Show INTEREST INTENSIFIED BY COMPETITION Y IN UTAH COLLEGES Sector Shows Greatest Progress in n Development of Sports ham Young Shows i h larked Improvement in Basketball By Hy Berrett Jan 16 A A general surat sur- sur of at athletics at the Brigham ing ng g university for the past year rt cates a successful season A Ar r scrutiny highly emphasizes Ir fact In the last half halt century the cold and haughty Mt Tim- Tim has gazed down upon upon the Uc fields of the big like it has been seen major aJor and minor spot sports JARS JAR'S SUMMARY SPORTS t vas J was vas resolved at the beginning the year 1925 that nothing short another a ther Rocky Mountain confer confer- I l pe title in basketball would suf- suf Coach A. A G. G Twitchell and his They only won von the state and received an un- un beating when they met Colorado college for R. R M 1 C. C I ors I traCk and activities they I Ie e bested by the other two coles col- col I es gj of ot the state Dave Pearson ke the state record in the te cen- cen r Jand nd equaled the R. R M. M C. C mark negotiating the distance in nine i fifths four fifths seconds Frosty broke existing records in mile two run only to be beaten Norton later in the season M he Cougar football ll team was the t that has ever represented the am Young university Under ew w regime with only a few men menthe c the machine crashed Its way recognition winning half halt of Its Us games Fred Dixon was ken all conference fullback The time a Y 1 man has been placed ATE TE E TITLE r- r tennis the Y won wart tate state laurels for the second con- con tive year ear Fred Dixon ably deed de- de Med ed his title as the best tennis player In the state h he heY Y grappling team won sec- sec in the state as did ming team tra mural activities were were- far farer ter er r than at any previous time new Rew organization The Women's tic ic association was Initiated year Tennis baseball bast bas- bas ball jl l hocky track volley ball t ng and dancing have been fos- fos dr so that each girl may ade- ade irtely Mely practice her hobby with the possible The c class cass as series was more success success- than ever with the Frosh No o. o II wing ng the cup Frosty Richards withe 1 the cross country run Ing ng a new record and winning IH H. H G. G Merrill loving cup for foring ning ing the race three times In suc- suc Ion jion Ph fee hi frosh football team furnished for the Cougars In m tion to pla playing ing a very success success- schedule the he race for tor basketball honors in circles in the year is 5 was extremely keen for the Coach Twitchell's frY ey j consisted of the Rocky conference champions of ti p p evious year intact This ag- ag after atter playing six two- two aae 1 series with her bitter rivals latIon Utah and the Utah Utes erg erg-ed with a percentage of ith the state title safely held Cougar met the Colo- Colo Ith 0 0 Tigers for the first official ky Mountain title The TigerS re ej very successful in turning s Cougar pa pack k beating them In a three-game three series alit Packard and Fred Dixon re re chosen as tate all-tate guard and andward andward w ward rd respectively The brilliant pk of Ingersoll and Romney cenI cen- cen Stewart I forward and Howard l. l were notable ACK CK AND UD IlD EVENTS v j. j be outstanding features of the kland field season was the run- run Lof of Captain Dave Pearce and ty Richards Pearce broke allIng all alling ing lag state records in the cenat cenat cen- cen at the state meet which wasat was at Provo His time Ume was 9 5 4 r ds He repeated his perform- perform I 1511 11 Rocky Mountain conce conce con- con ce meet This record equaled JR R. R M. M C C. record also Frosty ards stirred the entire region regions s r. r ethe I he ran the two-mile two course Cummings field In 10 minutes 5 5 seconds establishing a new Icord ecord This record was brok- brok f the state meet held at nt Provo Norton U. U A. A C. C distance man mati red ked ed by Richards lowered his J r and nd set a new conference rec- rec ef f 1009 7 SUCCESSFUL i Cougar team under I regime of Roberts and Hart I ir ed a a. far better season than previous year since they were 1 Into the Rocky Mountain 1 rence in 1922 They were only t pen n by the three greatest teams ie e conference and emerged Es of after an exely exly ex- ex ely ly hard season c DIxon fullback and in- in tion of the team won national wn n for tor his stellar playing He HeI Hethe Hethe the only man placed on the altI alt all I rence irence team Howard sturdy I e Kimball end also proved treat reat worth Dick Thome Thorne yas vaaI vae vaa 1 rd of until Fred Hinckley Was Wasa I a out of playing by injuries e played a brand of ball at that won him recognition mountains 4 bout hout the Rocky 4 animates voted voled him in as the theIn In ot of the 1926 team ham Young had six games IB uP lup up not one th that t they were Hi to win by many Three Thre of I steams C. C A. A U. U of U. U and andt l t C. C had little difficulty In inIng Ing cing them The other three redo do college coached by Mead e the he e former Cougar mentor A. A itchell Western Vestern States colad col- col ind nd Montana State were beat beat- it the Cougars ii team reached their peak of pg g 1 in their last two games mes it they beat heat Western State col- col I nd Montana State by decisive f. f Ong ng the basketball and track t minor sports were thriving fell ell dl The B. B Y U. U wrestling team finished second In the state meet which was held at Logan Tau Hullinger and Clark Larson proved themselves to be two of ot me best amateur wrestlers In the state The st state te honors were taken by the Utah Aggles In the state swimming contest held at Salt Lake th the Ute swimmers swimmers swimmers swim swim- mers won over the Cougar entries by A score of 30 to 26 The feature feature feature fea fea- I ture of the meet was the yard free style race between veen Captain Johnston of the Cougar team and Captain Christenson of the Ute team Captain Johnston won at the finish by uncorking a powerful burst of f speed After playing the regular schedule schedule sched ached ule the B. B Y U. U vere tied for state with the U. U of U. U net stars stirs The first exchange was wasat wasat wasat at Provo The doubles teams consisted consisted consisted con con- of Dixon and Manson Buttle and Groesbeck and Allen singles player won of the five games This was repeated at L gan a a. week later In the two tournaments with the U. U of U. U the two college net teams stood even This fact caused a lock dead-lock and necessitated a meet with the U. U of U. U for the state stale ti ti- ti tle tie In this tournament the Y rac rae won all five games Dixon the Intermountain singles champion played up to form In all the combats but was as unable to go goto goto goto to tho conference meet Lee Buttle Bottle went lo Ia the conference tournament but was eliminated In the semifinals semifinals nals by Leo King ICing Rip Gledhill alternated alternated al alternated al- al with Groesbeck Buttle Bottle and Dixon played the singles also Tennis was indulged In by many of the students In 1925 A noteworthy noteworthy noteworthy note note- worthy event was the building of ot several tennis courts by the graduating graduating nUng class ss of ot 1925 as their senior project In the annual Thanksgiving cross country run Frosty Richards performed performed performed per per- formed a feat that only one other man has done who has attended th the B. B Y U. U Fros Frosty y broke all existing records over the 42 mile course in H. H addition to this winning the G. G Merrill l loving CU cup for winning the race three years In succession Only one other man has won this cup and that was in 1912 The rhe class series in basketball was won by the frosh frosli No II t ls year More students engage In these annual annual annual an an- nual tournaments than in any other single athletic event of the whole year Prospects for a banner year in 1926 are forthcoming Old Man Roberta Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts erta will attend to that |