Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-26
NEW EVENTS FOR INDOOR MEET
Sanction is Received from American
Amateur Athletic Union.
CHAMFI0NsER EvEET Is ADDED
Westeru Distrtea ChampisuaaSB fsr
Iot1 - H- Hun or ~ the
omaha Meet ~ the
Auaftoriuns.


Official sanction Of the Omaha inds or
track meet from the American Amateur
Athletic union waa received here satur-
day Tn addition 20 making me Omaha
meet an event % national championships.
ths registration board o. the American
Amateur Athletic union. through IFS chair
man. =. J.. Currau. has granted the West
ern district championship event Of 1s11 to
Omaha and set she data NJ Aprii z 90 that
the two big events can be combined
Hv this ruling. announced BY the NATIONAL
board. all oDen events viii count as ma
tional events. and any rrcaris made VIII
stand a. National Amateur Athletic track
records. A representative of the national
dissertation win be present in Omaha at the
meet AMI wis decide any questionable
points concerning the rulings 81 the Ameri-
can Amateur Athletic union.
Win the addition of the Western cham
pinnrhin meet. the entry list q the Omaha
meet Wfii be considerably augmented. ~
this is one 81 the annual championship
svep1s OF the United States r win bring
Terms ard athletes from every athletic
association and school over the entire west
20 Omaha.
Although. by the rules Of the meet relaT
races win not count IN the securing. the IN
tersst oe a large part Of the spectators AZ
the meet ID expectsd to center IN the ooi-
ieEe. high schooI and association relay
races The grade school relay rnce win
naturally have an element az interest Tor
OmahE people who attend the meet and
this event was certainly popular in 1910
mtg Ca8Eeae Relay.
The big college relay run being planned
hooks better every day. with Michigan.
Nebrasla. Kansas. Drake. minnesota, Chi
cago. 1ussouri. and possibly Wisconsin. IN
the rslav for the college honura. that Taca
would be worth going miles 70 see It IL
certain that Michigan. Nebraska. kansas
ana Drake win be here and word received
from Mlnnesota. Chicago and Missouri in
Sieatea thae they viii probably send
team wisconsin with all the either big
schools in line. might ha persuaded TO
come also. The deal 10 gat Cornell to Re-
main over Is asin awaiting the decision Of
the Cornell athletic authorities. bur with
Cornell out a. tar west as Ann Arbor any
wav. the chance to miss pitting the west
and the east against each other should not
be PASSED up-
rhe University az Iowa may vet enter
the clusaha meet Il the school ls sure just
where Il atands By that time No word
has been heard from the HaWkeyes. but i
IA understood that Iowa Is up IN 'he air
concernsnr its track eREaEements with this
various SCHOOLS for the spring and that =
is possible iowa win enter again.
Tha. rulea of the second annual meet as
aaouted this week BY tina Omaha Athletic
snsocintinn ara a. follows The meet VIII
Be- held April /. the grade school Drelimin-
aries to b. the first event run some time
IN the afternoon ard the remainder OF the
events 70 be held 1t niEi1t. atarting I'm
R-v Awns-ur May Csmpste.
ANY amntaur athlsts may eumpets Il he iH
eligible under the rules 81 the American
ku,ateur Atnlatic uuiun. Contestants must
report 70 the clerk Of the course befors
o'clock. Prsllminarsez On tire sh0tput viii
be run or Al 6.0. the FIRST nve men 70
compete Tor tia winning three places later
in tire evening
rntrv blsnks may b. secured from n T.
earns. secretary omaha Athletic associa,-
tion. Omaha. or from r. J. Currano ~
North Third strsat. st. Louis- An entrances
ese for each contestant fnr e3ch event must
accompany the entry Of the contestants
Entries close March IS The rules allow
contestants to wear indoor sp7ke Shoes
Prizes win be given to the team and IN
dlvidnal contestants securing the grentsst
number of points. places counting i've
points for first. three for second and cne
Tor third. Relay races wiz not count ia TIA
scoring. Tha prizes VIII be sold. silver and
bronzs medals Tor first second ard third
places. Shields VIII be awarded 70 the
teams winning the first places In the re-
lay events and there win probably be some
special events 80 that tha prize list VII
contain q large number q medals.