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Show PUSHBALL BATTLE BHTSFLAG RUSH President of University Favors New Type of Testing Test-ing Endurance. When 100 Iran and hungry warriors of the sophomore and freshman classes of the University of 1,'tah veslerday lined up on opposite sides of ('.'urnmin filed to do battle iu a pushball contest con-test instead of the time-honored flag rush, a precedent for class fights at tho state school was started. An hour Inter after the dust of battle hud cleared away and the remnants of the two fighting squads had gathered in tho gymnasium, the precedent was firmly established and nppor classmen, lower classmen, faculty members and spectators specta-tors firmly indorsed the pushball instead in-stead of the flag rush. Thn battlo ended 2 to 0 in favor of tho freshmen, duo to their superior numbers. num-bers. At tho end of the first half a new bunch of freshmen took tho place the veterans of tho first half and niter a desperate struggle managed to put the. ball over the goal line on two occnf,iH One man was injured-Clyde Dorton of l.elu sustained a wrenched knee In commenting on tin, game' ,. j dent . . Kingsbury said that the push- 1 ball battle was n great improvement over the flag rush and heartily ,,,, proved the clmnge. As a result it 8 probable that the pushball has co.no to The gnrne was divided into Tour . rinds ot lilteen minutcM ench nh, 'iitv men played on en.'h side. The fresli men were captained bv Tlintnai and the sophomore, l,y Adams.' The stars of I . game, s it appeared from the side lines were 1 'ark iiison, Thomas, llurroui-hs' .Nelson, (jiirdncr, Mavlon and Owens ' |