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Show "U" BASEBALL TEAM HAS GOOD RECORD BY LEO LARSON. Tha closing of th present baaeball aeaaon at tha . "U" marka an epoch in tbU branch of sport. Tho team this year ptrt np an article of ball which demanded recognition. Thla success U due mainly to the efforts of Coach "Bob" Porter. Ho has worked hard with tho man, and as a result brought ont on of tho boot teams that aver represented tho university. 5sme, He expects all the new candi atea to report for thia. The oiening game of the season will be a practice game with the Ogden H. H. no Keptcmber 30. The season proper will start on October 7 with a famO with the Colorado aggiea on unimings field. Tbe team should have finished the seasoa without a defeat, aud would have done so had it not been for over-confldonco. over-confldonco. The loss of the Jap game was due altogether to thia factor. In this gam the mea did not realize what they were np against till the game waa over and the anre stood 6 to 4 io favor of the little brown men. The wonderful success of the Waseda team since leaving here ha stamped then a equal to most American college teams, so the "IT" men have the con eolation of knowing that they did not lose to an inferior aggregation. After having been defeated by the Waseda team, the "IT" men wanted, to even up by defeating Keio university, but were doomed to disappointment, owiog to a cancellation of the date. Baseball is the onlv branch nf athletics ath-letics in which the ''V" won a chant-) chant-) pionship this year, and aa a conse-quenre conse-quenre interest hss increased greatly in thia branch. The increased enthu isiasm in this sport points to the proh lability of intercollegiate gamea with ( Colorado teams within a very short time. Contemplating thia, the athletic council haa set about to increase the sise of ummtngs field. Just south of the present field a new field large enough for baseball haa been etarted. The work ia well under way now and should he completed soon. This will nuke aa ideal baseball diamond, as well aa a good field for the freshmen football team to practice on. There were but nine mea who won a "II" in baseball thia year. In order or-der to win a ' " an athlet must play a, full intercollegiate game of nine innings, anil only nine men did this. The me who won "U'" are Sutherland, Horsfall, Kotnney, Holm-stead, Holm-stead, Neilsnn, Van Orden, Hurlburt. Peterson and Larson. From the present outlook next vear will he a banner one for the "I!" in football. In an interview yesterday Coach Fred Henniun expressed great enthusiasm over the prositecta for next aeafwn. Although he loees almost his whole team of tint vear, he feela that 1 he haa a wealth of material to pick from ia last year's frehmnn bunch. These mea, along with tha old players, can be whip, ted into a fast team. Coach Ben n ion will kme a good part of la At veer's team. Captain Home, Grant, ftichardmm. Young, 4'rice. Netl-son, Netl-son, Christ ensen and Cgrmichat. will all graduate this year. Of these men. Count Christeneen, Neilson and Car-nnrhael Car-nnrhael mav return to' achool. Tbe old men who will be bach in the game next year are Captain Kumney, Dei Bennioa, Ham Olsen, Dune Gardner, Gard-ner, Bummers, !ean, Peterson and Otto Komner. Krnm last year's freshmen team Coach Ben n ion will have: Sutherland, Suth-erland, a. b.j Ashton, f. b.; Dillinaa, tackle; Paul, c; Rynearvon, a.; Hampton, Hamp-ton, tackle; Kirov, g.; Meyers, end; Karrick, h. b.; frimmer, g. Besides these men, others ara expected to make good. Among these are Kitzpatrtck. q. b.. from the Halt Lake high school; Bob Gardner, who plaved two rears ago at center: Oiaen, Happv Kulraatead. Kricsoa, Dow Young, VV'inerniti aad Lofgrea. Holmstead, Kricsoa and Lof-gren Lof-gren ara aome what new at the game, but all are fast men. Olsea is a giant, ft feet 3 inches tall, and weighs about 2?0 pounds. Ha haa- signified his intention in-tention to get out for early training next fall, and if he takea to'tha game, should be a wonder oa tha line. Coach Bennion has posted notices that there will be early training aext fall, at which time particular attentioa iwtll be paid to tha fundamentals nf tha |