South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-15
WABASH DETROIT
LOSE CONTESTS
Swamp Little Giants in Track
Meet - Fight to Cop
Basketball Game.
BY ARCHIE WARD.
tSotye Dame Correspondent

aNAHNAa ~ 1ANNA AANkAAa AAf -AfAAtN ~
rssentatfves Of the downstate insti-
tuition. heraided as one OF the strong
est college aggrgations in this sec
ton OF the country. proved hopeless
~ unequal 10 the task Of beating
Coach ROckne's we'll balanced team.
The Little Giants submissively took
a IS 20 is drubbing
Notre Danes power surprised
even its most sanguine supporters
and prospects OF victory over Wis
consin next week are soaring to dir
" heights Events In which Rock
mes men were supposedly weak
turned out 10 be strong points and
All in all. results were entirely salts
factory.
Wabash Wins One First
The visiting team took first place
IN only one event - the 44O-yard
dash. Kasper OF Notre Dame set a
terrific pace in the quarter mile and
easily breasted the line a winner
but the judges disqualified him for
some technicality or cher. Marley
OF wabash, who finished second. was
given the honors for that event
Kasper helped put a spectacular
finish 10 the mile relay by cutting
down a lead which the first two
Wabash runners had acquired and
he gave Meredith. anchor man for
Notrs Dame. "A flying start on the
hnai round. NOtre Dame won the
relay in 3 minutes and 40 seconds.
Strong in Half Mile.
tre Dame in the half mile. Eddie
Meehan. captain and star of the Gold
and Blue squad. captured the event
without extending himself to any
great degree. His only rival was
team mate. George Meredith. Brown
Of Wabash finished third.
Murphy sprang one OF tho pleas
ant surprises OF the meet by win
ming the twO-milG run in last time
an event in which NOtre Dame was
expected 10 be weak He ran a
consistent race all the way and dis
played a fine turn OF speed in the
last lap.
wynne and starrett showed well
in the hurdles. NabOr highly tout
ed high stopper from Charlottesville,
was forced TO trail Wynne I'm jump
ing the sticks and ne barely edged
out Starrett OF Notre Dame for sec
ond place. Nabor, however. was
the best performer Coach Townsend
possessed. The elongated hurdler
added another point 10 his team s
total by coping third place in the
pole vault. Powers and Douglas
-
vault.
Miles Wins Dash.
Perhaps the greatest surprise OF
the contest was the showing Of
Frank Miles. who won the 4O-yard
dash IN and As seconds. Patter-
son finished second and Mohardt
third. but the latter athlete was dis
qualified and Knee OF Wabash was
given third place.
The shot-put hardly came Up to
expectations. although Notre Dame
had little difficulty in taking the
event. Shaw and Coughlin were the
strong men with the iron weight.
The summary:
4O~yard dash - Miles (Notre
Daniel. first; Patterson (NOtre
Dame), second; Knee (Wabash),
bird Time: 4:4-5 seconds.
4O-yard high hurdles - wynne
(Notre Damel. first; Nabor WA
BASH. third Time: SGD seconds.
S00-yard run - Meehan CNotre
Dance. first; eredith (Notre
Dame). second: Brown CWabash)
third. Time: 2:2:4-5 seconds.
Shot-put - Shaw (Notre Daniel
first; Coughlin CNotre Dame), sec
ond. Morris Cwabash). third. Dis
lance. 81 feet - inches.
44O-yard dash-Manley (Wabash)
hrst Wynne (Notre Damel. second;
Vansrsdale (Wabash). third. Time
81 seconds.
Two-mile run ~ Murphy CNotre
Dance. first: Bruce (Wabash). sec
ond: Huether (Notre Dame). third.
Time: 1O:9:3-5 seconds.
High jump-Hoar and Douglas
(Notre Dance tied for FIRST Grini-
ger CNotre Dame). third. Heighth:
8 feet inches
One-mile run - Sweeney (Notre
Daniel first; Burke CNotre Dame).
second; Gustafson wabash third.
Tine: 4:34 seconds.
Pole vault-Powers (NOUe Damel
first: Douglas CNotre Dame). and
Nabor CWabash). tied for second.
Height: II feet inches
One-mile Relay - Notre Dame
first Wilette Hoar, Kasper and
Meredith. Time: 3 minutes 40 sec
Onds.
Detroit hghting spirit. Detroit
courage. Detroit power, availed
nothing against Notre Dame yester-
day afternoon.
Though the Michigan clan strug-
gled with the traditional grit OK a
pit bull and refused 10 c0ncede de-
feat until the final crack OF the
pistol. Il proved unequal 10 the SUI
perior and more polished attack OF
the Gold and Blue. AS a result
Notre Dame won its third straight
victory The score was 20 10 20
Shrouded in the gloom OF a u
10 II defeat az the end OF the first
half Notre DANES indomitablc ath-
lstc spirit--a spirit which can yell
Just as vociferously in time OF de-
fsat - ia the hour Ok victory