The Calumet news., 1910-03-30
MICHIGAN TRACK OUTLOOK
BRIGHTER Than IN 1909
Keene Fitzpatrick Looks Forward
to Great Results at the
PennSy Meet.
JOE HORNER is REAL STAR

Ann Arbor Mich, March SO.-En-
couraged by the showing made by the
men i'm the indoor season Just closed.
Icone Fitzpatrick has already begun
To lay plans looking toward coping
some of the big events at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania invitation
meet next month, and toward a credit
able showing at the eastern intercol-
legiate meet a month later.
The Michigan trainer is comparn -
lively optimistic over the prospe,,s
for a winning track team. He is not
claiming the intercollegiate cham
pionship, although he figures that
Michigan has o better chance to cop
than she has had since Withdrawing
from the western alliance and re-en-
tering the eastern intercollegiate. Be
sides he figures and apparently with
considerable Justification, that the
Wolverines are To exhibit their tIa-
ditional strength i'm the distance
events this year-which will make II
possible for Captain May ana his mon
10 regain at Philadelphia some o. the
l"Hrcls that the four-mlle team Lst
car was unable To retain.
"On the showing made n the var
sity meet, and in the two events with
Syracuse and Cornell" sail Eecne
Fitzpatrick, in discussing the track
.CGt,c"k for the outdoor season, "wo
-, ctrnnU.. than ,.a n,,,. no., 9,
years. In 1906 we had strong team,
las we did in 1907, but in both those
seasons we had to depend largcly on
the efforts Of one Garrels.
Horner as Strong as Garrels.
This year we have for our indi-
vdual stars Craig and Horner, and un-
less mly judgment goes badly astray
Homer is going to be as great an oil
round athlete as Garrels ever was.
For individual honors Craig will give
him a hard battle, and i'm Shls pair
alone we ought TO have two point
winners who will give the castcrn-
ers Il fight for first honors. Captain
May is running stronger than eyer.
and with Legcr. Keck. Frceney, Has
kins and Hall TO round out the bunch
of stars, we should be i'm Il fair posi-
ton To contend for the championship" :"
AS yet the great trainer is saving
little about the chances of the VOL
vcrines to win gold watches i'm thu in
vitation meet at Philadelphia. but it
was noticeable that he was extreme
ly pleased with the recent perform
ances in the half-milc of Hall aud
Saxton. Although he has never shown
any exceptional ability until this year.
Hall now bids fair to become the first
real half miller Michigan has boasted
since Coe and Raney left college. Bohn-
sack has been considered Michigan's
best performer for that distance since
the loss of the famous pair just men
toned, but his inability to show i'm
the eastern intercollegiate and his re-
peated failure to convince athletic fol-
lowers that he has the goods. has
aroused considerable skepticism as to
his real ability
Hall Looks Very Good.
Hall. however, has the ear marks
Df classy performer. He won the
event i'm the meet with Syracuse a
week ago in 2:01, without apparent ef-
fort. and if pushed could have cut
Dut at least another second from his
time. which would have given him
mark of even time for the distance
With Hall. Captain May and Leger
available, II is possible that Michi-
gan will yet be represented i'm the two