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Show Sporting Life. That was the kind of football that looked like the green apples we used to steal the collision of the husky-thewed bouncers of the local and Ogden High School teams. The argument left nothing to be desired by the buckskin lunged enthusiasts who waved the crimson crim-son and black. Incidentally it showed what a few days' expert coaching, such as Mr. Callahan administered ad-ministered to the locals, can do for even the weirdest looking bunch of athletes. They were the bosses of the gridiron from the 'beginning, and the visitors had about as much chance of breaking break-ing into their formation as a Jersey farmer would have at a Tammany primary. Not the least of the attainments was their display of increased speed, althought there is still room for a little improvement improve-ment in the agility of the team. Still they looked like stable horses against the much more leisurely aggregation from the junction. Salt Lake's forwards were something to cheer about, but the back field was about as nimble a set of sprinters as the gridiron fans have seen hereabouts for many years. They got quickly into the formations, and the man with the baH was barricaded so securely that it was almost impossible impos-sible to reach him. The game ought to be a lesson to Coach Holmes of the East Bench. If he witnessed the game, he was in a position to imbibe some first class information which should be of use to him in his efforts to instruct the 'Varsity gladiators. It ls an even bet now that the High School team can defeat of Mr. Holmes' men In twenty-minute halves. It Is doubtful if the 'Varsity coach would care for a contest with the High Schoolites after their splendid showing a week ago. It was sad to note that Zilligan's name did not appear in the line-up of the Pennsylvania eleven in their recent battle with Harvard. That may account for the Pensylvania downfall. V 5 That was a crushing blow to the Berkeley eleven when their colors were bemudded by the speedy eleven of the University of Nevada. The Californians went into the game confident of winning win-ning by a big score, but a few skirmishes were sufficient to demonstrate that Berkeley had underrated under-rated their antagonists. On a trick play, a delayed pass, Strekle swept through the entire field and made a touchdown after a remarkable run of seventy-six yards. That ended the controversy. Overall Over-all tried again, and again to retrieve the loss by a field goal, but the ball fell wide in every instance. in-stance. The result of the contest has given Stanford Stan-ford a great deal of confidence in the outcome of their impending annual battle. Stanford will depend de-pend on her deft and heady backs and the weakness weak-ness of the California ends for some sensational runs. They also think that in the matter of place-kicking place-kicking goals from the field, Sprott is the equal of Overall. ( There will be much interest in the opening of the racing season at Oakland today. The race list shows that the best flyers in the west will be in competition, and it is the general belief that the season will be one of the best in the history of that memorable course. 5 w v Barney Oldfield is demonstrating anew down on the coast that it is not necessarily the fastest machine which wins, and that races are won by the iron nerve and deftness of the man who manipulates ma-nipulates the, flyer. Tremendous crowds have witnessed the meet on the coast, where Oldfield has had little difficulty in defeating all his competitors. com-petitors. & tjt & The fat boy who trains a little ls better than the overtrained man who saps his vitality with too ardent labors, says Lou Houseman. Just read that, ye physical culture friends, then compare Young Corbett and McGovern and tiy to figure out any other conclusions. Billy Rothwell today, with his lazy ways and his avoidance of overtrain- ing, Is physically twice as good as the tired and strained McGovern, -worn down by siege after giege of sternest training. It may be contrary to . what the books say about athletes and athletics but it's too true. Corbett put away one Hughey Murphy during the week. He took it easy round after round, seeing see-ing to it that Murphy did not hurt him, and giving the crowd plenty of diversion. Finally Murphy, the typical athlete of the books, hard trained and springy, began to give way under the strain. Then Corbett went to him, and finished him like breaking break-ing sticks across his knees. |