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Show 3 Behind the Sports MIRROR L By JOHN MOONEY It is hoped that the University of Utah and Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural college, having completed or nearly completed their spacious fieldhouses, are not planning to allow these roomy edificies to lie in a state of comparative idleness during a period when they could be utilizing the space to great advantage. I refer to Indoor track competl-' tion, which has been sadly neglected neglect-ed in Utah chiefly because there have been no really good running tracks in the state. With these large buildings available, avail-able, the old excuse of not having a place to hold the meets won't hold water any more. If the sport lags from now on, it can be blamed on one of three things: 1. The high school and college athletes aren't Interested enough to warrant the formation of a track program, or 2. The university and college officials of-ficials aren't sufficiently energetic or f arseeing to promote such a program, pro-gram, or 3. The high school coaches have not put sufficient emphasis on track and field events to make the sport click from a competitive angle. Of course, If all three of these suppositions are true, then there is nothing more can be done about it and the matter may a well be dropped right now. However, if these suppositions aren't true, then it would seem that the university andU. S. A. C are missing out on a fine opportunity oppor-tunity to "sell" their Institutions to high school students In a way that Is both ethically and financially financial-ly sound. When coaches Invite a promising prep athlete to look over the school, the athlete often takes on an air of Importance, begins to think the colleges are "chasing" him and then succumbs, often, to the lure of the out-of-state colleges and leaves his home state to try his luck afar. . I |