Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-21
Big INDOOR MEET SATURDAY
Over Five Hundred Athletes to CON-
pete in Annual Event.
KANSAS CITY HIGH COMING
Eight Athletes from Central school
TO Compete In Relay Race Against
Omaha, Sioux City and Des
Moines High schools.

Entries for the big annual indoor NEE
Ct the Auditorium next saturday nigh
are pouring into the office Of J. Truit
Maxwell. physical director Of the Younl
Mems Christian association. Several 0
the local institutions have entered mel
for most Of the track events and the Uni
ysrsity OF Nebraska sent word that |
large bunch OF track athletes will b
down 70 represent that Institution.
A letter received yesterday from Coach
Jumbo stiehm OF the University OF Ne
braska says he has star he will enter
for the ~. go. and toe-yard dashes who
10 10 Try out for the oympics in June
and who ct present Is assisting stiehm
In coaching the university boys In his
letter Coach Stiehm was particularly
anxious to know II Ames college had
entered Q relay team stlehm expects to
put on q strong bunch for the relay
race ana - confident that his men viii
win the event for the indoor champion
ship OF the MISSOURI valley.
Interest In wrestling.
Much Interest Is being taken In the
wrestling and boxing matches and en-
tries are coming Ia thick and fast for
these vents. The wrestling matches will
be OF fifteen minutes duration and viii
be conducted according 10 amateur rules.
In case neither man sets fall before
ths time limit the referee will award
the decision 10 the man who was the
agEressor most Of the time and on skill
and good al around work being dis
played. The boxips matches win be
three-founds each Of two minutes dura-
uVh NAh one minute rest and the referee
win render his decision on points. Boxers
VII wear eight-ounee gloves. One and
onc-hslf hours will be consumed pulling
Oft tbese events a. there are five wrest-
ling and five boxing events However.
the track and field events win DO going
on while these events are being pulled
Off IN the arena
Word has been received that the Iowa
and Kansas institutions win enter a
large humber OF men. Iowa university.
Drake and Morningside have entered
men for the relay races and for the big
track events The high schools OF Des
1loInes and sioux City are entering big
fields and II Is expected that the Sioux
Gig high school will be strong con-
tender Tor the high school relay event.
Omaha high school has entered q strong
bunch Of men for this event A. has the
Kansas City high school also, Wesleyan
college IL sending q batch Of star men
for the relay race and for the dashes.
Coz collage IL sending but four men. but
they are al stars. II Is expected that
Clement Wilson Of cos eoIlege will stand
very strong show OF pulling down the
dashss. He IL 10 try out for the olympic
games and has q record for the dashes
which l. brilliant
Iswa and Kansas COMING.
The Monmouth Athlsiie club has en-
tered the following men;
Fozty-ysrd dash; w. Hoeaft. =. samp-
TIVE hundred and twenty-yard DASH
Schriber and Hoeaft
Eight hundred and slshty-yard dash,
ons nile: Nies.ls. H. Wright, =. samp-
Two miles; w, Hoeaft. r. Jones. II.
Relay; HssafI bailey. Mieksl.. schrI-
her. onsy. Wright
Bellevue College Entries.
Bellevue college has entered:
forty-yzrd dash: Pauissn, Maxwell.
High Jump: Quackenbush.
Underground shot: curtlss
Relay. Paulsen. Quackenbush, John
eon, Uhman, Fowler, Jones.
Two hundred and twenty-yard DASH
Gilman. Quackenbush.
Walnut HUI Methodist athletes hav.
sntered for tao events:
Relay; Clark williams, BENJAMIN W
hams. Adams. Fellers. Downing.
Two miles. Hudson.
Tires events win be participated in b,
thu 6ses Athletic club;
Two-miie run; Erickson.
one-mile. Carlman-
Fuffy-yard dash: carlemAn
Ashknry Club, First n. r.. Church.
Relay: Williams, j. willlams, Wal.
lace. Campbell. Perry, Reeves.
n. n. G A.
EoFty-yard dash: seelsy. Deems. Con-
Two hundred and twenty-yard dash:
Writ Deems. Seeiey, Hsdelnnd. Phette-
Epar hundred and forty-yard dash.
iS. Richie, Bergman,
half mile. Ludwig Weigel
riIe Weigei. Prachf, Powers.
e: Ryan, Widenfcldt.
nv: Wallace. Wilson, Lem.
lt: htchie, Thompson, Lem.
y barn. Slgler, Farnberg Ire
Pierce, phettlepiaee..
f<Hag; Thompson. savage. Cotren,
u<cker. Pltzenburg. seeley, Pascale.
n. Rice, Haugh
king: Wharton. Ryan, shououiSt
Eerd Thompson. Longnscksr. Sig