Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 39 | Conference Games this Year Should be Harder Fought than Previously

Conference Games This Year Should Be Harder1 Fought Than Previously M Colleges in Rocky Mountains Expected to VjPut Elevens in the Field; Aggies' Lineup Will Be Almost Identical With Last Fall's; U. of U. Should Put Up Fight for Titls. Ey "STUBBY" PETEESON. WILL football bo played again this fall by all teams in the Eocky Mountain conference? This is a question -which is causing much comment and discussion among the football fans in Utah. It if easily answered, however, when we consider the demands the government has made for athletes and the uru'cut Plea it has made for the continuation all forms of athletes. tvery team in the conference has lost practically all of its stars, with the Possible exception of the Utah Aggies, who will havo at least seven old men bad;. Men, who in the past have been kept Jwy from the same on account of the Keen competition, will come forth this Acah an3raaiiy a g00(j player will, no aouot, beuiBcorered among them. The Muads should be larger than ever this stn CUe to the fact that tne main-hav main-hav . 8 gone' aud entire teams will J.to be developed instead of a low t"rCs, as has been the case in former Jars. Many of the schools, such as the Utah Agricultural college, the Univerfitv of Ijtab, the University of Colorado "aud the Montana State college, which are training detachments for student sol diers, will have a decided advantage over the other schools. The soldiers at these schools will no doubt organize teams and give the 'varsity men all the practice they will want, and then some. Tbey will also be on hand to root for their teams, and the rooting of 400 or 500 husky soldiers will go a long way towards helping the home players. The question o' tie freshmen ruling has not come up as yet.- but it will, no doubt, be. taken inlo consideration before be-fore the season starts. On account of the present conditions, it looks as if the bars will have to he let down or the rule badly bent if football is to thrive in some "of the schools. The two Utah schools would he better off with the freshmen ruling the wav it now stands, as all ot their available players are not affected by the ruling, but the Colorado, Wyoming and Montana Mon-tana schools will have very few, if any, men back who will not come under the ruling. If. however, the freshmen ruling is dropped, the Utah schools would glad-lv glad-lv sacrifice, some of their chances of winning for the sake of a belter brand of football. '. , , , . . The Utah Aggies havo lost their loot- " (Continued on Pae Three.) .11B HARDER (Continued from Page One,) hall coach, but a oow man will be found to take his place, and with the material froDi. last year the A-.C. looks good to repeat. It is almost Certain that nothing noth-ing can stop football from being played at the Logan institution this fall. The University of Utah will have two old men back, but the high school stars who entered at midyear will be: able to take the places of the .former varsity players who have entered the service. , Coach Tommy Fitzpatrick is at the Presidio, and anyone who knows Tommy, knows that he will have k team if they only play one game. Coach Hughe-R of the Colorado Aggies says he will have a team even if they lose every game in which they participate. parti-cipate. The Colorado School of Mines lias secured se-cured the services of Coach teariUj a former University of Iowa man. and they intend to play again this year. Colorado "U" Strong. . The Colorado University eleven will be fightisg, as usual, again this fall. From their present collection of football foot-ball talent, it- appears that they caii claim the right to be classed as the strongest eleven in the state of Color rado. Denver university and the Colorado college have' both signified their inteu-.tion inteu-.tion of continuing with the gridiron game, but as yet little has been heard concerning the Montana Aggies arid Wyoming university. By taking their past performance into consideration, however, it appears that they can be relied upon to put some sort of an eleven on the field. The Montana Aggies Ag-gies have lost the services of Coach Bennion, and they have yet to find a hew coach to take his place. The success of football this fall will depend largely upon the publia. If the games, are well . patronired and the teams, are supported, it will be needless need-less to say- that ' the' interest will be greater than ever before. Football is an expansive game, and the public will have to suppprt it more than ever to make Up for the iliereassd cost of! transportation trans-portation and of general football equipment. equip-ment. Let's consider it a patriotic duty and all get together and boost the gridiron game, as well as all other branches of athletics more than ever before.