The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-20

gave his team such a lead in the relay
race that victory was easy. In 1911
and 1912 Missoula romped home with
the race, n with a strong in
line this spring seems to have the cup.
If Missoula OF any other team than
Butte or Granite wins the relay race
this spring Missoula gets the cup. If
Butte or Granite wins the winner will
be tied with Missoula.
Old Stars Are Missing.
Such is the situation two weeks be-.
fore the meet. This will be a veal of
new stars; 1t is hard to pick a winner
this spring. Hauser of Anaconda,
twice winner of the individual cham
p%ionship, will not be in the meet this
year That leaves Che outcome of the
races from the 50-yard to the 44O-
yard dash uncertain. The heirs to
Hauser's honors are not many. Jolley
OF Gallatin, Newman and Dickinson of
Helena, Dowd of Victor and Jones of
Missoula divided secondary honors in
the sprints last year. -Four of these
men will be in the meet his spring.
Dowd, who was a crude runner with
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versity's colors this spring. Jolley is
only a second-rate runner and will be
beaten If there are any good sprint
ers in the field. Newman and Dickin-
son may develop this year into win
ners; they didn't show championship
class last year. Jones is a quarter
miller who finished an inch behind
Hauser and is expected to break the
record this year. He won't run in the
shorter dashes, though. The rising of
any new star will upset all %calcula-
lions in the short races, for last years
field showed only n first-class I'M
ner. He won every race in a walk,
but he won't be here this spring.
The Distance Races.
The distance races are always a
problem. Nine years of interscholastic
meeting have developed only one man
who was able to come back and repeat
a victory. This man, Dick Crum Of
Helena, is no longer in high school. No
other nan has ever won a distance
race two years in succession. The
size of the field prevents this, really.
From 20 to 80 men start each year in
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result is largely a matter of luck. A
real star, placed in the rear ranks at
h start, or crowded in the rush at
the first turn, is certain to be beaten,
perhaps by a maj whom he could de-
feat with ease in a straight race. In
these two races, then, there is uncer-
tainty. Kelly of Anaconda won the
mile last year and Ingram of Helena
tool first place in the half-mile. They
may be able to repeat.
Gallatin seems to lave all the best
of it in the field event Jolley is al
most certain of two firsts in the shot
put and the discus hurl-he may win
more. Britain seems to stand a good
chance in the pole vault. The other
events can't be awarded yet.
1t is evident, then, that the situa-
ton is ripe for a dark horse. A
school that can develop a sprinter good
enough to pea a field of ~second-rat-
ers will come pretty near winning the
meet, provided, of course, that no other
phenomenon appears and that the
Splinter is backed with men who can
pick up seconds n thirds in a few
other events.
No team will win the meet without
a struggle, though. Athletes are COM
ing to Missoula from 80 odd high
schools n some of them are certain
to surprise the dopesters. Each year
sees some new star on the horizon.
Restrictions Are Few.
The university places few ~restric-
tions on the, high school. 1t insists