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Show Grizzlies Battle to Scoreless Tie ' By A. H. Gibbons WJien I took a trip to watch the Logan high Grizzlies play the , Preston Indians, I was most Interested, Inter-ested, in watching one boy play. That is George Nelson, son of the athlete trainer at the college. I first knew George when he was captain of the Junior police at the Wilson school. And though honors have come to him since, hej is still the same quiet, likable, un- assuming chap who, liked by all: the fellows and adored by more than his share of the ladies. Since George was big enough j to walk he has been his father's I assistant carrying various articles I of equipment and spending his sp-iare sp-iare time tossing footballs around. I And a good share of his free I time has been spent on the Wil-Ison Wil-Ison school grounds doing just that thing. Now he is suddenly transformed trans-formed into a young giant, nearly near-ly six feet tall, though he isn't more than sixteen, and in the football game he played more of the game than anv tner soprio-more soprio-more in the line up and though! the Logan team looked ragged atj times George was one of the rea-j I sons that the Indians found the j j forward wall very hard at times j to penetrate. Personally I should I have liked to see . him in the back field but it is not my calling to irate football players. - In the ninth grade George was president of the student body. This year, only last Friday in fact, he was elected to the office of Sophomore president and chances chan-ces are very good that honors greater than that will come his : j way ere he leaves the Grizzly ' camp. j But to return to the football game. For the most part of the contest Preston had much the better of the going. Their Bril- liant captain and quarter back Nelson was harder to spot than Hitler in his quest of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslo-vakia. Once he got in the open it took some real jarring tackles of more than one man to stop him. His field running and Preston's Pres-ton's passing attack spells the reason that Logan couldn't hold the lead they managed twice, to gain. . As for the grizzlies they showed flashes of brilliance. Roy Hum-pheries Hum-pheries showed possibilities In his open field running and returning of punts. Nephi Schaub of the 10th ward looked good at end. I saw him make three tackles that stopped end runs cold and one of them was far behind the line of scrimmage. Smith at half showed possibilities. At any rate Burns Crookston seems to have a wealth of material and should make the going tough for somebody before the season is over. Burns divided his team into two units. One played the first quar-i ter and the other the second. He then chose from the two for -thei final half. Logan scored the first I touch down but Preston came j right back to tie things up. Logan then scored again but was unable to hold the lead. One, believe it or not, of the game was that every try for extra point was blocked. |