Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-13
HIGH SCHOOL READY FOR MEET
Athletes in Good Trim for Contests at
Lincoln.
TENNIS TOURNEY IN PROGRESS
Both Girls and Boys in Contests on
COurts-Preparing 20 Play for
Golf championship of
school.


A weeks hard practice has rounded the
track squad OF the Omaha High school
into splendid condition for the Missouri
valley meet ct Lincoln Saturday. r. L.
earns, coach, and Andrew DOW will leave
for lincoln Friday morning TO complete
arrangements for the meet but the squad,
under the management Of Donald Howe,
will not leave for Lincoln until Saturday
morning.
No limitation is placed on the number
Of entrants the high school may have, and
earns will select a squad of about fifteen.
Anv lad who has shown up well so far this
season in the various meets has a chance
of being picked by earns. The final try
outs for the various entries will be held
this afternoon
Robert Wood, John Drexel and Hugh
MillaTd will he ENTERED In the dashes. Al
bert Calm and Ralph Ludwig will be en-
tered in the half and quarter-mile runs
Ellsworth will be the only runner TO rep
resent the school in the mile. Lavidge
and Rowley will be entered in the hurdles.
Andrew Dow will throw the weights
Vergil Rector. who holds the school record
in the pole vault. and also Harold
Munneky will be entered in the pole vault.
Robert Wood. who broke the school record
be entered in this event.
Coach earns has not yet chosen the run
ner who will fill Rouses place on the re-
lay team. Omaha is expected to have a
fast relay team, as three Of the members
were on the team last year.
trial meet will bs held between Coun-
Gil Bluffs High school and Omaha next
Tuesday. May l6. at the Omaha Driving
park, to practice for the state meet.
busy ON Courts.
Tennis is claiming the attention of many
Of tho high school boys this week The
tournament for the championship of the
school is being played and the tournament
has progressed as far as the third round.
Guy Beckett Fred Nelson, Herbert Davis,
Park Harmon and sievers susman won
the matches yesterday. which places them
among the first-ciass players
Nelson is slated to play Beckett and
Davis will play Harmon. The winner of
the match between Davis and Harmon
will play Susman. Susman is the school
champion, having gained the title last fall
He IL playing in better form than last
year and the chances are that he will per
hsps retain his title
The girls have also been progressing
rapidly in their tournament Seven rounds
have to be played off before the semi.
finals, on account of the many entries
Tho girls have played every afternoon
however, and four rounds have beer
played off. The results Of the fourth
round were:
Charlotte Bedwell defeated Gladys GIFT
ford, 81 Ga
Ruth Highlander defeated Mary Nygaart
Lucille Fellers defeated Emma Gibbs
so, go
Erma Ring defeated Frances Malloy
60, 81
start Golf Saturday.
The second annual golf tournament o.
the Omaha High school will start Satur
day morning. Most Of the matches will b,
played at Happy Hollow. Harold johnson
the present champion. will defend his title
Ted Forbes and Clarence Peters are II
charge and have received more than TWEEN
ty-fivo entrants.
George Ross the runner-up in the tour
nament held last fall has been showing
up in fine shape this year, and the rae
for the championship will perhaps be be
tween Ross and Johnson. Forbes is an
other good player who has quite a reputa
ton as a crack golfer.
Following are the entrants for the tour
nament: Clarence Peters, Ted Forbes
Harold johnson. George Ross, Roya
Warrne. Waltman walters, Robert scho
bic. Wayne Selby. Phil Down, Malcolm
Baldrige. Guy Beckett. Jarvis Offut an,
Henry Howes.