Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-09
HARVARD TRACK MEN BUSY
Candidates Engage in Strenuous Cam
paign Of Training.
GIVEN HARD DAILY SCHEDULE
Outdoor work Looks 20 Development
Of Chnmptonship FieId-Coaches
Are well Satisfied with
the rrnanerfal


the Prospects.
BOSTON, Mass. April 8-Harvard =
track and field candidates are beginning
a strenuous campaign in order that they
VIII be III physically to compete in the
early duals meets. Harvards first dual
meet OF the season e. with the middies
az Annapolis on April q, which comes
during the Easter recess. The Crimson
team will be sent south early so as to
condition for the more important meets
which come later. These are the dual af-
fairs with Dartmouth and Yale and the
most important meet Of the year. the inter
collegiates. As the latter event is TO be
held on Soldiers field this year the
Johnnies intend TO make the occasion thor
oughiy enjoyable They intend TO capture
the intercollegiate track and field cham
pionship on their own field.
Calls for Candidates.
In order to make Harvards track season
a successful one from every angle Captain
Foster has urged all athletic men to come
out and try for places on the team. The
I result OF the call for candidates has netted
over 100 men. These are all at work train
ing for tine various events in which they
are to represent Cambridge. The squad
includes the varsity and freshman teams.
As weather conditions now allow the
men to train outdoors Coaches Donovan
and Quinn have planned a hard schedule
in the matter Of daily work Donovan will
! look after the track men. with the ex-
ception Of the hurdlers. The field men will
/ be trained by quinn. The latter will prob
ably have the hardest work to do. as
4 Harvard is badly in need OF championship
/ field performers.
| OF course It far too early to obtain an
exact line on the Crimsons true prospects
as the men have not had any work to do
except the light indoor training. But the
coaches are satisfied with the material
which has answered Captain Fosters call
4 The coaches believe that with hard work
| they will be able to develop a number OF
point winners that go a long ways toward
bringing success to the Cambridge squad
DOnovan's idea is to build 4 well-baianced
combination rather than to rely upon par
ticular stars with several first place
winners and squad of men to capture
minor points. Donovan feels that he viii
be able 10 bring a championship to Har
ward.
Choice After Handicap.
Before the squad goes south the cut o.
candidates will probably be made by tn,
coaches. The makeup Of the varsity anC
freshman teams will be named after tn,
annual handicap games on Soldiers field
Twenty men will be taken south, and tn,
squad will leave Cambridge on April IA
the date when the base ball team goei
to Baltimore. Upon their arrival in Balti
more the track men will make use OF tn,
Johns Hopkins athletic field until It is TIM
to meet the middies. The week in Baltl
more is planned to be a busy one Tn,
coaches will watch the men closely, al
their performances will give Donovan ant
Quinn an idea just how the team is goini
TO loom up when the other fellows are t
be met. 50
Nine Of the twenty point winners from
the dual meet with Yale are still in col
lege The loss Of Gardiner, the Crimson
star hurdler will be felt greatly, as Their
are no good hurdlers available at present
J. X. Lewis and j. b. Cummings are IN
most likely in the bunch. When tn
coaches try. to fill the vacancy caused b.
the loss Of Little. the shot putter, they ar
going TO encounter a hard job Also, tn
absence OF Lawrence Is felt in the higl
jump event The coaches console them
selves with the fact that Yale is also wea
IN the field events, a number OF good me-
having been lost through graduation.
safe in sprints.
II Captain Foster is able to run thi
year the Crimson need have no fear q
losing points in the sprints. At presen
, there Is no sign OF trouble in the muscle
Of the leg which kept Fost out Of the com
petition last year. other sprinters to b
relied upon are Austin. Cummin Ranne!
De Gozzaldi and Corbett The best quartz
milers Harvard can boast at present al
! Kelley. simons. Fernald and Adams. TIL
latter two men look like finds, so III
/, coaches say. Harvard has a number
: good men in the mile and two-mle events
! the best being Jacques. wilmington. Vel
1 and Copeland.
: Only hard work will develop the fel
men. In the pole vault Harvard will /
weak. The high jump has some fair cand
dates. the best being Barker, Denni
Mueller, Waller and Moffat They are a
good for over five feet eleven inches. III
: shot put and hammer throw events are ui
: ctrtainties. No veterans are out for thei
, two events. but the candidates look m
available material. Quinn is a good coac
: to develop field men, and It is though
that he will have Harvard well representa-
In these events by the time the big NEE
put in their appearance.