The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-28
TRACK TEAMS WORK
Some Good Material for This Spring
Is Developed in Indoor
Work at "U."
Bockman the Only Sure Point Win
=. ner in Conference Meet
This Year.

The annual indoor track meet at the
university next Monday will give the ath-
letic enthusiasts their first chance to get
a line on this seasons material. The
members of the track team have been
working diligently, and many new men
have shown their mettle In the general
practice Nearly all the old men are in
college this year and the general opinion
Is that the prospects for a good showing
among western colleges are better than in
any previous years. Although the indoor
meets are not always prophetic Of the
seasons work they give fair idea Of the
individual material. = r.
In the 100-yard dash Captain -Bocknan
is Minnesota's best man, but he will prob
ably be unable to beat out Blair of Chi
cago and Hahn Of Michigan. He may be
counted on for third place, for he has al
ready demonstrated his superiority over
Poage Of Wisconsin. Varco, the baseball
player, has a record of 10 15 seconds in
this event and has promised to train for
it. It is possible that he will make a
Splinter of more than ordinary ability,
and in that event he will relieve Bockman
who will devote all of his time to the
hurdles --'
In the 220-yard dash the fight will be be-
tween Boeckman, Tebbetts and Varco
Tebbetts will be the main stay in the 440,
although Collins, the big center Of the
basket ball team is making a strong show
ing in the preliminary work. In the mile
and half mile Haroldson Is counted the
best man.. Minnesota has always been
weak in the distance runs and unless some
dark horse develops she can not reason
ably hope for a place in the intercollegiate
meet. -. - 1t-.,: : - ~: - $50
- Main Strength In Hurdles.
The strength of The team is, of course,
centered in the hurdles and Bockman has
good reason to expect first honors in the
two races in the conference meet, as we'll
as all dual events. -O'Brien and zHasbrook
are showing good form in the hurdles, and
Hasbrook, with a year or two Of varsity
experience, should develop into a star.
The teams greatest loss is that of Pierce
In the pole vault. His place will be filed
by Jensen, who is vaulting around the 10
foot mark. There are also several fresh
men out for honors, all Of whom have
gone over nine feet. $50
| A new strong man, A. j. Rand, is con-
Sidered a valuable find in the way&of a
hammer and discus thrower Rand. is q
freshman and although he has had little
experience in the work his record In ach
event is nearly 100 feet. With system
attic traininga%he could easily. break the
university record which is: about 1O8 feet,
In the high and broad jumps the team
| is only mediocre. Robinson and Collins
are good men but can hardly be expected
to win out in the all western meet Has
brook has the making Of star in the high
jump, but it is a question whether he can
develop this year.
The team as a whole is exceptionally
| strong for Minnesota and may hope to
land third or fourth place at Chicago.
| The training so far this spring has been
Irregular, but all Of the men will begin
active work Immediately the meet next
Monday.
Entries for Indoor Meet.
The entries for the indoor meet follow:
Fifty yard dash, Bockman, Boeckman,
| Varco, O'Brien, Hasbrook. Robertson.
High hurdles, Bockman, O'Brien, Has
| brook. b: s@. III
Low hurdles, Bockman, oBrien,s varco,
Boeckman.
| One thousand yard dash, Tebbetts, Rob
ertson, Collins. Redmond, HaroIdson,
Mordoff, Kiefer, Murphy, Nichols, Greene
Armstrong.
/ High jump, Collins, Hasbrook, Robinson,
Tuck, Twidt.
Broad jump, Crossettee, Collins, Has
brook, Twidt, O'Brien.
Putting shot, Pattee, Warren, Harsh
Boeckman.
I Pole vault, Jensen
i There will also be three events on the
program open to all Of the preparatory
schools in the twin cities These are:
Fifty-yard dash, high hurdles and relay
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