Show UTES NEAR R. R M. M C. C BANNER TROUNCE DENVER 27 0 Conference Race Hinges On Oi Saturdays Saturday's Tussles 1 Hughess Hughes's Outfit Faces Their Seasons Season's Ambition Utah's Indians perennial Rocky Mountain conference champions invade Fort Collins Saturday with aspirations of clinching their fifth consecutive title What little littIe hopes for a chance at the trophy that were entertained entertain entertain- ed by the Colorado Aggie eleven went glimmering with their 13 12 defeat at the hands of Utah State last week Hughess Hughes's men are out for the honor that will go to the conference foe that can up set the Redskins and they mean to get it Saturday It is improbable that C. C A. A C. C will do anything startling against the Utes The Aggie record shows victories over Colorado Teachers Mines and Boulder a tie game with Denver and losses to Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado College and Utah Their best performance was their win over oyer Colorado U. U by a 7 6 margin Utah arc are in the very best of condition for the fray The Utes came through the D. D U. U encounter encounter encounter en- en en en- counter without an injury and with Feets Tedesco ready for service if needed they should turn in a good game Coach Armstrong is not quite so optimistic as the sport critics In a statement Tuesday he declared Colorado A. A C. C will be bethe bethe bethe the hardest conference foe we have met this season In many respects Coach Hughes Hugh s has the best team in the conference They have pointed point point- ed for this game all season Should the improbable happen Utah would still be assured of atie a atie tie tic for or the championship A Ute loss to the farmers and a B. B Y victor victory over Utah State would place the Cougars in a deadlock with the Redskins each having five wins and one defeat The defense of the Redskins must watch Red White and Julius Dammann backfield threats of the Utah fans will remember the spectacular play of Red White in the U stadium last fall The Ute scalping party will entrain entrain entrain en en- train for Ft Collins tonight arriving arriving ar ar- arriving ar- ar riving there in time for a light workout tomorrow afternoon The starting lineup will be the same as that of the Denver game except except except ex ex- that Rich hs will start at half instead of Rinaldi according to Armstrongs Armstrong's announcement I Denver Defense Falls Funs U Under nile Crimson Crinson P Power Olver Attacks B By MAI MARVIN YIN ASHTON he University of Utah arc today assured of at least a tie for the Rocky Mountain conference title after humbling r 90 wt ling the fig fighting g W WW 44 W Denver University wr r J l. l sit sty sity eleven Satt Saturday Sat Sat- tt t d 2 27 7 to 0 in inthe t Ul m in m t 11 ay th the Ute Bow Bowl ft Only t the lowly lY W Colorado A Aggles ies W 7 O r v J s stand tan d between wt m the highly b touted Red Redskins s k i n s and iJ 4 their f fifth th consecutive conse conse- x t m a conference Ike Howard title If the Ag Ag- gies do perform the almost impossible impossible impossible im im- im- im possible task of beating the Utes B. B Y U. U and Utah will go into a atie atie atie tie for the title providing the Cougars down U. U A. A C. C Saturday Other conference teams which tasted victory last week were vere Colorado Utah and Colorado Mines The Colorado College College College Col Col- lege outfit continued its of late when it tripped up Colorado University 12 to 0 O. The Utah Ag Ag- gies showed power in their one point victory over the Colorado Farmers while the Colorado Mines broke into the win column by I downing Western Vestern State Wyoming and the Colorado Teachers played to a tie in the other battle of last weeks week's games The Denver Pioneer pigskin artists artists' artists artists' artists artists' ar ar- ar- ar hopes of winning the fray Saturday were very slim from the initial kickoff when Slippery Roland Sleater received the ball ballon on the five yard line and dashed like mad man straight nip up the gridiron to the fifty yard line before before before be be- fore some tackler tackier could stop him I This one time bench warmer took the ball twenty three times during during during dur dur- ing the contest and av averaged raged seven and a half yards per thrust This is probably the best average any ball ban totter in the conference has hasto hasto hasto to boast about It wasn't long after this brillant return of the kickoff that Utah had two touchdown touchdown touchdown touch touch- down chalked up to its credit I After the Utes had scored their I first two touchdowns the Pioneers come conic back and held the mighty champs scoreless for two periods which is a feat in itself During the second and third periods most of the play took place between the thirty yard lines The rhe Redskins s seemed med to take things easy when the oval o was in the middle of the I field but once the husky Red and White saw an opportunity ity to score there was nothing to stop them save the time The first period last-period score came when Aldo intercepted a Denver pass on the 50 yard line and was was downed on the forty yard marker A pass from Sleater to Davies Davics took the ball baIl well into I Denver territory and another pass from irom Christensen to Westphal thrown from a punt formation placed the ball baIl on the Pioneer 10 yard line Christy then followed the line which resembled a solid stone wall all day over the goal to score standing up Another pass from Sleater to Davies put the ball in position for another score and anti after three terrific line bucks Sleater went tackle off-tackle on a cut cutback cutback cutback back play for the score Just as the fans farts were ready to I get up and leave the game with two minutes to go Coach Ike Arm Ike-Arm Armstrong Arm Arm- strong injected Fred Tedesco who has been injured since the U. U S. S C. C game into the lineup to heave his deadly accurate passes Fred threw three of his bullet like tosses toss toss- es which have been so sorely mIssed missed missed miss mIss- ed by the team as well as the spectators All were true to their mark but incomplete The entire Ute backfield functioned functioned functioned flawlessly fla with Capt Christensen Christensen Christensen Chris Chris- Roily Holly Sleater and Joe Rinaldi carrying the brunt of the ball carrying assignments On the Martin Carideo Hoggan who pla played ed lieu of Pete Carlson broke the opponents Interference Interference In In- in great style This sophomore will be a hard man to keep out of the lineup from now on Hack Davies at the other end Danny Beckstead eckstead Jack Johnson and Walt McDonald also looked good Ike Howard and Dan Sa- Sa vich deserve much praise for their work also McDonalds McDonald's kickoffs and defensive ab ability Saturday marked him as an almost sure all- all conference man For the Pioneers Thomas quarterback quarterback quarterback I Alspaugh tackle and Hendrix Hen Hen- lien lien-I guard turned in I performances Clark and Powers Powers' came through with some timely reserve duty that looked mighty nice j. j |