Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-14
GRADE SCHOOL BOYS READY
Big Track Athletic Meets to Be Held
This Week.
NEARLY THREE HUNDRED BOYS
Prof. r.. q. Graft, Principal of the
High school, is to Referee the
Meets At the "Y" and at
the Auditorium.

High school, H. to Referee the
Meets At the "Y" and at
the Auditorium.
Lessons and books will be forgotten this
week in the turmoil Of omaha's fifth an
nual grade school track meet -Four
nights Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday. the teams representing twenty
four OF the Omaha schools will meet in
competition for the highest honors in ath-
letlcs. The first three preliminary nights
the meets will be held at the Young Mems
/ Christian association and the last night,
when the finals are held the Auditorium
will hold the crowd
Weeks and months Of practice have been
undergone by the youngsters in their
training, many of the lads having refrained
from eating fat foods and shortcake in the
last two weeks to get In condition. The
entries are in three weights. under ninety
pounds, between ninety and l05 and the
unlimited. Weighing will be made on the
| floor and each boys weight stamped on his
hand, so that no substitutions can be made.
All events will be run in the three classes,
the boys of each class holding a kind Of a
seperate meet on the same floor.
| Winners of the three first places in each
event in the preliminary nights at the
Young Mems Christian association will be
| eligible for the finals, Saturday.
List of Officials.
Following is the list Of officials;
Referee. Prof. E. L. Graft.
Starters. F. L. Pierson. George M.
Pinneo
Field judges, Chief r L. earns, @. G.
Sutherland, c. c. Wendell, John Farnberg.
Timers, Chief Ralph Van Orsdale, Kelso
Morgan, DR.. E. t. Manning Lieutenant
w. F. l.. Hardigan.
Track judges, Chief Hugh Wallace, J. w.
Towle, Leo Wilson, Amos Thomas.
Clerk of course Mr.. Frank Garvin.
Assistants to the clerk and weighers,
George Whitmore Jacob Gehring, Maurice
Cohn.
Scorer, Chief A. w. Miller.
Assistant scorers, George wagenseller
Mark Hughes Stuart Gould, Leslie l.
Burkenroad, Edmund Taylor, Warren
Fitch Miles Greenleaf
Custodian OF prizes, N. H Nelson.
Events of the Meet.
Class 'A'-Boys over 1O6 pounds: High
jump, standing broad jump, twenty yard
dash. Three entries each.
Glass "B"-Boys over ninety pounds, but
not more than los pounds: High jump
standing broad jump, twenty yard dash
Three entries each
Class "C"-Boys ninety pounds or under
High jump standing broad jump, twenty
yard dash. Three entries each.
Unlimited Class-Relay, four entries
One-eighth mile. one entry Tug-of-war
seven entries. Combined weight not to ex
coed 800 pounds.
In the final meet at the Auditor.
ium the forty yard dash will be substituted
for the twenty yard dash.
Entries for the Public Schools Athleti,
meet at the Young Mems Christian Asso
citation gymnasium. Tuesday evening:
FIRST PRELIMINARIEs.
Bancroft.
w. H. Leach, Vernon williams,
F. Rosenbaum, c. A. Olsen,
Robert Briggs, John Kragr,
Fred Bird, Harold Iiili.
Central.
Charles Burgess, John White.
Dwight Danforth, Joel Campbell,
EDWARD Pearce, James Longwell,
Orta Reeve, Jack Suchart,
| X. Chariesworth, Glen Reeve.
Clifton Hill.
Ralph Hill, Ernest stelling,
Earnest Segi. L. Nelson.
Edward Taylor, Seth Golden,
owen Camp, Kendall Fradenburg.
John Hansen, George Lucas,
Columbian.
Ralph Bendict. Dean Sunderland,
Douglas Peters, Oscar Westlund,
| Ray McCutcheon, Ralph Wilson.
William Rackley, l.. Bermann.
Ray Tfllson, A. Donahue,
COmeniua.
Leroy Brunson, William Kaspar,
Louis Barta, Leo Moricka,
| Edward Suchy, Robert Laurie,
Edward Kramer, H. Richardson,
Charles Bromm, Charles Stenicka-
Dupont.
. Ludvic Week, Howard Riley,
Harry Finney Frank Kudlacz,
Carl Anderson, August Krakowski,
! Louis Kuda, Hilbert Peterson.
I Frank Schon,
Edward ROsewater.
V. Christensen, Frank Kutak,
. John Mogensen, Herman Hansen,
| Frank Wolf, Chester Hanson,
Ed VanBuren, Wilbur Wolf
Al Mogensen, Lawrence Miller,
Farnam.
Timothy sullivan, Tom Graham.
Clair Dixon, Harold Taylor,
Clarence Magnuson, William Camper,
Reuben Melcher, Ralph Henderson,
Alvin Geisler, Joe Premo.
Franklin.
Don Ulsey, Hugh Carson.
Bert Abraham, Harry Thompson,
William Sudenburg, Edgar Bryant
Laurence Payne, Harl Winget
: Mont Weare, Fred Henderson
!. SECOND PRELIMINARY-WED
NIGHT.
Howard Kennedy.
Roilo Hall, Earl Short,
| w. McCune, James Mcdowell,
John Pollard, r. Lindeman,
: | NJ. Davidson. Thomas Roulette.
2 | Edward Arms, Robert Clarke,
KellOm.
Z Fred McTaggart, Thowald Lauritson,
Z Albert Anderson, Vincent Grace,
: | Paul Flothow, Walter johnson,
4 Melvin Bekins, Melvin Freeman,
| David Holland, Vernon Rountree.
= Lake.
n Daley Bryant. Alex Crawford,
. Erwin Hinkley, William Hamilton,
: | Albert Anthony, Arthur Lawler,
Glen Kimball Leroy Hewett.
I Robert Christie, Thomas Johnson.
Lincoln.
= ! Stewart IindberE, Joe Bohacek,
Winfield Oviatt, Joe Harlicka,
Joe Harlicks. Baron Butts