. The badger . Between fifty and sixty candidates res-ponded to the first call for indoor track sentout by Coach Jones, and prospects for asuccessful season appeared fairly was little promising new material,however, and it was early evident that thestrength of the team would depend on theveterans. With the arrival of the Indoor Conferencemeet, the squad had dwindled to twenty-five men, due to injuries and scholastictroubles. Although we had some individualstars, we lacked the well-balanced team thatIllinois possessed and were forced to takesecond honors. As soon as the weather per
. The badger . Between fifty and sixty candidates res-ponded to the first call for indoor track sentout by Coach Jones, and prospects for asuccessful season appeared fairly was little promising new material,however, and it was early evident that thestrength of the team would depend on theveterans. With the arrival of the Indoor Conferencemeet, the squad had dwindled to twenty-five men, due to injuries and scholastictroubles. Although we had some individualstars, we lacked the well-balanced team thatIllinois possessed and were forced to takesecond honors. As soon as the weather permitted in thespring, Coach Jones had the men in thefield preparing for Ohio State. The Buck-eyes proved an easy victim, but Illinoissurprised us a second time, defeating us bya 27 point margin. A few weeks later wejourneyed to Minneapolis and there addedanother victory to our string, taking theGophers into tow with little trouble. Illinois lived up to its reputation at theannual outdoor conference meet on Stagg
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