Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-13
VII Spring 1i,Ia|ng Season
!. ven o. Coaches Plck
Winners

J Winners
New York, Feb. .12.-With thu
spring track and field schedules CON
pleted and large Squads OF athlete!
trainins-at~all the eastern universe
ties, tits possible to secure a gen
erat line on the activities andds pros
poets OF the various teams for tn
season of 1914. While all the LEADING
colleges report many veteran ant
novice cinder and turf performers II
training. there appears to be ltttlt
indication at this time of unusual ad
vantage at any one particular instf
tuition. with the possible exception o
Pennsylvania. According to genera
report, there is a noticeable lack o
sensational novice material for thu
/, varsity teams and trainers are, as ;
/ rule, counting upon the veterans Q
the past two seasons. for the points
which may be reasonably app0rtion
ed among the colleges so early In thu
season.
Using the, intercollegiate champi
onship meet of la : year as a<basi!
upon which to work, it is seen tina
Pennsylvania, which won.the 1913 tt
tie, with a score of APPOINTS, is agar
favored with athletic material of con
siderable strength. The Red and Blue
appears to have the best balanced
team in sight, being strong in ever,
positle6 except hurdling. Lippincot,
ana Patterson, winners of the 100 ant
;;.sz20. and McCurdy, two.mile champi
on, are in training. Young Meredith
worlds record dholder for the one
half mile, will be eligible this spring
Kelly sis an excellent performer Al
bothsthe 440 and the broad jump. Ii
Lane, Pennsylvania has a high Jump
er capable Of clearing six feet con
sistently. In the weights and pole
!. vault the Quakers are we'll supplied
with high class performers.
The outlook at Harvard, WATCH An
ished second, with q IL points, II
not so satisfactory, and Coanhes Pow
ers and Donovan will haze to devel
op a number Of new meys1f the Grim
s0n team Is to ~repeathits record o.
last season. The Cambridge squad
promises to be stro4g in the middle
and long didstanok runs and the
weight events. Many point winners
were lost by GRADUATION last June and
4 the freshmen material of 1918 is not
particularly Promising When compar
ed to thsttz1of the other colleges o.
q the east
Atsdrnell Trainer Jack. Moak.ey
has 10 athletes Ia training. The
Ithsdx team finished fourth, with II
1:9points ID. 1913, being defeated for
t9ird place by. Michigan. Moakley
hkas stated THAT he faces an unusu.
aAyShsrd problem this year, since he
must, develop virtually q new team.
fOf tie point winners Of last season,
.butiRolier Iand Van Kenhan remain,
This pair won 3 IL points of the Cor.
nell score To offset this heavy loss
1by: graduation the team will be
strengthened by a number of pro:nis.
ing recruits from last years fresh.
man team and several athletes inelig.
aible in 1913. Two Of the latter are
David Caldwell, formerly Of Massa-
1chusetts Agricultural college, a, half.
/ miller, and Morrison, a high jumper
from Leland Stanford. Judging from
the material in sight, Cornell should
be strong in field events and middle
distance runs. but weak in spirits
and hurdles.
Dartmouth, which won the fifth
place at the |. A. "A. A. A. meet, with
IA IL points, is not optimistic re.
,garding the track team. Coach Har-
sly Hfllman states, that, like Cornell,
graduation cut heavily into the point
winners. The present sophomore
class contains few athletes above the
ordinary standard. OF the % ath.
letes who Won their letters in 1913
but eight remain, and of these Whit.
ney, the intercollegiate shot.put
champion, is the only sure point win.
mel. Fair material is in sight for the
one:half and mile runs, the hurdles
and the pole vault.
T. Yale is at present weak in distance
runners. but in both spirits and field
contests has veteran and novice COM
p%etitors who should win places in
both dual. and championship meets.
The Blue has Captain Brown, who
won the intercollegiate half.mile, and
Potter, second in the 220 hurdles as
a nucleus; Oler, 1918 freshman team
captain, is exp cted to win a place
in the high jump and Talbot to do
as we'll in the hammer throw. X
Trainer Mack can develop several
high clGss %sprinters and distance rim.
ners the Ellis will prove formidable.
Prospects at Princeton are not as
satisfactory as at New Haven, for
the Tigers lost IA of the 1913 team
by graduation. To Offset this the 1915
class will furnish 4 number Of ath.
letes who did we'll in freshman track
competition. One or two athletes in
eligible last spring Will also be able
to- compete. These, taken together
with the II veteran" available, should |
provide a team. numerically strong.
but Trainer keenes Fitzpatrick will !
have to increase the standard OF per.
for1nance&ff the Orange and Black is
to. finisd better than ninth place,
which was Princeton's mark as a re-
suit of the six points collected at
in the lntercollegiates last
May.
The question: of the scene of the
1914 Army-Navy football game Is al.
ready being discussed, by representa-.
lives OF the two academies. The pro-
posal to play the game in the. Yale