South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-13
ND. Track Team
Wins SeUen First
Places in Dayton
Saturdays F e ats Bran d
Rockne's Men as Possible
National Champs.

II the performance Of Notre Dame
athletes az the invitation meet at
Dayton count for anything. Coach
Rockne's varsity eight Will be very
much among those present at the
National Collegiate meet in Chicago
Saturday, June IS. The local stars
were returned winners in each of the
seven events in which they were en-
tered
Gus Desch topped the heap by
clipping 1 20 seconds from his own
worlds record in the 440 yard low
hurdleA Johnny Murphy came
through with a hardly less thrilling
leap OF feet rs inches in the
high jump. Bill Hayes joined the
group with a q Is furlong, his best
time Of the year. He Won the CEN
fury in ten flat after a poor start.
Chef Yunne. newly elected cap
tain, gave promise OF great things
by winning both hurdles in excellent
time. He nmbed the highs in rs
fat. the best mark OF his career,
and took the 220 low sticks in go.
Gus Desch did not compete in the
low hurdles.
Meredith. Hoar. Montague and
Desch won the relay in 1922, an
other high-water mark for the year.
Out To Defeat Illinois.
Entries in the National meet are
limited TO eight men from each
school: and the possibilities contain
ed in that limitation may be under
stood by the fact that Hayes, Shaw,
Murphy, Hogan, Desch and the relay
team scared % points at the western
Conference meet. An accident TO
Chef Wynne in the high hurdles lop-
ped more points from the total.
Inllinois won the meet with an
accumulation Of seconds and thirds
which viii be impossible wsen only
eight men are entered. With the
Illini cut down to normal size the
big battle will be among NOtre
Dame, Illinois. Michigan and Wis
consin for first place.
Saturdays records at Dayton in
dictate that the local stars are hit
ting on high; and with every man
at his normal speed barring acct
dents, Notre Dame must be conceded
an even chance or better to win.
Hayes Steps Fast.
Bill Hayes, who tied his own rec
ord of 9-45 at the Conference meet,
is the favorite to cop in that event;
and his mark of 81 l2-5 in the fur
long places him in the light of a
serious competitor for Paddock,
Woodring and Kirksey. None OF
these gentlemen vii lanswer the gun
at Chicago but Hayes viii meet Lind
sey of Rice Institute, who has done
q 2-5 and 9 As in the dashes.
Wilson, Of Iowa, is credited with
the same marks: but Hayes at Chi.
cago ran away with the blonde Iowan
in the IO0 and although lost the
220 10 the Hawkeye by a step. the
local star will enter the National
meet a better bet than Wilson.
Johnny Murphy is in the same
form. which won him the national
championship: and his fifth meeting
Of the year with Alberts of Illinois,
should finally settle the comparative
merits of the two men. Alberts
appeared to have the edge until
Murphy tumbled him at Chicago;
but the Illini is showing indications
of nerves-somehing which Murphy S
longer experience has removed.
Chef lynne will be matched
against Champion thompson. Ander-
son. Wright, Knollin and Crawford.
The new Cap is hardly expected 10
win from-Thompson this year; but
his local friends are pulling for him
10 finish ahead Of Wright, premier
hurdIer of the West.