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Show BGS PAW EE) TO ADM TDTLE Dart Power Expected to Beat Bears By TOUMIE PORTER I Davis high 0f Keysville is expelled ex-pelled to be the second Utah school to hold both the state football and thi state basketball crowns at the s.tme tunc following its clash with Bear River high of Garland for the A diviMiun grid honors Saturday In the Utah stadium, starting at 2 p. m. (Ireater reserve strength and a slippery field are the factors which make Davis the favorite, because the 190-pound Joe Davis, fullback . and principal ground .gainer of the Kaysville team, plows along at his usual rate regardless of the condition condi-tion of the field. Few Bear Reserves 'I fie BfaT RIveT TqUaiTTIMUPn' from a small county school, has its strongest first string in history, but is equipped with few reserves. The Bears, however, have sparkled spar-kled as "giant killers" this season by remaining unscored upon while winning six conference games, including in-cluding a 6-0 triumph over Box Elder El-der to push that team from a place in the stste finals for the first time in four years. Davis kept its goal line uncrossed un-crossed while defeating Provo, (iranite and Jordan, the 1036 state champion, before outscorlng Carbon Car-bon in a hectic 33-30 game at Price to clinch the Central title. Davis also downed North Summit, Spanish Span-ish Fork and Pocatello, Idaho, In nonconference games, scoring a total of 105 points to 40 for Its rivals, while the Bears have scored 19 to none. The rival lines will both average 156 pounds, but because of a heavier backfield Davis wiil have a slight advantage in total weight, with an average of 1M pounds to 154. - Davis has displayed a wealth of defensive strength and its fast charging linesmen have repeatedly rushed a rival passer or kicker, often of-ten as in the win over Jordan blocking kicks to put the other team in a bad spot. Davis Packs Ball Offensively, the Darts depend principally upon line smashes, with joe Davis packing the ball and upon end runs, reverses and laterals, with Dick Naylor and Joe Adams doing most of the ball carrying. The Bears have displayed a versatile ver-satile attack, built around the fleet-footed fleet-footed Ray White and Fred Allen, with Melvin Manning mixing deception de-ception with speed in brilliant field generalship. The Bears also have a smooth working aerial attack which has proved valuable in their drive to two or more touchdowns in each game but one this season. - It is the first time Bear River has figured In any sports title picture since the school took up football In 1923 and marks the second appearance in the finals of Davis, which has twice won the state basketball crown it now holds, giving the Darta a chance to match the record set by Granite Gran-ite in lass, when it won both sne -. cage and grid titles. Saturday's game will officially close the state prep football season, since m playoff between Tooele, B division winner by a 36-0 triumph over American Fork Wednesday, and the Saturday victor will be permitted per-mitted by the state board of control. con-trol. Tooele will remain in grid togs, however, as the Buffalos havs two postseason games scheduled in December De-cember at Honolulu, Hawaii. |