Salt Lake Tribune | 1939-10-08 | Page 21

i rimliBli 1 Redskins Smash mimme Salt Lake Gly Utah i Sunday Morning October 8 1939 - i? C xf Tur-ne- r The picture at right showing Chuck lateraling to Clarence Utah fullback line (lower) Gehrke who went to the of game which the Redskins the type hpifies in their own stadium as they put up Saturday 60-- 0 trounced Wjoming U revelation from two a was The game first the In place the variety of viewpoints exceeded any disattack Utes’ probably the a Utah team of the post made ever by play of sheer man In the second place the show on back their heels the Cowboys power kept of the fans in most and kept ill afternoon— of the end the until game seats their Featuring laterals spinners and reverses of every description the Utes sent a vast mahome satisfied They came to jority of the fans and they saw it see a display— Utes the appeared to be weak in Although of the notably pass degame several phases fense their show Saturday stamped them more clearly than ever as the conference fa- y-- u x fu V W Bradbard I m tv 'P 'SJi £ & - Cowboys Buffs Lose 1 TTT? ‘u r m:v lateral Typifies Varied Attack 01 Utah Eleven 40-ya- rd h 60-- 0 W “ I I 16-- 6 Fanners Drive Injuns Uncork To Victory 0er Colorado Dazzling Pass Attack $ f ' -- ball all the way drove over a big lumbeung Coloiado grid troop here Saturday afternoon for a convincing 16 to 6 victory in the Big Seven conference opener for both teams Eight nation of the Big Seven foot ball circuit Saturday in the “U” stadium as they uncorked bit of offen- - ' a sive work which produced exactly a point a minute the sum 60-- 0 victory over thousand persons many on total being a of Wyothe Cowboys hapless hand to see the highly touted Colorado make ming sophomoies The Utes thanks to their impres-siv- e their collegiate bow sat dumbscoring spree put themselves founded as rhythmic Aggies right on the Big Seven football the fa pedestal and the Cowboys thanks thoroughly outplayed to their utter inability to offer vored Buffs Bentley 1lffr "’'t-- vgMViAsatV(iawww TAJ V SteV t I bwun Johnston By Marlowe Branagan By Chet Nelson BOULDER Colo Oct 7— An The rampaging Redskins of aroused Utah State football the University of Utah hurled squad playing alert smart foot- - their first challenge for domi- - Lehrke rtWpnWW ' $ vw&ZZXAs line 20-vir- d twdfetx- Nv Wfcx s tzgzS6 hcll-for-leat- nothing more than an unquenchd able fighting spirit and a passer in the person of (leoige Dorrington found themd selves on the shelf for some work if they hope to do much except play out the remainder of the Big Seven race Outplay Foes The Utes gamboled up and down the greensward with characteristic piecision as they repeatedly outplayed a club which was listed as and the Cowboys just a set-u- p from Laramie gambled their all as they attempted to manufacture an upset The Utes hurled three touchdowns across in the first frame two by Chuck Turner and the other by Izy Spec tor a wraith who floated 52 yards for the longest gallop of the day in crossing ihe final white stripe late in the Initial canto The attack bogged down somewhat In the second period the Redskins having to be content with only one touchdown Mac Wally Braegger reserve quarterback replaced the injured Selh Maughan late in the first period personally escorted the fast- charging Aggies to a glorious tri- vorites steel-arme- much-neede- umph Braegger speared a pass In the second period that put the visiting Farmers In a position to grab two points on a safety swiped still another Colorado aerial late in the period and whizzeti 85 yards for a a touchdown and booted two extra points The third Aggie touchdown came the first minute of the third when Bell faded back to the Colorado line rifled a pass to Clark on the 20 and the fleet Aggie end cakewalked down the side lines for th- - score Buffaloes Score With the heavily recommended Colosophomores In the line-u- p rado moved 66 yards on a sustained drive for Its only toucV down midway In the fourth stanza Paul McClung and Ray Jenkins sparked the surge with In period d (Continued on Pbr (Continued on Following 5C) Pace) Ules Flash Varied Offense To Submerge Cowboys By Phil McLeese The Redskins showed the fans what they came out to see Saturday as they smothered the hapless Cowboys The Utes displayed what was perhaps the most varied offense ever dished out by a University of Utah team and paraded enough subs to sink the British navy But the Redskins went further — they showed that even against a weak team like the Cowboys they still have weaknesses and that the road to the Big Seven championship might not be so smooth when they run up against the Buffs Utags Cougars or Pioneers Offense Something to See However that offense was something to see s of the fans came to see an aerial display and a varied running attack The Utes — all of them from Pace and Gherke all the way down to Hatch a third string back— gave and gave every mnute of the game The lateral pass was the weapon of the day The Utes used it so often even the youngsters in the stands started calling for it like they would call for a home run at a ball game The Utes perhaps overdid— or tried to overdo — this There was one instance in the third quarter when Speedie made a sensational catch of a forward pass and then became so engrossed m looking for someone to lateral to that he failed to notice he just about had a clear field ahead of him But that was no great error Those Ute backs floated around the ball carrier waiting for those laterals so expertly one got the idea that they had been doing it all their lives Nine-tenth- Alabama Edges Utah Wyoming Statistics Wyoming Ranis of Fonlliam Scrappy B Y U Team Tames Colorado’s Aggies 13 lo 12 Bf Neff Smart PROVO— 7-- 6 By Leslie Cougars Fall Back on Power Plays to Win at Proo 13-1- last-minu- 13-1- off-tack- ‘ i Noire Dame’s Irish Hand Defeat Georgia Tech mu-h-h- Avery NEW YORK Oct 7 great Alabama football team turned up ln New Y'ork Saturday Ford-hag and defeated a 6 eleven thanks to a conversion by Haywood (Sandy) Sanford the boy who booted Alabama Into the Rose bowl two years ago The Crimson Tide dominated play completely ln the first hnlf putting their touchdown over seven minutes after the game started and stopping the Ram attack dead until midway of the final period when a blocked kick gave Fordhnm Its only scoring opportunity It was the first time a southern team ever had beaten Fordham and the first loss ever suffered by the Rams In the Polo Grounds A crowd of 41451 watched Alabama avenge Its 0 defeat by Fordhnm In 1933 Neat Scoring Tlay The Tides march to a touchdown began on Fordham’s 40 after the first exchange of punts Charley Boswell lined an eight-yar- d pass to Gene Blackwell and Jimmy Nelson took two yards on a fake After reverse for a first down having a pass to Hal Newman fall connected Moseley incomplete with another to Blackwell for six Hanson gained five on a reveise and then Alabama executed the neatest touchdown play seen here noO ln many a day 1J with 34 It was a spinner-revers- e Boswell faking the ball to Hanson tin n handing It to Nelson who O swept around his own left end the 20O I r enabling yards to a tom below n H Vnnfoid who had been called upon iI hy Conch lahle Thomas to kb k 12 2H limes ptcvlouslv and never had I II1 missed wns sent Into the line-u- p iI on (UP)-An-o- Erigham Young young and scrappy foot-hacrew staged a whirlwind fin-l- h foot-ha- ll 2 Saturday to steal a victory from the Coloiado By Jimmy Hodgson State Aggies in a thrilling battle That razzle dazzle offense that Brigham Young uiiveisity was In the Y” stadium expected to explode in the faces of its Big Seven conference footAfter putting themselves In a ball rivals this season was entirely missing Saturday a i the Cougars hole and having their backs otp dnve to' edge out the flashed a spirited and dramatic £amvt their goal line during the much-beate- n 2 Colorsdo and disheartened Aggies Majority of the second half on the Cougars rolled up 247 yajds from straight football fact In account of fumbles the Cougars plays mostly smashes and weak side plays compared to a hashed a 50 yards fiom passes sensational pass meager nen Jensen to Roland Jensen In This vvai the type of football that the Cougars resorted to when l"e last minute and a hnlf of razzle-dazzl- e failed to woik In fact from Saturpiny their ‘ne aerial thrust the took the ball to that Cougais will likely have to depend it game appiais days on(“‘ard stripe from on the same old powet' football thev have always played beenuse C on J’ak m fmufet fwn? ((nrR'' Wing crashed over on an drive ?rr‘ R ln touchdown th only tied ° lo vvln the game Dee n 0 (sf1 dropped back and booted leather squarely between the nelh?H0lS for the Pxra 17-1- 4 point that k lory for the rrenoans ln tapttal h tiers U Powp Attiu k t Irish lineman They played Notre Bv Steve Snider Dame to a standstill during the 7 I') (I SOUTH HI ND Ind 0(f tarl yminK the gnmc the drove 61 t0 holr ol1 ground —Mighty Node Dame (omph’tily scoreless third period Id off a ynrds in seven plays-thr- ee of them aided rnzle-- outfought the last hnlf hr dint ihi f'v? hll"d 0 materialize furious fourth t" nod dnve by passes neross Notre Dames goal Y llnJ to depend on Oorpta Tech’s underpowered line and thundered back again with on only three'minutes of the game re58 l° mlko mo’t ol their finnienx ks Saturday and hung larltngo their to scope enough maining just long season 17 rn°tV0 Hevrn off second victory of the with Pass Missed l'‘urHl through to 11 Ihe Apm'1 secIn the As 33 000 Notre Dame fans stood me or a'’11" For one brief flmrv Cains w I)"K ond period Notre Dime posses ed tire atldess Rose h rlfl cl what might fidnkcrm:iTUlnan(Id0d lie Irish have been the winning pass fiom oval Brink got nil the power of old ay yuhig from behind with a two Noire Dames 38 yaid line and It rnine run whuh rarrlt(l ‘t’derct to the Colorndo touchdown buist (tint tan their Just slipped off the fmgrrs of Half-hac- k '''ate a lend to 16 to 7 and nppntentlv had line Billy (iihson who was lhr Hip rest all alone in the open t tippled Cougar eorgia ImM for the the plovvtd At the outset It nppeated Geor'dner”'lrm !!u'p Pk'J with of tl e d iv Jacklech was completely out-cl- a lit ink I But back rame Ihe Icllow gia try w7n!!!kl"e lh(' id veil Notre Dames hacks ets led by twisting pa-- s tossing f'xifcsr rnme a 110 pound half-hac- k behind Its hard charging right tmr k johnnyhalfrosch n r (CmiUmint on Pik 5 0 as high ns Re tallest J C) ll m I ti" run-nm- I tah j’ ther I Irst Downs 4 m hard-fightin- Sensational Play Undoubtedly the niost sensational play of the game was the double lateral executed by Peters Johnson and Pace good for 35 Each of the yards to produce one of the many Ute touchdowns three boys showed quick thinking and expertness in execution Most 7-- n Scrimmage 1 First Half 2 Second Half lrst Downs Forward Tasses I irst Half Second Half Total Number Hrst Downs I irst Half Second Half I or ward l’assea Attempted I Irst Half Second Half Forwarel Passes Completed I Irst Half Second Half Opponents' Passes Inte re epical First Half Second Half arcls lxst I rom Penalties lira Half Second Half Number of Punts Flrtl Hair Second Half Average Distance of Punt 1 I nit Half Second Half Opponent s’ 1 limbic Keiovrred I irst Hair Second Half Total Return of All Kli Ut 3ard I Irvt Half Second Half I 5 3 2 9 fi 4 24 14 10 8 B 3 3 1 2 20 6 IB 2-- 38 52 21 111 98 73 I PACE 1 PETERS 19 8 3 11 LATERAL JOHNSON LATERAL M w OOOOOO 3a 'jl 19 5 11 13 3 M toi: 10 that kept the funs shouting but it remaimd for 1 1 1 (('ontlmiM 9 ft BIN uh 11 HK I ftlrtammhtirg hoillHl hniwn I larloa I hr larUiNtn i oiU ornrll liRflmmilh M ktnaoa )rrs4 r Thru Ml N Ihra 1hr franklin Marli t (hadron Indiana Anilirr ( Uy ( oil S Hiifialff ntltolH ( MOI S K Colorado Aliiir ( Mumilng ll fah hinlr Id Colornto Htale 12 otnrariu t Ho AlllHiitr 0 I 4 ! 7 ll ror(rtwn rorgr Uafthingtori Harvard 1 ( llnvrrford 2l II hart 2 1 t ordhnm I! Id 2 M 1 Id 1 U Holy ( rtvM wun lhltth M tior Mll lit In 47 17 lmrlt IrvlHr Hv ra mr Hmp s ilnry I k 5 ( ti H I I I 4 Nrw Nrw Nfw 9 Nora 9 O Hnnihlrr Mfh Anri nfli It I h (t ondiHlfd ou 4-h- r a pair of sub- lines and laid down The worked peifectlv But it wasn’t funny for those tired but ever-- illmg Wyoming bovs The Cowboys made comparatively few substitutions and the S3 vi itois took a tci rific battering fiom the amazing collection of Utah 37 substitutions 28 The Utes learned that their pass defense can moie than a little brushing up Both Pace and Gehrke weie guilty of being d by numetous passes thrown by the sensational caught Bonington Had Dunning in been in the ball game— Coach Joel 78 Hunt apparently kept the slightly injuicd bae k on the sidelines when 60 he saw (very eaily) that the fame was going to be a rout — the 28 The Redskin aerial defense apgame might have been different pealed to be particularly weak in the second qunter ibution to the “varied offerre’’ wns three plays Wyoming’s fiom spread foimation Two developed into line plunges for practically no gain and the other wns a pass that dietii t gam much Alabama The Utes showed another weakness— in kickoffs None of the I Ion imkf Da li I iUlna tmvs who tried it get the distance that Wyoming did The second (I Itutra Allruhroy ) t half particularly wns bad Sueh a lack would have counted plenty (I Ivrnyon m a tight ball game I OOlAlHtia JH I hra ( hritr ti We’ve reon a lot of passers and ieee ivcis— all the way back i id to Min dr Pies Summethavs Fie el Tedexo Spain Moil is ltcd Clark etc — t hmI d II hi ttnmn rnlura but none of the m looked anv better than dot that of Getuke and I Mill t f d lr Atr1oa for the compuotive Iv hoit time ttiev weie in the gone llogden A mold Nortlirnatrrn top the i A decision on whittle i the '39 combination is the test l akitrr nui't await ju-- t a little while however I’rnn Mill i oil Coach Arm'tiong living up to his announeement of liulay Antrrltttrt n( slce-pe- r u-- e flat-foote- I uln Thr Alfred f subs Sodja and Hatch to execute the funniest play of the game It was Anar the end of the contest The Utes bad called time out for an injured player and Sodja sneaked over to the west side- 60 Results of College Football rfrN f l I f 5 ( ) ( (o it If nr Dii rollDYilnR !’! t f t r