South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-26
LVERINES AND
NOTRE DAME ARE
READY FOR MEET
Great Crowd Expected to See
Track Events Tonight
Michigan Confident
of Win.

Notre Dame and Michigan uni
versities Will clash in a track meet
at the local school gymnasium this
evening ar s o'clock and a monster
crowd il expected 20 pack the spac-
ious structure to see the battle be-
tween the two teams.
Athletic Director Harper Of Notre
Dame expects that the crowd to-
night will be far larger than that
which witnessed the meet between
the Hoosiers and Illinois last Satur-
day evening and he has made plans
to take care Of the largest attend
ance in the history Of the local gym.
Michigan alumni will turn out in
force 10 root for their alma mater.
Tickets. both reserved and unre-
served. are on sale at the Hull and
the Anderson and WEIGH cigar
stores.
Michigan Confident.
1t is impossible to predict a winner
in tonight's meet. With two vic
tories over the Notre Dame team last
season TO their credit, the Wolverines
are coming here confident of a win.
on the other hand, Coach Rockne
has been working hard with his men
in order 10 get them in tip-top shape
for the fray with the visitors and
hopes OF a NOtre Dame victory are
growing
II is safe TO say that whichever
team wins will do so only after a
hard fight. for the competition in
nearly every event is expected to be
unusually keen and some Of the
best ever seen in the Notre Dame
gymnasium.
Michigan is even stronger than il
was last season. With practically
all of last years men back and a
number of new stars in the lineup,
the Wolverines present one Of the
strongest fronts in the country. Ad-
vance reports are TO the effect that
they are in tip-top shape for the
Notre Dame meet
Strong On Runs.
In the sprints. distance runs and
high jump is Michigan especially
strong. Despite the loss of the
crack Splinter Robinson. the VOL
verines have two cracks in the
dashes in Smith and O'Brien. both
Of last years team.
The maize and blue has an array
of distance stars hard 10 beat in any
part of the country. In the mile
Carroll and Fox are the headliners.
Carroll defeated Wage Of NOtre
Dame in the indoor meet at Ann
Arbor last season. In the outdoor
meet here he won both the mile and
the half Ufer, Murphy and DON
nelly are mighty speedy in the half,
and Carroll or Fox may be counted
on if they are run by Coach Farrell.
Ufer has two victories over Nc
Donough 70 his credit. DOnnelly is
a two miller in outdoor track, but
he is a speed merchant in the half
as well. Murphy was ineligible last
season. but he covered the half in
1858 the year before. All of the
Michigan distance men are veterans
and they are said 10 be going better
than ever this season.
Michigan has a strong trio in the
high Jump i'm Waterbury. Simonds
and Corbin. Simonds. a sophomore
is credited with a leap Of six feet
in the jump.
BaChman Counted ON.
Notre Dame is almost certain OF
victory i'm the shotput with Capt
Bachman in forms In the dashes
the roOters have hopes of seeing
Hardy and Bergman defeat the
Michiganders. and the performance
of Voelkers in the quarter will be
eagerly watched. WEIGH, veteran
quarter miller. may not be able to
run tonight He has been suffering
from an attack of tonsilitis this week
and Coach Rockne will probably not
allow him 10 take part.
IN every event but the high jump
the competition will be close. and
one Of the feature events Of the meet
will be the relay McDonough
Noelkers. j. Miller and Spalding will
probably represent Notre Dame in
this event. with F'ontana, Hunting
ton. Ufer and Murphy the likely run
ners for Michigan.
Cayou. former Illinois man. and
3 we'll hitoW 0AAlNAals Wall at -
referee and starter i'm tonights meet
list OF Entries.
Entries for the meet tonight are
as follows.
4O-yard dash Notre Dame -
Hardy. Bergman. Hayes Spalding
Michigan 'Brien, Smith. Fisher
ScO6eld
a9o ,--r9 aa.b- N-o+ra T,ar,e
Hardy. Bergman. Freund. Hayes
Spalding. Michigan-O' Brien. smith
+ Fisher. SCoheld.
44O-yard run. NOtre Dame -
+ Noelkers Welsh. Spalding Schlipf
Michigan Fontana, FOrsoauer
Huntington.
SSO-yard run. Notre Dame -
McD0nough. McOs&er. Wage Mich