Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09
DIR. CLAPP EXPECTS, TROUBLE
Gophers Not So Easy as When Corn
huskers Won Last Year.
MINNESOTA RUNNERS ARE FAST
Annual DunI Meet at polls
NeHt saturday g. Expected 60 Ne
Veiop some surprises for Both
Groups Of Athletes.

LINCOLN. May s-CspecialD-Coach Or.
Clapp and his Nebraska cinder path sth-
letes are sanguipe Of taking the measure
Of Minnesota when the two schools meet
in their annual dual meet at Minneapolis
next Saturday. No repetition Is expected,
though, Of the brilliant victory Of last
spring, which gave the Coruhuskers "a
points to a total OF q for the Gophers.
Minnesota is much stronger this season
than it was a year ago at Lincoln and
ought to give the Cornhuskers a close con-
test.
An indication Of the improved work OF
the Gophers was secured from their show
ing against Iowa last Saturday. A year
ago they were defeated by Iowa university
by a score of 10 to 1-first places only be-
ing counted-but In the meet last week
they tied up the final result. taking seven
firsts. Six Of these first places were won
In the runs-eyents in which the Cornhusk-
ers are weak and in which they will do
their poorest work AGAINST Minnesota a
week from today on Northrup field. Iowa
is strong in the same events that Nebraska
is a leader in and won it's half from Min
nesota by making the best time in the 100
yard hurdles and i'm all the field events
excepting the pole vault. Coach Clapp
looks for his men to win from the Gophers
next week by taking a majority of the
points IN all the field events. the hurdles,
and In one or two Of the sprints.
Collins IL Relied On.
s. Collins is sure to win the three weight
events for the Cornhuskers against the
Gophers. His records are better than any
mazda in the Nfuueeota-rou-o n.aot L.
which the Hawkeyes took first in the ham,
mer, discas and shot put events. Captain
Mcdonald OF the Cornhuskers. with rec
ords OF OBS rs and O:S in the 100 and 40
yard hurdles, respectively. ought to nave
an easy time winning these two events,
for Dick Grants men are extremely
slow In running the sticks.
Both the broad and high jumps should
be easy victories for Nebraska. Minnesota
lost these to Iowa. The record for the
high jump at Iowa City was 8 feet sh
inches. This was several inches lower than
the mark at which either HameI or Hum
nell of Nebraska tcan clear the bar. The
broad jump was won with a record Of 20
feet ~ inches. Perry, who set a mark Of
z feet pa inches in the Kansas meet last
spring, If he gets into condition ought TO
win this event. He has been sick during
the last week and may be in poor form by
next Saturday. In that case Nebraska will
have to depend upon Hummell and Reed,
either of whom should do better than 20
feet.
Smiley of Minnesota won the lO0-yard
dash from Iowa in O:1Oh, this being the
same time Wildman and Campbell made
IN the Cornhusker preliminary meet a
week ago. Wildman is capable Of ten sec
onds flat and ought TO beat Smiley to the
tape. Campbell is nearly as fast as his
team mate and with an even break of
luck ought TO also beat the Gopher
Splinter or at least run him a tie race.
CIapp Has Good VauIters.
The pole vault event, which straine Of
Minnesota won from Iowa with a height
of ten feet, probably will go TO DR.. Ciapp's
men. He has two vaulters who can make
better than ten feet six inches. They are
Russell and Hammond. The former is the
better of the two and has gone close to
eleven feet without hitting the bar. He is
delinquent in his studies just now, but in
case he passes faculty inspection before
next Saturday he will be a favorite for
winning first in the vault. may
get second, but If straine is capable of ten
and a half feet the Cornhusker will not get
better than third.
At Iowa City Smiley captured the 40
yard run, his time being O;54Is. This rec
ord was slower than Reed made on the
same day in the Nebraska preliminaries
The young Cornhusker went the distance
in O:522s. Smiley will have to run in I'M
proved form in the coming meet or else
Nebraska will win this sprint. Beside
Reed for this event DR.. Clapp has Burke
a runner who was a close second in the
sprint last week.
In the 220-ysrd' dash Smiley will be
called upon again to compete against Ne
braska's two best sprinters-wildman anc
Campbell. His record for the Iowa meet
was 0:23IS. or two seconds less than Camp.
bell ran the distance here on the sam'
day. The Cornhuskers viii be certain o.
two places in this race, and one OF these
may be first place. for wildman has the
Nebraska record of O:22ls and believes hi
can best Gopher Smiley.
Long Runs Are DOubtfuI.
Nebraska's prospects in the three Ions
runs are not nearly so bright az in th'
other events. Minnesota easily defeate'
Iowa in the two-mile. one-mile and hslf
mile races. The time for these runs, too
was better than any of the cornhuskeri
have made this spring. In the mile run
however. Hull went the distance only thre'
t seconds faster than Asbury Of Nebraska
4 ran II a week ago. Since thai date tn.
Cornhusker has been running faster ir
training and DR.. Clapp locks for him tC
run Hull a -neck-and-neck race.
A Asbury and Gable will represent Ne
D braska in the tw0-mile run. In the half
I mile run Anderson and George will contest
Coach DR.. Ciapp does not figure on win
ming either OF these events. for the Goph
ers appear to have them clinched, Mime
l sofas time at Iowa City was; Half-mie
2Os: two-mile. 1O:57ss. N~ebraska's tim
= was: Hslf-mile, 2;l5ss two-mlle, HIS. Flo
Minnesota Connolly won the two-mile rae
and Hull the half-mile. In the Corn
husker meet ANDERSON captured the halt
A mile event and Bates. a freshman, wo
the two-mile run.
In clashing with Minnesota Nebrask
$ will have two or three men OF nearly equs
a ability entered in several OF the events
This will give the local school an sdvar
tage over the Gophers In the total scoring
for Coach Grant has emily a few individus
stars and does not figure on winning
Y ms ioritv of points In many OF the event