The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-06
SPORTS
STRONG in SPRINTS
Minnesota Track Team Shows Up
Better Than Last Year.
LOSS OF HARRIS GREATLY FELT
Twenty fye or. Thirty Men Will Be
Sent to the intercollegiate
Meet Mt Chicago.

Now that the spring sports at the uni
versity have been held a very fair idea
can be found of the material which Min
nesota has at her command, and the
makeup OF the teams which will be sent
TO Iowa City on May 9, which will meet
- Wisconsin on May %. and represent Min
nesota at the intercollegiate meet in Chi
Cago.
Last year Minnesota took to Chica go
twelve runs. This Year she will take
down more than twice that number and
while 1t is hardly to he expected that
Minnesota has serious designs upon car
lying Off the cup the gopher team must
= be seriously rockoned with and will with
out doubt prove an important element in
deciding the contest.
Harris, whose ability as half mile
runner was phenomenal, will be sadly
missed this year, but aside from his loss
the team is in no wise weakened while III
almost every other department, it is much
stronger than it has ever been before.
! The entries for the intercollegiate meet
1nChicago closed on the first of May, and
more than forty different men were en-
have to be, cut down to below thirty a
number Of s2ecial trials will be held in
addition to the Iowa and Wisconsin meets
to- determine who must be left behind.
AT the present writing, however, it is
possible to pick ont twenty-five men who
will in all probability have the honor of
representing Minnesota in the three meets
which are to come.
These men are Bockman. Richards,
Robertson. Tibbitts, g. c. Pierce, Cros-
settle, Treadwell. Murphy Haroldson,
Green, Stockton, McPherson. F.. B. Pierce,
Mattson,. Boeckman. Riebeth, Redmond
Bogart, Knowlton, O'Brien. Colburn, Nc
Lennen, Tnor2e, Collins and Lafans
Two and possibly three men may yet earn
a place upon the team by hard work.
q o>I I.,~1
four good men in Pierce. Bockman, Varco,
and Boeckman. all of whom can do 10 3-5
seconds or better. In the games last
Saturday Pierce succeeded in making
10 2-5 seconds and as he is not yet at his
best and the track probably one fifth Of
9. second slow. on account of the rain of
the previous night. it is quite possible
that he may get down to 1C seconds and
dispute first place at the intercollegiate e
with Michigan, Beloit. Wisconsin and H.
linois, all Of whom have sprnters who are
credited with having made the short dash
In even time
If 1T were not for the fact that Book
man must take part in the 12O hurdles.
which immediately follows the 1OO-yard
dash, he also would be dangerous man
In the latter event.
In the 22o-yard dash. Pierce and Boeck-
mann are a-oarently in the lead though
llbbbitts also is a good man. Robertson
! is another whose Improvement has been
SO rapid that he should not be overlooked
IN reckoning what Minnesota will do in
the four weeks which are to come.
In the. quarter mile dash Richards and
hobertson are running on about equal
terms and are making the distance in 81
seconds9 AS this is fast time for the
present stage of the teams DEVELOPMENT
they are possible candidates for first place
even at Chicago.
II the result of the university games
held oV Iowa last Saturday can be taken
as, standard for comparison, Minnesota
shonld .1S ,pe: able 20 win the 100. 22O and
44o-yard dashes beyond any reasonah1e
doubt ee'onaoie
In the half mile race last Saturday
Murphy Of TIE freshman class ca ptnred
the event in the slow time of minutes
i"72 seconds This time is ridiculous and
IS pre- oaoly 10 seconds slower than it could
nave been run in: Green set an abom-
maple pace OF about 70 seconds for the
nIst quarter and the rest followed to
Wlthln some 220 yards from the finish
Mhen MURPHY suddenly sprinted out from
1ne ounch into the lead, and the rest fol-
lowed, but were unable to overtake him.
Inc greatest need for the middle dis
tance runner at present is to learn to M,
the pace at the proper rate of speed in
ordef to make the complete distance in
the quickest time possible. Tredwell, Rie
oeth ana Boyart are all able men in this
etid VIII uOuULl6SS De more
spicuous in the contests which are sti1
10 be held Redmond, too. is a. man OF
excellent ability and when he gets :
little more experience will certainly prove
runner of the first order. OF the mer
VINO nave as: yet made no demonstration
of their ability Redmond is probably thu
most PROMISING
IN the one mile run Haroldson, Greer
and Colburn are all better men than Min
nesota has ever. had in this event before
Haroldson is probably the best of tn,
trio. and is improving steadily.
While Wisconsin has the best team O
mile runners in the west it is not impos
slDle that Minnesota may come in for
place both at the dual meet and at Chi
cago.s In the, two mile event Minnesota
Will probably not cut much figure, al
though Haroldson, Green, Stockton an,
Friedman may do better than expected II
actual competition.
In the high and low hurdles Minnesot;
Will be particularly strong. Captain
Bockmans performance of Is 40 second:
On. Saturday in the 120, which establishes
anew record for Minnesota in this event
was most creditable. He should be able
to cut this down another Is by the time
of the intercollegiate meet
The race then between Bockman Nal.
oney of Chicago and Schuley of Wiscon
sin will be one of the best on the program
All these men have already this season
covered the distance in Is As seconds, anc
all then will be fighting not only for the
event, but also to esta bish new western
record. -.ss
In the 220 hurdles Bockman, the present
holder of the western record of 25 sec
onds for this event, will again meet Schu-
ley"and Maloney and another great race
will result. O'Brien UP to the present
time has been unfortunate in his races
and it cannot as yet be told what he will
be able to d.. - .~-. .-:.--- . - 80
Not Dangerous IN Field Events.
= In the field events Minnesota will be
somewhat stronger than a year ago, but
can in no way be considered dangerous
Mcpherson is the only high jumper who
can clear the bar at feet 6 inches, while
Pierce in the pole vault, although capable
II feet, will have no chance for better
than third place against the Chicago anc
Michigan champions, whose records are
II feet 9; inches and IL feet 8 inches re-
spectively. 4E-.-... a. ~, aa...s.. =
In the running broad jump Crossetf
sprung a surprise on Saturday. by clearing
more than 21 feet. This is a most excel
lent jump, but as there will be two other
men in. the intercollegiate meet from
Illinois and Iowa who have recently
cleared more than % feet, Crosseth must
make considerable Improvement in order
to become serious factor at Chicago
In the weight events and the discus
throw the big men are not doing as well
as. they should. The work. has not been
steady and faithful enough and the candi-
dates are none of them doing as we'll as