The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-22
VARSITY ATHLETES
At OLD F|RES|DE
Arrive From Unsuccessful Trip
to Rocky Mountain Con-
ference Meet.
NEXT ANNUAL CONTEST
EITHER HERE OR DENVER
Altitude Had Disastrous Effect
On Work of Utah Rep
reSentatiyes.

VIII tho Rocky Mountain conference be
| a permanent affair? While the Unver-
| sity of Utah athletes, who returned yes
terday morning from the first annual con-
| ference, held at Boulder on Saturday last
hold different opinions on tho question:
| there some things that are quite GER
| tain. II the Rocky Mountain conference
| Is to become permanent affair the meets
| hereafter Will have TO be held at Denver
| instead OF Boulder. This becomes neces-
sary to make the financial ends meet.
| From reports the crowd at tho Boulder
meet was mighty slim Capt. Moore de-
clares that ono had to hunt for the peo-
| pie through telescope, while Maddox
| declares that he did not see any.
Dual Meet of Winners.
II this change from Boulder to Denver
| is not made tho only other solution OF
the problem from Utah's standpoint ap-
pears to be a dual meet with the winners
| OF conference meet. Capt Moore believes
| that this is the most feasible solution OF
| the problem for the present. but Mad
| deck still hopes for continuation OF the
| conference along the lines originally lal9
| down 1t Is evident that In track ana
field sports Colorado schools have not
| yet attained the standard reached In loot,
| ball. The interest lis not so widespread
as in football Tho asplrants are not as
numerous and consequently the results at
tained ale not good This becomes ap-
| parent when the track and field represen-
| tatlvcs OF oil the Colorado schools TO-
gethcr fall TO draw II thousand TootcIS LOT
| the biggest contest OF the season. Ihese
being the facts. 1t would seem thnt
dual meet with Colorado's champions
would be the wisest policy for Utah to
pursue until the track and field fever
catches Denver.
Colorado has some fast athletes. But
even at that had Fred lennon oeen SLe SoLe
would have been different tale 10 tell.
| Despite Utahs defeat the fact remains
| that in dual meet Maddock's team can
defeat Colorado college and fight Boulder
close,
Aftermath of Big Meet.
Tho athletes themselves bring, home
| some new features of interest. The trip
| boys. Not one Utah man did as well In
| the conference meet as he did In the
! Utah State meet of last year, or as ne
has done in practice this year, In tho
| high jump both Swapp and Hedges have
| cleared S feet inches during practice.
| Saturday they fell out at . feet inches;
| "Cuddy" Russell, who has a record of II
| feet inches In the vault lost second
| place at 10 feet Inches In Jumping on
| feet inches, which Is four Inches bet
| ter than the Boulder man did to win sec
| ond place. In the holf-mile Pitt and l1umo
| apparently had the race won until the
| home stretch was reached Suddenly both
seemed TO choke and gasp for breath,
| while the Boulder man trotted past them,
event and unable TO run In the relay
| AS a consequence Parker was substituted,
| but being q short-dstance sprinter he
gave out Had Pitt been able to run
| Utah would probably have scored sec
| ond
| Bailey, the young two-miler. is
| conner He has the wind. endurance and
speed but lacks experience. on Satur-
| day he allowed the older men 10 out
| and although he finished the race with
powerful sprint. closing up the gap made
earlier In the race, he, he was TOO SLOW SLOW
ran a good race in the mile. but lost out
In the final sprint, In the quIter-mlle
anieSna With rho Srst four Who We're so
| close together that they shut out the day.
| light as they shot over the tape.
Coloradoans Foul Utahns,
. The sprints seem TO have been the close
races. Five men started In each event
| The track was only twelve feet wide and
| there were all kinds OF fouling. Tho
| hundred was run oyer twice, Capt; Moore
got OF badly both times End and both 11mes
| ner shot over the tapo In the hundred,
Maddox says they were so close together
that a dollar would have covered the
| three. Moore and James were rubbing
| elbows whom they hit the string. Mad
| dc ok says that he would like to see Moore
| and James run hundred on the local
| track just TO see who is the best man.
| In the 220 Moore led by three feet up
| to the last rod, but suddenly tagged los
| Ing TO James In q wbirlwnd finish. James
| is evidently n wonder. He captured both
| sprints and won the quarter In easy style.
| 1T was also his great run at the finish OF
the relay that won the event for Colo
| rado college. Warner, who did fast work
| for Boulder In the sprints, proved a whirl-
| wind in the broad jump, clearing q feet
| . inches. Thomas OF the Colorado Aggies
had things his own way in the hurdles
| and won almost without effort.
Utah's Point Winners.
| Adams was the biggest point winner for
| Utah His first In the pole vault and tie
for second in the high jump netted Utah
| seven points. Capt. Moore was the next
heaviest point winner; BY winning Soc
| ond in the 100 and 220-yard dashes no
| landed six points. Swapp, by his victory
| In the discus. gathered in i've points.
| Swapp threw the discus in great form and
| his victory was a surprise to the Colo
! radoans. Other men who won points for
| Utah follow In the order OF the number
| of points they won; Hunt Hume, Rus
| sci. Hedges. Pitt and Bailey,
MILKING BY MACHINE.