| Show This Guy Bettridge George Fulfills Ambition As Redskin Chief By Dick This year will mark the fulfillment of the lifelong ambition of George captain and star fullback of Utah's Ever since George began to feel the football bug he has wanted to captain a University of Utah gridiron Being field chief of the Utes this season will carry a bigger job than in the years as the squad will have fewer experienced than ever before in the team's Bettridge first took to the gridiron at East high He played regular fullback his first year and carried on in the same position the following Coach McKinley at the hilltop no will still remember the smashing drives through the center and tackles of opposing teams when George carried the If a few extra yards for a first down were Bettridge would usually come through with a couple of yards to George left East high in 1938 after gaining all-city selection for two He then enrolled at Utah and played a major roll on the freshman The following season George was a regular member of the Redskin but saw little action due to seniors who had had more game experience than this promising The next year found him not in a Ute but out working and trying to forget his happy gridiron This was a difficult task and soon George decided to return to Utah and complete his education and fulfill his Last season George alternated with Woody Peterson at the fullback No one could mistake the powerful running of Bettridge when the yardage began getting Coach Ike Armstrong realized the potential ability of the plunger and gave him a chance to crash opposing lines as often as Following last year's successful gridiron season the unanimous choice for a leader for this year's eleven was the fullback who at times couldn't be George accepted the honor with the pride that it justly but the job at hand now is uppermost in his Colorado game stands out as my greatest gridiron was answer to the Frank all-conference tailback the Utes last had been running around the Buff's ends and they began to spread out to stop the This was Bett-ridge's chance to do his First he smashed through the then over tackle and then through the center This was George's day and Utah fans should remember it for some years to The Colorado eleven was in such a muddle when the final gun sounded that they probably didn't even know the This season again finds George ready to carry the ball for It will and Company against the gridiron Let's hope this organization brings home the GEORGE BETTRIDGE UTAH FIELD CHIEF |
