Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06
Will Be Conducted Strictly Under
Rules of the A. A. U.
LIEUT.. M1CHAELIs IS SECRETARY
Young Army officer of Wide Expert
ence Takes Up Correspondence.
HIGH SCHOOL AFTER TROPHIES
Omaha Lads Expected to Figure
Largely in CONCENTRATIONS Con-
template Making of an In
teresting, Good Show.

Considerable progress has been made dur
ing the week in the promotion Of the big
indoor field meet, which is to be held at
the Omaha Auditorium March 4, and to
which the leading colleges and universe
ties OF the Missouri valley have been in
vlted, as we'll as some of the leading high
schools.
The committee which. is arranging the
meet made d wise move when Vt selected
Lieutenant Michaelis.' aide of Colonel
Gardener. OF the Sixteenth infantry, to
take charge of the correspondence and to
act as secretary. Lieutenant Michaelis has
had a large amount of experience along
these lines as he has promoted big meets
in Boston and last spring had charge of the
meet at Fort Crook.
Omaha High school students are starting
their preparations for their track and field
work, both indoor and out. They expect
the school to take an active part in the
big indoor meet to be held at the Audi
torlum and are confident that the Omaha
boys can head off a good share Of the
high school trophies. Indications are that
the high school will have the biggest track
team Of its school history this year.
Practically all Of last years letter men are
In school and the new material promises
to give the older men some lively opposi-
ton for this years letters. Werlich CC),
Kennedy, Frazer, Kulakofsky, Thompson,
Burdlck. Rector and Rayley are among the
stars who took events last year and are
out again this season. Coach earns is
confident that with this material he can
turn out a track team that will secure
that state meet again for Omaha.
Interest is Keen.
Interest of Omaha men in the meet is
most keen and no event of the kind has
ever been started that aroused as much
enthusiasm among so many. The prelim-
mary meetings rave all been well attended,
not only by those who are now actively en-
gagged in athletic work, but also by ex-col-
legians of Omaha, who are anxious to see
track events given a good start In Omaha
They look upon the meet as one Of the
best things Omaha could do for the pro-
motion of pure athletics, as all events will
be run under sanction and rules of the
Amateur Athletic union. Kansas City
has such a meet, and it is a great success.
Omaha can make it's meet more successful
as 1t has more colleges and universities
near at hand from which to draw.
At the meeting at the Commercial club
Wednesday, DR.. Modisett of Sioux City,
western representative Of the Amateur
Athletic union. told of the changes which
had been made in indoor events to make
them more interesting from the spectators
standpoint. He said that high jumps and
some of the other events which took such
a long time had been eliminated and
shorter numbers with more interest sub
stituted. lie said that to make these meets
successful It was necessary to run off fast
and to have all the numbers full of In
terest. He also said that he believed Omaha
was admirably situated for the meet.
for Meet.
These events have been decided upon fol
the meet:
TRACK EVENTS.
Fifty-ysrd, scratch, athletic clubs and
colleges.
FIfIy-yard, scratch, Young Mems Chris
tlan associations.
Fifty-yard, scratch, high schools.
Fifty-yard hurdle race, open.
Fifty-yard, scratch, first three men IL
other races,
-Four hundred and forty-yard run, handi
cap.
One thousand-yard run. scratch.
Two-mile run, handicap.
FIELD EVENTS.
Running high jump.
Pole vault.
Shot put.
SPECIAL EVENTS.
School boys race distance to be deter
mined.
Butts manual. to music, Sixteenth In
fantry, u. S. A.
Wan scaling. teams from Fort Crook an,
Fort Omaha.
Tug-of-war, police Of South Omaha an
Omaha. O.
Tug-of-war, soldiers of Fort Omaha an