OCR Text |
Show Coach Drills 30 Grantsville Hopefuls In Preparation for 1939 Grid Season r If $ 1 Two of Grantsville's outstanding junior prospects are Quarterback Lavere Davis, left, and Charles Engberg, a husky lineman. Cowboy Prospects Lack Weight and Experience Special to The Telegram GRANTSVILLE, Sept. 20 Sterling Anderson, athletic coach at the Grantsville high school, Wednesday was drilling, approximately ap-proximately 30 gridders in preparation for the 1939 football season in the Jordan district league. Alan Parkinson and Charles End-berg. End-berg. Coach Anderson will mlas Jay Williams, fullback and captain, and Jim Reed, end, who were "the main stems" on the team last season. Both of the veterans have been turning out here to watch the new boys practice. Grantsville league games schedule sched-ule follows: October 6, Bingham on the Miners' field; October 13, Tooele at Grantsville; October 20, Davis at Grantsville; October 27, Bingham at Grantsville; November 3. Jordan on the Beetdiggers field, and November 10, Murray on the Smelterites' field. With three veteran regulars and four lettermen, who played nearly half the time on the first string last year returning. Coach Anderson Ander-son faces a problem of filling In the vacancies with inexperienced men. His biggest problem, he said, was filling in the line. Most of his boys are "too light." He added: We are badly in need of some heavy linemen." Linemen Return Veterans returning are Grant Reed, lineman; Gerald Palmer, 180-pound tackle, and Burkley Orr, guard. Reed has been shifted Into the backfield this year. Jay Hale, end; Jack Worthing-ton, Worthing-ton, end, and Steve Cole, guard, are back. They alternated last season, playing on the regular squad about halt the time. Albert Castagno, fullback, who started on the first string last year and was taken off the squad due to an injury, is in the starting start-ing lineup again. Albert Barrus, halfback, and Lavere Davies, quarterback, quar-terback, who had some experience last season, are on the squad. Husky Newcomer A newcomer, Eldon Anderson, 175-pounder, is Grantsville's best backfield prospect this year. Coach Anderson said. Six other new lads, who loom as possible first rtrlng players, are Joe Peterson. Wayne Anderson, Bud and Robert Moore, |