The San Francisco call., 1910-12-07
CLASSIC ACADEMIC
MEET IS PLANNED
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BERKELEY, Dec. e.-After working
on the plans for more than year and
getting everything in shape to make
the event one of the greatest that has
ever happened in athletic circles of the
coast. a committee from the Big c.
society Of the University OF California.
composed OF c. L. Butter. chairman, G.
c. Grubb. H c. Gabbert NJ. A. Cart
wright and n. B. Denry. has announced
that Pacific coast championship for
high school and secondary school track
athletics will be held on the university
oval next spring. The exact date of
the big meet has not been announced
by the committee. although it has been
definitely decided on. The meet will
positively take place on the last Sat
urday In April.
Every large secondary school on the
coast viii compete and strong teams
are expected from Tacoma, Seattle,
Portland. Sacramento, San Jose, Fresno,
Los Angeles and the other large cities
on the coast. The big meet will take
the place of the Stanford interscholas-
tic meet which has been held for the
last couple OF years.
The meet will be called the Pacific
coast interscholastic" and will be the
largest secondary school meet ever
held west of the Mississippi river.
1t is planned to make the meet cover
two days. The preliminary trials will
be run off on Friday and the final
events will be decided on the following
Saturday. Medals will be given to the
individual contestants and valuable
trophies will be given to- the winning
teams.
The meet will be in charge of the
most renowned track athletes on the
coast and all records made will be
sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic AS
sociation.
Notices OF the event have been sent
to all secondary schools on the coast
and 1t is possible that the athletes of
Portland. Los Angeles and Seattle may
have portion OF their expenses met
by the executive committee of the AS
sociated Students of the University of
California
All the usual track events will be on
the program and it is probable that an
additional event the javelin throw,
will be added
One of the biggest features of the
meet will be the relay. All the big
schools will enter teams In this event
and 1t is probable that a new record
will be hung up at the meet The re-
lay will be a five man affair and will
be the blue ribbon event of the meet
Trainer Walter Christie will have
charge of the preparation of track and
the cinder path will undoubtedly be
in excellent condition
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the entertainment Of the
visiting athletes and all the incoming
track men will be- met at the station
by committees of the undergraduate
body and escorted to the different fra
ternity and club houses, where the
men win be housed during the week OF
the meet
New dressing rooms will be erected
at the track to provide accommodations
for the hundreds of contestants and all
necessary preparations will be made
for the comfort of the participants
during the progress of the meet
Although the meet this year will be
held on the old oval, the new track
will be in readiness for the second an
nual meet and from that time on the
high school and secondary school men
will have the opportunity of contesting
on the finest track in the west
California alumni all over the coas
have been urged to interest themselves
in the matter and see that a team is
sent from the secondary schools in
the locality where they reside. Clubs
will be formed of alumni in the various
centers at Christmas time and the OBJ
| ject of these. clubs will be to aid the
/ secretary to aid the secondary schools
/ to make the trip
1t is expected that the meet will at
tract attention from lovers of athletics
all over the west and will rival in i'm
! portanee the big Stanford California
| intercollegiate meet.