| Show f OLLEGE LEGE Hi AND H. H S. S EXPECT TO MAKE UP FOR JOR LOST TIME IN 19 ture Prospects Are Bright and Coaches Wear Smiles That Will Not Come Off Brief Review of 1918 By Tommy Fitzpatrick ESPITE the fast that Uncle Sam was showing Wilhelm Hohen- Hohen zollern a few athletic stunts and notwithstanding the fact that it k It a number of the college athletes do It for Sammy the Utah colleges maged to weather the storm of 1918 d are now prepared to enter upon o 3 of the most successful years the they ve ve ye ever had The rhe laurels for 1918 athletics cannot handed to any anyone one Institution al- al ugh the Utah appeared to tova tove toye ve ye the edge in basketball and track Logan a-Logan Q Logan school won the state title basketball after playing the B B. Y Jand and nd the University of Utah and nd yi n represented this state in the play- play for the Rocky Mountain title at ove Coach Joe Jensen Jenson had a won- won r rul ul team of former high school its fa but in the final game at Boulder f Colorado school won the honors he Aggie quintet with Jo o 0 Spencer Jarvis Mohr and Neil- Neil i was the best in Utah and deserved win the title The Logan team did didt t play the B. B Y U. U five but hut it is alSt alist al- al St 1st an assured thing that Jenson's Jensen's n could have won out from Provo Prove the latter school was badly crippled the loss of so many of Its stars InI in I service The rho B. B Y C. C and the Uni- Uni sity of Utah played good basket- basket ll ii It but failed to show as well as they ld because of the lack of nee flee ERE RE HARD HIT Crack and baseball w were re hard hit lilt as ase asee lSe ee e two sports are expensive to carry Sand nd the B B. B Y U. U failed to form a ack ack ack ck team leam A dual meet was held been be- be fn en the Aggles and Utah and W was wasn n by the former after some exciting es and events The baseball title nt to the of Utah as the team feam defeated the Aggles e and lost once but won two games m the B. B Y U. U The Aggles again led ted to play the B. B Y U. U in baseball prospects of these schools athletics in 1919 look rather bright ht lit now he 1918 football season was more of ot oke than anything else in Utah At Atit Atit it with the S. S A. A T. T C. C training its ts fully established in three Utah it was thought that the college cOllegen n ne would be given some new life vas the case ease in Jo Colorado but the that the Utah old aId call off athletics gave it the first j setback This left the University Utah and the B. B Y U. U to play it out the Spanish influenza dealt the 41 1 1 death blow to the college sport ht lit when the tho Utah fans had a chance organize a three-team three affair It Iti i the first time that football had hadn hada n a played in Provo for ten or twelve welve rs re and the business men of the lit- lit city were right back of the unit at B. B Y U U. Lieutenant Hancock was Charge hargo of the unit at Provo and amI nd this tier deserves a great deal of credit the way that he handled the ath- ath c situation DAYS COMING 6 o much for the 1918 athletics Inh's in inh's hs h's colleges ho e Rocky Mountain conference ts on Friday and Saturday at Denand Denand Den- Den and the future lans hans of athletics in ih 1 and Colorado will be made UI up j coaches and athletes are awaiting results of 01 this meeting with keen rest as they are anxious to see Se what rule will affect their own onal standing before they decide to tor tr r school again Many of the boys short on their purse strings and andr r p have to stay out of school for forie l ie time but the school officials ar an 1 ig all aU they can to help the fellow really needs help to finish up his cation atlon re he ie Utah Aggles started the 1919 on out by securing the services of ofell ofell ell eli Romney as their coach for the ling Ing year in football and they ex- ex thi former Utah star to do things tj tle e grid game at Logan Coach on ton is In still on the Job also and will Romney In all branches of ath- ath a. a The other Utah schools are also faring for things next season and andy ir cy y of the old time stars are ex- ex ed to return to school he te big fight for the state honors in will start out at once and S f PS will probably be played the first cond week in February The B. B JF J. team has already been working nd nd d the Provo boys expect to get f ump pump on the Aggles and the Uni- Uni Uy ty ty fives At any rate all of the theft ft 11 schools arc are prepared to put up a a. ait it fight in all branches of sports in and the fans can expect to see ee Onelie one he lie best athletic seasons that has taken place on the sport calendar H H SCHOOLS he Utah high schools have havo had a a. aY ay Y time in athletics during the 1918 ion on n and the Spanish influenza Is thing that marred one of the thet t successful seasons of scholastic fler ler playing through one of ot the dest est basketball tournaments that ever taken place in Utah the och A Agricultural college of Cedar under the able coaching of Jack carried home nome the state tit title Ie a again aln The Box Dox Elder boys boy a crippled team put up a plucky p p. p but bui lost t the Ie by on one point he fourth day 0 oy o the tournament oele High I was the tive of the Salt Lake division while the B. 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U High chool school represented the Utah county division The Thelast Thelast Thelast last two teams were too small to stand the strain and some Injuries to their stars put them out of the running on the second night The high school officials officials officials of of- handled the tournament in great fashion and are now determined to make the 1919 tourney one better as they are planning to enter six teams in place of the four teams As s there is rio no regular high school baseball league the diamond sport was carried on mostly in the Salt Lake di division division division di- di vision and the West Vest High school I romped romper home with the honors due mostly to the great work of Bus Dus Brown and Ernie Fallentine the the Panther battery I STATE TRACK MEET MEET I IThe The State high school track meet brought out a dark horse and nd the Ogden High school walked home with the bacon Nobody had llad thought much about the Orange and Black Blacic team In track but the boys from up north had been doing doing- things and looked fit as u LJ I fiddle in the meet The work of and Miller was of the high highest highest est standard and these stars cinched high the meet for Coach Barnes Bagley Dagley also did his share hare to win the honors I Ifor for the boys U up up north Payson layson and the I East Side High school teams put up a I plucky scrap but they could not win I out over the bunch from the Junction CIt City I The only thing that marred high school athletics was the poor football season but the coaches made the best bestor I of or it Only one high school game was played The East Skiers Siders triumphed over the Payson ayson team by hy a 13 to 7 1 score an and l then Spanish influenza put Iut the quietus on the rest of the football sports The former athletic coaches are still on the job and many of them have al already already already al- al ready started to build up their basketball basketball basketball basket basket- ball fives five for this winter There will wm willbe willbe be a a. six team tournament and the high school officials also expect to get baseball baseball base base- ball hall started in the time smaller schools Tho The I 1919 91 9 has ban rosy prospects In all line of spurts and the high schools are arc going to encourage athletics even more t ti n the colleges of at th the the- Ite ette o |
