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Show FirW Row: Wissmar, Peterson, Wrathall, Aldous, Detton, E. Midgley, L. Midgley, Forsberg, Guhin, Hilton. Winwood, Bisehoff, Blicksenderfer, Leary Second Row: Fisher, Utter, Tedesco, Stephens, Elliott, Summerhays, Fetzer, Captain Price, Croft, Fishburn, Kupfer, Morris, Davis, Slater Third Row: Coach Armstrong, Newman, Eardley, Larson, Jolley, McBride, Welch, Sonne, Beckstead, Pusey7, Rose, Christopherson, Moone, Porter, Neilsen Fourth Row: Johnson, Walling, Howard, Clark, Watkins, Christensen, Lybbert, Jonas, Ericksen, McDonald, Bollinger, Coach Peterson Utah 20 Nevada 7 On September 27th, a band of unpolished Utah Redskins hied westward to Nevada's divorce center, Reno, to start the 1930 drive for a third successive R. M. C. football championship. It ended with Nevada on the subdued end of a 20-to-7 score. Utah's first performance discovered a young sophomore named Frank Christensen to fill the shoes of Earl Pomeroy, all-American line smasher. The remodeled scoring engine with Christensen and "Tiny" Forsberg at the quarterback post displayed a world of potential power. The artful passing of Summerhays and the blocking of Captain Price rounded out a nice quartet. The tackle spots were capably filled by Walling and Johnson while the gap at guard was adequately taken care of by Welch and an expert understudy, McBride, both of whom worked smoothly with the mightv Jonas. Utah 72 October 4th, a husky gang of Wyoming Cowboys were on hand in the Ute stadium to test the champion Crimson football juggernaut in the first league game of the title race. Like a huge automaton, the Crimson machine rolled over the Cowboys and unleashed a scourging attack that victimized Wyoming 0 Wyoming 72 to 0. The aspiring Cowboys were completely unhorsed and never quite recovered from an avalanche of touchdowns emanating from straight football, aerial football, fancy football, and every other kind of football instilled by Armstrong. 206 |