Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-07
OCCIDENTAL
CLASS MEET
PRELIMINARY TRACK EVENT is
SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW
Best of Entries VIII Be Chosen Tor
Varsity Team-New Weight
Records May Be Es-
tablished

All of the cinder path athletes al
trating their efforts in practice during
the past few days toward improve
ment in form for the interclass meet
tomorrow afternoon.
Although rainy weather made out
door work impossible during the fore
part of the week profitable time was
spent in the gymnasium and in the
opinion of Coach Goheen the delay
was needed, as some of the runners
were greatly benefited by the quiet
drill instead of the field grind.
Saturdays meet, while not entirely
settling the preliminary standing OF
the Presbyterian team, will bring out
the best of the boys now ready TO
exhibit so that a comparison of pros
poets may be made with the other
local colleges After the meet Captain
Bird will also pick. his eighteen
chosen" who will represent Occidental
for the season, and except for possible
additions in the way of phenoms and
newcomers the flock will remain as to-
morrows showing will decide.
In the weight division especially
there is considerable chance that the
first dayers will be rewarded for their
trust by seeing real records made.
Trainer Merrill has had to drive Fred
Thompson to his meals even. since the
big sophomore discovered his affinity
in the cannon ball. In daily rehearsal
Thompson has cast the shot well over
the forty-foot mark and has been saw
ing his real ability at that.
Ink Wieman keeps a steady shower
of lead on the thirty nine-foot tape
and may be depended upon to excel
this distance when the bleachers are
full. Fred Johnson is making lengthy
strides toward the varsity class for
a youngster of his experience, and
Captain Bird will doubtless find a
berth for him, as he can be used on
the lifting detail both in the hammer
and shot divisions. He is also a point
winner over the hurdles and some OF
the distance runs.
Clarence Blee and Speedy Rush have
heavy junior backing in the sprints up
to the 440 Rush the only rival to
owen Bird for the 100-yard nomina-
ton in the interclass events, and in
collegiate competition the tandem will
be hard to get past. Bird has spent
the practice time in form cultivation
mostly, as he shows a tendency to
get away from the stand bad. This
fault is the only shirtcoming the 1orid
sophomore has, and the systematic
work under Goheens supervision is
expected to remove it. Blee gets un-
der way better after the first hundred
yards are passed and this quality
places him middle rather than ultra
short distance choice.
The freshmen are rather short OF
entries in all of the runs, but Brewer
and Patterson will probably start to
carry the baby colors. In the pole
vault the juniors will have Pierce
Thomas and Art Young will endeavor
to grab some glory for the sophomores
with the jumping staff. Thompson
bids fair to annex all the hurdle hon
ors for the sophomores. but each class
will have an entry in the hurdles for
points in the total.
The track has been surveyed and
leveled for the meet and will be fresh
ly cindered today. Before the col
legiate schedule commences other i'm
provements will be made in repairs
TO the bleachers and slight remodel
ing of the grounds.