The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
TRACK OUTLOOK
FOR j BRIGHT
Prospects for Winning Squad
Are Better Than Ever
Before.
BASEBALL CANDIDATES
ROUND INTO CONDITION
Nine Men Receive Suits; Team
to Meet High School
Next Wek.

Never has the outlook for winning
track team for the university been better
than 1t is this year IN spite of the fact
that n great many OF the men who are
trying out for places are new at the
work work For For the past two weeks CoaSn aSa
time whipping into shape a group of men
who will represent the university In the
spring track meets to be held with the
Utah Aggies and the Brigham Young
university of Provo.
Varsity interest has been continually
growing in track work until the number
OF candidates has reached almost thirty
men who show up on the track every day.
During the past week. work has been
done by the coach in getting some new
weight men out OF the green material
trying out. The hammermen have been
making big strides and Ashton, karrick
and Holman are landing the hammer out
anything they have been able to do be-
fore. All the men are light but Bennion
believes he has bunch of men In the
weights who will land first and second
in the hammer In the state meet
Three Good New Men.
New men who showed up during the
week and who likely Will make good or
the teams in the spring are Stratton.
trying for the distance races. and Man
ming. who Will try for the sprints. Hurl-
a good deal of class in the sprints and
likely will do things before the year is
over.
For places in the jumps Bennion is
short OF men and hence he is aiming to
develop some Of his old athletes into
jumpers. Erickson has been star pole
vaulter for the varsity for two years, but
this year Bennion plans on putting Eriek-
son in on the high jump as we'll as for
the pole vault. Erickson has tried our
the jumps several times this week and is
as sny OF the fellows who are now try
ing out. Erickson is also showing good
deal OF form this year In the pole vault.
going almost a foot better than he has
ever gone before and this year ne prom
| ises to put up a great scrap with Han
cock for first place in this event.
While Bennon has heen spending most
! of his time the past week with the track
men. the baseball men have by no means
been neglected. Assistant Coach Bob"
Porter has been putting In every after
noon with the fellows getting them onto
! open. but as there as several good men
| mines picked from among the class eeries
two weeks ago, seven positions on tho
big varsity team practically have been
filed. Two places In the outfield still are
open but as there as several good men
trying out for these places they likely
will be filled before the end Of the week
Nine Get Suits.
The men who have received suits thus
far are Capt. Lee Larson, Len Rom
new Sutherland, Sebastian. Horsfal.
Holmstead, Hurlbut. Fitzpatrick and
Peterson, The men who are trying OUT
| Van Orden. Dean, Ellmayne and Ban
ming. Van Orden likely will land one OF
the places as he IS a good pitcher. but at
| the present his arm is out OF commission,
but Will soon be In shape SO that he car
relieve Captain Larson occasionally In the
! box.
| A practice game for next week Is
planned by Coach Bennion with the Salt
Lake high school in which Bennion will
try out his newly picked team The
regular state schedule between the sew
| xt.In mt Nor rNrn
when the university will line UP against
| The agricultural college in LOGAN.