Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
PREPARE FOR INDOOR MEET
Nebraska Athletes Think Their Pros
poets Are Bright for Winning.
DISTANCE MEN WORKING OUT
COrnhuskerS Claim TO BE strong in
Every Particular Except In High
Jump-New Men Are I'm
known Quantities.

LINCOLN. Neb.. March n.-(special.)-
With the best prospects Of recent years.
o. f. Field. selected at the meeting of
the Cornhusker Athletic. board Wednesday
as track coach. starts the work of prepare
ton for the big indoor meet at Omaha,
in which Nebraska carried away first
honors last year
Captain Guy Reed and several of the
veterans Of the team have been training
on the cinder path for several days, and
the advent of pleasant weather will be
followed by the call of the captain to all
candidates for the track meet Even dur
Ing the wintry days in February the long
distance runners worked out regularly on
the cinder path and most Of the men are
in splendid condition to start the hard
training for the Omaha meet during the
few weeks which now remain.
Nebraska is strong in all events, with
the exception OF ths high jump. In this
one event alone the Cornhuskers have suf-
fered losses. Graham. the high jumper,
viii not be able to compete in the inter
collegiate meets. There are four or five
men in school who give promise Of de-
veloping into high jumpers, but the ma
terial as yet indicates that the Cornhusk-
ers will be weak in this event. Among
those who will try out for the high jump
is Hiltner. the basket ball center Hiltner
has jumped 5 feet inches without much
practice. Christmas is also a good man,
and these two may be able to bolster up
the Cornhuskers for the indoor meet. Ne
braskas however comedies the high jump
10 Kansas and Minnesota. Both of these
schools have men who have cleared the
bar at better than 6 feet. and the spring
training started at Minnesota several
weeks ago.
Four Reliable Men.
In the dashes the Cornhuskers have a
quartet Of reliable men. Captain Reed.
one OF the best runners ever developed at
Nebraska, can run the 100, the 220 and the
44O-yard dashes II called upon to do so,
but IL Is probable that he will be saved
for the 4iO-yard dash alone, where he has
not peer in the Missouri valley possibly
west OF Chicago. L is expected that II
Reed can be saved for this event alone
the Nebraska captain win run the classic
dash considerably under the 5O-seconds
mark. lie succeeded In making the 100
yards In 10 flat last year, the 22O-yard dash
in O:223t ana the 44O-yard dash in slightly
over O:50
Art May is expected to do fast work in
the 100 and In tine 22O-yard dash. May Is
not so fast on the ll0-yard, relying on his
speed instead OF endurance. May broke
the university indoor record, which has
stood for years, in the 25-yard dash in the
annual lnterfraternity meet lowering the
record 70 eos. He has a near rival In
Swanson, who is also credited with a
record OF O:0s in the 25-yard DASH Powers
Is the fourth man and he willie push the
other three for third place on the Ne
braska team.
Powers has not had 50 much experience
in the dash as the other three men and
may be saved for the hurdles. where he
did excellent work last spring. but the ma
terial for the dashes is better than in re-
cent years.
In the hurdles Field will have 10 develop
running mate for Powers. Powers
cleared the hurdles az close TO the uni
versity record AID won the events in the
meet with Kansas.
Expect VauIfinE HOnors.
The pole vault should undoubtedly go to
Nebraska In Lndstrum the Cornhuskers
have the best yauiteF ever developed
Lindstrum has shattered all indoor records
during the winter and promises 10 clear
the bar az close 20 u feet He has cleared
II feet inches with ease In practice
Munson Is sim eligible for the broad lump
Munson holds the university record In the
broad jump and is IN excellent condition
Anderson, ANDERSON and Melik are stil