The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-15
HARD WORK FOR
''U' TRACK TEAM
Three Meets Are Already
Scheduled Men Trying For
Positions Are Busy.

The outlook for good track work at
the university this year is excellent.
It has been some time since there have
been so many men looking for posi-
tons on the track team, and, as a re-
suit of thi scompetition, some good
work is certain. The men have shown
willingness to work under discour-
aging conditions, and when the cinder
path north of the mechanics art build
ing is completed all the men will be
out for regular work.
Three meets are already scheduled,
andtw more are being arranged for.
The first meet will come at an early
date, and is against the Grand Forks
Y. M. e. A. team. It will DO an in
door meet. held in the association gym
nasium. Last year the teams held two
meets, the "Y" winning in the first by
one point and the university taking
the other by one point.
Following this meet there will be
an inter-department track meet at the
university. This will be the first real
test of the men. Last winter an in
door inter-department meet was held.
The rivalry between departments bids
fair to make the outdoor meet big
success.
In the latter part of May two big
field meets will be held. Brookings
and Carleton are to be met, and for
these events some hard work will be
done.
In regard to the men for the track
team, the University Student says:
THE university has always been
strong in the sprints, and this year we
doubt very much If there is an institu-
ton in the northwest that can boast
of six as fast men as will try for places
on the varsity squad. ]. Conmy and
Bell, captain of this years squad, won
places in the Brookings meet against
men who had the advantage of better
training, and they can be depended on
for their share of the points when the
testing time comes. Bates of Larimore
and Rinde of Grafton are holders of
state high school records and should
be able to land In the front row. E.
Conmy and E. Martineau are two new
men who have earned a reputation
here and elsewhere.
I'm the hurdles, Chic Conmy will
again lead off, with Bates, Rinde, E.
Martineau, Mckay and Learn fighting
for first place.
Heretofore the quarter, half mile
and mile have been the weak spots, but
this year we certainly have a number
others in these runs. Learn has done
some good work in the quarter mile of
late, and E. Conmy, Duggan and E.
Sarles have won honors in this event
before their advent at the university.
Lynn Sarles, c. Stee, Netcher, Jacob
son, Lowell, Sutherland and Myhra will
handle the other runs in good shape.
Bell, Brannon, Duggan and E. Mar
tineau will have to hold up the broad
jumps. Bell and Brannon have made
good in this for the varsity in other
years, Duggan has won many a point
for the Grand Forks high school and
Martineau has taken front rank since
the indoor meet.
THE high jump will be between
Bates, Bell, Lowell, c. Stee and Weed.
Weed and Stee are new men, but Sc
cured first and second places in the
indoor handicap meet, and Bates, Bell
and Lowell have been point winners
either for the varsity or their high
schools.
"In the meets with Brookings We
have never been able to compete in
the pole vault, and this year this part
OF tho work will again lack for can
didates. Bell and Duggan are the only
ones who have done much in this line
and they win have to make good, as
it is pretty hard to develop new man
dn one year.
I'm the weights We have had no one
| who has been able to come up to the
marks set by Baker Williams and
Robinson, but the high school men who
entered last fall give promise of break
ing the hoodoo. Filteau, Duggan
Woodmansee and Zip6y have all had
more or less high school experience
and they, with Bates, Bell, Netcher and
C. Stee, should bring up the weight de-
partment
| ''As a whole the prospects are much
brighter than they have been for sew
eral years past, and, with renewal Of
interest on the part of all, we may
hope for most successful season. We
may be defeated again, but it will not
be by such an overwhelming score as
Brookings piled up in tho last two
meets. We miss Baker, Setback,
Johnson, Williams, Nelson, Robinson
and Dahl, but We hope to develop theil
betters before the close OF the track
| season Of 1907"