Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-19 | Page 10 | Tomorrow's Battle Most Vital of Year

mm S BATTLE MOST VITAL OF YEAR Outcome of Varsity-Aggie Game Will Likely Settle Championship. The crucial basketball gamo of the Utah Intercollegiate In-tercollegiate seaton will bo played tomorrow oven-Ing oven-Ing In tho Dcscrot gymnxrlum between tho University of Utah and the Logau Aggies. If the varsity wins It hna Iho champloncltlp prao-tlcally prao-tlcally cinched, but If it loses the Aggies have a chanco loft- So far each team has loft but ono gamo. Tlte varsity, however, ht.i won three camra ugalrAt ono victory for tho Lognn boys and In consequently leading the race lor the championship. cham-pionship. The one game which the AjcsIcs did win. how-ovor. how-ovor. was that agalust tho Utah live, nnd they are confident they can ropo.it tomorrow night. There has never been a year whnn tho Aggies' ihanr.e to humiliate completely tho varsity athletes ath-letes Iiiyo boen so rosy, Thoy began by drubbing drub-bing tho tar out of the Crimson football team and thus far In the basketball reason they have the only gamo played with tho cast benchers tucked away. The Agglcs arn fully aware that slnco their victory tho varnlty flvo ban developed Into a real basketball loam and that they will have 1 to play a better gnmo tomorrow than thoy over did before If thoy hope to win. Accordingly, they hnvc been holding practice, games thrco times a I week for thn past thren weeks In a determination to be in top shape when tho twd teams lino up ' tomorrow To the vnralty a victory will mean crerrthlng. It will redeem tho oast benchers for their lors In football, will glvn thum. In all probability, the state championship for another year, and along with that a week's trip Into Colorado and a chance at tho atato championship of Colorado and Wrouilng, which virtually mcann the Rocky Mountain conference championship. They know Just how strong tho Aggios are and aro determined that they will be ready lor them. Oil Roninoy hnn been out In a uniform working with tho players ciory afternoon since tho first Aggie gamo and hln a.itlstanco has meant worlds to Bonnlon in the conditioning ot Iho mnn. The entire squad, except Peterson, is In superh physical trim now and tho coachc are directing their attention largely to tho development of speed. The fcllowa aro ordered to exert thora-sclvos thora-sclvos to tho utmost all tho tlmo and when they fag slronc substitutes arc sent in with the same instructions. Such speed In bolng shown that any team In the country would bo taxed to tho very limit lo win from them Indications ate that the largest crowd ot tho seacon will attend the game. Accordingly, reserve re-serve scats will bo arranged to hnndlo the crowd. These will bo on fale today from 12 50 to 2 and tomorrow from i;:3C to 1 o'clock at -tho Dcscrct gymnnflum.