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Show Preston Indians Meet Logan Hiqh In IQ40 Grid Opener Preston High's 1!)10 grid team will receive their first lest of I lift new season at Logan Friday when they tangle with the strong Logan High Grizzlies on the Utah field. Coming after only eight days prae. lice the game will prove a stern test for both squads. Leading Preston High's hopefuls aro last year's captain Marcel Challerlon ami Glen Oliver-son, ebi slve quarterback on Ihe I'J.'.'J chain, pionship team. Chalterloii will again play the fullback post while Oliverson will continue in the pes! tion of quarterback and signal caller. Teaming together with 'his ex perlcneed duo will be a team which had little experience in regular competition last year but will un doubledly work well with Ihe pair As Ihe main team has been lining up the starting lineup will out vei-;h la.it year's s'arli-rs about two pounds per u tin. Th.j line v. ill scale abonl l'lo pound while the baeklieid bits about l.'ii;. The tola! average (.am weight will bo V, In daily practices Coaeh Joe Johnson has been using the following follow-ing players in ihe .starling assignments. assign-ments. Kalph Pet '-epiist, center; Therold Nielsen and John Smith, guards; illaine Taylor and Darrell Drnry, tackles; pill Kerr and Duane llobbs, ends; Glen Oliverson, quarterback; quar-terback; George Johnson and Blaine Lemmons, halfbacks; and Marcel Chatterton, fullback. Nielsen is a transfer from California who scales close to the IT.j pound mark and will bolster the weight of the team considerably if be can hold down Ihe position. In steady reserve il Nii'lson falters is Allen Stephensen This boy weighs only 137 pounds but he is built solid and makes ttp in fight w hat be loses to the other fellows in weight. If he does not find himself in the starting position before kickoff time Fri. day he will undoubtedly see considerable con-siderable action. For the first time in many yeart it is expected that Preston will have a strong group of reserves. These reserves will be made up of mostly sophomores who make up the largest sophomore squad to report re-port for a number of years. Many I of them scale over 140 pounds already while more than just a few hit close to the KiO mark. The following Friday, September JO, the Preston team will make , their initial home appearance when 1 they clash with the strong Burley Bobcats. The Burley team lost the major part of their team by graduation last year just like the Preston team but they will probably prob-ably be larger than the Preston squad this year as they have a good group of reserves on last year's team returning who all scale near the ISO mark. |