New Britain herald., 1928-09-25

Coach, Colorado Agricultural College Teams of the Rock Mountain con- ference, on a preseason reckoning, appear evenly matched for the 192> football season. In the final stand Ing. the team at the top probably will be one of the larger conference schools with sufficient reserve strength to maintain winning pace in the face of a heavy schedule and possible injuries
 Denver university. second only to Colorado Agsies last fall. should have the outstanding team in the Rockies this year. They have q strong nucleus from their 1927 az eregation, plus what probably was the outstanding freshman team of all time in this conference.
 Albers and Spcckton, two high class backs of 1927, will find their efforts supple lemented by two sterling freshmen, Clark of Loveland and Ragland Of Denver. Although Coach Fred Dawson, former Nebraska mentor. is confronted by q heavy schedule, he will be helped by play ing practically all his games at home.
 Utah and Utah Aggies loom as the next most likely title winners be- cause of their freshman teams and the size of their 1927 squads. Utah has lost a few stars who played lazy football last year. New blood from the freshman team should give Coach Armstrong the makings of a tiongcr team than the one that held Northwestern university lo to in l?27.
 Although Utah Aggics lost num- Der of letter men, few were from the first team. Hawley. big fullback, and Ihnford, tackle. will be the out standing losses. Worthngton should be able to replace Hawley. Coach Dlck Romney is reported to have had an unusually strong frosh squad with which further to strengthen lis prospects.
 Colorado Aggics. winners of the conference championship year ago will feel the loss of three outstand- ing players-Capta Caldwell, half;
 Rankin. 214-pound fulback, and | Pitcher, 195-pound tackle. Gradu- atlon of six other letter men and
 some scholastic ineligibility, will
 make 1t necessary for the Aggies to look "high. wide and handsome 1 into their freshman squad. The team | probably will lack the punch it had i last year, although lt may have
 more versatility.
 | Along with Colorado Aggics are | four other teams which must be
 ranked as having strong potential | possibilities. They are the Uniyer- ! eity of Colorado, Colorado college | Montana state, and Brigham Young
 university Any one of these mlgh' | be well up in the first division a, | the end of the season. And any ont | of them might drop to the bottom i of the second division.
 Colorado Teachers college. tho ! Colorado School of Mines, the Uni | versity of Wyoming, and Western
 State college can hardly be expected 1 10 rank near the top this year. Eacf ! school, however. has some fine mate ] rial and may do well.
 1 Last year the Uni, ersity of Colo
 radO had a large squad of greer men with an out utsianding back 1T Puck" smith He should shine
 again this year. as should Bagnall
 star on a former freshman team
 With more experienced men than
 year ago, and a better schedule. thu
 university should rank we'll to thu | front.
 Colorado college will not doub | build its team around "Dutch i Clark. and Nandenberg. backs. Clarl i has proven to be the most sensation i al back produced in he Rock Noun 1 tain division, and if given support ] would cause lots of grief for othe, 1 teams.
 l Brigham Young will be coached bl Ott Eomncy, formerly at Mon
 1ana state. H" should produce ; 1 strong team this year.
 Rowe and Corb.tt will be out
 standing players this year. 1 On paper Montana State has in l material for q great team nnde I Coach Dyche. former assistant t 1 Ott Eomney