The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
i. OF u. WINS ON
FIELD AND TRACK
Her Athletes Easily Take Champion
ship at State Meet.
LOGAN I'd, PROVO Sd
LkTTER-DkY SAINTS FAR BE
HIND ALL OTHERS.

The sturdy athletes Of the University
o. Utah were again victorious in the
state cIlampioush51 track and field
meet held yesterday afternoon at the
aTsity campus TnCE scored 6SJz
points and the Agricultural college
their nearest competitors, secured sec
o.2 place with 20lz points The
brigham Young university OF Provo
took third with 90 points and the Lat
to-day Saints university received but
s. POINTS.
The bIcachers and Crandstand were
j rSsd with fully 5000 persons and the
entire QU8TteT-mile track was sur
I1IUdCd with carriages and aUtOmo-
hies. Students from the different col
l7ses formed the principal part Of the
s-owd and the cheering seemed more
- fthusiastic than ever Each college
bad large delegation Of student root
,la there. accompanied by a band. and
their songs were all new Huge ban
HERS. flags and peuUantS waived from
every corner Of the field.
The various classes occupied Separ-
ate parts of the bleaCheTs. armed with
horns i'm class cOlOTs and they made the
air hideOus with their yells. AIObs of
students marched back and forth in
front Of the graudst8nd wild with en-
thUsiasH. and several times desperate
'foTts were made to keep them back
tiiA the 0elu- 4 ne l0TpE2eu DlEdcleTS.
alive with waving cOlOTs which were
scattered in profusiOu from one end TO
The other. made q sight never seen be-
fore at the championship meet. Neither
the Brigham Young university nor she
Agricultural college were ever so well
represented at the annual meet az they
were yesterday and despite the decisive
defeat they received at the hands of
the Varsity team every student
cheeTed his hest even when all hopes
were lost.
The University students Outuumbered
the combined forces of the other
schools, but they made no more noise
when their team won than did the
others The Varsity rOOterS Cheered
all the time. for never. with the ex-
ception of two or three events, did
their team fail to secure a point. The
college girls were as noisy as the mem
bers Of the Stcrner sex and they were
never lost for a moment during the
meet. They wore the latest I'm spring
creations and coIors- Shirt waist suits
were seen everywhere and Eay-COlOTed
hats were numerous. The automobiles
and CaTTia ges were filled with Salt
Lakes society. Although the occupants
oId not mingle with the students, they
watched every event with intense in
terest and applauded each winner re-
CARELESS of his school.
Many Finishes Close.
Close finishes and hard-fought strug-
giles characterized nearly every event.
At times the crowds stood on their
seats. pushed and trampIed on each
other, 70 catch a glimpse of the run
nerS- Their anxiety became so intense
when the outcome OF an event was
doubtful that there was d absolute 81
lcGce. But as soon as the tape was
reached. the cheering burst forth in
Volumes The outcome Of the short
dashes between Fuzzy Moore Of the
Varsity and McAllister of Provo
aroused the greatest interest. The pre-
l5minaTy heats in the 220-ysrd dash
were won By Moore McAllister and
Freu OF Logan. in the same time Nc
-Nllister defeated Horace Whitney Of
the University IN the 230-yaUd dash at
Provo and the =. Y. L had hopes Of re
peatiHE the trick Away from the
mark with a perfect start all three
men set a telling pace. Coming into
the StTaiEhtaway Moore seemed to
forge ahead. When they passed the
grand stand Moore led by a yard. but
McAlIister commenced crcwding him
and Freu dropped back In the last
twenty-five vars IL was a battle royal.
First one and then the other forged
ahead. and even after they carried the
tape down the stretch no one in the
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outcome Cheer after cheer was given.
and after 1t was seen that the judges
could not agree every student yelled
for his favoTite. When the decision
vas announced as n dead heat in 23
seconds. everybody seemed satisfied and
both men we're heartily appiauded-
The I00-yard dash was fought out
between the same opponents. but
AToOrc'S sprint at the finish was too
fas. and NcAliister dropped back about
Two yards into second place after Il
desperate effort TO gain a lead The
distance was made IN 10 Is seconds.
Moore Shows Good Form.
Noore-s form was A surprise to the
university students, and he was Cheered
every time he made an appearance on
the track He took Horace Whituey'S
place i'm the GaSIles about a week ago
ou account OF Whituey's illness. Since
that time he has been in bard training
ard II IS evident that Whitney could
not have done much better.
Two new state records We're made
yesterday and the track record FOR the