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Show Ute Outfit Boosts Its TitleStock By JOHN MOO NIT ' While the University ef Utah ' i Redskins still were beating their tom-toms Monday in celebration j of Saturdays .. . "'- J surprising stand f Nl against the Santa Clara Broncos, ---- v I Big Chief Ike I V I Armstrong and! ..... his Ute warriors J "N ' h already were! 1 j plottlag am- t 1 bushes for the, I ! Wyoming Cow- .1 '-- boys when they f Invade the Wa- i a ten reservation ', this week-end for th first conference confer-ence battle ef th season. ..True. th. Red- skins didn't conquer th Bronco.Dul they did succeed In riding the high-spirited high-spirited cauyuse to a 7-7 finish, which Is better than 23 ether teams hsve been able to do against Santa Clara during th last thre years. . Odds were offend as high as 4-1 that the Utes would not be able to stay aboard th "sunflsh-lng," "sunflsh-lng," rlp-snortlng Bronco for the required 60 minutes, despite the fsct thst the Redskins were ranked as the top riders In the Big Seven circuit last year. But these odds were placed without reckoning on the courage and stamina of the underdog eleven. Beoevers Fumble If one blow can be said to break a quadruped's back, then the blow that "broke" the Bronco's back was Bob Bauer's recovery of Dick Clark's fumble of a punt on the Bronco 20-yard line early In the final period. Once before. In the second quarter, th Utes hsd knocked on th Bronco's goal line, only to be thwarted as the Santa Clara line rose tip to drive back would-be scorers. With defeat staring them In th face, though, th Utes dug deep Into their bag of tricks to unearth a deceptive lateral play following Bauer's recovery to register their score. Chuck Turner blasted through his own left tackle, whirled toward th sideline, and then aa the Broncos closed in, tossed a perfect lateral pass to Clarence Gehrke, who ghosted his wsy over th final chalk strip for th score. Tosses to Rock The Bronco score in the first period was equally sudden and unexpected. un-expected. Ray McCarthy started to circle his own right flank, but the alert left side of the Ute line swept forward to trap him. In desperation, des-peration, the inipired McCarthy searched the field for a spot to , toss a pass that would nullify an inevitable loss. Jack Roche, meanwhile, mean-while, hsd amblsd over to th op-posits op-posits sid of th field and it was a simple procedure to flip th pigskin pig-skin to Roche on th goal line for a score. Ray Johnson place- , kicked th Bronco extra point and Ray Peterson scored Utah's seventh sev-enth point in the same manner. Ute Hold Tardage Edge Although both teams missed scoring chances, a tie game was the real verdict merited by both elevens. Just how thes asm teams would far In a rematch at a later date is hard to say, but Saturday they were evenly matched. Utah gained th most yards, 210 to 206, but Santa Clara registered 12 first down to th Utes' 10. Colorado and Denver regarded as-Utah's most formidable challengers chal-lengers In the conference were far from impressive in week-end games. Colorado was beaten, 30-0, by Missouri and the Denver club eked out a 6-0 victory over a weak- (Cocithil) r-owhn Put) Ute Team Boosts Its Title Stock (CootlniMS mm Praeadlas Paa ened Iowa State eleven. Wyoming, scheduled to face the Utes here Saturday, dropped a 34-7 decision to the razzle-dazzle New Mexico university eleven. The Utah Aggies, traditional foe of the Redskins, showed flashes of power in piling up a 33-0 victory over an out-classed College of Idaho eleven, but the Colorado State powerhouse failed to materialize sufficiently and the Miners of Colorado Mines pulled a sparkling upset 19-14, after being two touchdowns ahead at the half. All Big Seven teams will swing into action this week. Utah playa host to Wyoming, Denver meets New Mexico U, Colorado State faces B. Y. U. and Utah Aggies will meet Colorado State. B. Y. U. won Its opener sgainst Arizona State, 25-0, at Flagstaff a week ago. |