The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-31
Private and Public Schools
Complete Successful Ath-
letic Campaign.
COACH BENNI0N OF B. Y.
U. GOES TO UNIVERSITY
Baseball League Is Now Center
Of Local Interest in Farm
ing Districts.
BY II. GEORGE ROEST.

With the closing of the IS. Y. u. Proc
ter academy and the public schools for
the summer vacation, the interest In ath
letlcs has narrowed down 10 the Utah
County Baseball league. Payson, head
ed by Harrison, the crack twirler OF last
seasons OCcidentals. is pushing Provo
for first honors. Johnson. the former g.
Y. u. pitcher is winning all his games
for Provo. Spanish Fork and Lehi arc
tied for third place, with a possibility OF
oreak In the tie. Sprngville is fifth,
victories TO its credit, Tho season is
young. and Linden's last game. in which
she forced the league leaders (Provo) to
play ten innings for a victory, gives prom
lse OF shifting in the lower end of the
column.
The games are well attended in all
towns on the circuit. Two league games
arc being made in the lineups at Spring
vile and Spanish Fork, which will cause
close finish when the league ends in
September.
Last Event.
The dual track meet with Leland Stan
ford was the last event on the B, Y. Il.
athletic programme for 1909l0. \ lone
victory, over the y. c. Is the sum of the
track honors for the Provo university
The best individual work was done by
Chamberlain, who ran the half mile In
record time at the Utah intercollegiate
meet, and by Simmons. who skinned the
220 low hurdles in 25 3-5 seconds In the
meet with Stanford.
Inc team was weakened IN the state
meet by the absence OF H. Peterson who
was barred by the fve-year rule. In the
Stanford meet. Peterson vauted second
to Beelah In the pole vault. and defeated
Beelah in the shot put.
The collegiate basketball championship
remains with the B. Y. u, Prospects for
next year are bright.
The track prospects for next year are
Frightened by the fact that Richards
and Snow OF the Murdoch academy OF
Beaver Will enter the b. Y. u. in the
fall Richards and Snow won the state
interscholastic meet this year and broke
TWO records-the hammer throw and
broad jump
Simmons of the Payson high school
astic, will he at the B. Y. u next sea-
son.
Bennion Succeeds Maddox
n. Christiansen, j: Christensen,
Greenwood. Jacobs and Simmons Of this
years squad will he back in the fall
Jones. who was picked as the best Utah
guard. will captain the team. and play
in his regular position.
Coach Bennion will succeed Joe Mad
dock as director OF athletics at the Uni
be taken by Rose, forward on this years
basketball team, and Eugene Roberts
former B Y, u: man, who has just re-
turned from Yale. Roberts has had
gymnasium work.
The baseball team OF the B. Y. high
school defeated all other amateur teams
In Utah county and comes through with
q. percentage OF 1000.
The public school championship in
track work was won by the Maeser
school This school also annexed the
basketball championship of the district
schools by defeating The Spanish Fork |
eighth grade team. The football cham |
for the grades goes TO the Tim |
panoSos school OF Provo,
Big Congregational Year.
Proctor Congregational academy closed |
It's baseball season by beating the nine |
from Hungerford academy at Spring |
Vile.
This last year has been the Consrega-
tionars best year In athletics. They were
indisputed holders OF the football cham
ptonship at 100 pounds, In basketball |
hey won all their games and closed their
baseball season with a percentage OF
667 Coach Roest OF Proctor. will prob
.hly be succeeded by Nruwink. of Grand
Rapids Mich. Vruwink was picked as
\. A. u. center in basketball for the
middle states: and the headest football
md In the Michigan intercollegiate. Al
present he is playing first base in the
lope college baseball team, which holds
he western Michigan championship for
his season with no defeats TO its credit.
Coach Roest will go to take charge Of
Ithletics at Oshkosh normal, Wisconsin,
n the fall.