lui IU 1 .U s I.L.LL.
ILL BEGIN TODAY
Battery Candidates Ordered to
port in Waterman Gym
at Once
Re-
FOUR OF LAST YEAR'S SQUAD
PUT IN APPEARANCE YESTERDAY
Captain Elmer Brandell States That
Prospects Are Unusually Bright
This Year
Varsity baseball has its official open-
ing for battery men this afternoon at
1 o'clock in Waterman gymnasium.
Captain Brandell arrived in town last
Saturday morning and will take charge
of the squad until Coach Lundgren can
personally relieve him. The Varsity
mentor is expected in Ann Arbor either
Sunday or Monday and will be on hand
for Monday's workout.
If the truth must be told the initial
meeting of the season for the battery
candidates was scheduled for yester-
day afternoon, but the recent cold
snap proved a deterrent and only four
old men appeared on the scene, Cap-
tain Brandell, Morrie Dunne, Birming-
ham and Billy Niemann. The failure
of the men to put in an appearance
was probably due to the fact that very
few knew of the proposed meeting.
Actual practice will probably not be-
gin before Wednesday, owing to the
inability to get the nets up in time
for tomorrow's gathering. It was
stated at the athletic office, however,
that the nets would be up so that work
might be started Wednesday afternoon.
Every man who expects to turn out
for battery practice this season is re-
quested to report at the meeting today
in order that work may be begun as
soon as possible. In case it is possible,
light work may be indulged in this aft-
ernoon. The batting cage will not be
used at all this week and probably will
For results advertise in the Mich-
gan.Daily.
LAST DAY
CL ARA KIMBALL YOUNG
In Thomas Dixon's
"THE FOOLISH V IRGIN"'
ARCADE THE ATRE
25 CENTS
tre next.
Outlook Is Good.
According to the season's foreword
from the coach as reported by the
Varsity captain, prospects are the best
that Michigan has seen for several
seasons.iThe coach is immensely
pleased with the outlook as it stands,
and in case the eligibility committee
is not forced to interfere, the chances
from Lundgren's point of view seem
extraordinarily good. Captain Brandell
himself claims that the team is going
to set a new record or two and stated
that unless unforseen calamities arise
to spoil present prospects, the 1917
aggregation should realize the best ex-
poectations. "Bran" is for pushing the
work as fast and as soon as possible.
The schedules for the southern trip
of the Varsity, and the regular charts
For the All-fresh teams are not yet
ready to be announced. It is possible
that they may be out by Sunday or
the first of the week sometime.
WILLCOX DECIDES TO REMAIN
A'l hARVARD UNTIL NEXT JUNE
Ild Crimson Record for 440-Yard'
Hin Which He Covered
In 48 Flat
Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 12.-There is
joy at old Harvard. Westmore Will-
cox, the fleet Southern quarter-miler,
has reconsidered his determination to
Quit college and will stay at his studies'
until June. Willcox, who is being'
picked to outstep all 440 men in the
intercollegiates this spring, is the
Harvard record holder in that distance,
having covered the quarter mile in
0:48 two seasons ago at New Haven,
running on a circular track. Last sea-
son he won the quarter in the Cornell
and Yale meets.
Willcox could have received his de-
gree this month by applying for it
early, but he gave up the idea after
making sure that the job he was of-
fered in New York would be held open
for him until after his graduation in,
June. The senior class elected him
poet for class day with the biggest
majority ever polled in a similar elec-
tion at Harvard.
Senior-Junior Lit Hockey Practicei
The combined senior-junior lit
hockey squad will hold a practice ses-
sion in Weinberg's coliseum this aft-
ernoon at 4 o'clock. Owing to thef
fact that the combined lits have a
game scheduled for tomorrow after-
noon at 4:15 o'clock, all the men ares
expected to report for the practicel
period today.
Try a Michigan Daily "Want Ad.
Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 12.-Cornell
opened her track season when the one
mile relay team met Harvard in the
games of the Boston A. A. This was
the first time this winter that Jack
Moakley saw what he has in material
for the shorter runs. Judged by the
showing of various runners in board
track meets so far, Crim and Acheson
are pretty certain to be chosen mem-
bers of the team henceforth, while the
others will be taken from a group
composed of Bartsch; Shackleton,
Wait, Cleminshaw, Woodruff, Beck, and
several others.
The principal aim of Cornell's vet-
eran coach now is to have a strong
team for the indoor intercollegiates on
March 3. He will soon appoint a list
of captains for every event on the
program, and his squad will be di-
vided up into candidates for each of
these. The squad is gaining in size
every day, and it is apparent that the
Ithacans will have another well-bal-
anced team this year.
Many Men Lost.
As Moakley looks forward to the
spring meets and the intercollegiates
he finds that his chief problem is going
to be to develop sprinters, hurdlers,
and broad jumpers. With the passing
of Van Winkle, Cornell has not a sin-
gle intercollegiate point winner in
either sprint. The same condition ap-
plies to the hurdles, and there seems.
to bea dearth of good broad jumpers.
Coach Moakley, however, is hopeful
that the winter practice will uncover
some new men who will be capable of
development into good varsity material.
Of last year's team that captured
the intercollegiate championship by a
wide margin, the following remain as
a nucleus for this year's team: Cap-
tain Foss, pole vault; Vere Windnagle,
mile; Frey, two miles; Richards, in
the shot put and high jump, and Crim
in the 440. He has lost Van Winkle
in the sprints, Gubb in the hurdles,
Potter Hoffmire and Corwith in the
distances, Taylor in the half mile, and
Hageman in the hammer throw.
Interest Taken in Track.
Interest in track at Cornell, which
has been growing steadily since
Moakley began sweeping in the track
championships, will be further stimu-
lated by the prospect of indoor meets
at Ithaca. The track management has
made a contract with Michigan for
an indoor meet here in 1918, and it is
probable that more such meets will
be scheduled after this year. The
opening of the new drill hall on the
campus will make it possible for Cor-
nell to develop indoor athletics on
a bigger scale than has been the case
so far. Present facilities for indoor
games, not only track, but basketball,
are inadequate.
;h Moakley Has Big Problem |Brolvn Is After
Confronting Him in Track Work' f/ig, New Stand
Wants Concrete Stadium Capable
Seating 25,000 People in Place
of Old Structure
I Providence, R. I., Feb. 12.-A con-
siderable amount of discussion is
heard nowadays among Brown univer-
sity men on the subject of a stadium
for athletic contests. The general feel-
ing appears to be that there is genuine
need here of such a structure. The
Alumni Monthly has this to say
about it:
"There is a good deal of talk in the
air about a Brown stadium. It seems
to be generally agreed that we ought
to have something more substantial
from which to see our football games
than the old-fashioned circus seats of
wood at Andrews field. They are un-
sightly and they hold, even when aug-
mented as on Thanksgiving day last,
only about 8,000 spectators. Surely
Brown is big enough, resourceful
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LAST DAY
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
In Thomas Dixon's
"THE FOOLISH VIRGIN"
ARSADE THEATRE
25 CENTS
of
have a concrete stadium that will ac
commodate 25,000 people.
"The Alumni Monthly's idea woul
be to erect a structure that could b
added to later, if necessary."
Barry and Ruth Assisting Collegian
Worcester, Feb. 12.-With Manage
Jack Barry and Pitcher Babe Ruth o
the Red Sox handing out an occasions
hint, the Holy Cross battery candidate
have started work here in the cage.
Barry and Ruth, who were in th
Red Sox traveling uniforms, also lim
bered up and Ruth showed the young
sters a sample of the stuff in his goo(
left whip.
Jimmy Spillane, last season's Varsit
first baseman, and the best prospect fc
first string catcher, is taking thing
easy. He injured his left hand a feo
days ago and it is not, yet stron
enough to allow him to cut loose.
"'TIHE CRISIS"
STARTS
THURSDAY
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Basketball Plans
Are Progressing
Entertainment for the state basket-
ball players who meet in Ann Arbor
March 22, 23, and 24 for the inter-
scholastic, will be brought to a climax
by a dinner for all the players and
coaches at the Union following the
championship game on Saturday.
Music will be furnished by stars of
the Glee and Mandolin clubs. Prom-
inent Michigan men will speak, and
prizes will be presented. These are
the plans announced in the prospectus
which will be mailed to 250 high school
athletic managers tomorrow. In ad-
dition, the contestants will be allowed
to inspect all University buildings, Mu-
seum, Library, and laboratories, and
will be entertained by a hockey
match between the interclass cham-
pions and an all-star team.
An entry blank will be sent along
with each prospectus. Entry blanks
must be returned to the basketball in-
terscholastic manager by March 12,
after which date a schedule will be
made out for the tourney. The state
championship game will be played
Saturday afternoon, March 24, and to
the winner will be awarded the first
LAST DAY
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
in Thomas Dixon's
"THE FOOLISH VIRGIN"
ARCADE THEATRE
25 CENTS
prize of gold basketballs for each
member and coach. Individual cups
will be presented to members and
coach on the second place team. The
other two teams reaching the semi-
finals will each receive a Spalding of-
ficial basketball. Ribbons will be
given to men selected for the first and
second all-state teams. Two cups have
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LAST DAY
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
In Thomas Dixon's
"THE FOOLISH VIRGIN"
ARCADE THEATRE
25 CENTS
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throughout the afternoon and evening.
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A The Peoples 0nership jj
The people now own the railroads.
Every citizen has a voice in railroad regu-
lation whether he is a share or bond holder
or not. The
Michigan Central R. R.-" The Niagara Falls Route"
"America's Greatest Railway System"
are owned by over 30,000 share and bond
holders. Many of these are savings banks,
trust companies, estates, etc., with thousands
of other share holders in turn.
Hence railroad problems, involving state and
national regulation of rates, wages, finances,
operation, etc., are the people's problems.
It is the desire of the New York Central
Lines to cooperate closely with all the
public to solve these. problems correctly
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TTHE HIGH JUMPER
is a spectacular performer on the field, but the fellow
who can walk through the Iliads of Homer from Sep-
tember to June without flunking is the fellow who can
walk through life undaunted by any of its problems.
A long and steady pull wins in the end, and this comes
from the right food combined with rational exercise.
The right food is
Shredded Wheat
-the favorite food of men who do things in the class-
room and on the athletic field. It contains all the
muscle-building, brain-making material in the whole
wheat grain made digestible by steam-cooking, shred-
ding and baking. It puts gimp and ginger into the
tired brain and worn-out body. It is on the training
table of nearly every college and university in the
United States and Canada. Some of the most promi-
nent coaches in foot-ball, and other forms of athletic
games have given it preference over all other foods.
Made only by
Valentines
Birthdays
Etc.
The Shredded Wheat Company,
Niagara Fails, N.Y.
121 East Washington Street
Michigan men have long appreciated the
tastefulness and refined dignity of our pc
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