Show 1912 Was Great Year for Amateur Athletics TL Continued d from first pace paie of cr Cl on CU th the mat and after atter the first minutes of wrestling Peterson voluntarily dropped to his hands and let t Wheeling on top Wheeling wa was unable to pin th the ink husky farmers farmer's to th the cushions At tho end ond of three minutes of wrestling a short rent rit was taken and wheeling voluntarily dropped to tim tho mat Peterson coul could riot not pin his opponent down hut but was Zt given en tho decision by the tho Judges for or a superior showing during the last three Although it was urged that ovary stale champion go to Denver and compete In Inthe Inthe the Rocky mountain tournament and after money had been raised to rend Bend them Physical Director Gingrich of the Y M. M CL C. A. A had a hard time to get geta a a. Utah representation to the bt big Albert Arthur Macko and Wilfred Wilfred Wil Wil- fred Wren went however and won the tho Rocky mountain championships In their respective events This first attempt in the tho state proved a great success arid and will bo be un an annual occurrence oc cc- currence from now on Although the tho wrestling was stronger than Is ordinarily found in an amateur tournament there was a a. a distinct absence of or boxers In fact during the tournament there were t scarcely a half dozen mitt arista ariste who looked good Albert Schrader developed wonderful form between the time hn he won the tho state championship and the Rocky mountain championship Vr Wr n showed considerable class elss durin during the tho tournament and nd Walter Dahl Dah In tho special 12 pound clasH displayed much scientific ability At the tho Gymnasium The Tho gymnasium offers among the facilities for nil all branches of indoor athletic In the west Especially 1 1 this true of nt The pool in I the gymnasium is one nc of tile tho beat beatIn In ri thin part of th the country The pool is twenty yards long and eight yards Its depth ranges from three feet to eight It Is all tiled and hued with water such equipment for aquatic activities activities' swimming has dc- dc vi Into one of the lie most popular pastimes pas pas- times and some come expert swimmers arc developing uro weekly contests held in swim swimming ming for each of tho different clashes Tho contexts occur twice each czich week Then there Is nn nil contest hold held once f month arid and alt albo o n ft yard sixty handl- handl clip for nil At t. t least en- en take part In nil those competitions and the rivalry has reached a high Macro of success The of the was wan won on by Hugh Gray Gray won the yard JOO-yard championship for or which he lie sets gets is his name on the tho J. J Grant loving cup The man who vho gets hie name on oh the lie cup for three successive is awarded th tim trophy pr For r the tho ic of the all around con cnn Hugh Gray r received H a gold cold watch and a. a gold cold medal for taking first place in the century The medal for the best all around ath- ath Mo ni of tin Iii gymnasium was va won by Mu- Mu iu rlou Reunion The gymnastic contest for the of thia department v s staken taken by i. 1 A A. A A competition Mas as held for the best bent in gymnastic i ork swimming wrestling boxing running run run- lung ning indoor field work voll y ball and ami Clarion also success success- for I this his title g the there vena fiS a handball tournament lucid hold ii In carh earli class followed J iy y a general in iii which any uny was eligible to compete In the via us WOO won In the 41 r. r liSH i Jo won Loo finger flager irvon In III the senior division and Allen fin In lii th thu i Intermediate In the tho for the class tournaments lc 4 RIOt ami won the Intermediate class Puffy Duffy und loud Swaner tool took the lead leadIn In the clasH Smith and Dent won in ll class and Eager and th the 3 senior championship Bulling UN an activity iu Iii foremost in popularity Hen Ien has been the nuU n and nd holds elites twice each week There arc fifty of- of moro Who and dm progressing rapidly 1912 the state stale tre ami tournament the theD D held a In Which the tho state stale champions were barred Following la Ia the outcome of this m nt A First Second IL 5 If it artwrIght D D. 11 Crow ley A. A McCabe 3 11 Young IS i S X I lt R B L. L Reynolds r I I. I Anderson There arc ars also ahrn among th the grapplers of if gymnasium many classy men who have bc n for a number of- of of years Crabbe champion of The pound i class of the tho stat for several soy sev oral eral yearn and also ulso Rocky mountain champion Is now under the tho direction of Barker learned the game from Mike Yokel and all who have senn the little wrestler In action will agree he be I Is as clever as any amateur of tile country his his' weight Alex who filters enters In the 1450 rotund pound class won the state championship championship champion champion- ship from Arthur Mache on a decision During tim summer months tennis be- be canto aia i the popular sport courts of the Iho gymnasium are among the best In the city and naturally drew many good tennis players There wore two championship tournaments held first the Deseret tournament arid and then the city tournament The singles of the Dc tournament were won by A. A W. W Cheney The Tho doubles bv by und and Will Lund The Salt RaIL Lake City games were the class of the tho season A largo large number of contenders entered The sin ln- singlee sint glee cle for the city title was wan won by Curl Carl Roberta while Sam Nici and Tamos Tanes En- En Eni successfully combated for or the championship In the doubles Bo Boring has not yet become one of the registered activities of the gymnasium Assistant Physical Directors Ben Harker and ind Bobby Richards have urged the boys to take up art of man defense A number or of boxing gloves have been dis distributed dis- dis through the gymnasium and box box- boxi in ins contests are frequent with the heavily fly ily padded gloves The danger of losing a. a tooth or departing with a blanc black eye haa made the bova careful however and there is no My training or in- in for or this sport At the Y M. M C. C A. A I Most of tho ho competition under the tho auspices of the Y T. M. M C. C A. A Is for Its members only and in Is Intended to take tako in as large groups of men and boys as possible making mailing very little differentiation differentia differentia- non tion xo so far a as ability along ulong particular lines In I. concerned the aim being the greatest good to the largest number and exercise for its hygienic effects rather th m for the development of a elect Jew ew The Tho i Y M. M C. C A. A does doea riot not make a.- a. business of what Is known a as ex- ex or competition with ith other institutions Of the tho many types of ath atti- the T. T M. M C C. A. A engages with other Institutions in only three boxing wrestling and basketball The only sport In lri which the Y 1 M. M C. C A. A engages with other oilier teams OB as a team is basketball Those men who enter contests held un under un- un der i the auspices of such Institutions flu nu th thi A. A A. A U. U and A. A L. L X N. A. A are usually required to do ilo so as Individuals and not as si trams teams representing th the Y I r. r C C. C A. A athletics which have havo need of special mention during the past year and which hare havo taken in largo large groups roup of men and boys are basket basket- bill boxing wrestling tennis handball hand hand- ball and nd aquatics aquatic The usual custom of the T. T M. M C. C A. A Jn fe putting a a. basketball team Into the flew was as followed this year and the team while It did not win the tho state chain cham won nine of twelve games losing two games to th the University of and nd one game to the B. B Y C. C of Logan Basketball has ban bosn a popular among the members of the l. l M. M C C. A. A and while during the past two seasons It has hos riot not had a champion champion- bip t team am the team made a very good record for itself considering the large amount of new material that had to bo be The association in Ia looking forward to a championship team this year yer arid and after fter havIng made th the call for candidates candidates- found that four of the old men mea of C last year and a number of new men have reported The this year rear will resemble of last year and will probably ha added to by five or six lx game game- The men nien who played on bId lual tn and awarded letters were Walter Moser Edwin Wilcox John Grundfor Frank Morrison Alden Anderson Andorson An An- derson dorson Roderick Korns John Flandro and Ralph Tim Tho biggest event in the tho history of th state In the line of boxing nod wrestling was waa pulled off last year under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic union of ol the United States The Y T. M. M C. C A. A takes credit for having entered a greater number of men in the lourna- lourna merit than any other one Institution and having won the greatest number of points Seren out of a possible fourteen fourteen four four- teen championships were un un by ty young men the Y M. M C. C A A- ATho The Tho following young men took away championship chant cham David Lloyd bantam weight boxing Arthur E. E Brown feather father weight boxing Walter Dahl special weight boxing box box- lug ing I D. D Smith light weight boxing Hod- Hod crick Kerns Korns heavy weight boxing Two young men w won n wrestling championships Dale Deane heavy weight and Jack feather weight Each of these men was waa awarded a medal with th tho en engraving en- en graving gravin of the Amateur Athletic union upon i it The Tho tournament this year un under nfl nfl- der the tho samA auspices will ace ce a creator number of Y M. M C. C A. A men In In it tt than last year arid and it is hoped that they will as rood good account of themselves as the men who represented urn tho Y 21 u C. C A. A ao so admirably last lant year Hand ball at the tho Y M. M C. C A. A this year has ha undoubtedly been moro more popular than nt at any time since the Institution of the tho handball court at the Y 31 M. C. C A. A at least BO so tar far as the tho records go More men havo been playing the game more visits have havo been mode made to the tho handball court by different association and moro more actual games have havo been played than during any previous year Tim Tho tournament this year was entered by twenty one players und and was conducted on a handicap basiS It was moro more suc successful than previous tournaments bo- bo cause of the tact fact that it was conducted on that basis Practically every man that hud any handball ability whatsoever entered th tho tournament feeling that ho had an equal opportunity to win The finals however saw v Aldon Anderson and Robert Butler competing for the chain cham These men were concedes conceded to tobe tobe be the cream of the tho tournament Both non men Were scratch men with Mr Butler But flut- ler defending the championship title Hr He however lost to Mr Anderson Andorson the best three in Iii games tho playing of live games being necessary to determine tho hi championship Mr Anderson winning win win- ning three and Mr Butler two games gamed The increasing increasing- popularity of th tha handball hand hand- ball bail court predicts an even moro more successful success succesS- ful UI season In hi handball this year and the themen themen men an aro working hard and looking hooking forward forward for for- ward with pleasure to tile the coming tour tour- A pleasing feature about tennis this year was its Increased popularity in as much lunch aa as there were two seventy members merit mem hers bers In th the Tennis club Tennis in iii the Y V. M. M r. r C. C A. A as ni well as in lit other tinnis of our city was extremely successful success success- ful both from the point of finances und and patronage Tim Tho Y M. M C. C A. A this year sot apart one court for the tho u use e of the tho Y V. W. W P. P A. A members and ni twenty members mem mcm- hers bers were added to the fhe Tennis club in inthis this Way Tournaments were conducted for both und and gentlemen In singles ap apI l doubles double started August 1 and ended Labor I-abor day four Fifty men wore were i red In Iii tint tho singles and sixteen lies ladies in the tho ladles ladles' singles live teams tea In tho thid doubles and an four In the ladles ladies doubles rite Tho following members o of f the club wore awarded medals Mal Malcolm c colm Keysor champion mens meui tingles singles Thomas second prize mens men's s ingles J. J G. G Flandro and F. F M. M Duncan c champions mona mon's doubles Agnes e ladles ladies singles Caroline WIh- WIh h ams un anti l A Agns Agn's Evans l ladles ladles' doubles The courts opened May 1 and were closed September SO O the g good weather permitting of a longer pe period pe- pe r lOI of tune for play piny titan than the previous t two wo seasons Gymnastics play a large part as usual I In n this the physical department Moro Momo mon monand n and nd boys boya tale take part In this particular P of tile the work than in any other s of the physical department Tim Tho past ast year was UD 10 exception and the mon men e engaged In the tho work with as much in interest in- in t terest us as In any previous year u were conducted at regular Intervals Inter Inter- v vals als for the purpose of determining which men possessed extraordinary ability abil I ity ty along gymnastic lines The mon men l having time tho necessary qualifications arc aro i invited to serve on the loaders leaders corps a and nd gymnastic teams tea Of tim tho many y young oung men who took time tho examination t tho Im following have havo been lucen awarded cnn orn- lems b for excellence In apparatus work S Seniors Arthur Arthur E. E Bowen John G. G I Fred IS fi Castro Kenneth Hamp Hamp- l ton ou Georgo Peteri Peterson n. n Frank Morrison George Rico Rice and J. J II 11 Post Intermediates d Lestor Jarvis Joe Odell Horace Hudson Richard Wilson Kills fills Ertman a and nd Ralph Channel Student Juniors Juniors- Donald John Peak Sidney Spen- Spen c er John Henderson Lawrence Spencer Robert Rhodes and James Evans Business Busi Busi- n ness ess juniors juniors Frank Frank Redman Joe Joo Arnold Arthur Farnow Munro Glenn Robert Spiller and Albert Roberts Preparatory Scott Scott Gardner Edward Hayes Wilson Field Emerson Root foot Lester Williamson Lennox Rhodes Richard Luman and Floyd The most Important features of the tho aquatic section of the physical department depart depart- merit ment during the past year were the tho organization or or- of a life savers savern corps and the tho conduct of a public swimming campaign f for or boys The Tho Y M. M C. C A. A last year added to tots is i Its ts physical department activities a life s tavern avers organization The Thc purpose of this organization moro more particularly Is to en encourage encourage en- en courage tile the learning of swimming on on t tho ine part of nil all persons persona who are arc unable t to o swim and to lay hay stress upon the tho caving of others who need help while i in n the tho water Fifteen watch fobs awarded to the tho young men who passed the tho life savors savers examination of the tho in international International In- In committee of the tho Y 1 M. M C. C A. A The Thu fobs furnished by the tho International To pass tim tho test the tho young men were required to swim 1110 yards upon their backs without tIm tho use uso of their hands to swim another yards i in n any style they might adopt using different strokes with which to tomake tomako make mako progress to for sonic somo object not less than thitU five pounds In li-i weight bringing it to the surface and amid towing ittu It to tu the shore break brcak two different hoMs whim In the water and demonstrate time the breaking of five holds while on land to tow a person ten yards to safety while In Iii the act of drowning The tests proved very successful and interesting to the tho young men and such |