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Show j ALTATEUR TALK ByTOSHYflTZPATiOCK IT bet-Ins to look as It the University Univer-sity of Utah wt I have to throw up the football sponge also, now that tha only big opponent of the year has decided to drop the college sport on account of ths war, Spanish Influ-enxa Influ-enxa and other- reasons. But If the Crimson fa furred to drop out of football foot-ball bcraua of lack of competition, the authorities on the hill will have Intercompany Inter-company games for ths time being and will also start the basketball season rolling;. Just why basketball, baa bail and track should b Included In the! report from the Utah Aggie la not known, but the state Institution wtU keep these sports go.nic and will play an Independent schedule with the soldiers sol-diers at the fort and teams at the B. Y. r. and probably the B. Y. C. All of tha achoola are having a hard time to keep tha spirit up. but the Aggies ara tha firet to threw up tha sponge. The government officials want football and other athletics, but something must happen soon or some of the other schools will follow In tha footatepa of the Aggiea. The Colorado hoys are already diecour-aged diecour-aged over football proaperta, and many of the coaches have already turned their Mtfentlon to the banket hall work, which is Iff he taiilnl on hi the iiwi aid .wag, if the Hpaniat. Influenaa la conquered by that time. ' e a There will be athletics at the University Univer-sity of Utah If Colonel B. H Wright has anything lo say about It. He la a lover of this work and believes It la a great help In the military training. A good j football piayer usually makea a good soldier. a a a Right on top of the ennouneemsnt thst the B. T IT. would play football at Provo comae ths report of ths Aggiea stopping It. This will probably put ths sport out of the ITovo school, snd It Is Juat what the foot tie 1 1 fans did not want to happen until s general order was given by the war department calling off the sport, e a a Coach Henry Rlehardaon Is getting ready to atart his hoop artists ss soon ss school tarta. It Is likely thst ths Panthers Pan-thers will not hsve sny foolhsll. This will be the first tlms thst the Red end Black bovs have not played the grand old game for the pa eighteen years. The feet that Boise Ifigh school hsa called off the sport leaves the gume that waa scheduled with the West High school out of ths queetlon, snd the Panther mentor believes thst It Is tlms to stsrt basast-balL basast-balL see Any branch of athletics right now would be a welcome sight to the fans, as well ss ths athletes themselves e e e Seventy-one men In Crimson moleskins wss a grsnd sight to look st, but theee suits will hsve to be boxed up, now that the boys hsvs no games to plsy. They will be on hand again next year. If ths war Is ovsr, and watch Utah go. see Earl Pickering, who waa selected ss ths ITtsh Aggie coach for this season, has made up hie mind to become sn officer of-ficer In the srmy. now that his fsvorlts gams haa been called off. Ical fans wers eager to meet the former Minnesota Minne-sota star snd great things wsrs expected of him at Logan. e e e There should be plenty of athletes 'In the schools this sesson. The B. Y. IT. ef Provo has a smsll enrollment, but Lleutenent Lleu-tenent Hancock say a ths boys must get Into some sport. 9 m Just ss a suggestion, wouldn't a meeting meet-ing of the Slate High School Athletic sasoriatlon bs the proper thing at this time? James F.. Moss snd C. Oren Wilson Wil-son are two of the high schools' beet booster, for athletics, snd It Is likely that theee men will call the board of control con-trol together eoon to determine the future athletic pot ley tor the alga schools |
