The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-04-19
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MEET At NORMAN

The entries for the eighth annual
Oklahoma Interscholastic Athletic
meet which is held each year under
the auspices OF the university on its
campus at Norman. have already be-
sun to arrive The meet this year
will be held on April 26-27.y Interest
is being taken in the meet this year
by schools never before represented
and inquiries concerning it are COM
ing from all part of the state. In 1905,
the first year the meet was held, there
We're 115 entries from II schools. last
year there were 19l entries from "a
schools. The university expects not
less than As schools to be represented
this year. Many schools not entering
the contests send spectators.
The main part of the athletic meet
consists of the track and field events
which with records are as follows:
100 yard dash. As sec; 220 yard
dash, 20 Sec; 440 yard dash. 50 sec. !:
$50 yard run. 2 min. Sec. mile run,
4 min. % 3-5 sec; l20 yard hurdles,
II sec; 220 yard hurdles, 2S 1-5 sec; /;
high jump, it. IL in; broad jump,
% it.; pole vault 10 IT. in! shot put,
4S #. in; hammer throw, 14S 1T. II
1-2 in; discus throw, l10 #. 10 in. !;
relay race. 3 min. 80 3-5 sec.
Besides these events there is tour
nament in tennis, seires of games in
baseball for boys. and basketball for
girls, and there is considerable talk
of organizing state high school de-
batting or oratorical league with the
final contest at Norman on the night
preceding the meet each year.
The university makes elaborate pre-
Iparations each spring to entertain the
thousands of high school students,
teachers. and patrons who come to
Norman as its guests for this occasion.
lInterscholastic day at the university is
| the biggest day of the year for the
high schools of Oklahoma. Last year
5000 people attended the events. Adj
mission to all contests is free to every
body. Special rates of fare and one
third for round trip have been granted
by all roads in the state with mini
mum of $1.0O for round trip. A special
| train will be run on the Santa Fe
leaving Guthrie 7:10 a. m, April 9th,
picking up passengers at Edmond and
Oklahoma City and arriving in Nor
man at 9:15 a. m, returning it will
leave Norman at 500 p. nj. The
junior class of the university gives
its annual faculty burlesque in the
opera house in Norma non Saturday
might.
State Superintendent R. H. Wilson
has called a meeting of the high
school teachers and superintendent
of the state for the 25th and 26th of
April at Oklahoma City This confer
ence willclose so that those in attend
ance can reach Norman Friday even
ing and be prepared to take In all the
events Of the meet.
The preliminaries in tennis will oc.
cur Friday afternoon beginning al
l2:00 p. m. The university baseball
team plays A. & NJ. college at the
same time and there will also be base
ball games among some of the high
school teams and perhaps some bas-
ketball games for girls. Friday even
ling the Oklahoma City-Norman hign
school debate will be held at the opera
house in Norman Saturday morning
will occur the finals In tennis and the
main part of the baseball and basket
ball series. Saturday noon lunch will
be served on the campus by the Y NJ.
C. 4: girls. At 100 p. M. the pistol
will crack for the first preliminaries
in 100 yard dash and from that time
until the gold. silver and bronz medals
and the big loving cup have been
awarded there will not be dull min
ute.
The university is making every pro-
vision possible for the comfort and
entertainment of her guests. Those
who have to stay over Friday night or
Saturday night will be assisted i'll
finding good rooms by special commit
tee of the faculty appointed for this
purpose. The university goes to con-
siderable expense each year to make
the meet a success and showing the
thigh school boys and girls good
thine while they are in Norman and the
increasing number Of visitors war
rants the conclusion that the meet Is
growing in popularity each year.