Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-05
Coach Maddox Has Arranged
For Its Entry in Rocky
Mountain Meet.
HE RETURNED THIS MORNING.
Says Colorado Schools Now Con-
slider Utah a Worthy Rival
In Athletics.
Boulder Wants Dual Meet, But IL VIII
Hardly be Granted This Year
Date Set for State Meet

The athletic squad OF the University
Of Utah is 10 have all It can do from
now on IN the way OF training down for
excellent work. The best efforts OF
the team viii be needed, and the chance
ahead instead Of being the certainty OF
winning a Utah state meet, is to be the
opportunity Of winning the Rocky
Mountain championship In track and
field. The Utah team is entered for
a conference meet to be held at the
Boulder campus, Saturday, May 10,
in which Colorado university. the Uni-
yersity Of Wyoming, the University
of New Mexico, Colorado college, Dem
Yer university, the Colorado Agricul-
tural college. and the colorado school
Of Mines, win be entered with hard
work, Utah's chances 10 win are far
from unfavorabe.
Coach Joseph Maddox returned at
noon today from the Rocky Mountain
conference, held AT Denver Saturday,
and brought this information with him,
as the result Of his visit there.
UTAH rs RECOGNIZED.
zone thing | noticed" he declared
this morning, is that they no longer
consider Utah In a class 10 play prac-
tise games upon. The way most Colo
RADIO teams went down In football has
suggested TO Boulder that they would
rather meet Utah than schools OF their
own state, and Boulder wants to come
10 Salt Lake this spring for a dual
meet With us, / have not signed up
for this, however, ms | do not know
that we have an open date The Rocky
Mountain meet viii be annual. and next
year win possibly he held at the Dem
yer university track, and this gives
Utah at least one big meet year The
best men Of the Rocky Mountain meet
viii be seat on TO Chicago to enter
the big middle west meet, at the ex-
pence OF the conference, and IL Utah
men viii work, there are several with
good chances to go
DEFINITE SPRING SCHEDULE.
The return OF Coach Maddox; puts
the entire spring schedule Of sports
on definite basis. The state meet.
I'm which Provo, the Agricultural coll
lcge and the /. -. S. L. Will probably
be set Tor May 3, and the High school
track meet Mnlcn usually comes "a
week before the University meet, win
probably be set for May 2 this year.
following the state meet. The Uni
vercity is entered for dual meet with
Provo which viii be held In April.
probably on April rs, unless the
weather permits Of an earlier date.
DENVER CONFERENCE
The Denver conference was attend
ed by rs representatives. II met ae
the splendid home OF the Denver Ath-
letlc club, at noon Saturday. and a
lunch preceded the business session.
Many subjects came up Of difficult
nature to handle, as there was a gem
oral tendency TO hold differing opin-
ions However the spirit OF arb.tra-
ton was strong, and finally only those
things were agreed to which were
agreeable TO ALI concerned The four
year rule was adopted, but the rule
against props was discarded as was
also the three year rule, and tho one
year Of residence rule.
The Rocky Mountain league, which
was formed at the meeting, has large
possibilities, says Coach Maddox, us
il may extend east and take I'm tho
state universities Of Nebraska and
Kansas, giving then 10 the winners
OF athletic events o fame equal 70 that
now held by the stars OF Chicago aud
Michigan, and other middle west
schools,