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TRACK TALKS
BY COACH HENRY F. SCHULTE
"Mike" Finney, Track '15, 16
Mike Finney is the holder of Ne
braska's record in the high hurdle at
:iri-3. This word was made in his
Sophomore year. In his Junior year
Finney looked like one of America's
top hurdlers until his year's promise
was spoiled by 8 "pulled tendon"
neuritis. He was not entirely out of
the game; but. the top edge was taken
off his performance.
A ohronoloRioal sketch of his track
career is interesting. The following
is his very illuminating history as
secured over the telephone:
"In high school. 1 didn't do any
thing." "l'm-m yes 1 was out."
"Yes. 1 ran in one meet the hun
dred and two-twenty but I didn't
place."
"Yes. 1 ran the high hurdles too,
but I didn't finish. The last hurdle
got in my way."
"My Freshman veal ? l'm-m yes. I
was out, but 1 don't think anybody
knew it. 1 suns 1 ran the highs in
about seventeen."
"As a Sophomore? :lf 3-!5 for the
liichs and a : 25 : 4 for the lows."
"My Junior year - that was the year
pulled a tendon."
"Yes. 1 won some points but couldn't
,!( very much at time."
If pressed hard enough about this
year his Senior year "Mike" prob
ably would have said: "l'm-m yes.
I'm out."
Griffith Owen, Track "15, '16
r.vifflih "Snnirl" Owen, ranks with
P,yron McMahon and Guy Heed as one
of Nebraska's great quarter milers.
Owen comes from Johnstown. Fa.
While in high school there he ran the
100 in 10:3. the 220 in :23 1-5. and the
quarter in :55.
In his Freshman year he brought
these times down to :10 1-2, :23 anil
:S3.
As a Sophomore, he again reduced
his records to : 10.1. :22.3 and :51.2.
In his Junior year Owen ran all
three dashes in most of the dual
meets. His best time was : 1 0.1 and
:22 and :4S.4. He did : 49.4 in the
Minnesota dual for a first place. In
the Valley Conference he was nosed
out in :4!).3 by Harden of flrinnell.
Owen this spring is a candidate for
the 440 and probably the sprints. He
looks like a certainly for Nebraska's
mile relay team.
Harold "Buzz" Gearhart, Track '18, '19
(Jearhart is one of Nebraska'
veteran pole vaulters. In his high
school days "Buzz" vaulted for two
seasons for Newman drove. His first
season he did 8 feet 4 inches, for a
second place in the local tri-eouniy
meet. His Senior year of high school
compel it ion he got over ihe 10' mark
for another second in the tri-county.
and a third in the stale meet on I'ni
versiiy field.
As a Freshman at Nebraska work:
he raised his record to 10.4.
His Sophomore year he won his let
ter. His height for the year was 11
feel' 3 inches, in the Minnesota dual
meet.
l,ast year as a Junior. Gearhart tot
up to. 11. 9 again in the Minnesota
dual. Gearhart asserts: "Track is
the one sport in which a chap must
depend upon himself. He has no team
! men to make up for his failure to
do his share. And it is the one sport
in which a man can 'make' himself."
versitv of Wisconsin has negotiated
an agreement whereby for five years
the Hadgers will complete their foot
ball schedule by playing the Univer
sity of Chicago at Chicago, it is an
nounced. Wisconsin is to furnish the
homecoming attraction at Chicago,
each year, it was stated.
The Manhattan school has gathered
together a splendid array of track
talent this spring, including such men
as Captain Jack Kvans, the fastest
sprinter in Kansas; Gallagher, a
hurdler of note, and Jack Frost., who
tien for first with Slaughter of Michi
gan in the pole vault at the Illinois
games villi the bar at 12 feet 2V2
inches.
Winning four matches out of four,
the Denver University wrestling team
has practically won the conference
championship in the sport for this
year. The Denver team has thus far
successively defeated Colorado Col
lege, University of Colorado and
Mines teams.
Rudimentary football practice began
at Yale at the earliest date for this
sport in the records of the college.
The squad of eighty or more will
work in the gymnasium under Cap
tain Callahan and Trainer John Mack,
and boxing will be a part of the daily
grind. The fall practice will begin
September 10.
Frank Coughlin, giant tackle, was
elected captain of the 1020 football
team at Notre Dame, to fill the place
of Captain-elect George Gipp. who has
withdrawn from the university. Cough
lin is a Junior in the law school.
SPORT SPLINTERS
PROVOST LEES TALKS
AT FRESHMAN LECTURE
Takes His Audience on a Trip Thru
Greece.
The Missouri Tigers' big track slat
this spring is Scholz, who is now co
holder of three world's records. He
has made the 70- yard dash in 7 1-5
seconds, the 50 yard dash in 5 1-5
,-eeonds. and a few weeks ago at. the
Illinois University games he ran the
75-yard dash in 7 3-5 seconds. Scholz
is a diminutive athlete, weighing only
1P,S pounds. Another Missouri star is
jirutus Hamilton, -who took the all-
....r..inH itl fit the Illinois meet, He
placed high in eight events.
The School of Mines at Golden,
Colorado, -which has neglected track
for several seasons, is undertaking a
pretentious schedule this spring. A
triangular meet will be held against
the University of Colorado and Den
ver University. Dual meets -will be
held with the Colorado Aggies and
Colorado College. On May 22 the
state meet trill be held at Colorado
Springs.
rrovost J. T. I-ees addressed the
Freshmen lecture course Tuesday
morning, with the aid of the stereop
tieon. taking his audience on a trip
through Greece. The lecture combined
also with his views of Greece, some
which he had 1aken in southern Italy
and Sicilv. A large portion, of the
lecture was devoted to Athens as Ihe
center of Greece. The Acropolis, both
in ruins and restoration, was shown.
Farticular attention was given to the
Greek temple with its columns of
marble and decorated facades. The
lecturer explained that the Greeks
used neither cement nor concrete but
depended upon the nice adjustment of
the marble pieces for solidity.
The Greek theater was an open air
affair, with a capacity for sixty thou
sand observers. Acoustic arrange
ments were very perfect. The Mu
seum at Athens contains a large num
ber of pieces of statuary which have
been mined out of the earth and even
gathered from the sea. A Roman
galley laden with Greek marbles had
once gone to the bottom and at tnis
spot many statues have been found.
One was shown, in part still perteci.
the rest eaten away by the salt water.
Dr. Lees explained how archologists
excavated ruins of ancient cities to
discover their hidden treasures. He
explained that cities were gradually
covered with earth at the rate of a
loot a century. Rome was more cov
ered over than Athens. To gel at the
treasures of ancient Greece the work
men go down about twenty feet.
Here they find remains of buildings,
and bones of buried people. With
the latter are found almost innumer
able funeral vases, which the ancients
bestowed upon their dead as modems
to flowers, under the mistaKen
that thev still had a sort of existence
and needed to partake of the liquid
food which was always placed in tne
urns.
The marble stadium where tne
ancient Olympics were restored a few
years ago was also exhibited, and
the lecturer explained that now inese
games were held in the various capi
tals of the world.
The Italian views were of temples
that lie Just outside of the much
traveled highways. Some of tnese
are in ruins as the result of time and
earthquakes; others are in a fair
state of preservation and give a very
good idea of ancient building. The
columns are often immense sharus oi
marble which must have necessitated
l.knr in eeeiirintr from the
auarries.
Next week the Freshmen will be
initiated into the development of ar
chitecture at the hands of Trofessor
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