Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-01
INDOOR HIGH SCHOOL MEET
Fifty Candidates in Training for the
Saturday Night Contests.
CLASS RIVALRY RUNNING HIGH
other Contests PLANNED 60 Pat Ath-
letes In TrIm for OutdsOr Track
EVepts witch Are to ne
Pulled on In spring.

with over fifty athletes In training for
the annual indoor track and field meet.
which occurs Saturday evening at the
Young Mems Christian association gym
nasium, the high school promises to have
one OF the largest and most successful
meets in its history. For six weeks Coach
Cherrington has had a big bunch of aspir-
ants for indoor athletic honors working out
at the various events, and says that the
meet next Saturday will eclipse sll previous
ones in point OF numbers participating and
interest aroused.
The trophy cup and medals given the
school for annual competition last fall by
the class of 1908 seem to have started =
surprisingly strong current OF popularity
and interest toward athletics, much fine
material having been induced to try out
and many lads showing UP especially strong
under the inducemsnt OF winning the cup
for their class or the medals for themselves.
Records at the indoor meet will be every
bit as good as they have been I'm former
years said Coach Cherrington Saturday.
after spending several hours with the train
ing squad that has its plans laid for doing
things next Saturday.
Events that will also help in developing
an outdoor track and field meet have been
chosen for the indoor contest. They are
as follows: Running high jump, shot put.
rope climb. sO-yard dash. pole vault. five
man relay race, quarter-mlle potato race.
The students Of the four classes arc we'll
organized for the meet and have elected
class captains of athletics to manage the
affair and the various class teams. NeavIes
for the seniors, Howard for the juniors.
Rowley for the sophomores and Wood for
/ the freshman bn va haan ,ba.a,
Ticket seIItnE Contest.
A lively ticket selling contest is one OF
the incidentals OF the meet, 1t having been
decided that the class selling the most
tickets for the affair shall be awarded a
point or two in the contest. And as the
winning class will have done one-third OF
the work of winning the sterling silver
class trophy when Il wins the indoor meet.
every point is a big inducement.
That the students on the hill mean bust
ness in their spring athletics, Ia made sure
by the fact that they are already planning
one or two interscholastlc indoor athletic
meets to follow closely after the class
meet, In order to give their athletes early
practice for the outdoor work. II Is in
tended to have indoor meets with Council
, Bluffs and South Omaha.
For the coming season Of track and field
athletics, foretelling which will be the win
ming class is rather uncertain. with Ed.
Burdick, the star athlete Of the junior
class, out of the running with his leg in
a plaster cast on account OF an injury in
basket ball, the most prominent candidate
for the gold medal honors has been retired,
and likewise. his class has lessehed chances
OF winning out against the others.
Above all the dope that is circulating
about the class contests is the talk and
interest in the state and Missouri valley
meets that will be held before the end OF
the school year. Fans of purple and white
nativity are determined that their school
shall not take last place at the state meet
this year. as It did last May. for with the
largest enrolment In the state. an expert
coach and plenty Of material they are fully
aware of the fact that they ought TO be-
come the champions OF Nebraska.