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Show VHL29' 18 1957 SUNDAY HERAED Tig ers Upset The Sports SceW Injuries, Illness Get Fumbles Preps Off to Poor Start Miscues By WENDELL M. RIGBY The rash of 'injuries and sickness that has swept Utah during the through the high school ranks in Central football teams in both past week has pretty well ruined the Regions Five and Seven. Three of the games were definitely cancelled and 1 several others were on tne DrmK, needing only a few more troubles to cause them to forget it all for a spell. I t Visiting in Pleasant Grove Monday it i out of the Orem encounter with a (!y fvHcome tongue nearjy cai pieces; tuu his Walker had muscular vwi m twu cramps in for future games. That was enough to wreck any line, and when the flu struck and some 75 per cent of the team was affected, no wonder the game with American Fork Gene stomach Mr. Rigby that boded ill was called. It was a question if American Fork was much better off. Coach Leo Nelson was working with a 17 man team from his squad of 40 varsity players and some of them were having troubles. He dismissed early. The Spanish Fork vs. Payson game, and the Spring-vill- e vs. Carbon game resulted in cancellations, and Coach Grant Bushman was bemoaning injuries to several of his stars. Only one player was ill, but Cloward, Doxey and several others were on the injured list and trying to look happy as the coach picked his traveling squad to go to Uintah. New Type Drills One of the most interesting football drills seen for wme time was in evidence at American Fork during the week. A couple of gridiron stalwarts were trying to dislodge a football out of a slender, swaying tree on the campus. A little kicking and passing rehearsal had resulted in the oval finding a resting place high up in the branches. Always willing to try something else the boys had thrown another ball at the tree, only to find it lodging comfortably along side the other ball. The boys were patiently throwing rocks and sticks into the tree trying to move the uncooperative balls. Coach Nelson must have helped their feelings materially when he told them to report to the dressing room but only when they had both balls. All the boys were not having this kind of luck, fortunately. Davis Knight is trying to pin down one of the halfback positions on the Caveman team. He is a 17 year old eenior with one year of varsity experience. He is trying hard and attempted to get toughened for the gridiron with some summer work in California. He worked in a silver mine, but protested emphaticallv that he did not "high grade" any of the ore that was there. 'T worked for what I got," he declared. Another top candidate is Robert Monson, an end. He did not pay last year but is making up for it this fall. A senior weighing around 158 pounds, he will see plenty of action. He also expects to play on Coach Don Mcintosh's 6-- 11 cage squad. He spends fohe summers working on a big dryland wfteat farm west of Alpine, and for his academic "enjoyment" he is getting the thrills out of Law, Physiology and Ettgics. After that, football seems easy. Coaches Sons Play At least two coaches in Utah County have coaches ms on their football squads this fall, proving the old adage, "like lather, like son." A regular halfback on Grant Bushman's BY Wildcat iesan is Robert Bunker, son of Bob Bunker, BYU basketball assistant. At Spanish Fork Coach Don Fuller is trying to make, a quarterback out of his son. Don Junior. Both may yet make the grade, a tribute to some fine fathers. FILLMORE romped to a Fillmore Eagles 0 win over Pay- son Lions in a practice game played Friday afternoon at Fill- more Payson had a league game slated with Spanish Fork Dons in Region Five play, but the flu outbreak at Spanish Fork caused a postponement in the schedule, a'iowing Payson to meet the Eagles. The local team had too much power and experience for the Jim Durrant coached machine, and they romped to single touchdowns in the second and third ganged up on the per:xis. Lions for a pair of scores in the A double 27-- th-e- j i in the backfield was good for 28 yards and a touchdown in the third quarter with Eric Robinson carrying the ball. Nixon's kick was good. The same play was good for another score in the fourth with Nixon's toe taking care of the extra point. Millard tallied final counter on a sprint by Orrin Jorgensen. An offside penalty cost the Millard team the extra point. 0 0 0 Payson Millard 0 7 7 1327 Millard Scoring: Touchdowns-Hun- ter. Robinson 2, Jorgensen. 42-ya- rd their 00 PAT Nixon 3 (placements). Mark Battle 12-- good for 52 pair of passes i i tiiunier y yarns lihi; pui me in E.tgles scoring territory early i " ; i . . a in the second quarter, and the n speedy back went over from the H three for the first score. Bill i;xon kicked the point. at Former BYU Cage Ace Making Good In Another Sport Line AMUSE A for his second conversion. An Orem fumble and a Provo recovery on the Tiger 13 toward the end of the second period gave the Bulldogs their best chance of the game to score. On the first play after the fumble, quarter Doug Scherer hit end Doug Dahl on the Orem 3 yard marker for a first down. Scherer carried for a yard on a sneak on the first down, handed off to Mike Liddiard on the second, and then heard the gun, ending the half, fire before he coulft call another play for the half yard he needed for a score. A bad pass from the Provo center on a fourth down situation gave the Tigers another opportunity to score late in the third quarter, but the Orem team took their turn to lose the ball. However, the Bulldogs were not to be so they presented the pigskin to the Tigers on the Provo 11. The Tigers made their final touchdown on the third play a long pas from Wright to Pledger. Palmer converted his straight for the afternoon to make the score read 21-The alert forward wall of the Orem school outcharged the Bulldogs and gave the Provo backs-nopportunity to run. Heber Tippetts. Dick Crowton and Neil Biggs did yeoman work on the Tiger line. o 0 0 Provo out-fumble- d, Mel Hutchms. well known for his prowess on the basket- ball court, seems to have been making good in another line of sports activity he has turned to golf. Mighty Mel has been playing pro basketball with the NewYork Knickerbockers for the past year, and training season is just getting under way. However, Mel was a couple of days late in reporting at training camp because he was a participant in theCali-forni- a State Amateur Golf Tournament. To the delight of the Knickerbocker bosses, he was eliminated Wednesday from the links tourney. 0. o 14 0 00 721 Wasatch 'Pony League to Pick Officers Wasatch Pony League will hold its annual election meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the city offices, it was announced today by Doug" Mercer, league president. All league officials, team man- agers, club sponsors and sports fans interested in Pony League play, are invited to attend the meeting and participate in the elections, Mr. Mercer said. Officers to be elected for the 1958 season include a president, vice president, secretary and a treasurer. AH V-- 8 Plymouth 241 WEST CENTER i McCall rambled over the coal- line from the strip in the first period, after a series of marches had placed the ball in scoring territory. He broke loose for a sprint in the second quarter, and finished the pointmaking in the third period with a sensational sprint. Coach Grant Bushman's Wildcats played exceptionally well at times. They ran out of steam h once on the mark, and lost the ball on another occasion on the strip. Utes Tough Uintah presented a rough and rugged team that gave the Wildcats a physical beating they 10-ya- rd 30-ya- rd 65-ya- rd six-inc- 12-ya- rd 20-ya- rd the game. MeCall was assisted in the running department by Bill Adams and Kehl who kept the visitors in hot water during most of the game. Jerry Murray tackand Hal Hatch, les, and Jim Bavindale, guard, were strong on the line for the Ken Perkins looked winners. good in the Y backfield, along with Bob Martin, until he was removed because of arch trou200-pou- nd ble. BY High . Uintah Uintah 0 0 0 6 7 7 0 scoring Touchdowns Sutton McCall 3; PAT (plunges). 1 0 020 : Jt I IIr I 2 ' "l (fiO)j i) UJ n Y7(o?8 MAJOR CAUSE: RUST! V SAVE YOUR RADIATOR WITH "PRESTONE" ANTIFREEZE, THE BRAND WITH MAGNETIC FILM! "3 Don't let rust and corrosion rob your pocketbook. Have your dealer put the in "Prestone" with Magnetic Film. 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International Trucks PHONE i u unn u ii ii M"T0 nu n DeSoto Decision to Utes ii u "7 aaa a thrust. aa any car on the showroom are well equipped Heaters, radios, push button drive, , ii ii u $2495 floor 20-ya- rd first down inside the 10, Lehi lost a chance on a penalty; 'they lost another chance when deep in Union territory with a fumfcle, and a touchdown by Bahr was called back for a backfield in motion. A third threat in the half ended with Union intercepting a Lehi aerial anti-freeze- For your choice of - f, the Pioneers drove for the first score, after receiving the kickoff and returning to their own mark. With quarterback. Russell Felt mixing up the Pioneers' repertoire of plays in fine style, Keith Roberts and Dennis Peck were running the ends and Alan Bahr and Felt were knifing through the line. After a run by Peck, Roberts set up the first touchdown with another gallop to the Union one, from which point Felt kept the ball to go through third Plymouths to Go aa sprain. Swenson has had everything this year from a cut facej and body bruises to turned ankles. The game was never in serious doubt from the opening, with the Pioneers pushing the Union team up and down the field. Four minutes after the opening kick-ofand without surrendering the ball, Union's biggest threat was in the second half, when after a 'punt had put the ball in Pioneer territory, a Lehi pass was intercepted, 0 and downed on the Lehi 20. After four tries by Union the ball wad The Indians scored once in could not withstand. Bert Mitch- center. still on the 20, and the boys from Later in the first half with a the Uintah Basin were through. each of the first three quarters ell went out of the game in the with Gary Sutton missing the second period with several teeth fiist attempted point after touch- knocked out, and Phillips, Gary down, then making, good on both Bennett, Larry Kimball, J.j C. latter tries. All points were Wright and Crnkovic were lost to the team during the course of made by plunging. one-ma- New Nine 12-- 0 20-ya- rd Wildcats Drop 20-- 1 i ation of his tough luck when his good ankle suffered a severe 21-- 0 final quarter. - John Bone, big offensive center and dependable line backer out indefinitely with an undetermined knee injury, suffered early in the game, while Steve Swenson, versatile and heady alternate quarter back and half back had a continu- ROOSEVELT SSSSaBBDCSRi A -0 I Officials Del Moine Christen-sen- , Boyd Wilson, Max Shifrer. reverse play 1- Underrated Lehi Pioneers Beat Union And .By JOE ROBISON A swarm of underrated Pioneers was entertained at Union high school Friday and returned the hospitality shown them by running back home with . By GUY HILLMAN a 0 win in region seven's league Orem PLEASANT GROVE opener. The visitor's paid, per High School completely outclassed haps dearly, for their victory, with he Provo Bulldogs Friday afternoon to rack' up a victory over their Class A rivals of Region Eight. The game, played on the Pleasant Grove gridiron, was a contest VERNAL of fumbles arid miscues. In fact, Brigham Young the first Orem score, coming in Wildcats dropped a 20-- 0 game to the second quarter after a pretty Vernal Friday as Floyd McCall, n scoreven first period, was the result halfback, put on a of a Provo fumble and an Orem ing show to tally three touchdown runs. recovery on the Bulldog 37. On the fourth Orem down after It was the opening league Rex game for both teams and indithe fumble quarterback Wright elected to go for the 5 cated that the Basin team will yards he needed for first down be a threat for Region Seven instead of punting. Fading back honors this year. The Wildcats and to the left he faked a pass lacked the experience to hold then rolled around left end to the the rough and rugged Uintah Provo 12 yard marker. team, and BY High took a severe Udell Coach Byron Prestwich, physical beating in the process to of losing their game. carried Westover's big fullback, 2 Verl and then speedy the FerguOperating behind a strong son lugged the ball over around front line, the Indian backs, headed by the elusive McCall, right end. Wright held as Gary Palmer kept a constant running attack The kicked a placement through the going around the. ends. a made Wildcat ends yeoman uprights. The second Tiger score came a effort to stop the runs but the backs were unfew minutes later, and it was set inexperienced up by a green and white fumble able to get into the play in time a to stop the scoring. on their own 38 yard line fumble recovered by Prestwich. The Tigers' scoring play was the niftiest of the day a hand off from Wright to Ferguson who ran to his right and flipped a perfect pass to Pledger for the t.d. Palmer placed the ball over the goal posts Orem Payson Lions Lose 27-- 0 Decision in Practice Tilt dog Gridd ers. Bo FR 3-79- 80 nuu Th term "Prtton", "Everady", NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY "Union - IFIRLE ESS Corbid" and th Grn Tag ar Division of Union Carbido Corporation. tradVmarlcs of Union Cai-bi- d Corporation 30 East 42nd Stroot, Now York 17, H. Y tyVA f |