Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-10 | Page 47 | Spring Athletics at "U" to be Vigorously Encouraged this Year

(SPRING ATHLETICS AT "U" TO BE VIGOROUSLY ENCOURAGED THIS YEAR Abandonment of Siiort Last Season Decidedly Harmful; Baseball Practice Begins Tomorrow; Twenty Clubs to Compete in Class Series; New Material Must Be, Developed for the Track and Field. PRrNG athletics v.-Lll beffin at the V I'niversity of Utah during the present week, am athletes who have not performed for two vcars, owinp; to the abandonment of fpnng sports last year, will begin to S't themselves into condition. f'oac!i Tommy Fitzpatriek has is-the is-the tali for baseball candidates u a request to bring balls and C oves, and to hold daily workouts in I ?ymnasium until the weather is fit w outside practice. Within a few y an intraschool competition in "aseball will 0peu among ten different aewwations. Ten captains will be ap-ywiiited ap-ywiiited and these will each organize a 7 , of twent.y men, to be picked by Vt from the entire student bodv of the "NJJI. Until thhe athletic field be-'"'nis be-'"'nis dry, indoor games will be plaved. is the intention of the school to Vn a baseball club into the 6eld this . '.'ir, and the coach thinks that this "1 be a good method of getting a "jc on the available material. The JV;, Pat't-whieh the war has made on b and the calling off of base-a" base-a" Hat spring have left the institu-m institu-m more or less in the dark -as to ippndPe players 0,1 whom it; ma5" A saIlle un(,ertaintv exists1 in re-tJM re-tJM to the prospects for track. There I'rL0'! two variety track men loft . !he ,tam ,vhich won the state Mpiouship two years ago, and no 11 5 were R'ven the opportunity of flopment last spring. Harold Good-, Good-, ' mid bpence Heid arc the two let-l:nl,;rac?; let-l:nl,;rac?; Thw Parnielee, Burtis arV k ya" Jhnson and Sam Smith other members of the track squad ect d1'11 rpmai". nd they1 are snri l to show good form this aea-fas' aea-fas' iap- freshman and sophomore formal oon'a,.n "limy men who per- Ud ri(WheV.n- thcir 1,ish scl,0Ql dayS' quarto" P ,s exPected from this AA pp.scnt time it appears prac-' prac-' All- am that the' standard in 1)3 11 not bo maintained to thnv ani1 track this vear, owing junior ,f,Vy irain cf thc T- In the drav.i f seu,V classes the with-men'u-t, w,ar ice of the tvpe of l)cpn . rma, 0 "P athletic teams has have i t.v,1"!' y '"'avv. and reports in tta ,v at tlle same condition holds toll ir Thcls of the state. Foot- E0- Ent ; II1 ut an3 basketball more is eert-iin .ba,seba11 aD(1 track the blow have b'cn , e ercn liarder. Students 0,t Up . nn? the service through-to through-to p-.iVj lntcr' and many more will avjj0a -a.v within a few weeks for t'V'C" P'in that the course t i, nrnhK wa Poor policv, and , is probable that no repetition of that action Will occur during tlie war, no mattpr how few men' remain. The greater the withdrawal of men from school the greater is thc need for training train-ing . them,' both to maintain athletics during the war and to tit the boys themselves for the duty of war, if they are needed. For this reason, the entire male student stu-dent group at the, university will be encouraged to participate in sports this vear. The intraschool baseball scries lias this end in view, and track meets of a similar nature will further advance ad-vance the plan. With the completion of the two new tennis courts at the university, interest in this activity is increasing. These courts are of 'the latest type. They are built of cement and consequently will be available from tennis sooner than the old clay courts were, and maybe may-be used directly after a rain. The cement ce-ment has a coloring substance which relieves the eyo strain, due the strong reflection of the sun, which is so severe pn most courts. Dave Coleman is expected ex-pected to lead the racquet men this vear. He has had two vyars of experience expe-rience Professor A. L. Mathews will a'ain coach the teams. If Utah should win out in this state, he hopes to stage a competition with thhe winning Colorado Colo-rado institution, as was the case three vears ago. There has been much talk of organizing organiz-ing a swimming team, and there is much enthusiasm about the subject. Interest In-terest in swimming is constantly m-crea"inc m-crea"inc among the "V" students, and it is not unlikely that some fast men will be developed before long. As it is some good high school swimmers have entered the school. The annual "U" cross-country run will be held again this spring on "II' dav "I"'" the middle of April. The crround has not been 111 good condition for outdoor training for this event, but some of the eanaidatos are beginning begin-ning practice on the. running track at Hie school.