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Show 'RANK K. AKIR . ,, . J 1 TIIIORAM IPOMI IDITO". I At one of those who thought Santa Clara would beat Utah by two touchdownt, I wai pleasantly surprised by the 7-7 tie which did much to boost the prestige of Big Seven footbalL The Utes really put on brilliant offensive display in the second half. In fact, they gave the mighty Broncot a real battle at their own touted brand of football. To many observers, it was one of the most colorful battles ever waged by the Redskins. After all, the Utes have seldom if ever mixed up their forward and lateral passes, ends around and running plays more successfully. Somebody suggested to Coach Ike Armstrong after wards that he liked "his m brand of footbalL" The Ufa mentor insisted, however, that no drastic changes bad been ado U the team' Mth,-i'W had-vtrfally the seme- plays last year, but we didn't execute them as smoothly then as we did today la the second half," he said. Ike was certainly right about the second half. His charges caught fire and came along with an ever increasing increas-ing confidence after the intermission. Besides strength ening their prestige as a strong contender for the Big Seven crown again, the Utes indicated they are beginning to feel more at home against the highly touted big time teams. Their ability to intercept five Bronco passes, coupled with the success they had with their own offensive offen-sive game, increased the Ute confidence with every passing pass-ing minute. And In the final analysts, It was Santa Clara and not Utah which grew uncertain and hurried Its plays, In futile - - desperation, toward the end of the game. As evoa aa the game was from a statistical standpoint, one could not help feeling that Utah was In full command of the situation at the conclusion of the game; that if there ' had been timo for further scoring Utah would have been more apt to de it than the demoralised visitor. Perhaps it was fortunate for both clubs that the game ended in a deadlock. It was that even from a statistical stand-' stand-' point, yet either team might well have won by one or two touchdowns. touch-downs. Utah, however, had by far the most scoring opportunities, having at least four distinct chances as follows: 1. A first down on the two-yard line after a 24-yard dash right through the middle of the Santa Clara defense. The Bronco regulars lived .up to their glamoroua reputation in repelling re-pelling that attack. In fact they threw the Utes for a six-yard six-yard loss during the next four plays before taking the ball on downs and getting out of a bole with Jimmy Johnson's quick kick to Utah's 20-yard line. 2. A third-quarter field goal attempt when Captain Jack McKisaick missed a drop kick from the 29-yard line by only a few feet. .. I. , The chance they made good when Bob Bauer, the end, recovered Dick Clark's fumble of a punted ball on Santa Clara's 20-yard line. The play execution was perfect aa Chuck Turner fCealhmei aa raliealiMf Paa Backseat Driving (CcaUntMS Wnm PTCMdlns F-aavt cracked the left side of his line and lateralled out to Clarence Gehrke,, who waa running wide, for Utah'i touchdown. Great as that play was, however, it would have been more or leu in vain if Ray Peterson's conversion kick hadn't been so perfect 4. A fourth period first down on Santa Clara's 20-yard line, an opportunity that was nullified when John Schiechl and Captain Cap-tain Nicholas Stubler virtually stole the ball from Tom Pace on the 15-yard line. That recovery pulled the Broncos out of bad hole, because Utah would have been in perfect position to try for a field goal if their running game did bog down. Santa Clara, on the other hand, had only one real scoring opportunity and it made good on that one. The rest of the time the Broncos never got inside Utah's 35-yard line, which they reached in the fourth quarter. If nothing else, the gam convinced Coach Buck Shaw that be wouldn't be able to alternate twa separata units at Santa Clara this year. He agreed afterwards that he'd have to substitute only a few men at a time hereafter. The difference between his regulars and the second team was surprising for a team of such prestige. And Shaw's determination deter-mination to find out Just how great that difference was got his club Into a lot of Jams. Acting Captain Stubler said afterwards, "The Bronco regulars were in a hole all the time after they had been relieved upon making their lone touchdown." touch-down." Our random observations lead us to believe that Jimmy Johnson of Santa Clara is the best quick kicker who has ever performed in the Ute stadium . . . inasmuch as his two boots over Pace's head gave the visitors some mighty easy yardage . . . Ward Heiser, the 181-pound halfback . . . listed as No. 6 . . . made an impressive introduction to varsity ball . . . and stamped himself as a powerful runner. Everybody was impressed by the way Bill Anahu, the 188-pound 188-pound end from Hawaii, handled his position and snagged passes from Heiser or Quarterback Jim Johnson . . . Good as he was, the 220-pound Schiechl at center was not overly impressive . . , leading us to believe that he is either overrated on the Pacific coast or that he had an off afternoon . . . After all, one hardly expects All-America candidates to be caught out of position as he was in being past the line of scrimmage as an illegal man on a pass play . . . even if this rule is new this year. The half-time ceremonies certainly weren't anything to brag about . . . and the red center sheets in the official program were colorful but unpopular with most folk . . . especially the pressmen, press-men, who found it difficult to read the black printing on the brilliant red background. '' ' Umpire William Cane, a former U. S. C- man, was almost al-most knocked down with a Ute pass in the second half . . . th Broncos took unduly long in the huddle . . . especially in the first half . . . and Utah was flirting with an illegal line several times in the first half . . . when the men en the right side of the center were almost in the backfield instead of up on the line of scrimmage. Utah came mighty close to drawing a penalty when the costumed "Indians" who serve as part of the cheering organization organi-zation strolled onto the field while the game was in progress . . . and Coach Armstrong himself was inviting a penalty when he rushed down the sidelines to point out a Santa Clara violation he feared the officials might overlook. Mac Speedie's kicking was extremely encouraging ... his long spirals making the absence of Paul Snow, who graduated last spring, a little easier to take . . . Carlos Soffe got off to a shaky start- at end, but did fine work for Utah in the second half . , . and Luke Pappas proved as enduring as he is brilliant at tackle. . r," |