Show s P 0 RT 0 L 0 GY BY DV W D 0 RISHEL 0 0 With the state Intercollegiate track meet disposed of the season of 1907 1901 for school sc ool athletics has hal ha practically come to an end While football In Utah schools has been on a high standard for tor a number of years and basket ball In many of the schools of ot the state has reached as high a stage as any state in the Union the spring contests the outdoor work on the track and In the field have not until this year reached a point where they compel comp l the public in gen general general eral to look upon them as important In the athletic athle c curriculum This can now be said to be the case in the branch of sports and fame on the track and Held field Is bound to travel from now on onTo onTo onTo To bring about this condition of ot affairs Is made possible by the state High school meet fostered and fathered by the state university A week ago the possibilities of this annual event were made evident w when hen the rural highs came caine cameto to the city and compelled athletic recognition at the hands of the city young youngsters youngsters yOungsters who for years have hae had things their own way This means that the country boys have convinced themselves that In the great field of sports they are the equal of the lads It pas has given ghen them a confidence which In athletics is half the battle and added to gameness wins more struggles inthe In the field of sports than mere muscle and brawn The country boys who won out last Saturday will be looked upon as heroes by their fellow w students both boys and girls and arid it will have the effect of giving courage to others to make the attempt Tho The same young men will come comeback comeback comeback back again next year to repeat their performances and it can only be a ques question question question tion of time until one of these fine line days a team composed of country boys will make the trip to Salt Lake and carry home the honor of victory to some of the smaller towns of or the state It Is to develop this athletic spirit throughout the state that the state High school meet is promoted each year and last Saturdays victory by athletes from the country has started the ball rolling in the right direction 0 |