Show Achieve Sport Heights o Regain Conference Grid Supremacy T top Rocky Mountain T Tennis e nis Game I University of Utah teams led all Rocky Mountain conference schools in athletic achievements during the 1928 season Besides es winning the conference grid J title they placed first in conference tennis won the division title in swimming and took first place In the state in basket basket- ball In addition the Utes took third third place in track in the R. R M. M C. C race tied with the Aggles for second second sec see ond place in conference basketball and tied with the B. B Y U. U for second second sec see ond end place in wrestling Under the leadership of ot Coach Vadal Peterson the Utah hoop team tied the for the state title The team was composed mainly ot of freshmen but with the zealous coaching of Pete the Utes gained the tho collegiate championship of Utah SWIMMERS TAKE TITLE The swimming team from the Utah university completed a most successful year Coach Charles Welch Velch led the Ute tank squad to the western division cup being defeated defeated defeated de de- de- de for tho the conference title bythe by b bythe the B. B Y X U. U Winning the conference cup in tennis the Utah were superior to any team entered in the R. R M. M C. C race Close behind were the B. B Y U. U men whom the Utes had their hardest struggle Utah tied for second place Waco with the Cougars in ih the western the western division wrestling tournament The Utah Aggles nosed the two s schools out by four points poInts' the final result readIng readIng read read- Ing lag 28 Utah Utah- and B. B Y U. U 24 Ike Armstrong ArstrOng led the hilltop rs' rs t to tc a 1 third third- pla place e standing In the Rocky Mountain conference meet Behind the Colorado and Utah Aggi s only the Utah Itah team stood out prominently In the track affairs of the conference In Inthe Inthe I the Uie state track meet the were forced to second place by th the B. B Y U. U team WIN GRID TITLE The Utah Redskins c closed a most successful sport y ye yeaV r Ir In the winning of the Rocky Mo Mountain conference football championship The Utes trounced every conference opponent I with the exception of the Cougars who tied them 0 to 0 O. In addition the defeated Nevada university and tied with the Cr Crelghton ton eleven in intersectional games The Utes won the conference title Thanksgiving day when they trounced the 20 0 The I strength of the Utah machine lay in a powerful charging line on the defensive and a hard hitting g backfield backfield backfield back- back field for offensive The line showed its power when it held the strong Utah Aggles on on n the yard one line for successive line thrusts Utah's offensive attack was fruitful fruit fruit- ful jul against every team with the exception exception exe ex ex- ex- ex e of the Cougars a slippery field thwarting th the Ute onrush GREAT RECORD Outstanding on on n the Utah tah team I were Goodwin at halfback Watkins Wat- Wat Wat-I Wat kins kips at end man Cal at atta tackle lle C Couch Couchat JUch at fullback Jon Jonas Jonts s at center and I Pomeroy In the backfield The i i conference win of this season gave gave j the Utes Utes' their second In four years have found Ih The other two seasons the Utah university elev eleven n in second seebad sec see bad ond place Hard fight plenty of nerve lots lols lotsof lotsof of ot athletic ability al and a excellent Coaching placed th the Utah university teams to the fore in the Rocky Mountain conference and Utah I state division The The 1928 sport season season season sea sea- sea sea- son son has closed with Utah's athletic tlc ach achievement foremost st oi on Ol the he rec roe I |