South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-26
TELEGRAPH MEET;
N. D. VS.. NJ. A. c.
Every Student is Eligible for
Competition in Track Meet
"En MaSSe."
nY CmARLEs 4. GRTNIEs.


Page ar. army Of scorekeepers
boy. Notre Dame students are going
10 turn athletes enmasse once again
this year!
Athletic Director Knute Rockne
has scheduled a big athletic mass
meeting with the Michigan Aggies
early in May. Hundreds OF Notre
Dame students viii compete in the
meet here. while hundreds Of the
Farmers viii be do'ng their bit in
athletic events at Lansing. Results
Of the events viii be telegraphed as
soon as completed, the totals added
sat the end and the team having the
sreatest percentage Of athletes able
20 make a specified mark VIII be de-
clared winner The high jump, broad
jump. 10O-yard dash. shot put and
relay race are the events on which
the scoring IS based.
Last spring Notre Dame took par
IN big mass meet with Illinois, Chi
csgo. Iowa and Minnesota and fin
ished second. Illinois took first. IN
that meet 500 Notre Dame men
turned out. The meet this year
will be "A dual affair, but Rock"
should there be another big intercol-
leeiate mass meet.
Track mass meets. while not alto
gether new, are at least not com
mon. They have come into vogue
lately through the efforts of athletic
directors attempting to rouse a
greater general interest in athletics
among college students. The one
big advantage Of such meets is that
all men IN the university get e
chance 10 show their athletic
proves. 1t freque ntly happens that
a man who thought himself nothing
better than a second-rater is dis
covered" But, better still, the stu
dents all get out for at least a few
DAYS Of practice before such events.
and thus get a smattering OF physical
training. The meets viii undoubted-
" come into greater prominence as
the interest Of students in athletics
increases. One eastern institution,
Rhode Island State college, has every
student participating in some sort Os
athletic activity.
Getting all the students interested
enough 20 take part in some form Of
sport is a problem athletic directors
have been contending with for years
Notre Dame has solved il fairly we'll
in the interhall system, and is gen
orally admitted 10 have more ath-
letes IN proportion 10 its size than
any university of the middle west
The number, however, does not in
clude the happy ideal whereby every
man in the university gets out TO do
his bit 4 big drive in this direc-
ton is promised by Rockne, Dorais.
Meyer and company at NOtre Dame
Dead and buried I'm the forgotten
past are the days Of freshmen bas-
ketball wins over the varsity. capt.
Bahan's crew trimmed the yearlings
in scrimmage yesterday afternoon.
The team looks better now than
ever before, despite old sores and in
sur,es. Were the season 10 wind up
next December instead of next week
Notrc Dame might after all establish
1919 reputation on the Basketball
court.
This afternoons workout viii
probably be the last home practice
Of the season. Dorais leaves with the
to Greencastle. Charlottesville and
BLOOMINGTON When DePauw. wa
hash and Indiana have been met and
conquered 90 the team VIII return
10 Notre Dame and forget the court
for another year.
Fourteen track men viii compriss
Rockne's Notre Dame combination
against Michigan in the big dual in
door meet AT Ann Arbor next Satur-
day night. Selection of the elect J.
VIII not be made tin after Thurs
days practice Eddie Nleehan. Vet.
eran OF two years ago. is rapidly
coming back into his old form and
viii probably run the $50 against
Michigan. Andy McDonough. on,
Of Eddie's side-kicks on that famou,
champion relay team OF II, is alsC
rounding into sOod shape. but vii
cot be eligible until the outdoor sea
son.