South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-09
MICHIGAN s STARS
ARE HERE TONIGHT
MuIIigan and GiIfiIIan Will
Lead NOtre DANES Crew
on Gym Track.

Mchigan-loadod down with
track stars as no other team in the
west-invades the Notre Dame gym
nasium tonight at o'clock 70 face
the gold and blue in the last indoor
meet of the season. 10 is a wonder
fuI clique Of track and field men
that Coach Farrell Of the VOL
verines has banded together in this
wartime season. For the most part
his men are young, sophOmores on
their first rung of competition.
Michigan athletes Jagged not a bit
behind their brothers at other ed
ucationaI Institutions when this
country became involved in war, and
FARRELL is indeed fortunate 20 have
such an 0ncomins crop OF young
sters TO fll up the enlistment gaps.
Notre Dame is ready. That is
Coach Knute *. Rockne has done
all that H. humanely possible with
the handful OF men that the war
and last years freshman class has
left him
For stars he has but Gildllan and
Captain Mulligan. The rest of his
men are mediocre. Gnhllan has
rested since his superhrman feats
at the University Of Illinois relay
carnival last Saturday when he
brought the individual all around
championship 10 NOtre Dame. The
numerous events he was called upon
20 participate in left him tired and
weary during the forepart OF this
week, but ROckne has grOOmed him
careful through the seven days. and
ne viii try once more TO duplicate
his great performance Of two weeks
ago when he all but carried his
team TO victory III the dual meet
with Illinois.
NIuIligan In 1.-The Pink"
Mulligan, the teams leader, is ft
as the proverbial fiddle, and he is
out 10 clip Zoellin. the Michigan
flash. in the 40 yard dash. He will
try again the 220 yard affair but it is
in the 40 yards that he is expected
10 prove a big obstacle for the Mich
igander.
In the uuartermile, halfmile and
one mile Farrell can send about who
he pleases against NOtre Dame.
He has runners TO spare, and ne can
he relied upon 10 have them in the
events they can DO best. Notre Dame
did not fare well in the quartermile
against Illinois but Rockne has
added one or two more entrants
they may be able TO do somethins.
It is in the halfmile where Michi-
gan VIII count heaviest. Two and
possibly three % the Ann Arbor lads
viii be in the $50 yard event who
can travel close TO 900 on a track
as fast as the NOtre Dame one.
The Michiganders are also well
fortified in the mile with men who
have travelled fast on previous oc-
casions against Notre Dame. Sween-
ey and Call are showing signs of
overwOrk, and Rockne has been
thinking that if he would run the
former in the halfmile and the lat
ter i'm the mile he might get much
better results than doubling them
Inn the two races as he did against
Illinois. Then, too. Van WOnter-
CHEN. Murphy, and Harbert are due
10 surprise some Of the wise ones
on their last appearance this year
indoors.
KEY On Nilhliau.
In the hurdle races Notre Dame
relies on the flying Gilfllan. No one
is overlooking the feet Johnson, who
did some remarkable hurdling at
Illinois. but Gilhllan will be strain
ing every nerve and muscle to hum
BILE him in the two races.
Guhnau can hardly hope TO
match the Michigan highjumpers
They are extraordinary leapers. men
not given TO a track team every day.
There will be no broad jump. the
low hurdle race being a substitute.
Guhuan, Phubin, Ronchetti, and
HoIton are expected to clean up
most OF the points in the shotput
Rademacber and Powers are all set
70 take their chances with tne
Michigan pole vaulters. and they
never fail TO do well on the home
foor.
There will be plenty of excite
ment in the Notre Dame gymnasium