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Show Football League Play Opens Tonight At Payson Coach Max Shifrer has worked his football squad on both offense and defense for the past week in an effort to be ready for the powerful pow-erful Payson Lions tonight at the Onion Town, after defeating Union Un-ion High School of Roosevelt last Friday 7-6. Coach Shifrer stated that he found loopholes in both offense and defense that needed plugging up for the first league game. Pay-son Pay-son lost to Delta last week 7-14, but the Rabbits are reported to be one of the strong teams down south this year, and would not indicate the Lions are on the weak side. The game with Union last Friday Fri-day at Roosevelt the two elevens battled to a scoreless tie in the first half. In the third quarter the Vikings drew first blood when quarterback Sterling Walker tossed toss-ed a pass to end Arlyn Deveraus in the end zone. Sherman Fraugh-ton Fraugh-ton converted. Union came back fast, with a heavier team than the Vikings to push one over in the last quarter, but failed to convert. con-vert. Coach Shifrer said that Walker and Fraughton played well in the backfield, and LaDell Richardson, g., Lynn Saul, T., played good ball in the line. He said that he planned plan-ned to shift Don Liston from tackle to fullback, as he has a lot of possibilities in that position and may see much action. The game with Payson will be played on the Lions' lighted, field at 8 p.m. "Don't sell us too short in this game, but don't expect miracles from the boys. They'll 6ive a good account of themselves," them-selves," Max said. A week from today Pleasant Grove plays its second Region 3 game on the Viking field with the strong Lincoln eleven. Lincoln is considered by many fans and coaches the team that is most likely to dump the high-flying Pioneers this year. Coach Shifrer will pick his starting star-ting lineup from these 14 men: Arlyn Deveraux, e; Kay Fraughton, Fraugh-ton, g; Sherm Fraughton, fb; John Iverson, fb-hb; Leo Johnson, e; Bill Keetch, hb; Kayle Kirk, hb; Don Liston, t-fb; Max Nelson, e; LaDell Richardson, g; Lynn Saul, g; Merlyn Swensen, c; Don Wadley, t; and Sterling Walker, qb. |