Show Alt erra and drad Uintah were 1948 foes does When students starting starling at at- lending Union High In 1951 a longtime Ime rivalry was destroyed The battles between AI terra High of Western Uintah County and Uintah High School were over The combining of Roosevelt and students formed a new rival for Uintah High School that of Union High IN 19 1948 the rivalry between Uintah and was as fierce as ever Both and Uintah along with seven other teams were entered In the State Relay Hclay Carnival which was held in Provo on May 1 I 1948 1940 according according ac ac- ac cording to the Vernal Express Uintah entered with David Roberts Glenn Goodrich Floyd Wilkens and Holt halt Wardle Runners for were Garth Ross Hoss Lynn Haslem Byron and Max TilE THE TRACK THACK had only eight lanes and drew the eighth lane and had to share it with the ninth team Holfeltz ran the and then passed the baton to Horrocks Horrocks ran the and gave the baton to Haslem for the WARDLE OF 01 Uintah was leading by 50 feet when Haslem grasped the baton but Haslem pulled even as they gave their batons to the milers Ross of and Roberts of Uintah started even on the last leg of the relay Ross and Roberts pulled ahead leaving all the other schools behind to ea eat t their dust Roberts passed Ross on the second lap but then Ross cn caught and passed passed Ross again in the last lap but Ross pulled away and won the State Relay Carnival for by five yards AI TERRAS TERRA'S RELAY team broke the Interscholastic mark f of f with a time lime of Later in the year on September Sep Sep- ember 24 another Uintah battle occurred The Uintah tiles Utes and Spartans met for their season opening football game The game ended in a exciting 26 2626 tie tic UINTAH'S FIRST mST touchdown ca came me in the first quarter off of a arun arun atun run tun by Lowell Caldwell Caldwell took the ball near his l s sown own end zone and packed It through the line for a touchdown The place kick was missed In the second quarter Richardson tossed a quick lateral pass to Weeks who ran over the left end for the touch touch- down Bud Jackson ran over for forthe forthe forthe the extra point A THIRD Uintah score was a touchdown by Weeks due his catching a lateral pass tossed to him by Caldwell The last touchdown for Uintah was run in by Caldwell The score came on the fourth down after held Uintah on the theone theone theone one yard line for three successive successive successive suc suc- plays Caldwell also ran over for the extra point made their touchdowns touchdowns touchdowns touch touch- downs in the first third and fourth quarters making the kicks drop-kicks after each They also picked up a safety in the third quarter BIG lG GUNS for were Dalberg and Butcher at wing positions and Chandler in the backfield Some of the players on the Uintah team that were listed in inthe inthe inthe the article were Tom Snyder center Eddie Davis s quarterback quarterback quarterback Melvin Weeks half halfback halfback halfback back Lowell Caldwell half halfback halfback halfback back Bruce end Bud Jacobson end Ralph Bryson end Marvin Richardson and Bob Wardell |