Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-07
TWO TRACK MEETINGS COMING
Missouri Valley High Schools to Com
pete Next Saturday.
NEBRASKA SCHOOLS WEEK AFTER
Eiimiuation Of IndIviduaI Prize Ne
Iieved 90 ResuIt In Much Good for
spOrt.--CornhuskerA Athletic
Election.


LINCOLN. Neb May 6.-(special High
school athletes will figure in the next two
track meets held on the athletic field Of
the university. thus allowing the Corn
husker authorities to gain line on the
new track material which will enter next
fall. The annual meet Of the Missouri
valley high school league will be held next
Saturday on the Cornhusker field and on
the following Friday the annual Fete day
meet Of the Nebraska high schools will be
held.
Iowa Missouri Kansas and Nebraska
the cream of the high school athletes Of
these four states-will participate next Sat
urday in the annual Missouri valley meet.
Omaha, Lincoln. York and Kearney high
schools will send teams The Omaha and
Lincoln teams should be strong contenders
for first honors in the meet-Omaha having
an especially well balanced bunch of ath-
letes. while Les Mann, the wonderful little
athlete OF the Lincoln high school, is eX-
peeted to do valiant work for his school
Wiley OF York Is another Nebraska athlete
who Is expected TO make wonderful
showing in the Missouri valley and Fete
day meets.
Those from Abroad.
st. Joseph high school. East and West
Des Moines high, and the Kansas City
Manuel are the other entries In the MIS-
souri, valley meet. Little strength Is ex-
pected Of the St. Joseph high, although
they are Of unknown quality. The two Des
Molnes teams are feared while Kansas City
Manuel is known TO have a strong aggre-
cation. The clnder path at the university
is fast and some remarkable records are
looked for.
Early Indications point TO record-break-
ing meet on Fete day, as the list of entries
Is already much larger than in previous
years The eligibility committee will hold
meeting this week to pass upon the
eligibility OF some OF the prospective en-
tries.
The question of the eligibility of Les
Mann of the Lincoln high and Luse of the
Beatrice high schools has been raised by
some Of the competing schools. Mann
played professional base ball In the Mink
league last season, IL is claimed, while Luse
is not eligible TO compete, IT is claimed
having played his allotted time as high
school athlete in all branches Of sport. Both
Mann and Luse are star athletes, each
having shone as a gridiron star, as has-
ketball player and a track athlete.
No individual Prize,
The elimination of an individual prize
Is meeting with the hearty approval OF
the officials and high school authorities
for II 10 believed that this effectually re-
moves the most serious danger OF high
school meet or the tendency of high
= school athlete 20 oyerdo himself. The
other plans for entertainment on fete day
are progressing nicely and arrangements
are nearly complete for the entertainment
OF the high school visitors. Following the
customary visit at the university grounds,
the high school students will be enter
tainsd at luncbeons at the various fra
tsrnity houses The fraternities are also
planning entertainment for the evening.
Nebraska athletes are taking notice OF
the records made by Missouri In track
and field events and the Tigers are ex-
pected to be strong contenders In the Mis-
sour valley meet. The wonderful work
Of the Missouri athletes in smashing six
records has aroused the cornhusksrs
doubts concerning the outcome Of the an
nual Missouri valley conference meet
which the Cornhuskers were hopeful OF
landing. Kansas has strong team and
ne showing Of the Tigers insures a great
three.eornered fight between the three
leading schools OF the conferences
LarEer Athletic Field.
More land was bought recently by the
CornhuSker Athletic board from the sur
plus OF funds arising from successful
foot bail and basket ball season. The
board has been renting two lots at an
enormously high rent for the last year
and the members thought II much wiser
to make the investment before expending
further sums as rent The land is already
included in part Of the athletic field
Next Monday the annual athletic board
election will be held al the university
Five are TO be selected from eleven can
didatse. krhose applying for places on the
board are: owen Frank V. c. Hascall
Art Hiltner, u. w. Munson, W. c. Bates
Wayne Carroll, r. M. Switzler, A. w
Miller, Zaek Hornberger and Louie Ander-
SON
The campaign has been unusually quiei
thus far, and unless developments in re-
lauon 10 the annual T. N. y. fight take
place within the next forty-eight hours
the university will have held one athletic
board election without the usual scrap
The campaigning is expected TO be brisk
Monday, as the candidates all have mum
Der OF stauneh supporters
The Cornhuskers close the series of dua
track meets next saturday, when they
meet the Gophers at Minnesota, The Go
pliers are about as strong as last season
when Nebraska had little difficulty in de
feating them, Following the Annesots
meet the Missouri valley conference meet
closes the season.