Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
NEBRASKA FEARS
IOWA COLLEGE
Morningside Track Team Something
Of Puzzle to Cornhusker Cinder-
path Athletes,
COACH CLAPP WORKING HARD
Little School Has Higher Records
Than Nebraska in Few Events.
NEBRASKA HIGH IN WEIGHTS
Collins Brothers Have Iowans
Beaten in Heavy Throws.
TRAINING TABLE FOR ATHLETES
Annual Election Of tuden Members
Of Athletic Board Brings out Many
CaHdIdates--TwO Tennis
Tournaments.
TRAINING TABLE FOR ATHLETES


Tournaments.
LINCOLN. May 1.-(Special)-Fear that
Mornlngside college may spring a surprise
in the first annual dual meet with the
Cornhusker track men at Sioux City next
Saturday is causing Coach DIR. Clapp 10
give special attention to training his cindsr
path athletes at the state school in order
that they shall be prepared to win out
egsinst any extraordinary showing their
opponents may chance TO make.
When Morning. side was taken on the Ne
btaske schedule for this early meet it was
expected by the Cornhusker coach that the
sioux City collegians would only be strong
enough to give his men a stiff practice for
the later meets with Minnesota and Kansas.
Since then. through their showing at the
recent indoor meet of the Kansas City Ath~l
letic club and in practice. 1t has been
learned that the Morningside athletes are
exceedingly strong this spring. In the
sprints and long distance runs they have
a bunch OF men with fast records, and are
supposed to possess three or four athletes
for the field events who will be in shape
by next Saturday to make a close contest
for Nebrsska's best men.
DR.. C1app. who has been getting a line
on the work of tie small coTlegians, SAYS
their records in several Of the track events
are better than any OF his men can make.
In the 100-yard dash they have a Splinter
who can make the distance In ten seconds
flat, which Is the fastest time Wildman.
the leading Nebraska century man, can 10
II in when he is at his best. So far this
spring Wildman has not attained his
speediest form and will have to make rapid
progress during the coming week. II he
gets into, shape, to go the 100 Yards In the
same time that the Morningside Splinter
does.
Fast Quarter Mile Man.
For the ausrteErmlle- run the Sioux. City
college has q man with a record OF 81
seconds. This time equals the Nebraska
record. now held by r. DSAnderson, and
is much faster than any runner on the.
present squad at the state institution is
capable of making. In the one-mile run
the Iowa school also has a man with a
record that equals the fastest time ever
made at Nebraska. He has gone the dis
lance this spring In 4 minutes, IS seconds,
the time In which K. A. Morgan. the Corn
husker record holder, ran the event in 1907,
when he established the present mark for
the local school.
Nv ~
be fast also in the two-mile and half-mlle
runs, and II they do as well in the next
meet next Saturday as they have done in
practice they should win all the long-dis-
lance events, for it is In these the Corn
huskers are particularly weak this season.
There is none OF last years long-distanee
letter men to compete now and Nebraska
has to depend upon runners whose ability
is practically an unknown quantity as yet
George, Anderson, Gable, Trump, Burke
Reed and Melick compose the long-distancC
running squad. Some of them we're on the
cross country team last fall and some o.
them were on the track squad last spring
but SO far they have had no real test il
q dual contest and their strength will no
be determined until the meeting with Morn
ingside.
II really, however. is only in the longe
runs that the Cornhuskers are weak, 70
in the other events OF the track and fiel'
they have good records. In the hurdles
for instance, where Morningside has
representative who takes the l2O-yard stick
in Is seconds. Nebraska Captain Medicinal
does the event In l5fs seconds, a mar
which he set in the Minnesota meet las
spring. In the 2O-yard hurdles McDonal
also holds the Cornhusker record, 1t
- ecNNhuSf NhNh 10 Piopdpi9 muNn HtAAt
time than the Sioux City man can make.
Nebraska strong in Weights.
In the three-weight events Sidney an
Z Curtis Collins Undoubtedly can defeat an
men the Morningside athletes put into II
contest. Sidney has the Cornhusker recoi
in both the hammer and discus throws an
either he or his brother can beat the pre-
ent university marx OF IS feet 10 inches
the shot put.
Hsmel and Hummell, each OF whom ca
50 at least 5 feet inches In the his
jump. should have no trouble in wlnniI
this event Saturday. The broad jun
would be clinched for the Cornhuskers
Perry. VINO holds the local record OF
feet .. inches, were in shape to enter q
event An injury to his right foot, thong
threstens Ia keep him out OF competitio
apd there appears to be no one in scho
b take his place. The weakest field eve
for the Cornhuskers Is supposed to be Z
pole vault, though ID. Russell often
practice can clear the bar at better TN
ioli feet. He usually falls down in COZ
petition and cannot he depended upon
make even 10 feet.
1t is the strength in the field events in
upon which the scarlet and cream shol
rely FOR victory against Morningside. T
Sioux City athletes might. perchance, b,
the Cornhuskers In one OF the Splinter a
the longet runs, but they Will have
develop undTeamed OF strength TO VIZ,
the field honors from the local universe
Or. Clapp ~realises that II his field men q
in perfect form Aat Morningside cam
win, and 1t is TO bring shout this eohditi
that he is now directing his efforts.
WARM Weather Aids Team.
The warm weather the fore part OF
week served as an impetus for the lat
track material ia the university aud 81
elsl mep who had not been out for pr,