Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-16
SYMPATHY FOR MICHIGAN.

ITS single handed fight against the obnox-
ious reforms of the Big Nine" Just now
Minnesota Is beginning to chafe against
the lack of liberty permitted her athletes
and is expected to lead the fight at the
next meeting of the conference association
in June to repeal some of the present rules
Delegates will be there from Michigan as
well. and a concerted effort taken to have
certain notifications made. II these de-
mands are complied with 1t Is not unlikely
that Michigan would consider the request
of the associated colleges to remain In the
big Nine" This association Is just now
beginning to realize the mistake it made In
practically driving out Michigan, its most
important member.
LEADING COLLEGE ATHLETES.
With the holding of the first set of dual
track and field meets a week ago the
coaches and critics have been obliged to
revise their earlier calculations on what
the leading athletes of the country might
do at the intercollegiate championships May
81 and June l. Allowance must always be
made for the dark horses and for the
champions who suddenly go to pieces The
present season promises to be productive
of both these classes. Just now the most
dangerous of the dark horses are Kruger
of Swarthmore in the shot put, and shaw
of Dartmouth in the hurdles Last week
best put made by a college man this year.
What makes Kruger all the more 10 De
feared Is the fact that he Is very con-
sistent athlete and has been showing the
ieaden ball further with every competition
Krueger's put Is within three inches OF the
intercollegiate record Of As feet made by
Deck of Yale several years ago.
The second dark horse Is Shaw, who old
Is 2-5 seconds over the high sticks at
PENIS relays, and Is 3-5 seconds In the
Harvard Dartmouth dual meet shaw dio
excellent work last year. but was haroiy
strong enough to win In the intercolleg1ates,
though he was able to score HIS time OF
Is 2-5 seconds equals the intercollegiate
record held by A. c. Kraenzlein. His form
competitor by the time of the intercoi-
legiates. II these two men perform at the
Intercollegiate they have been doing to
date they will cut heavily into the points
seconds he is likely to beat Garrells in the
hurdles and 45 feet inches in the shot will
beat either Garrells or Schultz.
The splendid work Of Masofhn OF CorneL
and Eisele of Princeton In the two miles
has given Michigan's distance runners
something to think about. Magofnn won
the race in 9.45. with Eisele but fifteen
feet back Michigan Is counting on Rowe,
who has never beaten $50, to win this race,
but allowing for the improvement which Is
to be expected from the eastern stars: II Is
hard to see where Rowe can win without
breaking a record. but he Is a phenomenon
and he still has an even chance to turn the
trick There are several eastern stars VINO
have not yet begun to show their lso6
ability. Among these are Parsons OF rare
the record holder for the half mile: Whit
ham of Pennsylvania, who was second In
both the 100 and 2o0-yard dashes; Hubbard
of Amherst, in the hurdles; Knox OF yale,
the intercollegiate champion In the broad
jump and Grant OF Harvard and jackson
of Cornell, who tied last year In estap-
fishing a new record for the pole vault :.
The cold weather of this spring has had
much to do with the slow development OF
track athletes. and there Is no reason why
most of these men who have been per-
forming far below their usual form should
not develop very rapidly within the next
three weeks.
Inasmuch as quite a number Of calcula-
tons on the likely result of the intercol-
legiates have been based on the competition
OF Patterson OF Michigan, in the high
Jump, It should be stated that Patterson
being a freshman. is ineligible to compete
this year. This restricts the field and
leaves the fight between Mofltt of Penn,
Risley OF Colgate and Marshall Of Yale.