South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-18
ANNOUNCE N. D.
TRACK SCHEDULE
indoor Dual Meets Arranged
With illinois and Wis
ConSin Teams.
BY ARCHIE WARD.


A dash OF spice was spTinkled or
ne track prospects at the Uu.ve
|ity Of Notrs Dame "wednesday when
3he schedule was announced by
-oaoh Rockne. disclosing the fact
! hat the Gold and Blue cinder stars
yin bump mp against the fastest Op-
position in the middle west
The feature attraction on the
hart are dual meets with Illinois
nd Wisconsin. The Badgers viii
ome 70 the Notre Dame gym for an
indoor engagement on Feb. 81 and
<ROckne viii take his squad 10 Ur-
hama for a clash with the Iilini on
= Feb %. Illinois and the Michigan
sAggies will oppose the locals In out
Moor encounters. both OF which will
be staged on Notre Dame field The
hates OF these contests have not
been decided.
Represented at Relays.
In addition TO the dual meets the
&sold and Blue will be represented
4 the Illinois relays March s, at the
Drake relays April "a. at the Penn
Relays NAY 1, at the Indiana state
|neet May % and at the western
q conference meet June 3.
i A schedule will also be arranged
OF the freshmen. over 80 yearlings
43cakne intends 10 give them ample
opportunity 10 display their wares
about 20 athletes have turned out
or the varsity, making a total OF
YER 100 men in track uniforms
| Quantity and not quality is Notre
oame's hope for a winning aggrega-
ion. With clean record IN football
With prospects fairly good for a
trong basketball five and with an
Unparalleled outlook for baseball
ne track appears 10 be the Stun
ling block In the path Of the great
81 record Notre Dame has ever
chieved in a single year.
Star Performers Lost.
With "Bili" Hayes declared ineli-
ible for competition because Of his
participation in the A. A. ". meet
D Boston last fall. Notre Dame is
Without : good entry for the dashes.
Bergman. the best bet Of the sprint
rs, broke his ankle IN the fOotbaN
anne against Purdue and will be un-
bic to discard the crutches for sew
raj weeks. Kirk. Patterson and
Iohardt are the candidates trying
n qualify for the dash.
Earl GiIfillan. stellar hurdler and
eight man. has Withdrawn from
ne university and his absence
raves a big hole for Rockne to plug.
orghlin and Trafton. football stars.
re the best OF the candidates for
be shotput but TO date they have
hovn nothing better than mediocre
bility Neither Of them has touch
4 the 4o-feet mark.
Strong I'm Middle Distances.
The main reason why incorrigi BILE
ptimiSts predict that Notre Dame
III furnish strong opposition to the
aamR on it's chart is the strength
the squad in the middle distance
vents. Headed by the veteran
ddie Meehan. captain OF the team.
otre Dame has an array OF talented
1nners. Msehan himself sets a fast
lilo En- the mile and hslf-mile, as
|ell as being the star performer of
be relays. Rasper is a quarter
iler who should place in every en-
agemsnt He is also a strong point
sttsr ia the relay teams Meredith
I'd Wynne are rood quarter
pliers. Wynne is also the best OF
he hardlers.
Notre Dame Wall also be fairly
IRONS in the high jump and pole
Rult. although none OF the candi-
ates are capable OF taking first
lace In the more important con-
ste. Grinniger. Kirk. Hoar and
Douglas are the high jumpers. and
lowers. Douglas. HOar, Spaulding
nd csrtnniGer are the pole vOuIt-
rs
Weak I'm Long Distance
There Is no runner OF known abil-
y for the two mile event num-
er or promising youngsters. in
uding Shuler. Culhane. Banner
nd Shanahan. are working out. and
ockne hopes 10 develop az least
30 Of them into strong contenders