Evening star., 1939-09-07
Armstrong Weeping
Over Line, Admits
Backs Strong
Rivals Discount Walls
About Forwards, Agree
As to Ball Toters
BY LOUDON KELLY,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

DENVER, Sept. 7-An undefeated
team in University of Utah scarlet
swept to the Big Seven title last sea-
son and the preseason dope indi-
Gates that the rest of the Mountain
States Conference will spend an
other fall trying to beat off the Ute
war parties.
Altogether, this high altitude
football circuit should have a hot
campaign. Colorado, Denver, Utah
State and Colorado State all are
better than they were a year ago.
Wyoming may be about the same,
but Brigham Young. the third Utah
school in the conference, must re-
place all but two of the 1898 regulars.
including Vaughn Lloyd, the chunky
guard who made the third all
America.
But the pick seems to be Utah,
maybe because she's the defending
champion, maybe because mountain
men haven't forgotten how Utah
dominated the mile-high football
realm from 1928 through 1882.
Swan Great Quarterback.
Ike Armstrong, who's been coach
ing the Utes IA years, says % his
backfleld will be strong and (2) his
line not so good. Rival mentors
are prone to accept the first state
ment and disbelieve the second with
equal fervor.
Bill Swan, all-conference quarter
back and the best play maker in
the circuit last season. will be back
and there probably will be a stout
enough line in front of him before
the first kickoff.
At Colorado Coach Bunny Oakes
is still looking for another Whizzer
White. but what coach isn't? Paul
McClung, Leo Stasica and Vern
Lockard are clever looking sopho-
more backs and Ray Jenkins,
ponderous greene, may become c.
US best fullback since Eddie Wae-
ner. The sophomores are so numer-
GUS and so apparently ready for duty
at Colorado that most of last wears
varsity men may have to take part
time employment.
Two Have New Coach.
Both Denver and Wyoming have
changed coaches. At D. U. curly
haired Gao Hubbard, whom the bows
swear by, was promoted from first
lieutenant to head coach. Tim
Moynlhan, once Rockne- trained
center at Natre Dame, was brought
in as line coach.
Hero Mccarthy, all-conference
fulfback last year, has another year
and the line figures to be we'll
anchored upon Center Frank Scott.
1t remains to be seen how well Den
yer can learn the Notre Dame sys-
tem-a complete switch for d. U.
gridders.
Wyoming's new head man is Joel
Hunt, erstwhile Georgia coach. Ma
terial never is very abundant for
Cowboy elevens and graduation
took two excellent backs and a
tackle from last years team. Ken
Sturman, an end. and HOMER For
dyce at center should be Hunts
outstanding veterans ~ao.
Utah State Has Stars.
At Utah State Murray Maugkan.
a crackerjack center as a sophomore,
should be even better this year.
Coach Dick Romney, a fixture at
Utah State since 1919 believes the
center's toW-headed cousin, Seth
Vaughan, should improve as a sig
nal caller, too. Little Marvin Bell
and Frank Olson are a couple of
sophomore backs who should help.
This will be Harry Hughes 29th
season at Colorado State and after
the pushing around his Aggies had
to take last year, he's due for better
things. A big squad, replete with
more ball carriers than Harry has
looked at in some time, carries a
hopeful promise. Hughes has de-
cided to try big Bud Lyons. sopho-
more tackle last season, at the pesky
fullback slot.
In the Rocky Mountain Confer
ence, now the Little Five" with the
mass departure of the Big Seven
schools nearly two years ago, Colo
RADIO Mines looms as chief bidder
for the title Montana State won
last year. At least. the Miners are
big and they survived the gradua-
ton grab better than did the others
M. S. c.. Colorado College, Greeley
State and Western State.