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Show GREAT YEAR FOR 1 1 m que Return of Veteran Stars From Service Insures Stiff Competition. Athletic competition in the Rocky Mountain conference d uring the 1020 season will in ail probability be keener keen-er than in the past. This school year, veterans of the world war, primed for a fight on the battlefields of football, will put In their appearance after an absence I from the game of almost three years. In Colorado the schools in the conference expect to have the greatest collection of :Aa;s that haa ever represented the centennial cen-tennial state in athletic games. The University of Colorado, noted for its wonderful grid machines, expects to have mie of the classiest teams in the field this season that has ever represented represent-ed the state of Colorado. With the return re-turn of fifteen veterans, and with an unlimited supply of green men, the Boulder! Boul-der! tes expect to make the other teams sit up and take notice. They will play their first game on October 7, and it is expected that practice will start during the early weeks of September.. At the Colorado Agricultural college at Fort Collins fans can see nothing but victory for the Farmers. In 1916 the Farmers had one of the classiest teams In the conference, being defeated only by Colorado "U". With their stars returning re-turning from the service, it is expected that the school will have one of the fastest fast-est teams in the history of the conference. confer-ence. Denver university will have the great Anderson again in uniform. Anderson is regarded as the best end ever developed In the conference, being a star on both offensive and defensive play. Gibson, the husky back and running mate of Antler-sou, Antler-sou, will ah;o be back in the limelight. These two men were towers of strength to the M misters in 7. when they had their best season. Practice at Denver "V" will start about September 20. Prospects at Colorado college are not known in detail, hut it is a certainty that the Tigers will have an eleven of the- fighting material in the field when the first game is called. The Tigers have always had a good football team, and this year, with the return of several stars who saw service overseas, they expect to give the other elevens of the conference a battle. bat-tle. Fifteen old timers are expected to put in an appearance. Jack Taylor, one of tiie greatest backs ever developed in the Rocky mountains, has returned from France and will lend a hand at coaching the tigers. The Golden Miners have In past years been the dark horse of the circuit. This : year will be no exception. They will be i in the fray fighting with the same old ' ginger and spirit that have always char- i acterized their play. I With the five Colorado schools primed , for the f ra y an r 1 with the U n i v e rs i ty o f ! Utah boasting of a prospective champion- i ship eleven, and with the 1917 Aggies again In action, the fans of Utah and Colorado are assured one of the greatest gridiroq seasons in the "history of the game in this section. Mose Stlefel, all-star O'tarterhack in 1917, Is expected bark at the Utah A. C, ; and Mose will, no doubt, add considerable i pepper to the Aggies' chances for a title. 1 Besides Stiefel, several- other oldtimers i will also be In the lineup. 1 At the University of Utah. Coach. Tommy Fitzpatrick will have a flrst-t las aggregation with Kay, Ottinger. Roaehe and numerous others forming the foundation foun-dation for a winning combination. At the University of Wyoming It is expected ex-pected that the Cowboys will have a stron? machine in the fie'.ri. |