Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-07
SPO r S
PARADE
BY HENRY NcLEMORE

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 6
fUP)- Footballs effect on what
anthropologists know as the hu-
man beingus Americanus is the
bamc all Dser this country. No
matter where you go, be it New
Haven, New York, Nashville, DaS
Moines or any other city. The day
of a big game finds the citizens
displaying the identical daffy emo
tions.
was moved to this profound
conclusion by the behavior Of Salt
Lake City and environs under the
severe nervous pressure of the tiff
between Colorado's Buffaloes and
Utah's Redskins. The Buffaloes
and the Redskins, football enemies
over a long span Of years. will have
at one another today, and the only
person in this town who has fail
cd to shCw excitement IS Brigham
Young. who is cast IN bronze at
the top of Main street And they
tell me it's no more than an even
bet that Brigham won't get down
off his pedestal and be on the fiji
ty yard line by kickoff time.
This tremedous interest," in the
game is more than a little surpris-
ing to a man who has lived in the
cast SO long his ankles are chafed
from wearing spats. and who
thinks the Hudson, not the Missis-
sippi is the Father of Waters, that
automobiles ride from Denver. with
its long hours of utter solitude
among the Rockies peaks. and its
spare little settlements with such
names as Rabbits Ears, Trouble
some. and Tooele. doesn't lessen
the surprise of suddenly finding
oneself in the midst Of bowling
thousands who show all the symp-
toms Of gridiron dementia.
Last night and today Salt Lake
City offered the technically cor
rect football scene. There were Just
the proper and official number OF
rooters who had looked Cn the
grape at its fermented best-or
worst. And they beloved just the
proper unintelligible noises. The
hotel lobbies were jammed just 70
the proper point Of suffOcatlon,
dIil lllt SlOLNGlhS d1lA olItEk MG4
beautifully unnavigable. The cor
rect number Of shop windows were
soaped with Beat Colorado" and
Bust 'em Redskins and the tic
ket scalpers whispered their wares
in faultless out -corner-of
the-kisser manner.
And, from what I can learn, the
football is the same, too. I mean
the boys out here play the game
Just as well and Just as vigorously
as they do in the more highly pub
licized areas. 1t has long been a
habit of the press box pedants.
when it came time TO name the
All-America players, and nominate
the various teams Ior the various
bowls. to make a nonstop hop
from the Big Ten right on TO the
Pacific coast, thus completely ig-
noring the Rocky Mountain con-
ference.
This is a mistake, and you need
only TO make a quick study OF the
roster of the professional teams t
be convinced. Headed by the one
and only Dutch Clark, the Rocky
Mountain district has no fewer
than fifteen or twenty players per-
forming and performing well, II
the toughest football league o.
them all. There are Frank Chris
tiansen. Jack Johnson, George
Grosvenor. Del Ritchert, and Berry
Rose, to name a few. They cam-
from Utah Colorado u. Colorad
college. Utah State, and Greelel
Teachers. and other schools not 81
well known in football circles.
Colorado today will employ 2
quarterback Bryon "Whizzer
White-whose record is a brillian
one. 1t is entirely possible that h
may be the best all-round baci
in the country. But An-America'
are made by publicity and Colora
dos publicity budget for all sport
from swimming to track, is SO
year ] can name you a dozel
schools who spend that much eacl
year on imported cigarettes 70
their publicity men
This, incidentally is one Of IN
buster days / was up at 3 an
boarding q plane for the Bcnne
vile salt flats to watch Cap
oeor2e r T. Eyston race his Thun
derbolt across the salt flats q
Bonneville. l25 miles away. an
then had to fly back here 10 at
tend the Colorado and Utah
boys game this afternoon.
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