Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 4 | Books Close on Great Season of Competitive Activity

BOOKS CLOSE T COMPETITIVE ACTIVITY OF 6 N PROGRESSION i MARKS YEAR IN S General Participation on Increased Increased Increased In In- creased Many Old Games G mes Revived Just before old Father TIme Tim closed his 1927 books boobs at 12 chimes chime last night he marked across thep the p pages Undoubtedly the greatest year in the he history of the Intermountain intermountain Intermountain Inter- Inter mountain region The year ar was truly great not bec because because be be- cause c u e of outstanding champions here her and there but because of progress progress ress an and and- m much oh of it in practically eye every s sport t. There was slow slow- stead steady progress progress in every direction with more lre and an more enthusiasts enthusiast becoming interested in one activity or or another an and more and more In Interest interest In- In terest being manifest In some cf d the ther r rejuvenated jU sports especially handball hand hand- ball b ball ll bowling baseball soccer moto moto motor mo mo- to tor boa boating boatin tin il horse lSe racing and amI wres- wres UTAH WINS LITTLE HONOR HOMO As a whole It was a disastrous year ear for fOl Utah Utaji athletes who 10 failed to cOl cop th the us usual number of or important important important tant championships This w was teas is especially es- es es especially speciallY s- s true In 11 school athletics with the University of L Utan tan losing its conference football champion- champion slip slit p an and the Utah Aggles dropping their conference basketball all laurels Likewise Utah with filth the thee e exception of Doral Dora Pilling PUling failed tailed to make e mu much uch h of a showing shoving in national national national na na- na- na competition an and tennis golf oH bowling handball cycle an anti and basketball hasl has has- l ll artists cut little Ice In important Important important im Im- im- im competitions Football undoubtedly was king ling of the sports s with attendance records being sn smashed assed In practically every stadium In the conference Two new sla stadiums at the University of Utah an and Utah Agricultural college further stimulated l ted gridiron interest inter inter- est However t it w was s a sorry borry year car for Utah teams The Colorado Agricultural Ag- Ag Agricultural college regained d. d the conference conference conference con con- r ference title while the U U. of 1 U. U was forced to be content with a tie with Montana State for third place Den Den- Denver Denver ver university finished second Probably second to football in In Interest Interest interest In- In terest was as' as h horse racing The rhe three meets neets held at Lagoon Lag and fair fairgrounds fairgrounds air grounds found the largest crowds crowd in lathe inthe the history of ot the th sport t clamor clamor- hig ng for admittance The meets were held only after a Ion long series serle of court battles between opposing pa parties ies GREAT INTEREST IN BASKETBALL Scholastic basketball atta attained n d H Us its highest peal peak of or interest when the annual high school scho l tournament was wal held in Salt Lake Lale The brilliant tourney was Jas as brought to a dramatic climax when the little hi high h school ran off oft wl with h the championship cham chant completely bewildering bewildering bewilder bewilder- rIng r ing the highly touted L. L D D. D S. S team in the title game ame Minersville however failed tailed miser miserably bly in the national tournament losing the first t two hwo o games J mes played Although golf did not grow STO row by such uch rapid strides as It dl did in n 1926 the he 27 season leas 1 was a mighty popular popular lar one The year was featured by bythe bythe bythe the brilliant playing of or C. C E. E I Foley Fole who ho coPP copped d every major champion champlon- championship ship with the exception of the in invitational tou tournament ana ment which Eddie Morrison allaround all all- around king of 1926 1026 won Earl jEarl Peirce ruled the Intermountain tain tennis kingdom with victories s 's sIn In both the singles and amI doubles as aswell w well ell ll as taking the state singles Tn Ur national competition however the Utah doubles team composed of or Peirce and Lee Buttle tasted defeat de defeat de- de feat feht in the first round of play at atthe atthe atthe the hands of it the Ule brilliant French team t am of Lacoste an and Borotra AMATEURS AMATEURS' POPULAR I Utah-Idaho Utah l league baseball proved pro much more popular In Salt Lake L' than than during the previous year al although although although al- al though the championship again went w nt to the Idaho Falls nine Amateur Amateur Ama Ama- s tour baseball however enjoyed Us its t greatest season with honors going to the Denver r S. S Rio Grande Grand Grande Upstairs Upstairs Upstairs Up Up- stairs Clothes Shop an and Walker Brothers Brothers' Bank Junior baseball fo found nl The Telegrams Telegram's star all-star team winning western stern ho honors ors h by taking Pocatello Idaho into camp in a championship series FLOCK TO COURTS AND ALLEYS Business men who found diversion diversion diver diver- sion slon in golf In m n the summer summer months discovered that bowling and handball handball handball hand hand- ball were exceptional winter pastimes pastimes pas paS- times and as a a. result T 1 both oth the local alleys aUe's and courts have been crowded crowd crowd- ed to capacity a good j portion of oC the time There Is more interest st in these these- two sports sports' today than was even anticipated for lor a number of years ears However the veteran champions were 1 0 not displaced J. J Il TJ n. Quinn again proved tl to be the outstanding bowler in hi the state state while Lorenzo t Ce Ct rC O on page 2 2 1 14 PROGRESSION MARKS YEAR YEA YEARa IN a C Continued ed from page 1 1 Claw Clawson son stands out as the leading han baller even though Cannon Lund won won the state title The handball season was wag featured t by Clawson's victory over oer Georgo George Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son national champion fn In ina a challenge challenge challenge chal chal- lenge game in Salt Lake some time after the national meet Boxing continued to remain a a. popular sport with the usual large crowds attending the Manhattan professional fights and the amateur tournament proving a a. bl big drawing card Wrestling likewise came back bick to its own and the game that was yas almost dead for so many years ears took tool new life MOTOR BOATING POPULAR The motor boat racing sport which had almost comple completely tely tiled lied out was WM rejuvenated and proved pro ex exceptionally ex cx- Although the theone theone theone one big meet that was held wahan was wa han handicapped by lack of ot equipment the interest manifest points to a promising future for the thc sport aport The English soccer enthusiasts were more interested than over ever be before before be- be fore forc and the league prospered in both senior and junior competition Swimming S remained as one one of of- of the minor sp sports although it fast came to the front Bud Shields agaIn as stood out as the outstanding performer I of new records And so on on down the list list Yes the Old S Scorer was right it it was wasa a great s season ason t