The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-28
]. C. Grover, Captain of the Track
Team. Will Head Warrens-
burg Squad.
HIGH SCHOOL MEETS MANUAL.
Teams Will Tie Up for Interscho-
lastic Match Game To-Day
Preparations for Scho-
lastic Meet.

Eight men will be sent by the Missouri
Normal School to compete in the State
athletic meet at the Christian Brothers
campus Saturday. word TO that effect hay
ing been received yesterday. The deiegs-
ton will be headed by j. c. Grover, cap
tain of the school track team. who holds
the record at the institution for 1l yards
and the quarter mile.
From all appearances. the Normal squad
will be especially 4 strong in the middle
distance event, three men having run the
half mile in fast time. Grover lowered the
Normal record for this distance, while
Easily and Ellis of the same team have COW
cred the distance in a fraction of I second
slower time.
johnson and Bliss will be the mainstays
of the institution in tie mile event. john
son ran second to Mccarthy last year. Nc
Carthy then being a student at c.. B. Z.
and a competitor from that college. Nc
earthly is at Roila and would be a danger
Gus man in this event had his team been
able to take part.
In the weight events the Normal hopes
TO make a record similar to that of NJ. S.
U, which has turned out some really good
full OF winning their share of the points.
Among the Christian Brothers entries will
be found several of last years experts. to-
GSlISI Will VII pEuIIllSllIS NOuIl, IHG ItEldI.
Hastidt and Longtnotti, two of the best
sprinters in this section. will represent the
institution In the l0 and 30 yard dashes.
Hastidt also being entered in the quarter
mile.
In these events they will tie UP with
some pretty w~ell-known and seasoned men,
however. Crowley of the kirksville team is
among their competitors. Deming and
Downey are A. S. o. entries. who are said
to have shown remarkable speed in their
Win Jackson. C. 3. c., will represent his
college in the quarter. He made an eN.
cellent showing in this event last year and
January has been doing well in the hurdle
events and Is one of the newly developed
men at the college in .:lis branch of sport.
Logsden will be a dependence of the col
lege in the mile run. while the weight
events have drawn out quite a lengthy list
of PROMISING candidates. The three col
chances. all being evenly matched.
kirksville men will arrive tomorrow
evening.
High School and the Manual Training
School mines will meet this afternoon at the
Pastime grounds in a game. which will
practically decide the :~nterscholastic cham
pionship. If High School wins, the pennant
VIII go to the Grand avenue team. Even
should High be defeated. a series will be
necessary before Manual can win the title.
From all appearances. High should win
this afternoon. The teams record is one
long series OF victories and the only game
which II failed to capture was the tied con-
test with Blees. This affair lasted thirteen
innings and ended in a 1-to-I score. Later
the teams met and High won by an over
whelmine margin.
This afternoons match is carded for ais
and a good game is expected.
Track teams at both Smith Academy and
the High School are working hard. in prepa-
ration Of the interscholastic meet, due to
be held Saturday at the Pastime grounds.
Comparison Of the records made bv both
teams show that there is little to choose
between them.
In most events the teams are evenly
matched. Lamb and Stanard will tie up in
the hammer throw, and this event should
be about the best scholastic weight event
ever witnessed here. Both boys nave thrown
more than 10 feet. a remarkable PERFORM
anee for school candidates.
IN Inc hurdles, both have good men. Neg-
sing was sick shortly before the High tieId
events. He will most likely represent his
school in the events over the sticks. Law
renee Will appear for Smith Academy in
these races
Boothby seems to be about the strongest
contestant In the distance events. and he
Will run in the colors of High School.