The Daily Missoulian., 1912-04-29
DOPE FROM BOHEMIAN HAS IT
THAT AGRICULTURAL TEAM
WILL BE FAST.
WEATHER HOLDING BACK
Spring Days in GalIatin Valley Are
Not Conducive to Athletic Training,
but Creditable Showing Is Being
Made on Cinders.

Bozcman, April 2S.--(Spccial.)--
Track work at Montana state college
Is progressing nicely despite the ad-
verse weather conditions which have
prevailed In Bozoman this spring.
Large numbers of men have turned
out for training. and, while no stars
have as yet been found. the possibility
of turning out we'll balanced track
team for the meet at Missoula which
will be held May is assured
In order to stimulate interest In the
work of the track men meet was
held Yesterday afternoon between the
picked teams called the Nuts" and
"Jeffs." The meet had been scheduled
for Friday afternoon. but had to be
called off on account Of snow and
rain. In this contest the Nuts" were
victorious, taking the honors by 67k
points as compared to 5SA points for
their opponents. The highest indivld-
ual scorer of the meet was George
Blinn of Butte and captain of the
squad He carried off the honors by
Il total of IL points. Closely following
| him were Max Kenck of Butte. Noble
Donaldson Of Helena and Ernest
I Border of this city, each Of whom had
| nine, points to their credit In this
! meet the sophomores at the college
4 took the lead, having 3Sls points won
4 by their men; the seniors took second
with 33 and the freshmen third with
26h points; the juniors carried Off %
points. These results may be an ad :
vance indication Of how the interclass
meet which win be held next week
viii de decided As the weather was
rather cold and disagreeable II was i'm
possible to make any records and the
results Of several of tho events were
a disappointment to many of the col
lege teams supporters
Tho boys have been coached by E
a. Dockstadcr this year and he has
been ably assisted by Professor T. r
Gilruth Of the English department
Both coaches seemed to be fairly wei
satisfied with the results of the con.
tests held at the meet.
Baseball fans nj the college have
also been active the last week or two
At n meeting of the men held last
week George Gosman freshman al
the college, was the unanimous choice
for captain Mr. Gosman is n gradu
ate of Beaverhead high school and hat
played on town teams at Dillon Th'
, work in baseball does not seem Il
, interfere with the track work. so IL Il
, more probable that an attempt will b.
made to schedule several games witt
, other state institutions and with in
! dependent teams as soon as the tract
meet is over. Bill Hartman. the well
known basketball referee and a forme
baseball star Mt the college, has prom
iscd to assist Coach Dockstader ant
Professor Gilrnth In turning out ,
college nine, The material at the In
stituiion seems to be good and shoul
, develop into winning aggregation
, under efficient coaching.
, As usual the freshman sophomor
game will be played and it is prob
, able that the faculty will play til
, city officials as the latter have sent Il
, challenge Both of these game
, promise to be interesting.
, Tennis has also been receiving at
tenton at the college. With two CO
ncnt courts it il possible to play II
almost any kind OF weather. A handi
q cap schedule has been made out an
. tournaments In doubles and single
have been arranged for.