The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-29
II is Freely Predicted That the Big
Athletic Event to be. Held Here
May s, viii be Biggest
in Middle West.
Isl SCHOOLS INVITED
Many From Illinois, Iowa and Mis-
souri, VIII Send Representa-
tive Teams to Compete
For the Title.

l y
seven in Iowa and forty-one in Mis-
souri, will receive invitations this week
| to send track teams to the Fourth An
nual Tri-State Track and Field Meet
which will be held at Athletic park
in this city on May under the au-
spices of the Keokuk High School Ath-
letic Association
| With one hundred and fifty-one
schools, including such High schools
as Yeatnlan, Mckinley and Central of
| st. Louis, Clinton Muscatine, Du.
buque, Davenport, West, East and
North Des. Moines in Iowa. and Gales
burg, Springfield Peoria. Moline, Quin-
| cy and Decatur in Illinois, invited to
attend, the meet promises to be one
of the greatest ever held in the mid
die west open only to High schools.
With such an array Of schools, repre-
senting the choicest bunch Of athletes
in the three states, records will be
sent skyward and new marks are al
ready being freely predicted. provid-
ing weather and track conditions are
favorable. By careful preparation
and large entries each year the an
nual tri-state meet has become one
| of the leading athletic events in this
section, and the championship is one
/ that is being eagerly sought for by
mary High schools,
To Give Meet Publicity.
! The management, Norman Ring
4 s.lom, assisted by one of the loca
newspaper men, has arranged to give
the meet the widest publicity possible
4 II will lie heralded far and near ant
an effort made to convince the leadin'
track athletes that the meet viii
eclipse anything to which invitation
xii be issued during the track sea
son Of 1915 The BEST corps OF o.
f1cials, headed by Walter z. Eckei
sail. OF Chicago. one OF the recognized
sporting authorities of the west, an
4 Harry e. Radcliffe, of Keokuk, il
charge OF arrangements here, vii
combine their efforts to stage thu
| meet in the best possible manner
| How the many athletes will be takeI
4 care Of is a matter that will have Il
4 be thoroughly discussed between nov
and the date which has been set. Ths
preliminaries may have to be rur
on the afternoon preceding the meet
although it may be possible to have
them rim off on the morning OF Ma,
i 6. Work en- the athletic field will be
4 gotten lnSer way weeks before the
l meet is held in order to place the
track and field in the best possible
& cardition.
Social Interest.
I Rev. George C. Williams, it is IA
4 no,nced, has offered his eloquenc'
for a lecture to be given in the earl.
Part CT March, the proceeds going tt
4 defray the expense of medals which
will be given to winners.
In order to interest the local ath
letes an indoor meet has been planned
fer February s. and later meet vii
be crranged either with Burlington
o. I.aIIar.e.
The work of planning the entertain
ment that will be afforded VISITING
athletes on the evening of the NEE
will saon be under way.
Schools to Be Invited.
Illinois school: Nauvoo, Griggsville
, Bushnell. Camp Point Mt. Sterling
Aledo, Ashland, Aurora, west, Auror;
: east, Abingdon, Averyville, Biggsyille
: Blandinsv:'je, Bloomington. Carthage
r Canton. Clnten, Danville, Dallas City
Decatur, Elmwood, Elgin, Galva, Gen