The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-06
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HARD GAME<FOR
utah ATHLETES
Will Meet Strongest
Team in Colorado Here
Next Saturday.

The athletic interest at the University
centers in the track meet with the Uni
VefSity of Colorado, next Saturday. on
Cummings field. The Utah boys have a
good team this year, and there is no
doubt that they have it on everything
in the state, but when they invade Colo
RADIO they are getting into different
game. The Boulder men are hard prop
osition this year. They made a remark
able showing against the Mines team and
defeated it by comfortable score. Colo
RADIO College defeated Denver University
at the same time. Colorado and the Ii
gers had a meet scheduled last Satur-
day to decide the Colorado champion
ship, but it W. postponed Indefinitely
The dope on the teams showed that they
were evenly matched The betting was
even, with plenty of money on both sides.
The records of the two teams are about
equal. but BOulder's records were made
on heavier track
This puts Utah in good line for the
Rocky Mountain championship, If Mad
docks men can down Boulder next Sat
urday; if they beat Boulder and then
Boulder beats Colorado College il will
be undsputed While the victory over
Boulder would he great thing, it will
be rather difficult TO accomplish, as Colo
RADIO has a number of the state cham
pions and other good men.
In the spirits, Colorado has Warner.
who is the best all-around athlete in the
school He was beaten by Fuzzy Moore
last year, but reports say he is in great
form this year and he is taking every
thing in sight. 1t is said that he is good
for ten seconds in the hundred on a
fast track. The quartermile will be an
interesting race between Fits of Colo
RADIO and Brinton of Utah. Fits has
made some good marks this year, and
BrintOn has run away from everything
he has been matched against, and has
twice equaled the state record in prac-
tice. Maddox is authority for the state
ment that if Fits beats him to the tape
l. toto ,r.1 1.,nl- efpl-
doing it. Brinton will also be sent out
after Warner in the go. and he will make
the husky Colorado man do his best.
Captain Pratt of the Colorado track team
will fight it out with Pitt, captain of
the Utah team, on the half. For the
mile, Boulder has the fastest man in Colo
RADIO. He is Barrett. and il is said that
he is in a class by himself in this
event
The field events will not be as closely
contested as the track. In the latter
there will be some exciting races, as
the records Of the men show that they
are well matched. In the pole vault both
places are conceded to Utah. and if il
were possible for Utah to enter a third
man he would make it interesting for
Colorado's best vaulter.
The reverse may be said for the high
jumps. as the Silver and Gold is eXcep-
tionally strong in this event. Twenty
one feet five inches is BoUlder's distance
in the broad This won first for them
that the ~ jumpers reach this in prac-
ticc. Hamilton. on the low hurdles, and
Ries on The high. are COlOTado's best
men. but Runyon and Nelson of Utah
ought to make il interesting for them.
Bennion. who has thrown the hammer
40 feet / inch this spring. is looked upon
as the likely one in this event. Barr
of Boulder and Bennion Will put up a
close fight for the shot put honors. The
relay team representing the visitors Will
consist of Fits. Nereman. Warner and
Pratt, and they form a fast combina-
ton