Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-01
Cracks from Michigan to Kansas
Meet on Same Floor.
CHICAGO STARS TAKE HIGH RANE
Michigan Team Will Share in Race
for Points.
MANY SCHOLASTIC AND ~" MEN
Drawn and speed of Missouri valley
VIII Compete and Races Espe-
ciaIIy Promise some Rare
Competitions.

All is in readiness for the tap Of the
gong tonight when 100 of the collegiate
association and scholastic athletes Of the
middle west will meet to contest for hon
ors and medals I'm Omahas second annual
indoor track meet. The meet will he man
aged upon the same plan as last year and
will be fully a. brilliant an affair the
Until event
Every class Of amateur athletes is rep
resented in the entry list. College men
from Nebraska Michigan, Kansas, Chi
caEO. Drake, Coe TarlSio South Dakota
Bellevue, Wesleyan, Morningside, omaha
and Tabor ali have their best runners
trained to the topnotch and ready for the
starters gun Athletic associations. the
two big clubs-Chicago Athletic association
and Kansas City Athletic association-and
Lincoln, Kansas city and Omaha Young
Mems Christian associations will be here
with many former college athletes in their
lineups The Kansas City Young Mems
Christian association. one Of the strongest
track teams in the country, win be here to
run against Omaha "Y.' Omaha, Sioux
city and York will have one relay race
South Omaha and Council Bluffs another,
and there will be individual entrants from
all OF the high schaals and others in Ne
braska and Iowa.
Grade school lads from the Omaha
schools will be entered for a relay race
the winning team holding the championship
of the city until the grade school meet in
May.
Variety of Features.
Soldiers from Fort Crook and Fort
Omaha have teams entered for a special
equipment race, and the bohemian Turn
ers, another omaha organization, wiz have
a team entered for parllel bar work The
Omaha Athletic association is entering the
TEN which won first place In the race at
Kansas City last Saturday
Saturday morning the last Of the outside
teams viii come. and the big athletic fig
ures OF the various contestants arc TO he
seen filling me corridors OF all the hotels
of the city.
Michigan was the first TO arrive getting
in yesterday and stealing march upon
the other fellows with q little preliminary
practice upon the floor. but the others will
have chance TO get used TO the track this
morning.
Society viii attend the event this even
ing The boxes. many Of them. have been
taken by the stewards of the evening and
q number will be filled with the women of
Aut NAA1 WnO Nhhd all llNelbhA III Sports
The east end Of the section of boxes has
been taken by the Omaha Ad club men,
bers.
Youths Real ROOters.
Hundreds OF enthusiastic supporters OF
the youths exertng themselves In the arena
win be found seated together in the balcony
yelling themselves hoarse for their
faVorites.
The Omaha High school delegation Will
fill large part Of the west section OF the
balcony with rooters and It's cadet band
will furnish music during the evening. In
the east end OF the building another band
win be stationed. The cadet band will
march TO the various headquarters Of the
visiting teams early in the evening and
serenade each in turn.
Although the opening hour Of the meet
tonight is s O'Clock, entertainment for thS
lovers of track events will be furnished
this afternoon and earlier in the evening
The grade schools of Omaha, twenty-thret
In number, will meet at the Auditorium Fl
the afternoon and run off the preliminarles
ia their relay event 20 determine the two
teams which shall run In the finals in tn,
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