Laurel outlook., 1948-09-01
|43 Candidates Report
For Football; First
Game In Powell

A good turnout of prospective
footballers answered the first call
for football Saturday of last week
and by Monday the first workouts
were held with AZ candidates on
hand. Only II of the reporting
men m lettermen, however, and 16
others were in uniform last season.
leaving a large group of untried
players. The line is almost intact
except for the center spot left va
cant when Keith Willis suffered a
serious injury a few weeks ago.
The backfield has only two MEM
bers from the first five of last year.
This years edition of the Loco
motives will be one of the heaviest
in a long time. Twelve prospec-
tive linemen weighed in the first
day at an average of 1S5 pounds,
and only one tipped the scales at
over 200. The backfield will be
about normal except for the re-
serves, who will be light.
With the first game only one
week away in Powell, the boys have
been sweating out t~wice-a-day in
drills all week. The first home
game is slated Sept. II under the
lights at Athletic park against
Forsyth in a non-cenference affair.
From reports during the early
days of practice a great deal of
work is needed to give any kind of
reserve strength to the line, and
almost a comlete change from last
year in the backfield. Veteran Bill
Sorg has been called upon to do the
quarter-backing along with Don
Miller. Also working back there is
Bob Kass, who shows promise of
being a good passers. Dick Mel
son is in his old spot at fullback
and tips the scales at 1876, but
represents the only weight for the
mail carriers. In the backfield be-
sides those who played there last
year, including Wayne Hageman
and Bill Paronto, is Bob Sorg who
saw considerable play last year at
end. Several sophomores and fresh
men have been getting a chance to
show their stuff during the first
week of drills.
The line finds Jim Phillips at the
end as before, and new men in 9TH
er spots. Ted Jolley, Jim Gass,
Ralph Hodges and Chuck Rooselot
have been at the tackle spots. Don
Hodges, Harry Hodges, Bob Pyzel,
Dick Shay, and John Orendorff
have been at the guard spots. Bob
Times, who was tackle last year,
has moved out to end to fill the
gap left when Bob Sorg went to
the backfield. None of the above
linemen go below ITO on the scales.
Most of the first year men have
not been assigned to a definite spot
yet and, after the early drills on
fundamentals are covered it looks
like as though some of them are
to make it tough on the older
fellows to hold their spots.
However, the coaches, Leon Foote
and Anderson, r keeping their
fingers crossed so early in the sea-
and only hope that all of the
can be worked into a unit
able to meet the rugged schedule
hat, according to them, is creep
or should we say, has crept up
On them too soon.
OF the five class A games for
Laurel this year three are to be at
nome, and with the lighted field
available for games it is hoped
he fans will take advantage of
he opportunity to see the Loco
motives this year. One Of the good
hings about football season this
for those fans who like to see
Ill the games is that when Laurel
S at home the Billings Broncs are
m the road and when Laurel is on
he road Billings is at home, except
or Sept. II, when Laurel opens at
lome on a Friday and Billings
at home the next night.