The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
VARSITY TRACK men
TRAIN FOR BADGERS
Wisconsin Meet Arouses Track
Interest at Minnesota-Base-
ball Still Popular.

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BY L. L. Collins.
| With the track e1Ant Of the year,
the meet with Wisconsin, scheduled for
next Saturday, and aided by perfect
| weather conditions for outdoor work,
the members Of the Minnesota track
on the Northrop field track during the
| past week. Hard. conscientious work
on the part of all of the men in the
squad has had its result and Mime
sofa g chances look better than at any
| time this season. ...s.,-t's
In the barring of Stub Barclay and
Marks from participation. in the meets
Of the year the university eligibility
committee administered a body Blow to
gopher chances, but Captain Greaves
and DR.: Williams. have set about the
work of finding men to take the places
of the three ineligibles, and altho the
| team is necessarily weakened by. the
withdrawal of men who were counted
| upon as sure point-winners, zthe track
men are not discouraged, but are look
ing forward for a.. chance at the
cardinal. ..,s.,..,,<. >>5zz55n@
Altho there is no intercollegiate
baseball at Wisconsin this year, the
badger authorities have retained track
work as a branch of the collegiate ath-
let1es, and the badger team is un-
candidates has. been the largest In the
history of track athletics at the badger
institution and the preliminary records
OF the men have been good. =.
Runners Most Promising. .- ID
-
| Gopher track enthusiasts will pin
| their faith on the runners of the 90
| pher squad, as it is in this branch of
the work that the most promising work
has been DONE In the sprints Mime
sofa Will be represented by Dougherty
and Hawley, two men who should be
able to give good account Of them
selves against the fast badger sprint
ers. Dougherty's showing last wear
was excellent and Hawley, freshman,
is one Of the most promising of this
years recruits.
Captain Greaves should win the half
mile altho the badgers are strong in
the distance runs and will undoubt-
eedly put up a fight for this event.
mile at Chicago last year and his show.
Ing. this year has led the enthusiasts
to. believe that he will do better than
TINS at the coming meet in Evanston.
! Bedford and Dougherty are also show:
ing up well in this event. No.: sasssss IT,,
-. In the quarter-mile run .Malmgren,
Ilerney and Uzzel seem to be the most
promising of the gopher entries, altho
murphy, jackson, Vidal, Larson, Sny-
been training steadily and may spring
surprises. -, Of-1 4
Ellison and Smith are the gopher re.
!lances in the, two-mile run. while
Bedford and Dougherty seem to be the
fastest OF the gopher squad Of mile
runners.
Earlier in the season with Marks and
Stub in the squad of hurdle candi-
dates the Minnesota prospects. in this
event seemed promising, but with these
two men out, the ranks Of the .hurdlers
are sadly depleted. Woodrick and
Van Worst have been doing well. how.
ever, and Minnesota may figure when
the points are announced ii the hur.
die events. -.
Norcross and Bedford in the h;ob
Jump, Pryor and Furber in the pole
| voult, Eak1ns and A4ta in the weight
events and Davis in the discus are Che
other MINNESOTA men who have been
IN the hmellght in the spring practice.
On Many Entries. $3.50. .
The following are the Minnesota
entries for the meet:. ,-'-.~s~-.- -, ~, -
1oo-Yard Dash-Dougherty, Hawley, osterea-resn,,.
Malmgren and Diamond. - p guy
v: 70 Yard Dashs-Dougherty Hawley, Uzzell,
! Vafco -Balleau, Smiley and Robertson :seT7 -
o-Yard Dash-Mamgren, Tierney. uzzell.
Mortenson, Murphy, jackson. Vodai, Ores Tes
6alIeau, Larson Snyder, varco and Smiley.
GreaVes and caanseI, Doughert Pratt carnes
puo ne.nm1le-Bedford. Dougherty, .sanstrua,,
frat Condor, Snyder, Carnes and Greene.
| lW0-mj1a--E1Jicop
I 12O-Yard Hurdle-Woodrich g.: ~. ~
| ~ Yard Hurdle-Woodrich and Van Vorst
Pole Vault-Pryor, Powell. Leach and FIR.
Leach and Bedford = o' 's sen'
| Broad Jump-Hawley and Clair. -.
shot Put-1ttner. Vita, Brush Iamhert E.p
| ms, Hawley and Sterne 49, HaA'
Hammer Throw-1ttner, Vita and sterne -
ron D'scus-Davis,' 1ttner, Vita, Eakins and OIL
" Mourn Lost Game. y
just at present there is sorrow in the
baseball camp at the university for
altho the gopher team has made a GOOD
RECORD In the big games Of the year so
nar prayed, the defeat by Upper Iowa
IN Spike Anderson's proteges. The
Fayette team was defeated badly Wed.
nesday and thinking that the 1owans
would again fall easy prey three Of the
gopher regulars failed to put in an an.
+ Pearance for the second game with the
hawy!keyes. Weakened in their battinp
ABILITY the team lost to the 1owans by
score Of 8 to 2. a, s =
Gopher rooters are anything but dis.
couraged over the baseball prospect
1 however, for the record Of the wear
shows that Minnesota has one Of the
strongest teams in the west and the I'M
expected defeat may result in much
with Manchester was cancelled. but the
strong Luther college aggregation. from
DEBORAH, Iowa, comes to the Northron
| Field Tuesday and the gophers will
/ have a chance to redeem themselves.
Tommy Leach is back In the game and play.
| ing .s as cieyerly as ever. Leach ia big aid