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Show AMATEUR CHATTER ! 1 By Al Warden r-, Baseball practice at the University ' of Utah has started and Coach Fitzpatrick Fitz-patrick expects to have one of the' fastest teams in the history of the Crimson school n harness before thei intercollegiate season opens. The "U"1 players will tangle with the Univer-! sity of California players in Salt Lake 1 next Friday in their first game of the 1 season. Fitzpatrick has such stars as Stiefel, Romney. Floyd, Romney. Wing,! Ure, WilsonSnelgrove, and numerous ! others In harness. 1 I Although the weather god has hin- j dered track and field work In many parts of the state, including Dixie, the I schools of the state have been doing ' indoor work. In a number of schools, indoor tracks are yet lo be erected anu In those cass the candidates arc eagerly awaiting the chance to per-folm per-folm outdoors. Ogden High and Weber We-ber Normal athletes will probably start real earnest work this week. The baseball league of northern Utah for Ihe high schools or die state will probably 'see six teams in action this season. In former years Weber, Ogden, .Davis and the slate industrial .school have had teams entered in the jlray. The names of the new teams have not .been mentioned as yet, but the sport god, expects them daily. Robert Simpson, one of the world's; , greatest hurdlers and holder of the , world's, record in both the high and low' .hurdles, will be barred from the Olym-!pie Olym-!pie tryouls In the United States. Simp-(son Simp-(son recently signed to coach the Uni-, Uni-, versily of Missouri and in so doing becomes a professional athlete ac-i j cording to A. A. U. regulations. j Harry Bagley, former Ogden High1 track star, French, a distance runner,; (and other stars will be seen in action in the gala track and field meet here April 2-1. French is said to have a national na-tional reputation as a long-distance runner, while Bagley is rated as one of the best aerial men in the slate. In a letter to President A. L. Glas-raaim Glas-raaim of the Ogden Athletic association, associa-tion, Alma Richards slates that he is honored to wear the colors of the lo-!cal lo-!cal club in the Olympic games. East-Jern East-Jern critics have named Richards o I cop the all-round title as well as show-jing show-jing a world of class in the track and field games, Robert "Dob" Martin, western long-;di&tance long-;di&tance champion, Is now in Nevada and is in training at the University of Nevada. Martin is traveling for an eastern firm, but always findsHiine to don his "unie" and eat a few miles before be-fore the dinner hour. (composed of twenty-five men to com-! jpote in the local meet the latter part of the present month. An entertaining program for the visiting athletes will-j btf one of the features of the evening' following the meet. Lester -Testy" Jarvis, well-known ' Aggie all-round star, has returned to 'sl'hool after receiving a trial with the Portland Beavers. Pesty is a first-rate first-rate ballplayer, but when notified that he would be farmed out for seasoning,! decided to return to school and com plote his education. |