Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-05
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Sports
BICTEN TRACK
MEET SATURDAY
$50 Men Will Compete in
Events Staged on Stage
Field.

Chicago, June 5.-Four hundred
md fi%fty-three athletes representing
the big Ten colleges and fifteer
outside institutions will compete in
games of the Western Collegiate Con-
ference Athletic association on Stage
fled here Saturday.
It is by far the largest entry for
the western college classic in ten
a and great performances are e
pected.
Michigan. winner of the indoor and
outdoor conference meets last year
and victor in this wears indoor meet
one Of the best all-around athletes in
American colleges. Coach Farrell has
a we'll rounded team which should
score points in nearly every event.. He
has a Cook in the 50-yard dash, But
Ter in the 44o, and Sedgwich in the
2 mile run. The shot put looks easy
for Smith, who chalked up a mark
Of Al feet. 2A inches in the indoor
meet.
Chicago will rely on it's middle and
long distance the same as it
did in the indoor meet when the Ma
rooms won the quarter, the half, the
mile and w mile runs and snatched
other places in all of them. Captain
Harry McCosh, who won the mile in
4:4O, and the emile in 9:4S at the
indoor meet, is expected to more thar
the 440-yard dash in $50 As, is ex-
pected to make better time if closely
pushed, while Speer and Lewis will
not be lost in the half mile.
Illinois. third honors in the indoor
meet, will make a strong fight for
outdoor honors, and may upset the
dope" according TO Illini followers.
Coach Harry Gill has three great ath-
letes-Captain Carroll in the dashes
hammer and discus n Buckheit in
the hurdles and field events. Carroll
finished second in the indoor meet.
when the worlds record was tied at
:05 Us. Buckheit cleared the bar in
the pole vault at IL feet 2 inches, in
the recent meet, and is expected to
better this mark. Emery and Birks
may score some points in the quar-
ter and 2-mile. respectively, while
Gill Is grooming other athletes who
may pick up unexpected points.
Other conference universities will
not be represented E such formida-
BILE teams as Michigan. Chicago and
Illinois, but they will send men who
are sure to score their specialties.
Ohio State will send Captain Griffith,
who should win the javelin throw. He
has thrown the shaft further than
any other entrant.
fairly strong. Minnesota's best man
will be Platou. who recently estab-
lished a new Gopher record by throw
ing the discus 129 feet. 81 inches
in a dual meet with Iowa Arnold
Oss, football. basketball and track
star, has been showing speed in the
44o-yard dash. In the recent dual
meet with Nebraska, he stepped the
distance in 81 AS seconds. 2 seconds
dy in winning the recen indoor meet.
II pushed he may the distance
in so seconds. Captain Sara Mara
has been stepping the 220-yard dash
in something around 20 seconds, while
Harlow Bierman has been clipping of
fast time in the 100-yard dash. Ue-
land and Cyril Jensen are the main
stays in the high hurdles. while Nc
Nally has been stepping the Emile
mile workouts, Langland and Swan
son covered the distance in 4:3s.
Sommers is the Gopher's best bet in
= the javelin. He is hurdling it around
1876 feet.
Iowa will rely upon Captain Green.
wood to score in the quarter mile
Sheedy and Dyle will be heard from
in the javelin throw and Brigham
should show well in the high jump,
Captain Kiefer will be Purdue's
hope, while Wisconsin will depend
upon Kayser in the quarter, Ramsay
in the half, Smith in the mile and
Burr in the emile. Coach Tom Jones
OF Wisconsin will have one of the
smallest squads in years, but this
quartette is expected to do its share,
Captain Spafford, Reed and Edwards
is a trio that may help the Badgers