Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-13
Ward School Athletes Will Com
pete For T..R. Trophy on
June 5 ORG
PROGRAM HAS BEEN ARRANGED
Fifteen Events Will Make Up tho
Sports Of the Day = Boys to Be
Graded Into Glasses According to
Their Weight = Believed This sys-
TEN Will Make Meet More Equitable.

The third annual track meet of the
seven graded schools Of the city, to
determine who will keep the beautiful
T.-R. silver trophy cup during the COM
ing year, will be held on either Friday.
June S, or Saturday, June 6. These
dates were selected at a meeting Of the
ward principals, Superintendent Pal
mer and Physical Director A. B. Daw-
son, Of the Railroad Y. M. c. A., held
at the high school building Tuesday
afternoon. If it is thought advisable
to dismiss the schools for a half holiday
on June s, the meet will be held that
afternoon, because more townspeople
would attend than if held on Saturday
afternoon.
AT the conference program OF
events was prepared and system for
dividing the boys into classes planned.
The plan for dividing the meet into
four classes Of events was adopted be-
cause 1t is believed that it would be
the other two meets has shown that
where all of the events are open to
boys OF all ages and sizes, the smaller
boys have little chance of winning
against the larger and older boys. The
classes for this meet are arranged &C
cording to weights, and only those boys
who are within the weights established
for the four classes will be allowed to
enter.
Fifteen Events in Program.
The program arranged consists Of
fifteen events, divided in four groups
or classes. The first of these groups is
made up of three events for the small
est boys. The other three classes
have four events in each. The events
according to classes, are as follows:
Glass A, open to boys weighing 70
pounds or under-Fifty yard dash; 100
four runners.
Glass B, open to boys weighing from
70 to IS pounds-Fifty yard dash, 220-
yard dash, 220-yard relay race FOR four
runners; potato race.
Glass G, open to boys weighing from
80 to los pounds-100-yard dash, 440-
yard run, 440-yard relay race, for four
runners; running high jump.
Glass D, open to boys weighing over
los pounds--1O0-yard dash, one-half
mile run, one-half mile relay race for
four runners; running broad jump.
Each school may enter two boys In
each event, if the entries conform to
the classes, excepting the relay races
in which each school may enter four
runners. The intercollegiate system of
scoring points will be used. This sys-
tenn is five points for first place, three
for second, and one for third.
Training to Begin at Once.
Mr.. Dawson, who Is to have charge
Of the training and the meet, which
will be held under the supervision of
the Railroad Y. M. C. A., began coach
ing the boys in the events of the meet
today. During the noon hour he was at
the Arson school, and at recess this
afternoon he was at the Woodbury..
The other schools will follow in turn.
Dates for Preliminaries.
The usual preliminary meets, for the
purpose of determining those who will
represent each school, will be held the
latter part of this month.
The Woodbury. trial will come first.
on May 20, at 4:30 o'clock. The First
ward boys will compete on May 81, and
the others as follows: Abbott, May Is;
Rogers, May 26; Arnold, May %; and
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