The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-13
BY "JiMMIE" BROWN

The outlook for a successful track
season at the University is indeed
promising. With all last years point
winners together with several stars
from the Freshmen class the Varsity
should be able to form a well balanced
team, something she has o had in
several seasons. The Varsity has al
Ways been a consistent winner in the
weight departments, but since, the days
when Joe Malcolmson and Bob Cary
tore up the cinders in about 10 flat, the
sprinting department has been woe
fully weak. No man, as yet, has shown
the class in the pole vault of Roy
McPhail, who for several seasons has
stood by and seen aspirants for the pole
vault honors fall short Of the lift. 3
n record mark. That Joe Malcolm
son Is the best hurdler that ever wore
the Varsity colors is admitted without
discussion, nor are any of the present
~contenders liable to dim his pre-emi-
n But, admitting that there are
no Carys, Malcolmsons or McPhails in
this years squad Of hare-legged hust-
lers. a careful study Of the competitors
In the different departments will con-
vince the most skeptical that the out
look Is indeed SO promising that it
would be unsafe to say that in the
present season any Of the Collegian
records will stand.
Many Candidates for Spirits.
In the sprints Montana should be far
stronger than she was last year. Be-
sides Captain Owsley, Dowd of Inter-
scholastic fame is a dangerous COM
petitor, and along with him is Mol
chior, another Interscholastic point
winner. Then Denhert, Watkins,
Gault, Roman, Lansing and Brown the
lnterscholastic champion in 1910, are
to be considered. Denhert is a dark
horse, but has a good reputation. He
is said to be fast in the sprints, and a
consistent performer in vaulting.
Watkins m from Fargo college,
where he is credited with a mark Of
lO:1 in the century. He has reported
and is u regularly for practice.
Pete" Roman is a doubtful performer
at the present time. He Is still nurs-
ing an injured knee which he received
in the Gonzaga football game last fall.
So far he is able to use his leg, hut like.
all Grips he himself is doubtful if he
can regain his old form. If he does
this hustler will bear watching for he
is n of the most natural athletes in
the school. Lansing ran we'll for the
local high school in the. Interscholastic
last year., and a more spirit and am
bition h any wild cat his weight.
Little is known of Gault, he is a we'll
developed fellow and looks like he can
tear the earth. For him is predicted
a better season than ever. Brown has
been out daily and it would seem pes
simistic indeed, to say that at least
two good men could not be found in
this squad. With a little good weather
and some luck the Varsity should be
able to show at least four good men
for the dashes.
Quarter Mile.
In the 440-dash the prospects are
brighter than ever. What must be
the feelings of an opponent who must
u from the scratch with such men
as Wiedman, Cameron, Humphrey,
Schroeder, Stanley. OWsley, Morton and
Kelly. The record in this event should
fall this year. This is Cameron's last
year in athletics and he will undoubt-
eddy endeavor to set a mark at his
favorite distance. Cameron was Grip
Piled and disabled a few days before
the meet last year and consequently
Montana suffered in the quarter. 1t
has been freely stated that he could
ave taken h measure of the Aggy
captain, Blinn, in that race.
Wiedman, the terrible Teuton hailing
been out for two weeks getting in con-
dition. He has a stride equal to that
of a kangaroo. He was right up in
the crowd in this event last year, al
though he ran out of condition. The
cinder path at Stanford will bear rec
ord that Wiedman clipped the. quarter
In about SO; and if he can only dupli-
cate this performance Montana should
both places. !
Humphrey halls from Idaho n is
credited with the same time as WED
in this event. He received his
early training at the hands of "Hec"
a product Of the Univer-
sity Of Idaho, he of Olympic fame.
Hump, as he is commonly known, is
one of the hardest and most conscien-
tious workers on the squad.
Distance Runs.
Cameron, Wiedman, barrow, Schroe-
der, Wells, Long, Baird. Hansen,
Busha, Armitage, Boldly, Anderson,
Sorenson. Kuphal and STREET are the
delegated to make the Varsity
in the long Armitage,
Kuphal, Wiedman and Hansen were
winners last year and are ex-
pected to rake in a first or two. In
these races the veterans seem to have
more class than the Freshmen. But
they realize that they car only retain
this advantage by hard training be-