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Show Bronco Thinclads Brave Winter Snows for Second in I C fl C Meet As the result of a series of tough breaks the Branch Agricultural Agri-cultural college track and field team narrowly missed bringing the Intermountain Collegiate Athletic conference title back to the Cedar City campus, when the college teams clashed in the University Uni-versity of Utah stadium Friday. Coach Dave Gates' Broncos and Coach Lowell Biddulph's Vikings from Ricks college at Rexburg, Idaho, battled on even terms throughout the meet, with the Vikings finally copping the title with a vir-torv in the last event of the day. Until that event, the discus, the Broncos were in the lead 86 Vie to 84 points for the Idaho team. However, Baird of Ricks took first place in the event and B A C failed to place, moving mov-ing Ricks into first place, 93 to 86 Vs. This was the second consecutive consecu-tive championship in the spring sport for the Vikings, Biddulph's team edging out the Broncos both seasons. The Idaho win in 1952 was the first time in seven years that the B A C team had failed to rule the conference in track and field. 1 Finishing behind Ricks and B A C were Weber with 33 points, Boise, 32; Dixie, 24; Snow 15Vi; Westminster, 7. Carbon college did not compete. The Boise team, which had not competed in any previous meets and was an unknown quantity before the meet, dealt the B A C team a severe blow In its quest for the title, when Don White, a 180 pound football star, turned in the surprise of the meet with victories in the 100 and 220 yard dashes, forcing Jay Poulson of B A C, favored to take both events, Into second place. Poulson Poul-son came through with a first in the 220 yard hurdles, however, and also was a member of the 880 yard relay team, which added add-ed another first to the Bronco's list. Another break that hurt the Bronco's chances was a baseball injury to Bud Fullmer, whose performance in the javelin throw earlier in the season indicated that he should have a good chance for first, and an almost certainty for points in thlsevent. However, because of a sprained ankle he could not place in the event. However, Gordon Sargent came through with a second in the javelin and Gary Middleton placed third in It. The Ricks team was especially strong in the distance races, taking tak-ing second, third, fourth and fifth in the 880; first, second and third in the mile, and first, third and fifth in the two-mile. Louis Chatterly took first place in the pole vault, but because of the cold, stormy weather and track and field conditions, did not come near to his usual mark in the event. He has vaulted 13 feet 2 inches this year, but took first in the conference meet with a jump of 11 feet 8 inches. Der-ald Der-ald Evans, who was given a chance to break the conference record in the high jump under reasonable conditions, had a bad pre-meet experience with a broken brok-en down bar, and could not live up to expectations, finishing in a tie for second. Garth Fisher, who on past performance should have been good for points in the shot put and perhaps the dis-cus, dis-cus, was ill and unable to com- pete. Charles Jackson took second in the 120 yard hurdles, third in the 220 yard hurdles, and was a member of the winning relay team. Jack Sargent took third, in the shot put, and Paul Mathews Math-ews fifth. Horton was fifth in the 440, Pulsipher was fourth in the mile and second in the two mile, while Vernon Condie came in fourth in the two-mile and fifth in the mile. Glade Wilkes took third in the 120 yard hurdles for B A C, Tillman Johnson, fifth in the 220 vard low hurdles: Ken Frost, second In the pole vault, and Don Neilson, fourth in the pole vault. The meet was run off on a cold, stormy day with the result that the performances were far below what the athletes had done In earlier meets. The complete results are as follows: |