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Show Kingsford non commit al in spring 5U5C, i alumni football clash ' A noncommital Tom Kings- I ford, Southern Utah State Col-i Col-i lege football coach, flatly re-! re-! fuses to make any pred.ctions on Saturday's SUSC-alumni I football game. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Cedar City , High School field. ': Kingsford won't say so, but regular observers of spring practice make some observations: observa-tions: The defensive backfield, j which was a headache all i winter for the coaching staff, 1 appears strong. Recruits from the junior colleges are appar- j ently performing well. Among ' those showing "class" are Tony Whitney, returning let-terman; let-terman; Tom Martin, and Rick Palomo, Santa Ana (Calif.) J. C, and Bill Canada, Arizona Western J. C. The defensive line is short on depth, but the first line troops look plenty tough. The entire offensive unit hasn't clicked yet, Top surprises of spring drills have been strong per-1 formances of running backi Alan Averett, Cedar City, and Kelly Keitz, Salt Lake City (West High), an offensive guard-linebacker. Larry Wilson, moved from fullback to offensive guard; Jim Mineau, moved from corn-erback corn-erback to fullback, and Jim Easley moved from fullback to quarterback, are all performing per-forming well at their new positions. pos-itions. Don Gross, one of the areas ar-eas best pass receivers last season, is becoming an even bigger assett to the team because be-cause of his improved blocking. block-ing. j Among the familiar names ' expected to play on thTaTufn-ni thTaTufn-ni team Saturday are Ed Page, Dan Barney, Mike Wilson, Bill Jones, Bill Carter, Marty Taggart, Frank Kell, Tom Rippee, John Pensis, Don Olson and Gary Burnett. The probable starting offensive offen-sive backfield for the Thunderbirds Thund-erbirds will Include . flanker Allen Knight (transfer from Ricks J. C), running back Steve Clodfelter (returning regular,) quarterback Andy iGawaldo (returning regular) and fullback Mineau." |