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Show Davis Plays at Jordan In Week's Prep Feature By, TOMMIE PORTER Unbeaten leaden of the district from which seven of the paat eight state football champions have come, Jordan and Davis clash Friday on the Jordan field for the top rung In the Central "A" conference, con-ference, with the winner heavilv favored to march on into the sta'e throne. The game will practically be the title affair, since the contenders are at present rated well ahead of ri- vala from other parti of the state, p r 1 n c 1 pally be causa of reserve power. Each haa a smashing line attack, a fairly consistent pass stuck and a defense de-fense which la at IU best when it Is backed against iu own goal. Bear River and North Cache, northern leaders, have fine first atrfna-a hut few 'DP'! The Darts have four regulars back from last year and have proved their power by beating Provo, tt-0, and Granite. J5-0. both on the Granite field. Jordan won 14-0 at Provo and haa not yet played Granite, but turned back Carbon, 19-s. The trams are apparently aulta evenly matched, hut, because the game is ta be played at Jordan, the state champions will probably be slight favorite. Deris last soft), so-ft), tad Jordan la 1M and haa wen four game to 1 for the state champions la the paat, their 1M4 game having ended a eeorelees tie. In the northern A conference, Bear River entertains Preston, whils North Csche faces a crucial test in Its traditional gams with South Cache, winner in three of ths last four tilts between these schools, ths other having been a scoreless tie. North Summit Is expected to clinch ths Summit crown for ths first time sines 1929 the Braves tied Morgan for the title in 1930 by winning easily over Wasatch on Friday, whils Psrk City and Judge Memorial battle for runnerup honors hon-ors at Salt Laks City. HpanUh Fork la likely to have a busy afternoon at Lincoln, trying try-ing to hold a tie with HpringvUle for first plaee In the Alpine-Neb group. Sprlngvllle, which climbed last week te a tie for the top after watching the Spaniards hold that past since the start ef the season, is Idle this week-end. experienced re- Taylor serves; North Summit Is leading Its district with an attack built around a mere handful of experienced players, play-ers, and Tooele and Spanish Fork rate well, but each is woefully Lacking Lack-ing In reserve strength. Jordan hss not displayed the powers pow-ers which last year carried the Beetdlggers to the state title for the second time in three years, but with only two regulars back from the 1934 champions Coach Dunn (Snide) Taylor has produced a squsd which haa surprised msny critics by its ability to "rise to the occasion" and turn out victorias. Davis bss a fins running attack built around husky Joe Dsvis, who captained the Darts to the state basketball bas-ketball title this yesr, and the tesm is ranked one of the best ever to represent the Kaysvllle school. |