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Show Utahns Encouraged by Their Ability To Fight Touted Foes on Even Terms if ' I ' ffiOCHWAS TACKLED '' ' X-f' Xi)X ' ' ' f- w HEOE v , 0. ' ' co 10 1 ir vo A TURNER 7ACKLEDHEBE KjGEHRKE J - - BENO S70PPCD. I Utah registered six point on this lateral paw. The Broncot scored on this optional paw play. Utah Reserves Stronger Than Second Bronc Unit dlter-a Met Th fenewtnf starts the retara ef s setnlu feetsan fas-tar fas-tar te Th. Kismet esens PMa Tha aulrtlcal ( ss TtewvS ky tu Sntkvrlaae, la nuna at Oraalta hlf ackeei, wul k curiae sack Maaaajr Sarla U gtiairaa easiaalsa. By BEX SUTHERLAND Veteran root ball Coach Whatever else it may have proved, Utah's 7-7 tie with Santa Clara Saturday gave fair warning to other teams in the Big Seven conference that the Redskins can rely conf identally upon more than 11 men in their defense of the conference championship this year. 1 " TOT . - t vX ' Th Santa tiara second team' was not in th same class as Utah's, and one could not see much difference between th Ute first and second teams. It was this weakness of th Santa Clara second team or the unexpected strength of the Utah teams, or both, which gave Coach Shaw and his assistants a very unpleasant afternoon and raised the standing of Utah football to greater heights. Their PkuM Fall Santa Clara went out to score as quickly as possible and then count on the second team to hold the lead while the first team rested. rest-ed. The Broncos also seemed to think they could score any time they needed points. This plan went smoothly until the first score was made, but when the second team failed to hold the Ute th Santa Clara coaches ware forced to send th first team back In without a long rest period. This plan was followed throughout through-out the game with one exception. In the last quarter, when Utah recovered a fumbled punt on th Bronco 20-yard line. Coach Shaw left his second team in the game one play too long. On the first play after this recovery Utah scored and then converted to ti up th gam. After th Utes had scored, the Santa Clara first team came back into the game and received the kick-off. It was at this point that Santa Clara received its second and most unpleasant surprise of the afternoon. The Broncos tried desperately to score another touchdown, touch-down, but their best offensive threats were met and repulsed by a fighting. Inspired and confident confi-dent Utah team. Santa Clara not only was stopped, but also was outplayed offensively end defensively defen-sively during th remainder of the gam. Santa Clara had some outstanding outstand-ing boys around which the play were built Three backfleld men and an end were the main cogs In the attack. They used a shift after the huddle, coming Into a formation with a balanced line and a single wingbeck to the right or the left If they shifted right Johnson was In the tailback. Hot-ser Hot-ser was In the wtngback and Roche was in th fullback slot On th left shift this order was Just reversed, and th versatility of Johnson and Heiaer made it a tricky combination. With Johnson in the tailback position, all Utah had to watch was an end run to the right with Johnson carrying the ball, aa end run to the left with Heiaer taking Bex Sutherland. . . . This ves-oraa ves-oraa esacat brings hi analytical viewpoints t Th Telegram football readers acala. th ball ' after a backfleld pas from Johnson, a forward pass to either Heiaer or Anahu, quick kick by Johnson or a line plunge by Roche. On the shift to th left th procedure pro-cedure was reversed, and to say that these boys were good Is putting put-ting it mildly. Optional Play Santa Clara's scoring play. In which Quarterback McCarthy started to circle his own left end, waa blocked there and passed to Roche on the goal Una far to th left was a spectacular bit of football. foot-ball. Many observers argued that McCarthy did some fast thinking, hinting he waa perhaps a bit lucky to come up with such a play. McCarthy said afterward, however, how-ever, that the play was set up as a running assignment with the pass optional if. as It turned out the running path was blocked. The fact that Santa Clara kept all Its ineligible men behind the line ef scrimmage and that Roche swung wide Instead of taking a blocking assignment right down the middle, which la orthodox for a fullback en a running play, substantiates sub-stantiates McCarthy's comment Accidental pass plays seldom happen hap-pen as smoothly as this one did. |