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Show STAGG SPIRIT FELT B UTM1IS A little of tho spirit which has made the University of Chicago athletic teams and Coach A. A. Stagg famous escaped recently from the Stagg stronghold strong-hold in the Windy City, crossod tho plains on the Overland Limited, found its way through the posses of tho Iiock-its, Iiock-its, and settled down in tho nest in the mountains called 8alt Lake vallev. The destination of Ibe burst of hpirit was the University' of Utah. The receiver re-ceiver was Xelsori . "orgren, coach of the 19H university football team, and 1013 captain nf Coach Stagg 's rdiampionship Chicago team. Tho spiritual spir-itual visit came in the form of a letter, and it completely changed tho prospect ot the 191.4 football season in Utah. orgrcn's team had met c'rusliing defeat after defeat, aud the bovs seemed, if not on tho point ot quitting, at least badly discouraged. Ho did the coach. Then came the letter. It -jollied Coach Xorgren for his unsuccessful efforts, scored him for laek of fighting spirit and ridiculed his lack of football knowledge. Tho coach read tho letter through once or twice, frowned as if he i were still captain of the Chicagoans preparing for a game with Minnesota, and went out on the field with his nm?on warriors. Thcj plavevs felt, the change and determined de-termined to aid the coach as they had never done before when they learned the contents of tho letter, a,n-i although five of the men were seriously crippled and the others were suffori.ng from numerous nu-merous "cbarlev horses'' and other ailments, ail-ments, tho jfiidiroD warriors banded to- gether and went through their practices prac-tices with more zest than ever beforo. The result: When the rejuvenated Crimson team mot the Occidental champions cham-pions of California two weeks lator, they were in tho prime of spirit, and were going at a 2:10 clip. In that game, which will be remembered long hy the players, the iuvading team startcd right off tho reel with a touchdown. Fans groaned and critics sworn. The Utah players came back, however, and won the day by a top-heavy score. .'!,i to 14. The Occidental boys were powerless before be-fore the well directed attack and fight of the Utah us. Tho last game of the season was teu days later, against the Utah. Aggies. Odds had been 5 to 1 on the Aggies, and even tho strongest Utah supporters were doubtful of a Crimson victory. However, Coach Jv'orgren was there again with his Ktagg spirit, and there was nothing io it but a Crimson victory after one of the hardest, fights seen on Cumniiugs field in years. The sudden change in tbo spirit of the team, into which the coach had been trying for mouths to instill a longing to fight, was remarkable. Critics thought the overwhelming Boulder defeat de-feat would finish the local boys so far as winning gainer was concerned, but they had the wrong dope, as later scores indicated. As a result of the coach's work, the doughty Chicago warrior has been offered a contract for as long a time as ho desires to slay at the university. uni-versity. Coa h Norgren has framed his letter from Stagg and has hung it at the foot of his bed. |