Show UTAH ATHLETES ARE AREA RAVING HAVING A MERRY CHRISTMAS Santa Claus Has Been Very Kind to Sport F Followers Follow ollow- ers of the S State te By R Roy y Jarman F O THERE is a person who can comPo come I IP right out and say lay that Utah has not fared well In the many branches branche of athletics this year jear ear then that man is probably the one who didn't have the right hunch when he bet against a Il Utah team or athlete Yes Yea there la is lavery very little doubt but that old man Santa Claus has been exceptionally good to te Utah this year and about the only thins thing else that he could have done Is to have hav left his entire pack About the first big thing thins to come our oui way v-ay and this was almost a In Itself was the worlds world's hl championship brought to Utah by none non other than William Harrison Dempsey commonly known throughout the sporting sparlin world as Jack Dempsey can well b tc be claimed by Utah because be he came her here herewith with his father and mother from Crom Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado before he Knew what a glove was for and he fought his first tint professional right right here in Salt Lake Laki Cl City CI y Utah claimed the and had a right to it Outside of the world championship be being In ing dropped here Utah athletes brough brought other worlds world's honors S home with them Creed a a. native son of oC tie tiel the worlds world's record in the yard sprint and Clinton Larson made the other work worle athletes look up when he copped a firs firs' Continued on page 8 5 UTAH ATHLETES I Continued from page 7 7 In n the high jump at the meet held In Paris Pans last summer Utah has been successful in basketball track rack baseball football and tennis The University of Utah entered the he worlds world's championship hoop tournament tournament ment nent held in in Los Angeles last spring and andIn andin in n spite of the fact that they were forced to o ge geP P play under adverse conditions or made heru insa w V he the other teams hustle t to win In baseball base base- ball all our Bees managed to keep In the upper portion or of the league standing durIng dur- dur i log Ing ng the entire season while in football i the he University of Utah won the right to be e called Rocky mountain conference champions as well as the Colorado The East High Leopards established a record for scoring In the gridiron I game ame when they rang up m more than a 11 g aW fo point a minute for all fi the ge gem games e they e played during the entire season While I the he L Leopards s were not given a a. chance at I any ny of or the high schools outside of Utah it t is s almost a 10 to 1 I shot that If they I naci ad then Utah would again have been bee visited with more glory Santa Claus was good to athletes of ot the he state when he allowed all the church schools to participate In football By next ext year probably every high school In the 10 state will have a grid team out in the he running for the state title This rulIng ruing rulIng rui rul- rul- rul Ing ng will allow hundreds of youngsters to get et out and try their luck at probably the he most thrilling game of ot em all all all- football football Utah athletes have received more than space lace will permit here and their Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas as this year should be ever merrier I than ever before I |