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Show : SOPHOMORES WIN ' IN PUSHBALL ST I Freshmen Play Excellent Game, but Lose Through Sophs' Strategy. Victory parched on tha standard of th sopho-nor- in tha la at fK minutes ol play at the l.'nlverslty of t'tah yesterday In tba annual pushball conteat betwaea tha two lover . but the fickle bird had hovered rloae above tbe heeds of the freahlea In the first half of tbe atruKitir, , and all had expected to a- the first-year :nen triumph. Tha aophomores won and the fretsbmen loat after they had face- a situation which none of their predecessors hal bean called upon to meet. Tbe freshmen j have always outnumbered tfcelr opponents, oppo-nents, and In tha paat It has been customary cus-tomary for the reservea to rush onto tbe field In tha laat lew mlnutea of play and j carry away the victory". Yaterda. however, how-ever, tba extra freshmen were kept entirely en-tirely outside of tbe fer.ce aurroundln the athletic field and they were unable to aid their classmates. On the other hand, many of the flrst-i flrst-i year men aay. the sophomores were aided i at the cTiicUl moment by members of the varaltv football aquad. who were on I the field watchlna the conteat. The men ' particularly mentioned were Warner and rorton. it belna charaed that they 'plunged lnti tba weary infants, tripping them up and starting the retreat. The contest started fit 4 o'clock, the two clauses lining up at opposite ends of tha field Coach Noraren Mew the whistle and the warriors rushed together. At T.rst no ad van la a was seen on elthtr I side. Then the freshmen heitan a steady i and aeerr.inaly irresistible advance toward i the sophomore goal. Tbe ball was carried car-ried nut of bounda a cumber of times I and aaoughl In twenty vardtf. At times j the "sophs" stiffened their defense und I held, but the freshmen resumed their ' progress each time. ! With the ball but a few yards from the I iroal the whistle announced the end of fcha first half. The freshies tbtfB Iom 1 their change to score, for the ba!l was : placed In the -enter of the field at the (beginning of the aacOftd half, an In a football game. In mere strength Ihe freshmen had proved their superiority. I but th" sophnmores used strategy In the 1 second "nilf to counterbalance this fa':t. After a short rest It was found that the ! sophomore could put but forty-seven men Into tha field. Consequently the freshies Prere allowed only an equal number. num-ber. For a long time neither side gained any advantage. Then tlie Bophomnres be-I be-I gan to get the bettor of the Struggle. largely owing to their plan of sending ! men around to the enemy's camp to trip thMr opponents. Then It was that tho I second -year men are suppoaetS to have I rocelvel Illegitimate aid from the var.-ltv I football men. At any rate, thev pushed the ball down the field for a goal. The ball was Once more put Into aotlon, but neither side was able to advance It In the short time left to play. The best of spirit prevailed throughout the ron'esf no il! feeling arising at any time during the Btrugffle, At the end the sophomores cheered the newcomers at tiu: university and the freshmen answered with "nine rahs" for the sophomores. Not n single serious Injurv occurred durlnif the contest, but bruises and scratches were nurnerous. KEMMERER COAX HEAD j SALT LAKE VISITOR ' ( p K"mmpr.r. Ni.'W York rapllnllsl. I vfio Is heavily lntrosle1 In the Wy-mlrUC Wy-mlrUC ' flaldt and afler whom the town or Keramerer is named, is ' the Hotel r.i.. aecompaiue5 by Mrs. nerer. Mr, Kemmerer u the presiaent or the foal ,'ompnny which bears hl n-im lie conferred here yesterday with p r Quealy, tho Salt r.nlte .oal mair. mite who ! Interested with him In Wyoming Wyo-ming Mr. KemmeMr will visit ihe Wvo-DllnS Wvo-DllnS fleldl hefnre returning east. saltTakiTboy is studying at troy Among the sturleotB who relslererl al the Renjjseteer Polytachnlc Inatluite, Trov v v this vear was Rlchara Marriott Mar-riott ot' SaU Cake City, Utah. Mr Marriott was a graduate of the high ichool laal year. He will take up me "haufoaJ engineering at the Institute. |