Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-09
TEXAS A. A. j.
SHAPING PLANS
Will Make This Greatest
Year in Organizations
History
Special to Daily News.

Special TO Daily News.
San Antonio. Tex. Jan. S.--With
the first few days OF the new yeaf
the Texas State Association OF the
Amateur Athletic Union has set out
TO insure the best twelve months In
its history. Last wear was the firs;
of the State organization with inde-
pendence under the Amateur Athletic
Union, and II marked the ton point OF
athletic organization In Texas.
Nineteen club situated all over the
State and 500 athletes were regie-
tered with the State and National
bodies. and this number will be vastly
increased this year is well assured.
New records were made In flocks,
and as only the official ones. These
were developed In several meets held
last year and the year before. AMI
tho marks are highly creditable. es.
peoially in the academic class. which
IN many instances has beaten the col.
legiate division in parallel events.
Within the next few days Secretary
Dugosh OF the Association will ad-
dress letters to all the athletic bod
les and business mems cllbs Of the
State. asking support in the effor,
TO arrange the southern division try
outs for the Olympic team in Texas.
With the Texas athletes forced TO so
TO Chicago rs the nearest tryout point
this spring. the chances for strong
representation are not very good.
Few athletes are able TO spare the
time or furnish the money for such a
trip. while the holding of accredited
tryouts here under the direction OF
the Amateur Athletic Union through
the Texas Association would mean a
chance for Texas talent In bulk. That
this state could qualify a number of
spiinters capable Of holding their
own In he international competitions
at Stockholm this wear Is the general
belief. Quinn Henry and Fred Rams.
dell do net represent all the TEXAS
talent.
Some Fine Records.
While the track followers Of older
parts of the country are scer;ical re-
gardne the class Of the athletes herr.
records speak for themselves.
The fifty-yard dash has been run
In Texas twice In the worlds record
time OF . -, once by W. Coin Of
Marshall Training and cnce by n.
Cock Of Daniel Baker In the past
two years 10 flat has been the mark
In biz meetings several times in this
state. Coin, the Cook brothers. Hoov-
err of Texas and several others are ca
pahle of this mark. The 22O-yard
dash has been done several times In
':22 flat the worlds straightaway
mark Of Bernie Wefers being 81 Is.
Massey of Cameron High Is another
star who is coming rapidly In the
spirits. While Quinn Henry of Eden
Texas did not fly Texas colors in the
National meet at Pittsburg last year.
Il was merely because he had been
released TO the Irish Athletic Club OF
New York by the Texas Association
Just before the meet.
There are promising men in other
departments of track work in Texas,
but the sprinters appear the leading
crop.
The weight men are coming along
rapidly, Marshall Training School of
this city having three men capable Of
over 100 feet with the underground
hammer and AZ feet with the same
weight shot. Agricultural and Mech
anical has a promising pair in Lam
and Hooker both from San Antonio,
while other Texas colleges are well
fixed. But the greatest strength lies
In the sprints. and from $40 wards
down Texas is second to none in the
country.
Gaining Recognition.
Texas at last Is gaining recogni-
ticn. Secretary Dugosh of this Asso-
citation Is a member OF the rogistra-
ton and records committee and \. J..
Marshall is on the basketball COM
mittee. The Texas State Association
also has one member of the commit
tee on the job OF selecting the South
ern applicants for tryouts for Olympic
team.
This State. combining with Louis
ana and other Southern and South