The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-19
ATHLETES TRAIN
FOR DUAL MEET
University's Prospects For Winning
Championship Bright.
NEW MATERIAL is STRONG
L. D. S. AND VARSITY TO HOLD
PRELIMINARY CONTEST.

After two weeks Of systematic training
the aSDlrants for track and field hOnOFS
at the university are being rounded into
good shape, and the 'varsitys prospects
in the coming contests this spring look
promising The men are especially strong
in the sprint and long distance races.
Whitney is starting fast and promises to
clip some more from his own state record
OF 10 flat. Spencer is a coming man.
and if he continues to improve he will
displace Fuzzy Moore as Whitney's
running mate At any rate. he will start
in all the sprint races. il has been
agreed that each school can enter three
men in each event Tor the championship
meet. Moore viii probably be found in
the quarter-mile as well as the SDrintS.
In the Q1arteT-mile will also be found
Swap. George Brown and Butler. Swap
made the high school record last wear of
81 seconds i'm the dual meet between the
Cedar City Branch Normal and the uni
Versity ''preps." George Brown was for
miller in the state and held the state rec
ord until it was broken by YAH Ride
out Butler made the, quarter last year
in 81 seconds flat. at the same time win
ming second in the state meet.
Good Distance Men.
In the distance races Wade and Hume
are expected to win everything. The long
distance men have been exercising all
Wintr over the crOss-cOuntry course, and
as 4 consequence are in good running
shape. Hume. who was the 'varsity's
mile and half-mile man three wears ago.
Is again at school and is showing re
mai hdblt Sllttu dS WIS SHOWN IN the re-
cent cross-country contest. in which he
won first place. DELI Judd is running
better this year than last. and if the
twO-mile event is run. will be the uniVer-
sityS best man. Pitt is working for the
half-mile and is considered a strong man.
The hurdles have always been the
schools weakest point. Extra efforts are
being made to strengthen it. Butler is so
FAR showing the best form. Schulz of
Michigan has spent several days with the
men training for the hurdles. and is well
pleased with the material. Several other
men are working on the hurdles, among
them being George Brown, Dale Parke,
J. Hunt and J. Huntsman.
On the field Bennion is the star actor
He has been practicipg the double turn
and has thrown the SiXteen-Dound ham
mer 40 feet Russell is also throwing it
past the 1O0-fOot mark. In the shot-put-
ting nothing Of any note has been done
nut X SteftenSen promises to be a
worthy rival for Joe Smith in the state
meet. The jumpers are numerous and
inches in the high jump and twenty feet
in the broad jump. Swap is the best
high man so far and he is expected to
clear six feet before the end of the sea-
son. On the vault Russell is learning
MaddOckS new pole hold and as a result
is only trying for form. 1t is hardly
expected that he Will raise his last years
mark of eleven feet six inches. because
of his increased weight. He now weighs
about lS5 pounds, which makes vaulting
this year than ever before. despite the
fact that some good men have left The
first contest i'll which the university will
take part viii be in about two weeks
when practice meet will be held with
the High school or l. d 5 l. An ath-
lctic meeting is to be held next Tuesday,
at which time the final schedule viii be
made for the spring contests.