Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 24 | 1927 Proves Highly Successful Year for Dick Romney's Athletes

1927 Proves Highly Successful Year for Dick Romneys Romney's Athletes Farmers Defend Laurels in Rocky Mount Mountain in Track Meet Win State Hoop Title The year year year- of 1927 1921 will go down downIn In history as one on of ot the most outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- outI I standing years jears Inthe realm of ot collegiate col col- colI I te athletics since Coach E E. Lowell Romney took the wheel at atthe atthe atthe the Utah Agricultural college Under Under Un Under Un- Un der th the able direction of Smiling Dick the athletes of ot the hilltop school chool succeeded In capturing one Rocky mountain conference pennant pennant pennant pen pen- nant In track the state ch championship championship champion champion- ship In basketball and t took ok the state and western division titles In In wrestling Th The Utah Aggie grid diet did not fare so well In c conference con conference con con- n- n ference terence rating finishing the Beason season season sea sea- son with th three ee wins three losses ant and ne tie The tennis and swimming swimming swim swim- ming teams were rather weak the former taking third In the State and tho latter second STRONG QUINT The Aggie Aggie hoop artists artists' entered the conference baske basketball ball race with witha a quint that captured the conference confer ence laurels the year before and succeeded in In winning all the state games but l lost st st. three in the western western west west- em ern division race The two Aggie forwards Warren Hawley and Cantril Cantril Can- Can Flash Neilson were among the best In the conference Hawley had the rare ability of ot being able to cage baskets from practically ev every ery ery angle of ot the court while Neilson Neil Neil- sen son also a good b basket shooter d due dc e to his speed was a capable man at rustling the ball balI Glen Worthington held down his pivot position on the Farmer quintIn quint In such a manner as to enable him to make a place on the confer all ence enco mythical squad along with Neilson Worthington was chosen to cap captain in the 1928 Aggie quintet The two guards on the Farmer quint Addington Martindale l and Newell Sanders developed a de defense defense defense de- de that ald aided d the efficiency of the team to toa a great extent All AU of ot these men but N Newell well ell Sanders Sanders' will Sanders will willbe be back this year to once once more uphold uphold uphold up up- hold the U U. A. A C C. colors LOSE TO HAWAII The t football season seaon which jUt juat recently ended with the Aigles losing losing losing los los- ing a a. 21 20 battle with Coach Otto Klum's at Honolulu was more successful than the percentage percent percent- ag age would indicate Although the Farmer grid machine won only three three- of ot their conference tilts they were not defeated in any of ot the lost battles by a large margin The Aggie grid machine was a v very ry powerful powerful- one but it lacked the necessary punch to push the pigskin two or three yards ards when opportunity knocked on their door Many times Umes the Ag les battered their way down the gridiron only to lose the ball on the brink of ot the goal line tine by a fumble tumble or an an In completed forward forward forward for for- ward p pass ss One of the biggest faults ot of the Farmer Farmer aggregation the past season was was was' their aerial at at attack tack Upon many occasions a a. a completed completed com Con forward pass would have hare meant a t touchdown wn LINFORD S SHINES E Howard Tuff Tiff Linford Linfor captained the Farmer football squad du during the past season season in In a way that will long be remembered by Aggie grid fans Linford playing his last j year rear ear under the U. U A A. A C C.- C. colors made colors made the conference all squad squad- for the second and also received national na na- recognition Gibbons Gibbons' and Hawley also finished their l last st year jear ear with flying colors Among the mos most pr prominent of th the minor sports sports' at the Farmer school during the past year ear were were wrestling wrest wrest- ling hing swimming and tennis Under the tutorship of ot Coach George Nel Nelson son the Aggie grapplers had little difficulty in c capturing the western division diy championship laurels laurels- for forthe forthe forthe the the- third consecutive year Newell Peterson grappler in the pound weight proved th the master In in in his field in both the the- state state- and Rocky Ro ky moun mountain ln conte conference ence TA BID BID- 1 The tank artists at the the college showed som Improvement J over over those of ot previous ye years years' rs' rs by copping a 2 second pla place e In the state m meet et and third In In the conference Wendell Phillips was the ace the ace of t th the local squad quad ad During the past two jears the Aggie Racketeers have been in a rather deep slump Last season they failed tailed miserably being to capture a single tilt tilt from from either either- th the Utes or the Cougars Prospects this season how however ver are much uch brighter and th the should make a strong bid for the state title Lund Johnson has been en re reelected reflected re- re elected to captain the racket men men again next spring The hilltop school walked aw away y with the state track and field meet although som somewhat what Pressed pressed by the theother other two Utah colleges The re results re- re suits of ot the state state- meet were U. U A. A C C. 54 2 1 B Y U U. 50 U. U of ot ofU U U. 48 2 3 Due to the stellar work of ot W Worthington Worthington Worth Worth- ington Captain Geddes Burke Yarram Far Far- Farrar ram Hawley and Phillips Romneys Romney's athletes athlete were able to chalk up their fourth consecutive conf conference rence win The Agog Ies garnered a of ot 33 14 13 tallies while the p Parsons of ot Denver followed close chose with nh 32 points