Show football FO Othall new innovation 9 6 Linen teim each and every year old man football puts in his appearance and bid for the fans favor a bit earlier in the fall this year is no exception and utah s pigskin par ade is opening with a bang aug 23 when two top professional jugg arnauts collide at the U of U stadium football fans have seen many variations and changes in the grid sport since the days when the sole idea was to run over or thru the opposing line were unheard of and wide end sweeps ample reason for gather ing splinters on the bench for any backs foolhardy enough to try the forward pass was for the game of rugby until the era of knute rockne and gus donas dorias this generation has seen a re newal of the T formation led by stanford and the chicago bears now for another change this one to be put into operation by the brooklyn dodgers coached by cliff battles this radical innovation occurs with the linesmen when they line up the offense rather than squat down in the conventional and sup well established crouch coach battles has his linemen line up in an upright stance fans will be treated to some thing new and revolutionary and it should prove interesting to see just exactly how it will work will seven men standing upright be more successful in screening the plays are they easily knocked out of position 7 can they still open up holes for the backs will this pet theory of coach battles begin a new era in football 7 the battle should at least par bially answer these questions for the devotees of the gridiron attend tending ng the game it should prove very interesting mr and mrs joh john thomas enjoyed a weekend of fishing fishing at the granddaddy lakes |