Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-31
MICHIGAN SQUAD HERE TODAY
Wolverines First to Arrive for Big |
Indoor Meet Tomorrow.
TRACK READY FOR RUNNERS
work Of Prepu ration at Auditorium
Rurhed--thionwo Delegation Feel
Ing ConfIdent Of Success In
Competitions.

University Of Michiesp track athletes
will arrive al 1870 today. Six men
Homer. Craig Gamble. Reck. Hod and
Ross make w the Wolverine squad for
the Omaha meet and all Of them are star
track athletes. p ~ Bartelme, business
manager OF the athletes at Michigan, Is
accompanying the team,
Work on the track at the Auditorium has
been pushed with extra men steadily since
Thursday morning. The athletes can get
in a little preliminary work upon the track
today and Saturday Michigan's squad
will be on hand this afternoon, trying out
their muscles upon the Omaha speedway
Gamble Craig, Hoff and Ross viii make
mp the Michigan relay squad. Reck Will
be substitute and will also be entered In
the 0OO-yard dash
Horner's work Promising.
Captain Joe Horner will go to compete
IN the field events and Craig will enter
number Of the dashes In the shotput the
captains work will be watched with espe-
cial interest after his phenomenal per
Torrance on Saturday night when he
showed the pill out forty-eight feet and
three inches, establishing a new gymnasium
record. Both Horner and Craig viii run
the collegiate fifty-yard dash.
In the handicap events Horner VIII toss
the twelve pound shot and both he and
Craig will run the high hurdles, but both
Will probably find the handicaps too great
to leave a chance OF winning Horner
however, is almost as powerful with the
tyelve-pound weight as with the heavier
one. and Craig on Saturday established a
new worlds indoor record for the thirty
fiye-yard hurdles. running in O:O5B against
Cornell
Preliminary to the evenings events at
the Auditorium the Omaha High school
cadet regiment band will march to the
hotels where the teams stop. There will
be another band In addtio nto the high
school music makers at the Auditorium
playing during the evening.
Tonight several OF the athletic teams will
arrive Many OF the coaches hold that
riding all night in a coach is bad for the
chances OF the athletes the next day at the
meet Kansas is bringing French, Roberts,
Woodbury., Patterson, Watson, Hamilton
Krause, McNIiHen. Osborne, Davis and
Fairchlld , ,.t7.lsst. $50.
Chicago Men Confident.
Or. A. A. stage Of the University Of
Chicago and NJ! a. Delany Of the Chicago
Athletic association are coming imbued
with the idea that their athletes are top
notchers and both the WINDY City squads
are undoubtedly sure Of good place In
the meet Stages squad consists Of Dav-
export. Kuh, Pinblin, Menaul, Earle, Gift
ford and skinner. The Chicago Athletic as
sociation lineup CONSISTS of Bookelman,
Blair, Otto, Waller, Shaw. Shobinger and
Kuhn. Kansas City Athletic club is bring
ing a squad Of eight men to defeat the
Chicago Athletic CLUB in the race for the
top honofa atf
Soldiers of Fort Crook and Fort Omaha
are busy daily training and running and
running performances that pale the efforts
Of the college lads 10 nothing Uncle. Sam s
boys are 20 runs an equipment race,
each man IN full uniform.
Three teams representing the first bat
TALON. Fourth infantry; second battalion,
Fourth Infantry from Fort Crook and the
team from Fort Omaha will run,