South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-15
FIRST INTERNAL
TRACK MEET To
BE HELD TODAY
Coach Harper Expects to I'm
cover Material For Varsity
Squad Through Competition
Among AOn-Point Winners.

Track athletics at Notre Dame for
1914 viii be formally opened this
afternoon, when the first preliminary
meet for the inteThall championship
takes place In the big GYM at
O'Clock. This meet and the two 9th
er preIiminaries that are TO follow is
open 20 any student at the university
who has not won a point for the var
sity team BY this ruling such clever
freshmen performers as Bachmann,
Wages. Hardy, Yeager and VonThron
are eligible to compete for their re-
sDective halls Most OF these men
are OF varsity calibre and several hall
records should 20 by the boards dur
ing the next few weeks.
Ouiv first and second places Will
count in this afternoons meet. The
men winning a first or second in the
events this afternoon viii be ineligl-
BILE 10 take part in any other meet but
the final Two men qualifying In each
event of the three preliminary meets
will bring together IN the final events
six Of the best interhall athletes in
the university. AS no man can enter
in more thar two events the all
around ability Of Bachmann, Duggan
and I.arkin Will not count for so much
as in other years. These all around
men Will have to COnfine their efforts
10 two events. The principal reason
Tor this last ruling is TO get the men
20 show the best that Is in them in
their best event. instead Of expanding
their energy in trying 10 do too much.
Harper rs after good varsity material
and ne expects 20 uncover plenty OF
Il in the interhall meets.
Expect Good Varsity Team
During the past week track men
have been turning out IN large num-
bers. and IN the last few days the at
tendance at practice has seldom gone
below 80. The men are working hard
for the interhall meets. Track ath-
Ietics are IN a fioUrisbIng condition
and from the NUN Der OF men who are
daily reporting some good varsity
men should develop.
Nearly every varsity old timer was
out in toys yesterday. The broad
jumping and high jumping pits are
now being used daily, the hUrdlers
are practicing on the barriers and the
pole vaulters are perfecting their
form, whereas. up till a day or two
ago only the sprinters were doing any
real work Hood. ROckne and Bach
mann were practicing the broad jump
yesterday Hood and Bah" are also
working hard fo- the high Jump.
while ROckne and Yeager are daily
tuning themselves up IL the pole
vault
Many of the athletes were putting
i'm their final ticks for the interhall
meet this afternoon. Coach Harper
daily in order 10 keep tabs on their
pace. Duggan should cop the hurdle
races today but he will be closely
pressed by Kirkland especially in the
high sticks event With Wages, Baci-
galupo. Costello and WEIGH entered
IN ha 10 n
should be good time for this race.
Voelkers and bartholomew should
show up we'll in the half, McDOnOugh
in the quarter and Hardy. Lacey and
VOnThrOn Will make the 40 yarders
travel TO draw down first and second
honors.
Basketball Men Out.
The varsity basketball men were
not worked as hard as usual yester-
day. Mowers and Finegan. who bore
the brunt Of the attack Of the fast
Polish seminary team Wednesday
night were given rest. Both of
these players put up a strong game
at the guards and Finegan seems to
have quite made up for the loss Of
Feeney.
Harper put the men through a
drill In teamwork. giving them q new
play from the tip of that should
&C q To the scoring ability of the gold
and blue. Teamwork from the very
tip off is helping NOtre Dame to many
baskets ana: with such a stellar center
as Mills to depend on Harper is go
ing 20 make much capital out Of this
kind OF play. The varsity mentor also
put his players through a workout IN
covering their men.
BY reason If their clever playing in
Wednesdays tilt. the gold and blue
men have proved that they can stand
the gaff in crucial struggle. Even
when they were behind the varsity
players kept plugging away till they
had overcome the lead piled up
against them. Harper has ordered
practise FOR this morning and will
give the men hard workout IN prep
6ration for Saturdays tilt with Lake
Forest