Show Seven Forty-Seven Turn Out For Initial Gridiron Drill on Aggie Field Elect Captain Ward Heads Group of 11 Lettermen as t I Squad Works Despite Bluste Blustery y Weather Practice Game GaDle Booked With With Grads LOGAN March 21 With 21 With 47 suits Issued issued ll 11 to lettermen 11 II to former Conner ormer squad members and 25 to freshmen freshmen Coach Coach Dick Romney and his Utah tah Aggles by Wednesday are well Into nto the grind of oC spring football drill The squad largest in spring lice ce history is expected to be augmented augmented aug aug- by at least a dozen additional m men n within the next two days Weather Veather Ignored Romney refused to let inclement weather veather Interfere with practice Tues Tues- day ay Limbering up exercises and md drill rill in fundamentals were run through Intermittent flurries of rain and chilly wind We have a a. lot of ground to cover this his spring if we are are to be ready to togo togo too go o next fall he said and can let nothing interfere I r hope hpe to wind th the drill up tip with three good weeks of f work before the track season gets too oo far along To d do this we must make every day count f The number of freshmen turning out ut for the opening drill gives some hint lint to the task before Romney and his lis aides Although there is La some truly ruly excellent potential material in that lat group it remains to tobe be seen how many will make good in college loot foot balL jalL The entire group must be well drilled in the fundamentals before Romney will be satisfied and this this' work will occupy major portion o of the he spring training period However fundamentals in offense will also be given during the spring campaIgn with several plays out out- lined ined It is planned by the Aggie menor mentor men men- tor or to put his charges against a group of f graduating lettermen headed b by Burke lurke Fry in a practice game as a climax to the spring drill In order that everyone may get a chance there is is some possibility that those who do donot donot doot not ot play in this game will be lined up p in white and blue squads in a sec ond nd game Ward Vard Heads Veterans Heading the list of oC returning veterans vet vet- erans rans was big Elmer Ward center and nd captain Other lettermen included Jay Tolman conference all fullback of 1932 and elect captain of 1933 who was held out of the campaign cam cam- aign by a knee injury He was operated op- op rated crated on early carly last fall and d feels fe ready eady to go On the line with Ward are J Joseph Jseph Seph Mabey a guard Juard Carl Simmons a tackle and Lyle Tripp an end In the backfield are Thatcher Handley Ted Lockyer Floyd Clayton Claton Wardell Vardell Joe Whitesides and Herman Nelson Velson Other squad members but bul of last year who have been issued suits are Duane Densley Lloyd Joyd Elder Alfred AUred Favero Glen Hendricks George Hendricks Eric Ray Rencher Dee Wangs Wangs- gard ard Carlos Hulse Glen Hammer and Evan Clay The freshmen crop includes Clark Draper raper Ed Wade Shirley Jackson Dallas White While Carl Wilford Wil- Wil ford ford ord Kowallis Robert Bob Job Bunker Kent Ryan Paul Blan Blan- ton tori on Eddie Peterson L Lynn nn Spaulding Russell Gold Arnette Tolman Hyrum Callister Elton Houck buck Be Beaumont Andrus Old Boam Reese Bullen Jack Dempsey Alvin Shepherd Francis Christensen Max Proctor and Ted Lewis |