The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-18
Trackmen at st. Louis University,
Michigan and Chicago in
Training.
LOCAL MEET is Of INTEREST
Chicago Will Certainly Send Some
Of It's Crack Representatives.
to the st. Louis Univer-
sity Games.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
More than usual interest 10 taken by ath'
letes of this city in their brother tracimer
at the universities OF Michigan and Chicago
on account Of the likelihood that represent
atives OF both institutions will be here this
spring to take part in the indoor meet OF
the st. Louis University. Chicago will GER
tainly have a team here, and it ts consid'
cred probable that Michigan will decide tc
be represented.
TIL directorate of st. Louis University
hae decided to give its meet as usual. and
1t will most likely be held In the Coliseum,
March Il. 1t was originally Intended to
schedule the meet for March Z. but Coach
Delaney decided to postpone it for one
week. He has arranged several new events
for the meet of this season.
Michigan has an indoor meet with Cor
nell scheduled for March. This is the only
meet definitely settled for the Northern col
iese. put 1t Is thought extremely likely
here. An invitation will be rendered them
BY. the college athletic association.
A dispatch from Ann Arbor regarding the
men who may possibly appear here reads:
Trainer Fitzpatrick has issued a call for his
men men to 60 70 work and they viii appear 81
ter; K ;a 4! g The aiistsnse man: and pveTak, ths
q pfsas. in T the p pole Vault n9n at last sl's ses GnsD@ eon,
ference ference meet; have been wording daily al
a aalHss1 m ali .A1 1hes ssa siisiio III ' q ss hnFf IL qa ana
tion: has frequently been seen "limbering up
most n see p ssmSsa,ans; ddsi,i; a iarSs nuI @som Of s sns
sweeley, Maddox and Hernsten OF the football
'' fss Pass n ns' N ssfn SOW ess as tissle.xn. uaeu and
+ few others Of last years SQUAD win be severe,
poie-vaulters. and Michigan is not deficient in
events As 81 new msteriai there is NO dearth
M man ,'i i. showing 1aahsy' nn so1 form D IN soth .s sl'i saqdIss
and pole vault: and is ALSO doing exce!lently in
was as an E%nsi s11a;S'' paint shH''e win nn,s-f IN D sifer Wne
high school meets last year. is also showing up
At iNi the iowa State High scsooi L eonfesenee fia last
ssasen, and who will make a good running mate
Ths ola men are sEsdualIy putting in an ap-
SMichisan had in the dashe. las; year, seem. to
too. the heavy football half back. is out for. the
sprints. showing promise of making good in
n The hu.dlss Nsu,sr and Miller are working
the gym floor time and again in Is Is. Within
two,nfths OF a ses0nd Of his indoor record, NIL
Of or taxing asf1 + se sHssss T place. sa sSSula F hiassss eS Ws1de
and his board on eligibility decide against Neu.
Hernstein Is q tried man. and both Sweeley and
In the half mile things DO not Icos quite as
promising. for material Is not so abundant. Hall
None Of he new men have done anything in this
h hns; ana The h . tSsim mentioned are the only old
Perry and csnker,srs both showing rare form
Keiloss. too. sltSoush better in the )" WINNIE. Is
q man to fall back on. should the men not be
forthcoming TO help out Perry and his team
Kellogg is expected to meet all Corners in the
sonfe1enee NEE. IL expects 70 devote al sao (
TOWARD = !, l9.s,ins his time. forsssssnK a st IN
school lad SET the amateur record for this event.
HE G C1H.. hs Soan e n, c,u 5Sno nj xs ma.sT Waite shs 1 Is p. Of
haps the most promiaing member
tain in f Reb Ts.sn' and shs Maddox ass aa ass 500 Sesh 'f ffsaue sasy
putting the tweiys-pound shot forty-two and
1s.iSa.stss form ssn' ~ ns sSs has, ! r'' throw sss": Tss,nsr
Fd.spatr,ek expects great thing. Of him. for he
IL the hish Jump .Ise thins: look wen, for
s sesented III sSas yf inst III Hs he Ssl Year sr- bes % = iufdeo-
Ing ts s!1 season. ssss stefss ls.s wn asa j. 5on wsnd sso m as ss,sS
tnat dspsrtmens Last yeaT n, are I,a. sis sr IN m adsan c
hams and some Of the new men. is relied upon to
win points in this tine.
correspondences3ro from Chicago concerning
Stages track team, which certainly VIII be
reads: d.
Strength 10 ths eprints and in the long-dIstance
a, the Gniverpity Of Chicago q far az it can be
ss staas s, at shs d Rsss:sps f hs h. more and better
sssip sefors s1 IN s SaEl history 3, shs an,ysra.y. WIN
green but Y f.s sa'n natsTis, .. big disposal: he s.:
f nsst &. to ses Ss,Id d P1 1sos Z strong track organization
For r. the iiHs time staer has enough good men
s s2 1S1m di = fSu IF Tile Chicago 1slss ess Cross q Country mt n fs cub
at the Bismarck Stage responded t9 q toast 70
would win the fogr-mfle college relay race at
Unless some q the promising ones fail down in
their work i Is stssE,s intention to take ps q 1snT-
vania invitation games: There are not many 9sn!sy god
sns ssass may syn sss:ti In ths sh sn% fearsmile 's team sess Ri
the one.miie relay bunch. Clyde A Blair win
s BE ,al Dnry along H t finished s : ~, at BURY RaHEss, shoulder hoaiasr last 3
year. only one foot behind the WORDS champion:
rr a%0n Hail. fas v hast n %ds the = Wess.rn !. J y:
record for the two miles. with the time Of s:Ss:
Of Indiana. with a record Of 40: Gale. the old
q! Tniy ;sr is,x Of d di,nSis mf pat Y Msnr q r wso ha as t run
two miles in 1920 Almost as good are Mathews;
Warner " n s Kelly ss MSeR and aDec sd'T Promise Mssn sna a ars
expected 10 develop much this gs ear dan. IN ,s
or OF ss:ssr ra rsa sne NJ Most AT = ths% hss xias IS;
the university. Blair heads The liss. He has q
re- e % 49,. - IL r. me e. l9 si yarts aps fla aa.s
in :Ot fiat. He covered the distance in this time
John Sem. the old wisconsin Splinter. with
a record Of 10, and Mock. from Franklin Cot
lege. Franklin. Ind, with n reccsh on :e III
records Tommy Tay!or. the running mate. of |
CLYDE Blair Mt Fort Scott High School; is a iast
man. He has a record OF 10 % ana ongh. 70
do much better. He has all the earmarks OF q
good sprinter. Wightman q footpan Tame. was |
y fast man in Cleveland. o. ana can run the
Andrews, a .weii-built runner from Oak Park
High School. has been doing good work under
and has q 10 rs record from high school |
Roy Mortified win devote his, time to track |
work instead Of baseball. DE mas q record OF |
10 2-5. Young. Ellsworth. brother OF the foos.
Morgan Park Academy. has good records in his !
track work. but other deficiencies may Keep MIN
In the field and weight events Stag has q
number OF undeveloped men who promise 70 9e !
in coiiess with the regulation weights. |
NAV not be able to make good, Some Of
them are SpeIk and Ellsworth. Stag Will prob |
ably split up his sprinting and long distance
squads and try to make COCA neriormerS out
of these athletes in the middle oistahce runs.
JUDGING AT ORs SHOW.
Decisions ON the Ruritanda Case
Aroused the Anger Of E1htbitors.
At the recent New York horse show the
first prize for single roadsters IN class 10 !
Of the trotting classes was awarded to the
mare Ruritania. q frequent prize
winner; second prize going to the Hoffman
nne,o vysS. vra,S--t ro,rifonio onforoa Tho 4