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Show : ?)ACKSEAT Driving ' By FRANK K. BAKER Telegram Snorts Editor Ai footall ambassadors of good will from the sunny Hawaiian islands far ut in the broad Pacific, the Roaring Roar-ing Rainbows will keep a date with Coach Ike Arm-wrong Arm-wrong and his Utej at the Ute stadium Saturday afternoon after-noon in what promises to be a conflict between speed and power. . The Utes are expected to win rather handily, but not until fter the fleet visitors have showed them a few things about forward for-ward passes and trick, formations. The invaders will.be badly outweighed, with the difference running as high as 14 pounds to a man with certain combina-' combina-' tipni on the field. They refuse to be dismayed by this disadvantage, disadvan-tage, however, recalling -that their speed and deception has carried car-ried them to success against heavier opposition in the past. . ' Far all ef their favoritism, the Redskins have ne false Ideas about their .supposed guperiority aver the visitors. Many of them have vivid memories ef how hard they had to light last December te squeeze ant a 14-13 victory aver the Rainbow la a post-season game at Honolulu. The Hawaiian! Ha-waiian! had the hall across the 50-yard Una only twice then, . bat they kept right an going te score a touchdown each time. . In fact, the Utes have prepared for this game with considerable anxiety as to what the Rainbows might do to them with their air attack. The Redskins have out-gained out-gained their foes this year , through the air, but forward passes have also produced five of the seven enemy touchdowns. touch-downs. Ray McCarthy tossed to Jack Roche for Santa Clara's touchdown, Ken Jensen passed to Lloyd Brink for one of B. Y. U.'s two touchdowns, George Hall gave Denver Den-ver its tying touchdown with a toss to Butch Scheffel and Colorado made two touchdowns on its air game here' last week. And all these teams are supposed to be amateurs ama-teurs at the air attack as compared to the Rainbows. No wonder the Utes hive been drilling so hard this week on their aerial defense. Coach Armstrong doesn't propose te give the Invader all day in which t get their passes away. H re allies hi defensive backs may be nnable t stick t the turning, twist- lng and dodging race! vers. With this la mind, he's going te - send the Redskins Inta battle with instructions te rush the passer with aU their might This "sock 'am before they ' tCaoUswa la'Ml Tmal-! . Backseat Driving (CaaUauet tnm Fag Elsntar.) . eaa pull the trigger" theory should five the Rainbows plenty to worry about Especially when the Utes have what ap-. ap-. pears ta be sufficient power to batter Hawaii's forward wall. On cannot help wondering how the visitors will withstand this hammering through the second half. They have been here ' for a week now and there Is i generaltelief that this rarefied" atmosphere, at-mosphere, retards an athlete's efficiency more after week than it does during the first couple of days. That's why most coaches prefer to land their sea-level athletes at this altitude not more - than 38 hours before game time. Utah has faced similar problem in reverse in its three trips to Honolulu. The players have needed a couple of days to lose their "sea legs" after the boat trip, and by then the lethargy brought on by the heavy atmosphere has begun to have its most telling effects. It matters not se much, though, what the score will be In Saturday's gams. It is extremely fitting that the Islanders can be here te help Salt Lakers observe Armistice day with a gridiron attraction. After all, there ts close relationship between the Hawallans and Utahns, due chiefly to the big program sponsored In the- islands by the L. D. S. church. This bond of common Interest, coupled with the large number of - Utahns living la the Islands, makes Saturday's game a colorful col-orful way for two communities ta exchange greetings. Coach Otto Klum of the visiting team has repeatedly taid that the Utah tearns have been extremely popular attractions at-tractions in the islands. Certainly, Utah has never opposed a team which plays with more spontaneous "effort and enthusiasm for football than the Rainbows. Every Ute who has ever played against them in three games at Honolulu has come home with the comment that "It's sure a lot of fun to play against those fellows." And after having, the privilege of accompanying the Utes to Hawaii in 19) J I know that it's also a lot of fun to watch the Rainbows play. S"Bsaeaaseaaeeeennaeanea ' , . y . ' |