Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-02 | Page 10 | Early Survey Favors Ute Gridders 3 Utah College Teams to be Rebuilt

E y Survey F Favors rs Ute Grid sl 4 Romney May Change Cougar Status Status' 3 Utah College T Teams earns to Be Rebuilt The official sport spotlight ot of Utah will shoot forth Its brightest beams in three dIstinct directions Tuesday when the curtain Is officially oen- oen rung up on the collegiate football stage ot of the state At Locan Logan Lo- Lo can gan Coach Dick will be rounding up his Utah Aggie can candidates candi- candi 1 dates at the Ute Uto stadium here Coach Ike Armstrong Armstron will be takIng tak- tak Ing account of his Redskin aspirants aspirants ants and at Provo Coach ott Romney Romney Rom Rom- ney will start his first seasons season's work with the Brigham Young university university uni- uni athletes It Is rather early and risky at this time to start making predictions as to the final outcome ot of the race for football honors In Inthis inthis this divIsion ot of the Rocky Mountain Moun- Moun tam tain conference and until the coaches have carefully looked over their material and made their squad selections it Is hardly possible to tomake tomake make a fair comparison ot of the various various va- va I rious teams team chances for state and conference honors I FIRST GUESSING STARTS ALREADY 1 Nevertheless the season has already already al- al ready opened on the great reat old sport ot of first guessing and already predictions predictions pre pre- dictions and prognostications have started to fill the air and the meager dope now at hand all seems seems to point toward the University of Utah as the team with the best title chances in the state and In the western wing of the conference All three of the Utah colleges have lost many of their mainstays of last year and It ItIs itis Is a survey ot of the available new material rather than consideration of the returning veterans that appears appears ap- ap pears to give the Utes an edge The B. B Y 3 U. U will no doubt have more of last years year's regulars returning returning re- re turning than either Utah or Ag- Ag 1 gies but this advantage does not 1 count mucH in consideration ot of the I Cougars Cougars' performance last year However the Y Y has a new coach and a real football wizard at the helm this year ear in the person of ott former Montana 1 State mentor and It is very possible that Romney will be able to do the trick that no Co coach In the past b s yet et performed namely give the Cougars Cou- Cou gars cars a winning football team HALF DOZEN FROSH At the U. U ot of U. U and at Logan the situation Is much the same In that so many of tile the veterans are gone that a complete shakeup and rC- rC build will be necessary but In the matter of new material there is no doubt but that the Utes have the edge Of last years year's frosh team there were easIly a hall half dozen players players play play- ers ot of varsity caliber who played t f hman ball simply because they were first year ear men In the tle matter ot of weight the Utes Ules should have the advantage Their returning veterans are all fairly husky and the sophomore crop Is remarkable for its size and speed At Utah Aggles there are a couple ot of big fellows left from the old I guard and the new material for the most part appears to be built for speed rather than comfort ALL MUST FIND NEW KICKERS I thrEe of the coaches face the of findIng and developing new newmen newmen men who can kick pass and run the teams Hawley Linford and andar War War- arburton burton who have attended to these details for the Aggles for tor the past years are all gone and no worthy successors appear In sight at present Utah Will miss the educated toes ot of Vic and Jack lowells Howells while the Brigham Young U has not had a real good kicker since the graduation of Fred Dixon The race for tor the state honors hinges on three ga gaines es two ot of which will be played her here The first Ison is ison on October 27 27 when the Cougars play the ggles at Provo On November November No- No vember 17 the Cougars play the Ute Utes in the latter's aHers stadium and andon andon on Thanksgiving day the annual classic between the and Utah will be played here and it Is our guess that at the close ot of this game the Utes will be proudly perched on top ot of the heap