The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-29
Coach Bennion Has Hope of
Winning Another State
Championship.

~ taking advantage of the favora-
~ Die weather and getting his
III track and field canuidates on 10
the cinders early, Coach Bennion
of the University OF Utah Is already
| well along in the development of the
team with which he hopes TO win the
state title one more year on track and
| field.
| Just as things were going well, the
Rocky Mountain conference upset all
dope by declaring Basil Jamison,
captain OF the varsity track team, in
! eligible and thereby knocking in the
cry meet for which the varsity is
scheduled. This stopped things dead
still for while and took the sap out
of the track men, but they are now
| determined to clean the boards any
way, and have promised Bob F'lagel,
| the newly elected captain, that they
will work harder than ever to make up
"Jamy 50 loss.
Flagel is man with any amount Of
ginger and already has his new men
| plugging hard.
| Half a dozen of the boys are out
stripping the rest of the recruits and
apparently have already cinched places
on the squad. Clarence Douglas, for
mer Ogden high school football man
and baseball player, is working III the
weights and is doing wonderfully for
green man. lie is paying particular
attention TO the shotput. He has sue.
ceeded this year in heaving the sixteen
pound missile better than thirtv-nine
feet. This distance would have won
the event in many OF the meets last
year, and with Alma Richards out Of
| the event, Bennlon exprO,s DUug.as ~
take first place this year In the state
meet with his shot
The most startling thing TO occur thus
far this spring in this direction was
the performance of Brockmeycr last
Thursday afternoon, when he hurled
the discus more than l20 feet This is
two feet better than the state record
for the event made by Ben Lofgreen
two years ago in Logan. 1t was the
to get away with. hat II certainly looks
promising, and Bcnnion thinks, with ii
little more training, - Brock will he
able TO set up new Rocky Mountain
conference record for the event
Another man wbo is doing well i'll
tine evcnt is Calvin Smith. lie is Il
glant for size and has good action.
rnnugh be has never had any training
befoic. he gets away with the missile
III 1ine shape and looks good for points
ia the state meet
Captain Flagc is pntting in hard
work op the cinderS every might and
saws that he viii finish his career by
dciug the quarter-piilc faster than II
was over done IN the state before if il
ia in him aud hard work can bring il
ont
The classy work OF Earl Wilson IN
rhe half mile and mile runs indicates
chat already good substitute for Jam
ison has been discovered He ran the
distances for the Salt Lake high school
last wear and is already in better form
than he was at the end of last year S
running.
Thcnm. the man who is seen going
over the bar in the running high jump,
was a Granite star last year, and, nm
der The direction Of the varsity coaches,
is improving daily. lie is getting up TO,
ward the state record now and Will
make all the veterans hurry before the
season closes.
Travers. one of last year 8 Veterans
is rounding into shape again. He did
the sprints and the relay for the Grim
son mon last spring and will be on