The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-04-22
ATHLETIC EVENT
At UNIVERSITY
Big lnterseholastie Track and E,,,a
Meet at Norman TO be Held
April 90 And 80.

Norman, Okla, April 1S.-(speclaD
The university Of Oklahoma is plan.
ming TO held its annual high school
track and field meet on Boyd field a.
the university April 20 and 8Oth pre-
Iparations are being made to entertain
larger crowd than has ever before
participated in the big meet The in.
lterest in this annual affair has become
statewide and from thirty to forty
high schools are expected to send
representative athletes to contest for
honors.
In the spring OF 1906 the uniyersitt
established the annual interscholas.
tic meet From a small beginning
at which ten or a dozen schools sent
Representatives the meet has grown >
to be statewide in its fame, drawing .
students from all sections of the
state. In planning the meet the uni
yersity hoped to accomplish several
results among which may be men
toned; to afford an available means
of exercise and physical development.
and to instruct the student in well
directed athletics; to offer an induce
ment for the high school student to re. 1
main in school during the tiresome
days Of spring When the tendency is
to tire of school work; TO afford !
means by which the students OF the
state may be brought together that
they may learn Of different phases OF
student activity; to bring the high
school students to the university that
they may get some idea of what the
university offers
This will be the sixth meet. The
first three years the meet was won BY
Logan county high school which now
has the first trophy cup in It's pos.
session. The next year the prepare.
tory school at Tonkawa won the meet
Last year 1t was won by the Okla. ,
homa City high school The school
winning the meet three times gets
possession Of the big trophy cup per.
manently Oklahoma City and Ton
kawa preparatory school are bot,
confident of carrying off first honofs 3
this year. Besides this some. new
stars from other schools are likely TO
appear on the athletic horizon SO that
the meet promises to be exciting and
interesting from start to finish. Be
sides the big loving cup, individual
medals of gold, silver and bronze viii
be given out, forty-six in number-one
for each of the three places IN four
teen field and track events. two for
tennis doubles and one for tennis
singles and, the most coveted Of all
the all around athletes medal This
was won last year by Lewis Weigld
Of Tonkawa.
There will be girls basket balI
games, a dozen tennis teams and eiehd
Or ten baseball teams at the meel
besides the athletes for field and tracd
events The baseball teams of thd
west side Of the state win be arrangI
I'd against those from the east sidel
The equipment In the way of apparaI
.us necessary Tor the contests will I'D
by the university IND
rack Is being widened the bleacherl
laye been moved back and the prd
iminaries in the short races viii nd
'nly be shorter but the spectator
viii get a better view of the eventd
A committee on entertainment haI
with local hotel and prlyaI
boarding houses, and the prices
'oard will not be raised on accouf
4 the crowd The Y. w. c. a. glrf
viii sell lunch on the campus al
omnal cost Special trains are
ng arranged so that those who so
Ire may return home the same eye#
ng' No admission will be charged
ee the events
The first day, Friday. April 29E
'iil be taken up with preliminary
tennis. baseball and girls baskt
all. The teachers meeting will
eld In the evening The morning
be 5oth viii be taken up with nnal
the events Of the day previous.
he afternoon beginning promptly
ne O'Clock the field meet viii con
n
-Four newly constructed tend
ourts, the baseball diamond and-t
rack have been put in fine eondluF
nd win add materially 10 the inter
these events. The new engine
lg building has been completed Al
III be open for inspection. The nd
administration hall Is nearly two SO
IS high Special guides will shd
le visitors about, and the unlvers
nd city win make every possible
'rt 20 care for the visitors.