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FORTY ARE OUT FOR FOOTBALL AT GRANITEWid Ashton Has Husky Squad Working in Great Form.ACTIVE football work vrlll start tomorrow at Granite, Dally practices ltavo been going on for two weeks, but no especial attention to organized training has been paid and Coach Wld Ashton has not yet had time to get acquainted with his material or get a line on his prospects. Only two men from last year's eleven have returned to the Institution and first glance would dlscourago the most peppery optimist with the exception of Ashton.Reason for the Joy smile lighting up the face of the Farmers' mentor Is very evident when It la known that out of a possible one hundred candidates who arc eligible for football at Granite over forty have felt the grid hug and are out every afternoon gleaning facts about the great college game, “Rube Owens, the great linesman from the A. C, U., Is nt Granite teaching agriculture, and has volunteered to help Ashton whip the raw material into shape. Owens is a great player and will be a big help to Wld,”Captain Ure. quarterback* and Jdath-ow9, a linesman, arc the only old stays. Nine places must bo filled by now and in the most part inexperienced men. The athletes who failed to return to tho Farmer camp are Ilowclla. Slllctt, Boyce, E. Smith, Ray Smith, Gardner, Bringburst. D. Young and the Stevens brothers. Tho University of Utah has attracted the first three, the U A. C, E. Smith, Ray Smith, Gardner and Brlnghurst, atul tho other men are scattered from the border, where Brlng-hurst Is In the militia, to Idaho, where Dale Young, Hie smashing back of last year's eleven, leads the simple life ofa ranch hand.Ashton and Owens admit they have nome task* but with half of tho school actively back of them as candidates for Die team they expect the task to be a pleasant one.
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Salt Lake City Salt Lake Herald
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Sun, Sep 17, 1916
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