Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-18 | Page 26 | Preliminary Work Starts at the 'U'

PRELIMINARY WORK STARTS IT HE 'IT i Daily Workouts Under Captain Cap-tain Wilson Planned for Present Week. i i Liffht track work wag tho orHcr at the University of Utah during the week just past. The absence of Couch sTei- : sou Norren on account of his trip to Chicago with the B. V. V. hoopers , marie the work optional with the individual in-dividual candidates, and some of them decided to wait until this week. The weather conditions also have contrib-. uted to the delay, since indoor prac-j prac-j tice is undesirable and sometimes ira-' ira-' . y-osfiiblo in some of tho branches. This week daily workouts will begin under the direction of Captain Brownie Wilson. There will be less time than I formerly to reach condition for the I meets on account of the length of the winter, and for this reason earnest, con-, con-, cistent practices will be the lot from now on. There is a movement among the "U" j men at the institution to obtain the I gervir.es of Trainer Einar Neilson during dur-ing the track season. Neilson has kept the football men in shape for several I eeafions, but he has never yet bm available for the track athletes. It is argued that since scientific rubbing is I more necessary for track men than fven football men, tho athletic council should make every effort to get Neilson Neil-son up to training quarters as often , as possible during the season. Since every man on the squad is supposed to get a rub-down aftor every workout, it I will still be necessary to nave at least I , one assistant. Until the cinder track becomes dry ! ail practices will bo held in the gymnasium, gym-nasium, and the indoor track will be utilized in so far as possible. In this vay the track candidates can get their muscles into proper condition for harder work outside. It has been found by Vast experience, however, that too much i running on the indoor track at the university uni-versity has the effect of tying up the muscles of the runners, a condition which frequently continues throughout the entire season. Every effort will be made to avoid this. thiring the past week the "U" men have kept their eyes open for promising promis-ing material among the freshmen. One Fletcher Peterson, from the southern part of the state, appears to be a good recruit. He has displayed a knowledge of the track game, and has the reputation repu-tation of having beaten Cooper of the B. Y. U. and V or hies of the Aggies in match races la5t summer.