Show Utah Top Field In Itt Sport Banners for 1926 Romneys Romney's Athletes I Demonstrate Worth B Basketball and Track Titles for Won Von By Farmers BY In n MILTON MERRILL f OGA Dec 24 8 24 BOGAN LOGA the Utah Llah La The year ear 1 6 saw Cies athletic teams tean coached by Dick Romney Homney at tim the height oft of oft o t success She he Farmers were contenders In iii every branCh 01 they captured two con con- con cont t rence renco championships an and 1 in the finals for another one TheO The J 4 0 O ator tory of that game camo hut couldn't out the able successes of tho llio year ear The basketball champion champion- championship championship ship fame Came to Utah Ies gg for the time the track team learn enma canio for tor the third 1 championship Th Thy t tack acl and field rid team leant held undisputed rion cion of third place In the final tina which isn't at all bad hen hen oJe one remembers that there In lower rank rank- rankIn rankin rank rank-in ire re several se teams a 0 The Aeries won the state and In in- in inThe western division di championship In wrestling but fared not so well ITt in the Iho other two minor sports ports swim swimming ming ining and tennis Third place In Inthe Inthe Inthe the state slate WAS tho the best the Farmers Farm- Farm Farmers ers could coull do hero here while B C i 1 i iwon won von the s S title an and 1 Utah U U took tool the court championship Featuring a remarkable quint the Aeries Aggles barely barch managed to win the western division dl In basketball by eight ames and losing four This scorIng scoring ine continued with the ther theT theT Ing power T r armors armel's in the r rica rles with Colorado Teachers and though the visitors the visitors played Ii a push push- pushIng push ry ry rv strong defensive game fame lug Ing the th man five business to tha ry limit they t couldn-t cut down dOWl the Aeries ies scores noticeably The gies average a for tor three gam am s The TheT TheT was as better than 40 points T machers had won practically all games with 2 25 points or les with and they couldn't compete nis uncanny shooting Hawley le und Nielson forwards were A ol eat cat combination Worthington C anY anoY Sanders Wade Wado and Martindale guards and Nielson were placed on the conference II team and Hawley was named for the second team teal I THIRD TITLE The Armies won a dual meet meN ih the Cougars but that was allin all allI I he winning they the did in Utah in i le ie track and field sport Xit rh I 1 tah tab team proved ed a a wonder When Wh n ne tie big bir meet o ot of the season the he Farmers Farmer seemed to have hare ju just t tI I Inc ne necessary push however howe an J track and field championship 01 the conference came to Logan Loan or or the th third time lime In as is many any ar ars Lunt scored cored first places s sIn In the high hish and broad jump in he he mett meet Worthington sot got two an and 1 o others hers accounted for enough point points to give elve the cs A a 11 three point margin marein During th ar ar- ar Lunt established a new coo con coor coo r rence mark in the broad by leaping 3 23 3 feet 14 1 Inches Norton clipped 13 IS seconds from hIs own tao mlle t o record co covering lie no e course In nine minutes 50 O Burke act a new record In tho the mile rill run rii at tour minutes 93 seconds A team was sent to Iha Drake Drak relays where they per per- performed performed formed so well ell that It Is t I itt ct It will become an annual autom Lunt tied for second In III Inthe the high Jump and ond took a I fifth In the broad jump The Tho As had a good god football fo t S tm am on some somo days das It was a great root ball team Unfortunately the were great when they played In Colorado and most mot of their Utah appearances c came me when the lite spirit apparently wasn't with them hem The team wasn't as as j d- d de dependable p as DS some teams pia Ing great football one da day and interIor ball the tho next The Ag two victories over o Denver Dener U an ant 1 Colorado C on successive Hat Hat- aa urda's while both teams still lla h-lla vii 1111 a chance at the flat flag before the game ame were of o the tho sensational va a va- va variety variety riel Tile The Farm Farmers rs never showed sho this kind of football In their a ap appearances p In the home state stale Gib- Gib Gibbons Gibbons Gib Gibbons bons and Linford guard cuard and tackles were named to the all all all- team and were al also o iTin honorable mention tv by Law Lawrence Parry n In in his selection of the official American All-American The Th Aggles malmen under George Nelson had little trouble winning the state stale and division championships in wrestling with the Cougars placing second Nelson Nel- Nel Nelon son on had a strong team tem and It Is Cry very probable that the tin men Would fared rather well If it they had I gone tone across the mountains for tor the conference meet Freshman Coach Walt Hall di dl- dl di r I eted the th swimmers in the best ear ar they have had Th The for the tir first tim time were a a real threat in the state meet 1 finished third they weren't lust also rans Tennis was directed by Pere Perc Smith of Logan Loean and nd the tir Fanner Farmer gave five a a good account of themselves P considering their Inexperience The Tl tsi t o 0 other schools had a group croup of o tournament that just couldn't be bo taken down by the Aggie nO novices Its It's Lund Luna John John- JohnTon John on Ton lon captain was the stat of the man l-c-man man e team Tho The season was also the bluest biggest tn in that more mor students participated than ever eyer before a 3 larger larcer percent percent- percent ago ago- also and the th number of ot let let- letters letters let letters awarded was the largest ever given |