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Show CRIMSON FAVORITE FORT STATE HONORS IN Djl COLLEGE TRACK B Three-cornered Fracas at Provo Vt Mf New Records Expected m lavelin'uW Half Mile; Hart, Markham and'fif field Promise Close Races in H Distances THE three Utah college, track and field coaches are spending a few ileples nights trying In vain to flij-Ure flij-Ure nut a cinch method of taking the Stute Intercollegiate track and field' title for 1922. Tho University of I tah tracksters rule a slight faverlte becauso of their two dual victories over the I'tah Aggies Ag-gies 69 to 53 and over the Brigham Young university, 6 to 67 The i'rlm-son i'rlm-son stars have shown some real track ! stuff In the two meets, but it will be a hard Matter to figure out a way ; to keep th Aggies and the "V" men ' from splitting in on some of the sure ; events that can be taken in a dual meet. i tah has won tho state IntercoKeg-,uO' IntercoKeg-,uO' track title for tho post three years and the Crimson students arei still backing their stars l COfne home' with the bacn. despite t lu- tact that; they realise the Aggies and the B. Y.' U. teatna are stronger than they have been In the laat four years. The Bh owing made by the Aggies and MY" teams has been no surprise to real followers of the track and field sports I and the fans, that go to Provo next i Saturday afternoon are due to see j one of the greatest of Utah's Inter-' Inter-' collegiate meets. The trial events I will be held in the morning and the I finals In the afternoon so that tho fans will have a chance to see two hours, of real stuff In the afternoon. The meet will be conducted on i strictly bustaess plan and every event will be run off as per scheduled time I and t lie men will have to be ready for I the first call or lose their chance of entering their event UT H ll s Ml LDE. At the present time Utah may be I I given a slight shade, as the Crimson jti-aiii has a few strong men in the I field events and some classy sprint ! men. Then again Young Dean Hart may surprise by giving Chick Hart a I battle in the mil and it's a cinch I that Markham of the B Y. I going to battle In the mile and it s a cinch that Markham of trie B. Y. U.I is gi.mg to give the Aggie star a fight I in the S80 event In the century event Jewkes, O Smith, and Mercer will have their hardest fight against Balllf. Lindsay, and Hansen of the Utah Aggle-a and Miller and Glen Simmons of the IJ.' Y. U. In tho 220-yard event, Utah and j the Aggies will have the same men i entered, while the B. Y. V. will have Miller as their best man here Miliar Mil-iar Is just a youngster and his b rare is the 220 event, as he has pen-: ty of strength to bring him over the ground. He will give th, Aggie and Utah stars a hard run In thLs event. ! STRONG LN BUBBLES. The Aggie and the B. Y U. havel a monopoly on the hleh hurdles and1 it Is In this event that the Aggies expect to boost their points with Croft and Mortensen as their best men. Keeler and s..n.1pii are the ' beal men for the "Y" and Utah will be represented rep-resented by Bryan Bird, who in shoeing shoe-ing invprovoment In this event with Just two weeks of training at It Utah would have had a cinch in this event In Glen Anderson but the eligibility rule made Bhorl work of Andy and be is out. for fair now. In the 220 hurdles Osward and Smith of tho "U" will have hard plugging plug-ging to win out over Mortenson of the Aggies and Taylor and Simmons of the "T.1 Oswald lost by Inches to Mortenson Mor-tenson In the Aggie dual meet with the "UT and tho Hat has been working work-ing a few extra hours to take this event for the third time since he has been on the hill Simmons and Taylor Tay-lor are also Improving in this event and will bear watching Smith of Utah has not yet hit the same strldo that brought him a third last year, but the little football star is fast rounding into form and may land a place for Utah In tho finals. The 440-yard event promises to be one of the beat races of the afternoon between Lindsay of the Aggies and Hutton of the "U." with Whitehead of the " Y" giving hoth of these men la hard fight Hutton and Llndsav are both Ogden boy.- and ihev will he watched closely b their admirers la -gden. Hutton took flnrt in both of the dual meets and will be running this event around record time next .Saturday. KEEN PACK HERK. All Provo will be out ft..- th " I now that they have a star In Young I Mark ham. who clipped one-fifth of a I second off the record lat Saturda I The big battle will be between Markham Mark-ham and Chick Ifart. the old standi. v of the Utah Aggies. Hart will i pushed harder n this even' than he , has ever heep befo; i Tho mile event also fill furnNh some , exeltem-ont between Chick Hart Of the ) Aggies. Wakefield of the " Y" and th younger Hart of the Utah team. The two latter runners gave the elder Hart a battle In the dual meets and nave showed i0me improvement in ipelv event.' Utah in given the edge In the S80 relay event, us the, Crlmeon aggrega-I aggrega-I Hon has captured both of in rf-!araces rf-!araces lu th dual mi The field athletes of the three LtS ?Z ? r0 out to hdV? little meet Ol their own and the going la bound , to be close, at all times The "Y" r'iVw? tr" K,v,n a UltI K here and with Ken Weight hack in the lineup. I tne 1 rovo boosters expert him to take! first place In the pole vault from' , Jim Anderson of the Utah team. Thy' mg ncht promises to ho ww-ef ri these men and there will be a merry tussle! between Taylor and Nellson of th Ji a,n3 lcen of lfte - U" for tho! third honors. The Aggies have Dins as their best man In this event and. . unless he shows a big improvement, lie -hould r.ot trouble the Crimson or i vau Iters. The conches expect to see Wright and Anderson go around 13 feet for the first honors. Ration of Utah has taken first place in tho Bhotpot from the "Y" and Aggie heavyweights, but It has not been Da fe marK'n. Partridge. Ifaeaar, and Robertson are Provo s best, while -viaughn and Knowles mav spring surprise In this event for 'the Utah; f1 Clarke and Hurren are tho oi6r , Crtm,lon stars, who rauy i vl prlnK a surprise In the put. as both of ihcs men have been improving im-proving right along In practice. STA1W IV JUMP Young. Weight and Maeser re three mars tn thr, high jnmp and should have thl. Wfr unless MUn n ?t A ln better m thUrJ-M may Put over a f""B! 11H to follow a- "atkln have bTH work for the "U-Feterson "U-Feterson and Wert S 9I8 as he . hax, not UdH "n .hN ovent due tn ikH of the bontsM meets. 1 ! MB Thl, : H record with a pitch JM i H and 'h.imberlaln of tKB best men at Ptoto vH and Clarke ar est work for the I'DnV In this event H KIVE-PORT )uK a margin Create :hB this me, t and the (aaB event hotly conteaed bBi cf tho nwet jntii ibtH basketball dopesten oH vere shork during the it would not lu? nt tsH tho i! iitntH without consultlnc Aiu4H first. The thrr r0irhaH hfr orvr, abo'jt ibtH has attracted plenty cfH year and norr.e ?oif (WH 7m "If Dreams i'nji Try her TVItrhell M the i"H ' hi' gg:ea j.i .-ir., n:tH have their one chatKesB traek and fleM rr.eetiH Saturday afternoon adHl or th ;i!s? tisH iway from 'iK .Injr th jt It vueH thret efl worl:ed hard for thU W be In the bejt of ttwlH n! I they have for 'h'-jp1 |