The Washington herald., 1911-01-15
OLD CENTRAL STAR
SHINES In WEST
Leo Roberts on Kansas Uni
versity Track Team.
ALREADY HOLDS ONE RECORD
Warrington Boy Champion Dash
Sprinter of Western Amateur Ath-
At Pennsylvania Relay Games by
Finishing Close to Ramsden.

The old boys at Central High School
have not forgotten Leo B. Roberts. who
captained the track team in 1906, and
how he cleaned up for his school during
the indoor meets in the District that
season.
Roberts is the son of Mr.. D. ]. Rob-
erts, of 34G9 Fourteenth street, and the
youngster is at present attending the
University of Kansas and keeping up his
fine work on the track. Outside of col
1ege he has competed in various meets,
and holds the title of champion fifty
yard-dash runner of the Western ANA
teur Athletic Union.
Kansas University expects great things
of Roberts this winetr. as tine following
story from the Kansas City Journal OF
recent issue indicates:
Expects Great Things.
Coach Hamilton. of the University OF
Kansas track team. says he has two
sterling athletes this year who are goins
to prove easily the best in their particular
line ever turned out in the Missouri
Valley, or in the entire West for that
matter. They are Bobby Roberts, the
fast dash man who ran Haddock. the
captain of last years team, a close race
for honors in the 100 and 30 Sprints, and
Bill French the Missouri Valley and
Western conference record holder in the
running high jump.
Roberts comes from Washington. d.
c., where he received his first training in
track and field work in the Washington
high school. Coming to X. L.. Roberts
did not do much until his second year.
He competed in his freshman year, but
though he at once attracted the coach S
attention with his speed in the short in
door fiftyyard dash, he did not seem to
have the stamina for the longer distances
out of doors. Beginning with his second
year. however. under the tutelage OF
Coach Hamilton the new Kansas recruit
began 10 acquire the necessary endurance
and last season was able to negotiate the
whole distance at top speed.
Roberts Holds Record.
when the X. L. track team. composed
of French, Haddock. and Roberts, went
to the University of Pennsylvania relay
games at Philadelphia last April, Roberts
made the best showing of the two sprint
erS. While he did not qualify for the
finals. he ran within a foot in his trial
heat of Ramsdell, who won this event.
The time was ten seconds fiat. which
was one-tifth of d second better than the
final heat Last winter indoors Roberts
euualed the worlds amateur record for
the O-yard dash OF O:05 15 seconds. In
the Omaha meet he hung up a new
Western A A L. record for the event.
On McCook Field last spring the watches
often caught Roberts time in the century
dash at 0:09 i-5.-
THE X L. speed artist has been i'm
proving steadily since then, and the
coaches are predicting some phenomenal
things for him this year on the track.
He should easily take the measure of
any runner in the Valley in the short
daSheS. and may be used in the quarter
mile in the dual meets. If Roberts is
sent East again. it will prove nothing of
a surprise to see him capture one and
possibly two first places in the big inter-
collegiate Roberts is d Junior in the
X. L. law school, and is twenty-five
years of age"