Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-20
ATHLETIC MEETS
ARE SCHEDULED
HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
TO CONTEST
SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS TO
GATHER AT HARVARD
Universities Will otrugeIe for Honors
at U. S. C. Field-In Boys
Event Ninety-slx Have
Entered
BY RED PERKINS


leges of Southern California are await
ing the report of the gun to send them
away in their annual interscholastic
and intercollegiate meets, which will
be held at the Harvard and U. s. Z.
field, respectively, this afternoon. Nine
ty-six young athletes will compete at
the Harvard Military academy campus,
and from the number of representatives
entered in the various events no ooupt
the meet will be interesting from start
to finish.
Los Angeles high school has entered
twenty-one, Polytechnic tWenty-1our,
Pasadena seventeen, Throop nine, Long
Beach nine, Hollywood five. Harvard
ten and Whittier one. With such n
large number of athletes competing
and many of them in the clark horse"
division, it is difficult to forecast the
winner.
Last season the hilltop school took
first place, with tbirty-four points.
Pasadena was second, with thirty, and
Harvard third, with twenty-eight.
Polytechnic will be well up in the
point getting department and stands an
excellent chance of winning, providing
Rickerhauser is permitted to compete.
With Rickerhauser out of the meet, the
Los Angeles high school should finish
ahead of the Washington street school
by small margin.
Harvard has been weakened by the
loss of George Thorpe, who is at present
attending the Pasadena high school. He
will be unable to take part in the coun-
ty meet, through expulsion by the
Harvard faculty The meet promises
to be one of the largest gatherings ever
witnessed at the. Harvard field, and
Coach f. e. Spencer, who has the meet
in his charge. yesterday -gtated that at
least two thousand spectators would be
present. The meet will be called at
1880 o'clock and all contestants are eX-
pected to be in training suits not later
than o'clock. Field events will start
at 1870 o'clock and track events at 2
o'clock.
Coach Spencer of Harvard places
faith in Rogers for the quarter, Robb
and Valley in the half mile and Heath
in the 120-yard hurdles, and probably
third place in the hammer throw. The
pole vault event, no doubt, will go
to Bean and Giffin Of Polytechnic. The
100-yard dash. in all probability, will
go to Throop of Polytechnic, with
Giessler and Rubio fighting 1t out for
Los Angeles high school for second
honors, and Mclaughlin of Hollywood
may "show."
The 220-yard dash will be holly con-
tested ard lies between Rogers of Har-
ward, Risdin of Throop institute and
Rubio of L. A high school. Throop
of Polytechnic may not enter this
event.
In the 44O-yard event, Rogers of Har-
ward looks the best on paper; Dawson
of L. A. high may place, while Yerkes
of Poly, and Middough of Long Beach.
will fight 1t out for third honors.
Mickey" Mcclure of Los Angeles looks
good for the Ss0-yard run, while other
candidates fighting it out for the other
points will be Robb of Harvard, Stone
and Dodd of Long Beach, and Pat
Whelan of Polytechnic.
For the high hurdles, Robertson and
Harrigan should win for, L. A. high;
Heath of Harvard should place, and
"Curley" Olmstead of Poly should cap
ture third place. There will be only
two contestants in the low hurdles of
any prominence, LIgo of L. A. high
and Taylor of Hollywood. In the mile
run, Valley of Harvard is predicted to
win, Simpson of L. A. high second. and
Chamberlin and Veder of Poly to be
close for third honors.
In the broad jump, Redmond of
Whittier first, Giessler of L. A. high
second, and "Chick" Dawson Of L. A.
high a close third.
The high jump will be between Ward
and Walberg of Poly, who will contest
strenuously for first honors with Coon
ey of Long Beach for second place. The
hammer throw should go to Olmstead,
with Rickerhauser second, and Lovett
of Harvard third.
The shot put no doubt will be won by
Morrison, as he has heaved the missile
a distance of AZ feet inches in prac-
tice; Olmstead of Poly should place,
while Thompson of Pasadena should
come third.
Officials
Referee, Reynolds; starter, Cline;
clerk, Boren; timers, Donnell, Lee, Os-
borne; judges at finish, Culver. Howell,
Slime; judges of weights, Green, Emery,
Fletcher; judges Of jumps, Squires,
Smith, Duque; announcer, Davies.
Conference Meet
Pomona, Occidental, U. S. C. and
Whittier will hold their conference meet
this afternoon at Bovard field. u. S. c..
looks as though 1t would capture first
place, Occidental the second, and Whit
tier third. Students of Occidental
claim they have a fighting chance to
capture first honors, while the Clare
mont athletes expect to turn the tables
on their opponents by winning second
place in the meet
Inc QudkeiS nave NOT d ShoSt VI q
chance in winning the meet and may
not secure more than six points out of
the total number of possibilities.
Pomona athletes are burning mid
night oil in doping out the outcome of
the meet in an effort to forecast the
result of this afternoons events. The
men who have won ribbons for the foot
hill institution are in the pink of con-
dition and expect to give the other col
leges a hard run for the intercollegi
ate championship of the south.