Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
High School Track
Squad Begins It's
Spring Training
Is Preparing for the All-0mahs Meet
to Be Held Here Satur-
day Night.

For the all Omaha meet which Is TO be
held in Omaha on March 4, the Omaha High
school will be represented by a squad Of
about ten. Regular practice for the track
work for this season win begin Monday at
the school campus. This will be the first
time that the athletes who will enter the
meet have had an opportunity TO practice
outside owing to the cold weather Of the
last two weeks. Practice at the Young
Mems Christian association has been going
on for several weeks. however. and sew
eral OF the short distance runners have
been -practicing short sprints Robert
Wood, captain of the Omaha team for this
season has been regaining his form and
speed before the outside practice starts.
Rouse and jerks, two lads who will COM
prise part OF the relay team, have also been
practicing
1t is the intention Of r. J., earns athletic
coach OF the high school, to enter about as
many as the local Young Mems Christian
association will have, as in this way he can
form an estimate who WI be the most
favorable candidates for entries in the big
Omaha Athletic association meet April L
Wood, Rowiey jerks. Willard and DreXel,
all 1oO-yard runners, win try out for the
twenty-yard dash. OF this humber, Wood,
Millard and Rowley win likely be chosen,
as they have the lowest dime on the 100
yard dash. For the quarter mile run, Albert
Calm, manager OF the BASKET ball team
will enter Calm in the class meet OF last
year, finished in good time and will prob
ably take a place in this event. Wood,
Rouse and Willard viii perhaps be tried
out for the 22O-yard DASH Wood has the
school record for the 22o-yard dash, and
meets. esgs -r..
Harold -Andrus, Malcolm T3aldFige and
Andrew Dow the three heavN members OF
the squad. will probablsr enter for the
weights. Andrus attained a splendid record
for throwing the hammer lest spring and
also Dow. The Omaha High school squad
win be greatly weakened In the weights
this year as several star athletes in this
line graduated last spring. Burdick gained
quite a reputation in putting the shot and
placed the high school in a favorable light
in the various meets because OF this. How
ever there is good squad Of husky can
didates who will try out for the hammer
throw and shot puts and the Omaha High
school win no doubt be well represented
along this line OF track work.,
In the high jump YeIgil. Rector as we'll
as Willard and Rouse win represent Omaha
Rector's record for this event last spring
was 10 feet inches, which is the school
record. In the state meet he succeeded in
getting second place and will probably
eclipse this record this season.
A splendid relay team was developed last
year, consisting of Wood. Rouse, Willard
and Rowley. This team captured first place
IL the Tri-City meet held, last May and
also gained p place in,the, state meet An
OF The lads who composed this team are in
school and VIII likely make the team this
year, With consistent pfRctiea this week
the high schools relay team should at least
secure third place.
With the star athletes composing the
teams Of the Council Bl,nfs e0oang Mems
Christian association teams and also the
local Young Mems Christian association
team, the Omaha High school has hard
chance TO obtain place but with the
promising material IN ssiEht the Omaha
High school candidates will no doubt prove
their value In track work k