Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-21
WHY THEY LOST THE GAME.
uioh Altitude, Absence Of Ben
niOn. Star Man. and Swaps
Condition Did It.
r.o,d witnessing the Meet Was sm""
And Enthusiasm Not WHAT I"
should Have Been

with 81 points to their credit o.an
.,,,etes returned home TO-DAY from
,,onyer They brought no dangling
sealps with them, and had no cry Oh
,,c,o,-y TO raise. but III the team was
Oar from disheartened
THE lure of victory over Boulder Is
grin before them, and just as last year
crinpled team lost in football wheh
strnng team such as Utah had TWO
,-oeks before and two weeks afttt,
roud have won. so now the boys UNI
ssr Maddox, smile with the knowl-
,age that Utah has it In her to take
trst Mace, whenevere she gets action
an her combined strength.
THIRD PLACE.
The things that spelled third instead
NJ arst place for Utah In the Rocky
Maintain meet were the absence OF
T,,ed Reunion, which lost Utah enough
roints TO win over Boulder by three.
,hs high altitude, which has always
bsen big point in favor OF Colorado
sehools on home grounds. and the poor
condition of Swap, who would nave
Increased Utah's points by 10, If he
had not been suffering from spralntd
ankle
ALTITUDE A BIG FEATURE.
IAN we have to say about our de-
feat said Coach Maddox this morn
lng as he stepped off the Rio Grande
train at 1880 o'clock, accompanied by
his smile that won't come or or dldn
in this instance. rs that II Benhlon
Mad been there we would have won,
and as Il was IL we had won the relay
II would have put us ahead. As il was
however. the event proved our finai
undoIng. The atmosphere was big
elsment against us. Boulder you
know. Ia over / 700 feet higher up than
Salt Lake. and 1t seemed to burn out
orr runners. Fuzzy Moore was ahead
right down the stretch IN the hun
drtd and then he seemed to stagger.
ma go TO pieces. II was the same in
the 2eO ward event, and all our run
ners suffered badly In getting their
NrestN. Parke fell down In the high
hudles after leaving the last hurdle.
and at the time he was well ahead of
the next man.
CROWD WAS SMALL,
Track athletics have not yet created
general interest In Colorado, accord
ing 10 the statements of the team.
Only a small crowd turned out to greet
the contestants in the meet. and this
will leave Utah about $400 short of
evening up on her expenses of going
10 the meet The team received It's
full share Of the gate money, but 1t Is
not thought that this will cover the
total cost Of the trip.
The suffering for wind showed itself
as soon az the heats were put on for
the hurdles. This is an old condition,
and Boulder has taken full advantage
OF it IN previous meets. Two years
ago she defeated Nebraska at football
on home grounds, and last year she
used every effort TO lure the team
back to Boulder instead of meeting 1t
on It's home grounds. The result was
victory for Nebraska by very big
margin, as soon as the teams met
N lower altitude. In this case each
tlah runner seemed 10 burn up" as
one runner put it today. and could not
make his accustomed time.
IN the runs. Hume and Pitt took
second and third in the half mile,
Bailey took third In the two mile, and
ulan didn't have "look In at the
Hlie, Whlch was one of the prettiest
ana fastest races of the day. In the
spirits Moore ran second in each
event.
Inc hurdles went In fast time. but
rarke, who was going through for
second Tell before recovering position
TIler passing the last hurdle, and lost
tSan three points here. In the low
hurdles ne took third.
POLE VAULT Low.
me pole vault was disappointment
10 Utah. as Russell took only third
o. AZ rect inches. when he has done
tett b inches After using up all
S .rials for second place, he made
nI.a inches, In a contest for third
phao', oeating the work OF the man
I" had already been counted out at
taLn' lnches. for second. The
instaslt LOT tne pole was hard ground
for ol SOFT which made II difficult
nsnaI usseu 10 operate, as he wore the
'Sral spikes for soft ground
me hammer throw was another d,s.
appointment, as 1t went at 129 feet with
tusseu thlrd again, when he has
SSio"h ia feet. The ground was hard
80 asain, and his spiked feet inter-
leu with themselves. All three men
~ he event threw the hammer within n
49,, leet OF each other. The shot nut
houlu nave been Bennlon's. or at Ieaat
"oilu nave been second. as would
nave oeen the hammer throw. also
an me jumps, Utah Jared badly ayat,
wnefe she hoped TO do we'll Swann
a as hopelessly out OF 1t. He dId not
mot MET lne nigh jump, and was unable In
n sSe distance In the broad. He didn't
NED MS game ankle to throw the discus
pnsver' so he took first place there.
mon mad been counted on for Tho
baS seam' He was absent, and Swapp
anil thke MS place, despite his game
sbe II Utah could have taken flrst
sne would have made a Showing cInse
w 10 Boulders but she pulled down
s siisu, IN slow time, had TO content her
ro WIN third place In the totals az
ereSmrl's Won. Boulder made A. Colorado
'u,iege a. and Utah 81. ''''
10 t sStlse has been called for tonight
me- 'p tne men In trim for the state
th,e Ihey VIII work every night
IN rlwesN IN the hope of remaining first
'are outside. '"os
SUMMARY OF MEET.
Iowa: VI 'he events Is as fol-
utsS yard disturbances, Tigers; Moore.
Ssn warner. Boulder. Time, 100.
Utah.y dash-7James, Tigers; Moore,
10 stotesburg. Golden. Time. .as.
rand sSra dash-James. TigerS Au-
IN asgieS; Fits, Boulder. Time. :5s.
rtsb.s a p, Pratt, Boulder; Hume,
Mia r ,, Utah. Time, 2:Os.
Tigers. ' narrett, Boulder; Steffa,
$40. 'toore' Golden. Time,