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Show I7»\ t^ M life m$ Ji-•'•!!•< ,- VV. rT."'.'.."'-•.: :';»!• •;x- :','.•'•'••;*•',' T the opening of the track season of 1909 the prospects for a winning team were none too promising. Captain Hunt, our star hurdler and jumper, was unable to return to school and the captaincy was given to Morgan Adams. Adams, Convill, and Brinton were the only old track men who appeared for early practice. Most of the men who were on the 1908 team had graduated or did not return to school. But, as usual, there was plenty of green material which could be whipped into shape.The schedule last year was not as good as in previous years,nor was it one which gave the men an ardent desire to make the team. No meets wereheld with teams outside our own State, and only three were scheduled with home teams.Later, however, a relay meet was arranged with the B. Y. U.; and we also decided tomeet the Stanford team when it passed through on its way east. But owing to thefact that the Juniors left for the summer survey and the Seniors went on their miningtrip, our team was so badly crippled that the Stanford meet was canceled.The relay meet with the B. Y. U. was the first of its kind ever held here, and resulted in a tie score; the U. winning the half-mile and mile, and the B. Y. U. winningthe two-mile and four-mile relays.The first schedule meet of the season was held on Cum-ming's field between the U. and the A. C. In this the A. C. hadthe privilege of counting the points as they pleased and theychose the Oxford-Cambridge system of scoring only first place,and allowing but one point for each event. Utah won an easyvictory by a score of 9 to 2. Six men won their U. for the firsttime, namely Hartley, Gutting, Walker, Calder, Alley, and Car-michael. Brinton was in his old-time form and easily won bothdashes and the low hurdles. The dual meet with the B. Y. U.was held at Provo, May 8. This a1 so was a walk-away for theU. team. We secured ten first places out of the possible fourteenand piled up a score of 80 2-3 to 39 1-3.In the state meet held at Logan, May 15, we were pushedharder than ever before, winning by a margin of only eightpoints. Here our weak points were plainly indicated. In thehurdles we did not place; in the broad jump and half mile wewere able to get merely third place; and for the first time wewere beaten in the relay. New records were established in fiveevents, namely, the shotput, the high hurdles and the low hurdles, the quarter and half-mile.CAPT. BRINTON (203) |