Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-04-16 | Page 13 | Sport Talk 'N' What Not

rS-JO rS SPORT R TUY TALK Kl i in What M lial Not ot ol 11 h t Lon Richardson I. I A NEW PLAN How v can we c make track meets interesting enough to attract ct fans in wholesale numbers t I It If you JOU can answer that question it'll he hc just like holding ho the winning number in an Irish sweepstake Y You 11 become a millionaire almost over night d i Athletic directors have been working on that problem for forc c years And Aud a a. solution hasn't even cven been approached Jarly out here in the thc west r Track meets to be bc sure have c their thrills but Lut th they y arc Unusually 1 so far apart that inns fans s simply haven't become enthused I nj to l flock to the Utah stadium to toC C C ce football games gaines only a handful attend track tourneys i ji Coach Ike Armstrong introduced d dA A tet et t of of starting blocks his own child brain b to pep things up last year car This season ho lie Is rearranging the list of events In tho the endeavor to make maJe the tha spring pring competition more inter e jesting 4 Tho rho ho ne new stunt t will be tried this i Saturday when the Rocky moun moun- t tn champion Utes meet Brigham Young in the tho only track event ent on the local collegiate schedule this year I The tournament proper will start J at nt p p. p m. m But at 2 o'clock the shot discus us high Jump and pole 1 get under way wa Armstrong I has timed Jt It so that the athletes competing in these events c will be begetting getting up or out oat to real distances by bythe the time the fans arrive c In this U way the entire meet can be staged l i lIn Jn In 1 hour and 40 minutes from the thesa sa spectators spectators' view Running events nl i will be 10 minutes apart The h hammer throw will be start start- ed cd at 1 30 o'clock in iii order to avoid any mishaps of the ball ban and chain being wildly hurled burled Into a crowd The TIle Theother Theother other oUter field events such as the Ule broad Jump and Javelin will be staged during dur Leg ing the course of the track events Cinder tourneys s 's can be made more popular but there isn't a 8 possible chance chanco of their even cven approaching football or even cn basketball in pop pop- A good public address system by which fans could be made acquainted with the participants the records times distances and heights made etc would also aid in their larity