Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-30
GRADE SCHOOLS TO COMPETE
Twenty-Seven Omaha Schools to Have
Representatives.
EACH WILL ENTER TEN MEN
PPeliminaries to BE Run at the Y. M.
@. A., with the Big Finals at the
Auditorium on Evening of
Twentieth of May.

Two hundred and sixty OF the speediest
runners and the highest jumpers OF the
grade school lads of Omaha will compete
in the annual grade school meet to be held
May 16. II. IS and 20. The three prelim-
mary events are scheduled for the Young
Mems Christian association track and the
big night Of the finals will be at the Audi
forum May 20
Each school will have ten men entered
to represent It, the following being the list
of schools: Bancroft, Castelar, Central,
Clifton HILL Columbian, Comenius, Dupont,
Edward Rosewater, Farnam, Franklin,
Howard Kennedy, Kellom, Lake, Leaven-
worth, Lincoln, Long, Lothrop, Mason.
Monmouth Park. Pacific, Park. Saratoga,
Train, Vinton, Walnut Hill. Windsor.
Eight teams will compete in the first pre-
liminary at the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION and nine the other two prelim-
mary nights. The teams for each will be
chosen alphabetically. In the finals at the
Auditorium there will be nine teams COM
peting, the winning three of each OF the
preliminary nights. Last year at the an
nual meet there were ten in the finals, as
two of the schools had tied for third place
on the opening evening
| 1t will be practically a new set of track
| Teams which WllA compete IN TIE
school contest this year. The majority of
| the lads who win places on the teams are
the largest ones. those in the eighth grade.
They graduate before the next meet comes
around and the seventh graders make up
the squads next season.
Competition II Keen.
Thus It is always impossible to state
which school looks like a winner until the
finals come Off Kellom. Farnam. Central,
Long, Franklin and Howard Kennedy
| looked fairly strong last season, but unit
they get in action the dope on them is
uncertain
| Coach r. L.. earns of the Omaha High
school and j. +. Maxwell physical direo
| tor at the Young Mems Christian associa
ton, are greatly interested in the work OF
| the grade school lads and both are aiding
the different teams. They will act as Off
cials of the meet
MIR. Maxwell has had the leaders and
some Of the members Of the school squads
under his charge at the Young Men
Christian association, teaching them start
ing and other finer points of the game
and the High school coach has several OF
the members of his track squads working
at the school grounds each afternoon
training the runners and jumpers. Robert
Wood is in charge of Central Roy Bazarc
of Kellom, Fred Talmadge OF Dupont, Ben
son Rowley Of Pacific. Paul Feree Of Far
nam, Roy Warning of Monmouth Park anC
others Of the High school boys at othei
, schools.
The list OF events OF the meet will In
{ clude dashes. races, both individual ant
relay; high jump and broad jump. Tn
5 dash will probably be forty yards in Length
D and there will be an eighth-mile and pos
y sibly quarter mile individual event. Tn
relay event will be half mile. Points 70
the events are given on the system OF fiv
for first place. three for second and on
for third place. Relay races are ten, 81
and two points.