South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-17
HARPER WANTS
ALL SCHOOLS IN
DIG STATE NEE I

Jesse Harper. director of athletics
at the University of Notre Dame. is
pushing the plan for a big state track
meet to include universities and col
leges of Indiana this spring. Mr. Har-
per has written to all colleges of the
state asking that their athletic direc-
tors meet at the Hotel Severn in Indi-
annapolis on next Monday. Washing
tons birthday.
II have written all the colleges in
the state asking their athletic direc-
tors to meet in Indianapolis at the Ho-
tel Severn, Monday, Feb. p. to draw
up plans for a big state track meet"
said Director Harper yesterday.
'All of the colleges in the state are
anxious to hold meet of this kline
Purdue, Wabash, DePauw, Butler and
Earlham have written, saying that
they are in favor Of the meet and that
their representative will be present at
the meeting"
If the plans are successful it is
probable that the meet will be held
at Lafayette, Ind, where Purdue uni
versity is located. Hitherto, Notre
Dame, Purdue and Indiana have COM
peted annually in an outdoor track
meet for the championship of the
state. 1t is proposed now however to
have the smaller universities and col
leges in on the affair and conse-
quently it is planned to make it an all
state meet.
1t is expected that practically every
university and college in the state will
be represented at the Indianapolis
meeting. Director Harper is one of
the most enthusiastic spirits in pro-
noting the affair and is working un-
ceasingly to get the schools together
Cap Murphy Quits.
That Cap" Murphy, the crack half
miller OF Michigan university's track
team. has given up athletics, is the
latest report coming from the north
ern state college. Objections arising
from the parental source are given as
the reasons for his withdrawal
This announcement is of great i'm
port to Notre Dame fans as the local
school will travel to Ann Arbor on
Saturday, Feb. q, for a track meet
with the Wolverines.
Not much credence is placed in the
report however, and the general i'm
preston seems to be that il is simply
bear story. Even if the report is
not true, the great showing made by
Andrew McDonough in the Illinois
Athletic club meet at Notre Dame
last Saturday makes it seem certain
that he will give the Michigan runners
hard battle in this event McDon-
Ough has improved consistently since
the opening of track work and is now
the main-stay of the gold and blue in
the half-mile event.
Murphy also was q valuable mem
Der of the Michigan relay team and
his loss will be felt strongly in this
race if he has actually withdrawn
from athletics.
RocIkne Works Men Hard.
The Ann Arbor meet is now only a
little more than a week away and
Coach Rockne is giving his men hard
workouts daily in preparation for the
contest. which promises to be eX-
tremely fast.
Voell1ers, a South Bend lad, made a
splendid showing in the half-mile last
Saturday, according to Coach Rockne,
who predicts that within two weeks
he will be running close to the two
minute mark. Keefe and CofalI, the
two big football stars, are improving
fast in the shotpUt and no doubt will
hold down regular berths on the var
sity squad, sGpplanting EicAenlaub,
who recently withdrew from all ath-
letics. They should make worthy
teammates for Bachman in the event
An interha1 track meet for March
has just been announced by Coach
Rockne Two preliminaries and a
final will be run off to decide the
championship of the school On
March 4, Brownson, Corby and the
Day Students will participate in a pre-
liminary in which the men capturing
the first four places in each event will
be entered in the final TO be held on
March Is. Walsh, Sorin and st. Joe
halls will have a preliminary on
March II. in which the same scheme
will be employed to select the men for