The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-23
Boulder Believes 1t Is Entitled
to Rocky Mountain Confer
cnce Championship.
BASES ITS DEMAND on
COMPARATIVE SCORES
Trying to Get Game With Win
ner of Denyer-CoIorado Col
lcge Contest.

DENVER, Nov eff Colorado col
lcgc wins from Denver university on
Thanksgiving day, will they play the
state university eleven!
That is The question which is Just
now uppermost in the minds of Colo
rado football fans.
If the tigers win on Thanksgiving
day and then refuse 10 play the Boulder
eleven. Castlen,an s team will claim the
championship by the dope route. OF
course. dope is always deceptive, and it
is a mighty poor standard TO Judge the
relative strength OF clcvcns which. do
uot>plav each other. But that will not
stop the Boulderitcs from claiming the
houors. and bipartisan fans VIII be
inclined 10 give them the palm If e. e..
fails to meet the state university ID
pcSt-Seasou contest.
AS matter of fact. there can be no
conference championship If both Colo
rado college and Denver university fail
10 play The university. 1t would be un
fair to any Of the contestants for
either Of the three leading teams of
the conference In be declared winners.
However, Colorado will claim tho cham
pionship. aud there arc many who are
already siding with the Boulderitcs. In
fact. Boulder students now claim that
IDelT ICGW won InC conference cHdln-
piopship last season they viii remain
champions of tbc conference until some
conference team defeats thcm. There
is some logic in that, and it will be
along that line that friends of the in
stitutiop will claim the premier honors
for The season.
Claims for Title.
If the C.. C..Colorado game is not
played. Boulder students Will back up
tbei- claim for tho championship with
the following arguments:
Colorado college defeated the aggies
ci 10 0: tho state university turned
the trick A to 0.
Colorado college Defeated Utah by
three points; the state university won
from the Alormons II to 0,
The comparative scores on the mines
game will also be considered and used
in the argument by G.. c. or the uni
yersity according TO the team ia
vored
The fact that two Colorado college
scouts were st Fort Collins yesterday
80 witness the Colora do a gricUlture
game started report amoug the Boul
der students that the Springs eleven
WOULD cbsl, uGe Boulder if they (the
tigers won from Denver university on
Thanksgiving day,
Tho matter WAC put up to Manager
Wireberg OF the state university and
no asked If Colorado would play the
game if challenged after Thanksgiving
day. He said:
Personally, l would be in favor Of
playing. and believe that every PLAYER
and every student at the university
wants tire game. L do not expect a
challeuge, however. as | believe that
the Colorado college gang is afraid to
meet us. They have bedaed in this
matter all along, and ] do not believe
ihat there i. 4 chance for the game. rs
much as everyone at Boulder would like
TO see it Played
College Is Willing.
There is nothing new 10 the situation
in Colorado Springs Coach Rothgeb
said'two days ago that if his team de-
fested Denver university on Tbanlsgiy-
all to play after that. lie would be Will
ing for the eleven to meet the state uni
rersity any old place.
The student body al Colorado college
is very much divided over the matter.
4 large majority are anxious for the
team to play Boulder, for they believe
that the tigers would win. If they de
feat Denver university on Thanksgiv-
ing day. and follow this up with
victory over the state university, it
would give The Springs bunch a most
euviable record, that of meeting and
defeating every eleven iu the confer
epce. IF they fail 10 play the Boulder.
ties, the latter are sure TO contest tho
claim for tbs championship, and when
the fans get to Studying the dope on
thc two elevcns a great many are like
Jy to side with the state university For
that reason majority of Tho students
at the Springs are very anxious for the
game. to be rlaycd. They are certain
the tigers can win and they want them
N a hrr ha-e
realize that the championship question
will be hopelessly muddIed, with the
odds slightly favoring the university
eleven,