The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-04-18
ATHLETIC EVENT
At UNIVERSITY
Big InterschoIastic Track and Field
Meet at Norman to be Held
April % And 80.

Nornan' Okla, April 1S.-(Special)
The university of Oklahoma is plan-
ming to hold its annual high school
track and field meet on Boyd field at
the university, April 29 and sOth. Pre-
parations are being made to entertain
larger crowd than has ever before
participated in the big meet The in.
terest In this annual affair has become
statewide and from thirty to forty
thigh schools are expected to send
representative athletes to contest for
honors.
In the spring OF 1905 the university
established the annual interscholas-
tic meet From a small beginning
at which ten or dozen schools sent
representatives the meet has grown
ito be statewide In it's fame, drawing
students from all sections of the
state. In planning the meet the uni
versity 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-
main in school during the tiresome
days of spring when the tendency is
to tire of school work; to afford a
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 bv
Logan county high school which now
has the first trophy cup In its DOS
session, The next year the prepara-
tory school at Tonhawa won the meet
Last year It was won By the Okla
homa City high school The school
winning the meet three times gets
possession Of the big trophy cup Der.
manently. Oklahoma City and Ton
kawa preparatory school are both
confident of carrying off first honors
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 Weigle
If Tonkawa
There will be girls basket ban
games, dozen tennis teams and eight
y ten baseball teams at the meet.
resides the athletes for field and track
vents, The baseball teams Of the
vest side Of the state will Be arrane.
q against those from the east side.
ne equipment In the way Of aupara.
Us necessary for the contests win be
urnished by the university. The
rack Is being widened. the bleachers
ave been moved back and the pr.s
mlnaries in the short races viii not
My be shorter but the spectators
ill get better view Of the events.
A committee on entertainment has
onferred with local hotel and private
oarding houses, and the prices Of
oard will not be raised on account
the crowd The Y. w. c. A. girls
III sell lunch on the campus at
ominai cost. Special trains are be-
g arranged SO that those who so de.
re may return home the same even.
g. No admission will be charged to
'e the events.
The first day, Friday. April 2sth,
III be taken up with prelimfnaries
tennis, baseball and girls basket
u. The teachers meeting win be
Id IN the evening The morning Of
e S0th will be taken up with finals
the events Of the day previous. In
g afternoon beginning promptly at
e O'clock the field meet will come
Four newly constructed tennis
qrts the baseball diamond and the
1ck have been put in fine condition
q will add materially to the interest
these events. The new engineer
building hes been completed and
L be open for inspection. The new
ministration hall is nearly two stor.
high. Special guides will show
visitors about, and the university
q city win make every possible ef-
t to care for the visitors.