South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-03
N. D. TRACK men
TRAIN HARD FOR
ILLINOIS CLASH
Expect Several Records 10
Fall Saturday on Cartier
Field.

The absence OF the baseball club
on its first important trip OF the
season leaves a clear field at Notre
Dame for the track athletes. who
are har dat work preparing for the
outdoor dual meet with Illinois at
Cartier field Saturday afternoon at
two o'clock.
When NOtre Dame and Illinois
clash in this meet track fans will
witness a sport event even more
thrilling than the Michigan base
ball game Of last Saturday. The pre-
vious indoor contest contest in which
Illinois won from the locals will be
outshone because Of the greter scope
OF an outdoor meet and because OF
the additional honors which the
members of both squads have won
since the February indoor event.
The Illinois. Drake and Penn Re-
lays have been largely records Of
the accomplishments of Notre Dame
and Illinois athletes. And the meet
ing between the representatives of
these two schools will probably
bring more individual stars into
competition than dual meet be-
tween any other two scools in ten
country.
Many Individual Stars.
With the exception of Gus Desch.
the Notre Dame team which won
honors at Penn returned to the
school late Sunday night. Desch
stopped at his home in Newark. ~.
j.. and will arrive at school on Tues
day.
Notre Dame has the distinction OF
breaking the only worlds record
which fell into the miniature Olym-
piac meet. Gus Desch clipped two
ffths Of second from the 440 law
hurting mark and won by 3 yards.
Spectators are of the opinion that if
pushed. he could have made the
mark in a second less.
Johnny Murphy tied for first with
Alberts. Osborne and Chamberlain
and will take up the battle once
more with the former two at the Car
tier field meet on next Saturday.
The entrance Of Osborne into the
charmed circle of high jumpers
complicates the local problem. but
adds interest by doing so.
Relay To- BE Bitter.
The Notre Dame mile relay quar-
tet, Desch. Montague. Meredith and
Capt. Kasper. placed fourth in the
Penn games and lays claim TO the
mile championship OF the west by
! being the first western team to fin
ish. incidentally. the local quarter
milers won from Illinois after hav-
ing lost TO the Sucker quartet on
! three previous occasions during the
| present year. The battle between
these two teams on Saturday should
! be a thriller. Illinois won in the
local gym by two feet, took the event
at the Illinois relays by a localvic-
| tory atPenn was triply sweet.
Chef Wynne won his heat in the
12O yard high hurdles at Penn. but
was nosed out OF a place in the
finals by Thompson. Wright. Bar
ron and Coughland. four recognized
stars. The competition in this
/ event was forecasted to be the most
bitter of any on the card.
Buck Shaw tossed the skot AZ feet
but failed TO qualify among the first
three. Halsey of Princeton took
third place with AZ feet 1-2 inches
and had four men been qualified as
in most other events, the local star
would have had a good chance tc
place.
Weather conditions at the meet
are reported to have been poor fol
1 field events. A cold rain fell most
of the time, and the athletes were
stiff-which probably accounts fol
so few records being smashed.