The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-15
MICHIGAN STARTS
Captain Ramey Has Teams Out
Earlier This Year.
VIII Try to Avenge Defeat by
Chicago Last Season.
HAS ALL FIGURED OUT.
COe and Garrels Are to Capture
Nineteen Points.
Discuss the Proof Of the PrOfes-
sionalism of EckersaIl.

Ann Arbor. Mich, Jan. 15.-Cap-
tain Ramey of the Michigan track
team has issued the call for candidates
to assemble at the gymnasium In
previous years the track men have not
started work until the opening of the
second semester. about the middle Of
February. but. as a tribute to the
prowess of the Chicago track aggre-
cation, Trainer Fitzpatrick decided to
open the ball just a month earlier this
year.
Prospects are considerably brighter
than last year at this time, and the
fans have # all figured out that the
maize and blue viii triumph at the
next conference.
The team has most valuable ac-
QUESTION in Coe. the worlds champion
shot put man. He is a sure winner
i'm his event at the conference meet,
and is likewise counted upon to land
hrst in the hammer and second in the
discus. John Garreis is sure to cap
ture first i'm the discus and possibly
third i'm the shot put, so Michigan is
reasonably certain Of drawing eigh-
teen or nineteen points in the weight
events.
Look Good on Paper.
Garrels ought to be able to land first
the two mile, raising the total to
twenty-eight or twenty-nine. Thus
far it is clear sailing in the dope sheet,
but the enthusiasts who figure Stew
art first in the high hurdles, French
nrst i'm the high jump, Harry Coe sec
ond i'm the mile, and Ramey second
in the half mile. are in dangerous and
uncharted waters,
Chicago's loss of Friend, Catlin.
HogensOn, Blair, Lyon, and Tobin is
blow tn the
and, by counting upon their loss being
1rreparable5 the wolverine fans pick
the yellow and blue for first in the
conference Michigan has lost only
two men-Stone, who took second in
the two mile, and Nfco1, who landed
four points in the hurdles Both are
eligible this year and may possibly re-
turn in February for the second sem
ester.
Tt is persistently rumOred that some
one in Ann ArbOr has snapshot of
Walter Eckersall the Chicago quarter
back, taking part in a professional track
meet, but more of the Michigan athletic
authorities know anything about the
picture. Manager Baird says that the
athletic association has no direct proof
that Eckersall is professional or they
would spring it without delay. 1t is
1ot the policy of he=A4feilig gan aEthori-
tas to hold up evidence of that Kind un-
tf just before a meet or a contest, he
says, and that, accordingly, the public
VIII know at once # proof OF prOfes-
siopalism on the part of any conference
athlete comes to. Ann aArbOr.
Girls Plan Busy Season.
The Girls Aathletic association is
making big plans just now for indoor
and outdoor work this year. The indoor
work viii comprise basket ball and track
events. and the outdoor sports viii be
track and field events and tennis. The
varsity athletic association offered to
set apart 2 portion of Ferry field for
the use Of the girls, but the woman's
dean and many Of the girls objected to
their association appearing on Ferry
field, so the plan VIII be dropped
The girls fear thar use ot the field by
both sexes would result in a feeling of
restraint on the part of each, with a de-
pressing influence upon athletics as the
result The co-eds want "a field all to
themselves and plenty of seclusion ex-
cent when they chose to invite their
friends. The coed association viii try
to secure a field near the gymnasium,
and a tract of land near the university
observatory is under consideration. This
field is rather uneven, but the girls
sports tennis. and basket ball. are
played on small courts, so the condition
of the ground is of less Importance.
Ann Arbor merchants viii give the
football team their annual banquet next
Friday. a special effort to make the
banquet a big success is being made
this year on account Of the loss of the
western championship.