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Show Wednesday. Wirt Problems Reflexes, They Have 'Em reflexes are something all great athletes have At least that s the opinion of Bliss Hoover. And he's a guy who ought to e know, because he was one of the of out come ever athletes to great Provo High He also was a prettv fair football player at BYU always figured I had pretty good reflexes." he smiled, "'because I could i get out of my uniform and into the shower after a game or practice quicker than any of my teammates. "And believe me that took real quick reflexes." "It was a sloppy day and Coach Romney let me play most of the game, because I could kick a wet ball better than our regular tailback could " Bliss also made a game saving tackle on Utah's Ralph Goodwin 1mm hi; defensive safety spot "In those days, we played both ways defense and offense." he pointed out "There was no platooning ." The scoreless tie was played in 1928 and it was the first time BYU had ever shut out Utah in football Hoover averaged 40 yards per boot on his punts during the d A football, basketball and baseball he star at Provo High in the was awarded the John McAdam medal athlete as the outstanding for the Bulldogs during his senior year. halfAt BYU, he was a triple-threback and played safety on defense. He had the privilege of playing under Glen Simmons, two great coaches who became a coaching legend at Provo High, and Ott Romney, who. like Knute Rockne of Notre Dame, was e known for his inspirational and half time orations at BYU. "Coach Romney had a wonderful mind and a tremendous vocabulary and knew just the right words to use to motivate and lire up a football team to a frothy pitch, "I've seen many a BYU football team in tears after one of his locker room talks." "And believe me, Simmons was one helluva great coach, too. I can't understand why he hasn't been named to the BYU Hall of Fame." As a sophomore in high school. Hoover played forward on the Big Green basketball team that won the league championship in 1925. As a prep school junior, he led the league in scoring and paced the Bulldogs to the crown. In his senior year. Provo finished second to Pleasant Grove in league play. In football at PHS, he did all the punting and passing and was a fine runmid-1920- s. pre-gam- ning back. One of the highlights of his football career at Cougarville came during his sophomore year, which saw BYU play Utah to a scoreless tie. The Hoover played a key role in the game. 5-- game. The game with the Utah Aggies in also was a memorable grid battle in his Cougar career. Hoover threw a pass to Mark Reeve, placing the ball inside the Aggie line. "From that point, we punched the ball into the end zone and converted for a victory " Bliss said. "It marked the first time. BYU had ever beaten the Aggies in football." In 1930, the Cats blasted the Ags. and Hoover once again was one of the big heroes with his great running, passing and punting. His BYU basketball career was abbreviated, because he chose to play for the Union Pacific team. The company winter provided him with a part-tim- e job. The Union Pacific team won the division championship "But, I'm sure I could have made mv letter each year in basketball at BYU had I chosen to play for the Cougars instead of the U.P.," he said. Not only was Hoover a fine football and basketball player, but he also was a terrific baseball performer. In fact, baseball may have been his best sport. At any rate, during his senior year at Provo High, he coached and pitched the Bulldogs to the Alpine League title, as the team finished the season with a 1 1S29 in Ogden d 6 39-1- 6-- record. "Coach Simmons officially was the coach of the team, but I actually handled the club," he said. "My amateur and semipro baseball career began in the summer following my sophomore year at Provo High." He made the Provo Timps baseball at a and collected three triples and a double in his first game in a Timp 20 Eight Points in one game in 1944. who tup that 8ec0w in 1964? a. bert oimsteap 8 MARCEl PIONNf C. REP SERENSON PGA Statistics E4Jr's Note: Due to technical difficulties iti tfce UP! wire oversight, lie HeraM Scoreboard uniform played under the managerial reigns of Theo "Tobe" Raile. former BYU basketball great and later freshman football roach and trainer at BYU. and the reknowned and colorful Otto Birk. He played for the Timps from 1925 to 1938. principally as a second baseman and led the Utah Industrial League in batting in 1938 with a 413 average He also played for Springville in the Utah State Amateur Baseball tournament and won the batting championship one year, getting seven hits in 11 trips to the plate One of the athletes Hoover will never forget and will always admire is Byron "Whizzer" White, former University of Colorado halfback and Rhodes Scholar and now a justice in the United States Supreme Court. "Whizzer was big and strong and an elusive and powerful runner.'- Bliss said. "He played at Colorado a few years after I finished mv career at BYU. but I was in the Ute Stadium for the game, which saw him make his famous run the length of the field for a touchdown against the University of Utah "He took the ball on his own 10 yard line, back tracked to around the five and then ran through and around the Utah team all the way to Ute goal line for a touchdown. "It has to be one of the great runs in the history of football in the state." Al Warden, long-tim- e sports editor of once the Ogden Standard-Examinesaid he thought Eldon Fortie. halfback in the early 1960s, was the greatest running back in the Rocky Mountain area since the days of Whizzer. Warden made the observation after he watched Fortie run like crazy in a game against Utah State. Since Hoover had seen both Fortie and White, play, he was asked which was the better running back of the two. "There is no doubt but what Whizzer was the better of the two." Hoover said. "He was bigger and stronger and a more powerful runner than Fortie He had a tremendous pair of legs. "Whizzer was probably one of the great running backs ever to play the game." 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