Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
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Injury to Two Crack Athletes Casts
Gloom Over Prospects of Win
ming Dual Meets.
LINEUP FOR NEXT SATURDAY
List of Men Who Will Compet
Against Morningside.
REED HEADS THE SPRINTERS
Youngster Depended Upon to Make
Good Showing in Dash Races.
BIG MEET OF HIGH SCHOOLS
over Two Hundred Athletes WIN
Compete in Intersch elastic
Events on Nebraska Field
Saturday,

runs, respectively. In the meet with Kan
sas last spring ANDERSON clipped off a
second or two in his race, and at the
Omaha indoor meet the first OF this month
Anderson lowered the Cornhusker record
in the two-mile by going the distance in 2;56.
His race at Omaha marked him as a man
who would win this race against both
Kansas and Minnesota. Anderson stood an
excellent chance of getting the half mile
race in both OF these meets.
Slight as the injuries to these two men
appeared at first, when each of the runners
stepped on raised pack of cinders, they
have proved serious enough to keep the
men from training, and Coach Cherrir ston
now declares 1t will be impossible for the
athletes to get into form to run their re-
spective races in fast time. Ambersons 3
ankle crippled him and he has not been
with the squad for several days. Ander-
sons right leg has caused him to limp for
two weeks and there is no chance of his
getting into the running for several days.
VIII De in the Meets.
Coach Che-rington says the two cripples
will probably recover sufficient form 80
that they may be used in both the dual
meets, but he thinks neither of them will
stand any chance in the meets with either
Minnesota or Kansas. In the half mile
run MCGOWAN will have to take Anderson's 8
place as the leading runner. Melick will
be about the only runner whom the coach
can depend upon to run the two mile.
The Gripping OF the two star runners Of
the long distance events has discounted all
the plans that Coach Cherrington had
laid for making a respectable showing in
the coming meets. He never had hoped
to win either Of the dual meets with Ne
braskas strongest rivals, but he has been
planning right along to sent a team to the
conference meet in June that would sur
prise all the other schools. He had fig
ured on his long distance runners for many
points and had expected that some of his
men might score in the shorter dashes.
Two places in mCst of the long distance
runs had even been his dream, and he had
many reasons for building his castles.
But now the best tnat he can dream of
doing with his team this year is to win the
triangular meet with South Dakota and
Morningsile at Sioux City next Saturday.
Yet, he has no high hopes of defeating the
Morningside athletes in that meeting un-
less South Dakota happens to have certain
men who are better than the Sioux City
athletes in just the events in which Ne
bTaska is extremely weak.
Only one thing is causing the Corn
huskers to look forward to the meet next
Saturday with a display Of interest and
that is opportunity which will be afforded
them of learning Just what their repre-
sentatives can do Most of the material
that the head coach will send into the first
meet of the year will be new and untrled.
For this reason the exhibition Of the ath-
letes will be watched with close attention
by all who are following the work Of the
team.
First Lineup Given Out.
For the first time this spring Coach
| Cherrington has ventured toi announce the
men whom he thinks will be his choice for
/ the respective events He has determined
just whom he shall take 20 Sioux city
next week In all his planning for the com
! ing meet with the two northern colleges he
has left out of consideration both the
/ crlppes, Anderson and Anderson, for he
says It will be impossible for those two lada
TO get into form for the opening test.
! In the 1OO-yard dash there Is but a single
runner who is likely to count for the Corn
| huskers. He is Reed, a young lad who has
had but little experience In the century
run and who is making his first attemp
to score for the local school in that race
lie Is doing excellent work for his con
dition and may spring a surprise before the
close OF the season. lie was timed in prac
tce this week and went the distance IN
ten flat He Is slow at the start, but runs
the last halt Of the distance In very fast
time.
Reed will be about the lone dependable
I'm the 22O- yard dash, also. He runs this dis
tance in very fast time. Campbell, runnel
OF last spring, who was entered in both
the lOO-yard and 22O-yard dashes will prob
ably be second man for both these rum
this spring. He has been handicapped In hii
training this spriRg by sickness and hai
been at practice only few times. lie dit
very good work last season, but will hay'
a hard time attaining the form he dis
played them, Ankeny and Powers are train
ing for this event, but as yet have not dis
played varsity form.
For the 4iO-yard run It looks as though
Nebraska has record breaker In Captain
Burke, who last spring tied the Nebrask'
record In the Kansas meet He Is power
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