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Norgren's Sprinters Paced by Greyhound, Learned Speed From Horse WU showing some of the University of Utah sprinter how to line up the r legs in the proper sprint ng- form Creed Haymond Utah s best 100 and 2"Q man let the cat out of the bag He told the boys how he first trained to he a runner is nee this exposure university sprinters the gang of boys that inhabits any athletic camp and others inelud rog several members of the university faculty in private gymnasium work have, been trying to imitate the Spring ville flyer Creed f rst got h s lesson through the aid of a village trotter not a man but a horse The. idea is this said Haymond When Coach Chnstenseu of Spring viJa was trying to show some of h s hjgh school boys how a sprint he brought the awittest trotting; norsa in the eonntry onto the high school cam pus He said Look how the trotter p cks up h a forelegs Maybe, it will g ve vou a t p We watched the horse several daj s It picked its forelegs clear ot the ground about two feet and pushed them straight out ahead and then Drought them to the ground as if trying to make its stride a foot longer than any other horse. Well wa imitated it. Christensen 1 ned up several of us with the horse and we tried I lifting our legs high m the air and push f jng them straight ahead about s wehes f further than we ordinarily did Soon the boys developed a stride that was much longer and. more even than be fore , One day f ter we had been training I thus for two weeks the driver of the j horse framed up on n He let the horse f out at full speed We tried our best to keep up with him, and succeeded--for a short distance That is the way most of the hoys in prmgville trained j for some t me atter i- Paced by Dog Another stunt which the SprisgviUe runner has introduced on the camjjus is " that of having a. greyhound lead him in f the speed tests. The dog can n ake the hundred in about 6even seconds Hay mond and. the other sprinters try to keep up with him The faster the toys travel the faster the dog moves man aging all the time to keep just a short distance ahead of them This idea or g mated in England where racers are ! trained through the use of espert dog pacers Coach kelson H 'Norgren said yester day that spring track work did not look so promising to him as it d d previously Robison, the speedy 100 and '0-yard man who is sa d to be every bit as fast as Haymond has not been out for practice lately owing to an operation on his nose He will get out for work aga n about next week is the opinion of the coach Robison s one of the most valuable men on the team being a hurdler sprinter broad Jumper and high jumper of merit Hopkins Collier and Winward are all o t for the runs and are showing up better than ever Teasdel quarter roller of last year, said last week that be ould ha e to quit track work th s ear owing to a heavy course in school work Teasdel is. at present m Colorado He is tak ng a law course at the university and is planning to complete four years of college wort lo this bis third year which speaks well for h s scholast e abll lty Teasdel s loss will be felt keenly, but owing to the prorai' ng group of runners now on the field Utah s chances will not be ser ously jeopardized by his loss. Another pa r of men who are show ng up fa rly well are Bery marathoner and Jaok 4.dams who la work ng on the m le Adan s was originally a si rinter but is now tmng out for the endurance run. Berry won the local marathon race last spring Jumps and Weights. Captain Parry la gettingup well in hja high 3 rap event and van Pelt is doing equally well in the -vault, broad jump and h gh jump Van will probably be able to pluck a first In the pole vault this year out his chances in the other events are conceded to be much less Brokmever and MarthaVis are Utah s hopes in the weights Pete has not yet rounded into form and it is doubtful if he will be ahle to bring manv po nts home in this department Ha is. a. 1 ttle too light to be a crack In these events it seems.and a 1 ttle too heavy to be a miler The football athlete however is reasonably sure of winning his. letter The baseball outlook is just about the same as that for track The men are trying hard enough but Utah is still a little weak in the pitching department Udy is the only man who has shown any form so far, and Coach Jorgren is scratching hia head in an effort to find a good mite for him Warner third basen an who has steam to burn, will probablv be used in the breach Warner has the makings of a good twirier but has had little experience always hav me played third base The- row in the faculty of the school has killed much interest in track and baseball this year Ooach. Norgren is under a big handicap as the res lit The Chicago boy has met with hard luck during his work here but has turned out a pa r of good teams in football and basketball Sis des re now is to win the state championship in the spring sports The men who are out show a d sposit on to learn and so the coach does not think his case is hopeless Spring sports will coma on the calen dar of varsity events early In May Un 1 1 then the nnivers ty teams will con tinne the t strenuous practices |