fully lully say that I have never mever enjoyed enjoyed en en- joyed a spring practice as much muchas as this one It isn't because we weare weare I are stacked high with material because we c arent But Ive I've never had a more willing bunch of boys to work with We Ve will be he stronger than last season especially in ill the line Jine Our backfield should be better All of the teams in the conference should be he stronger next season We Ve will have a more interesting race I Ted Shipkey Montana It Montana It has been the tile poorest spring drill in three years due to so many key players missing in baseball track and other sports and adverse weather which has twice interfered interfered interfered inter inter- with the program The Tile boys I that are arc out showed well I John ohn J Honing Roning Utah State State State- The Tile squad is thin small mostly inexperienced Vere Were s starting t tar a r t tin i n g from scratch with the single wing I as the tile used the forma T-forma- tion for over 33 years Were We're rusty in the tile type of blocking that single wing requires We Ve do not expect to win many football games this fall but expect the boys to battle from start to finish Chick A Atkinson t k kin i ii s son o n Brigham Young Young If If we could keep all these fellows we would have a better team than last year But lets let's be realistic too many of or them are arc headed for the armed services and well we'll have to build again with what's left next fall Defense Problem John Baker Denver Denver Our Our biggest big big- gest est problem will ill be he defensive ones ODeS We will try to disprove the I theory that the player cannot play both offense and defense Many Jany of our boys will play bothWe both We Ve installed the T split-T last season season season sea sea- I son and it helped toward seasons season's end We Ve have tried to consolidate those gains this spring with intensive intensive in in- work on basic plays and fu fundamentals n d a m en tais Bob Davis Colorado A M M- M Well VeIl be depending a great deal dealon on some newcomers to round out our squad this tiliS fall At present we haven't got a man blan on the tile field who weighs pounds or over We have 22 out of 35 lettermen returning from Crom last year It looks like it'll be Wyoming Utah Montana Mon Mon- lana tana and Denver in the first diviSi division divi divi- Si sion 0 Il Dud Degroot New Mexico Mexico- I Were Vere going to have llave to depend a lot on new men primarily those up from last years year's frosh If the tile Skyline passes a freshman eligibility rule nIle at its June conference conference con con- ference meeting well we'll field as battling a ball club as there is inthe inthe in m the league |