South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-18
ILLINOIS A. c. TO
BE HERE SATURDAY
JOie Ray, Earl GiIfiilan. Ri
nourek and Others Com
pete Against Irish.
BY ARCHIE wARD-

Enthusiasm over the dual track
and field meet between Notre Dame
and the Illinois Athletic club. sched-
uled for Cartier deld Saturday aft
anoon. is soaring. Never has such
a wealth Of athletic material been
seen at the big Hoosier track arena
as Will bc on exhibition Saturday.
The meet will be held az $3.50 O'Clock
Immediately after the Notre Dame
Indiana baseball game
From present indications. neller
team will go on the field a favorite.
The breaks may determine the
Sinner. II looks as IL the small
margin OF ten points might bag the
meet. so closely viii the events be
contested.
Notre Dame viii throw two ma
tional champions and one world 8
champ iOn into the conflict Billy
Hayes. national 10O-yard title holder
and Johnny Murphy national cham
pion high jumper. viii he headliners
with the Gold and Blue squad. Gus
Desch. an athlete who set a record
for the 40-yard low hurdles I'm Chi
cago list winter. is expected 20 hop
walls In the 220-yard low hurdles All
three athletes are candidates for the
Olympic team.
Stars With Opponents
Starring with the 1. A 6. aEEre-
CATION are two thinlies who wore
Gold and Blue uniforms a year ago.
Earl Gillian, sensation all-around
track star Of tho Notre Dame squad
for two seasons. Is throwing the
weights for the Chicago club and
Rademaker, captain OF the 1919 To-
cal team. is competing in the pole
vault. Kinourek. whose record is u
feet 10 inches. is the visitors stel-
lar vauiter
HeacANng the T. A @. squad,
however. is Joie Ray. premier mile
runner Of America. Ray IS "A Ger
tain entry I'm the Olympic games. He
VIII enter the mile. half-mile and
probably the twO-mile against No
ire Dame. In the half-mile he viii
have rugged opposition from Capt.
Eddie Meehaa Of the Irish tribe.
who will make his farewell appear
auce before the home folk Satur-
day Eddie viii be graduated in
June and his exodus will mark the
, passing Of the greatest middle-dis-
t8nce runner In the annals OF No
ire Dame. NEehan is expected to
run the half-mile in 1857.
The 440-yard dash Will be a dual
affair between ForensJeiu, of the L.
A. G., and Kasper, Of Notre Dame.
It promises TO be the most thrill
ing event OF the meet. Both speed
sters can patter the distance in so
seconds when pressed by a rival
Big Games for Nine
Enrnrrrae god the nhnnnr7 N n
mound work OF Mohardt against the
strong Valparaiso club. the baseball
squad Is preparing 20 lower the
standards OF two big-ten teams this
week. Iowa. a contender for west
eru honors. will be here Friday and
Indiana Will display its wares here
Saturday.
The Iowa game is considered the
more important Of the two con-
tests. despite the fact that Indiana
is a hurdle IN the path Of the state
championship. The Hawkeyes have
been travelling at a dizzy pace this
spring and have defeated Indiana
twice and Illinois once A victory
over Iowa would be "a dagger thrust
at illinois.
The athletic board OF Notre Dame
gave out the contract for the new
grandstand to be erected on Car
tier field Saturday and work will
commence on the structure i'm a few
DAYS. II is 90 be situated on the
west side OF tho football field. on
posite the present grandstaud, and
will accommodate 5000 fans The
addition TO the park will increase
the seating capacity TO 5000.
Coach Rockne will go 20 Urbana
Friday to oficiate in the Illinois
Chicago dual track and field meet.