South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-20
MANY VISITORS
HERE FOR NEE
Teams from Nine Different
High Schools to CON-
pete Today.

More than 1000 visitors are eX-
pocted in the city today TO witness
the 18th annual northern Indiana
field and track meet which is sched-
uleI for Cartier field at Notre Dame
university beginning at 1870 o'clock.
Today's meet marks the first in this
city in the past three years, IL hav-
ing been held at LapoTte in 1914 and
at Gary last year More than $50
athletes are entered and expected 70
compete in the 10 events.
When the opening gun is fred in
the first trial heat in the 100-yard
dash. South Bend viii rank as the
favorite, for Gary. strong con-
tender. has divided its strength by
sending both a team to the state
meet at Franklin, Ind, and a sec
ond team of 10 members TO this
city. Several of the squads arrived
late last night. while all the repre-
sentatives from neighboring cities
will arrive this morning in time for
a short limbering up before the
start
Edwin Elbel, assistant physical
director at the high school, secured
a number Of the big" boys yester-
day to act as guides to the visitors
when they arrive on the trains or
interurbans and direct them TO
Notre Dame. Those engaged in the
directing are: William Baumgart-
ner, Clarence Burner, Harry Dono-
van, John Taylor, Harrison Crockett,
Warren Parks and Eddie Elbel.
Goes to State Meet.
Sold Of Gary, entered in the
dashes. will run at the state meet,
and this practically assures the To-
Gals of first in the century and fur
long. Pritchard of the same place
viii also compete for the steel city
lads at.the state meet in the hurdles
and half. so his absence is consider
ed fortunate for the locals. South
Bends most likely winners are An
drus in the high hurdles and pole
vault. Sweeney in the mile and half,
Smith in the low hurdles, Snyder in
the 220 and KreuzbergSr in the 100
and 44O-yard runs.
Capt. Sweeney will endeavor to
break the long-standing half-mile
mark when he will attempt to cover
the distance in less than 2:O5, the
present record, now held by Hake
of Gary and made in 1913. Sweeney
will have as his strongest opponent
in the mile run Stebbins Of Misha-
waka, who ran second to 'Hic" last
year in the same meet at Gary. Steb-
bins, however, has not been prac-
ticing this season as he has been
engaged in other athletic activities
at the neighboring nigh school
Sweeney paired with Clybourne. will
be forced to cover tn $50 yards in
fast time in order to defeat Cook OF
Plymouth, a point winner in this
event at last years state meet
South Bends relay team will be
strongly pushed by Plymouth's and
also Gary's second squad. The steel
city, has entered a four-man one
mile team composed Of Mackay.
Perrin, Cecil and Maloney, which is
easily expected to bring home the
bacon. according to a Lake county
paper The meet is to be handled
entirely by Notre Dame athletes and
officials, otherwise than J. B. Miller
Of Springfield college, who will act
as referee and starter.
At a special meeting of all the
principals in northern Indiana a rule
is to be passed which will eliminate
all high school coaches from appear
ing on the field This will do away
with the usual "saubbling." which is
sure to be in vogue when a certain
coach's star is. defeated. The make
up Of a number of entries and also
the relay for the Benders has not
been definitely settled as three are
entered in each event. and in nearly
every case it is difficult 10 decide
whether the second or third entered
is the best.