South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-17
Ukey Wins Seventh Straight, an Eleven Inning Battle
ATHLETIC SURVEY IN
LARGE INDIANA SCHOOLS

All college sports in the middle
west will have been ended this week.
and with the exception Of some attn
ieties at summer schools. such as In
diana university. the campus out
loor arena will be quie, until ear.y
n September. The sectional and
tate contests have been run. Let
ers have been awarded and team
aptains elected. Only here and
here can he heard any hints Of &C
tivity. After the alumni reunions
and their usual stir. the 1919 col
lege athletic session will be over.
When the : A. 7 c. restrictions
we're lifted and America seemed to
forget that the wa~ was till on. with
only an armistiCe standing between
the armies. the college athletes got
busy again. During the winter war
time basketball hourished. although
mex seasons exhibitions will he
more like the shows of old.
Spring Frightened Conditions.
The baseball season was more
promising. and held and track felt
the eturn of soldier and sailor ath-
letes. A general stimulus for ath-
letics was given hundreds by mill
tary training and one Of the Hoosier
associations 20 act on il was the I. c..
A. l., which adopted mass athletics.
The plan did not work well in the
!. c. a. l.. hut its failure was due
more 10 league politics than any
thing else The idea is indorsrd by
all leading athletic authorities and
Will No doubt progress in 1920.
There was a rCawakening in ten
mis- and golf that reminded observ-
crs OF the DAYS before the war. But
Ter college and Indiana university
enjoyed their most successful racket
years and Hanover college continued
IN good fortune on the courts.
Purdue Circles i'm Turmoil.
Indiana and Purdue did not meet
in football last fall. Perhaps it was
fortunate for Purdue that they did
not. The Lafayette institution is
now in the process of turning over a
new leaf. but whether II is turned
back OF forward remains to he seen.
Purdue athletic circles are i'm a tur-
moil. The alumni are 70 take visor-
u action 10 bolster the Gold and
Black morale. The resignation Of
Prof. O. r. Cuts. car of Purdue
athletics. may help. although it is
reported hat Prof. Cuts was not en-
tirely TO blame and that he did not
receive cooperation from the uni
vCrsity authorities. Purdue baseball
J was low Franklin licked them on
the diamond. The track work was
not extraordinary. and tennis. wrest-
| Ting. golf and swimming were prac-
TO work hard 10 finish even moder-
ately high in n sport next season.
NOtrc Dame i'm Iron Class.
Notre Dame won the state track
meet with Ease and also copied the
baseball title. Notre Dame is far
above the class OF any other Indiana
institution in athletics. There has
been comment as 10 why Notre
Dame is not admitted TO the western
O. NNAAAfA NAAAF ~ AAN'OA1
know and Notre Dame knows that
the Irish have never been very strict
about observing conference rules and
although games are booked with
them the conditions under which
they are PLAYED are understood by
both sides. Notre Dame will carry
far the fame Of Hoosier moleskins
next fall.
DcPauw Successful.
or the secondary schools. DePauw
has been the strongest this last year.
Wabash won the rubber baseball
game from DePauw after a stiff
series Of five hard games. But the
Tigers were invulnerable al football
and basketball. They were mightier
at the first of the year than at the
last. DePauw will not have such a
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