Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-03
HIGH SCHOOLS TO
COMPETE HERE
ON MAY 8
Medals to Be Awarded TO Ath-
letes Who Are Successful in
Inter Scholastic Meet; Su-
pervision Of y. N. M.

Considerable interest is being man
ifested BY the high SCHOOLS Of tho
State T. abe .s.erschosast!c track meet
10 be held on HoDewell athletic field
ia AlOuquerquc on saturday, May 3.
The meet IA for high school athletes
Only and Is 60 be conducted under the
Supervision OF the University Of New
Mexico. u, H. Hutchinson. varsity
coach. a. lluinR up tho program Tor
fke meet HopewelI FIELD IL 10 be put
in tho best nosnhle shape for tlle
meet and a Is oNpecied shat she. atll-
letcs VIII make some interesting rec
ordG Medals viii be awarded 10 the
individual athletes scoring the high
cat number Of points Ia tho various
events Circular letters sent e. the
hseh SCHOOLS of thc stste.urc brinsing
many replies and q nnmber Of entries
have been NOSE up 70 date.
The circular letter sent out to the
various high schola Of the state reads
aE folloWsi
Albuquerque. N. b.. March 50.
Dear sir.
The University OF New Mexico will.
give its FIRST annual interscholastlc
track meet on It's grounds at Albu-
querque, saturday May. 3. 1919. We
are mailing a copy o. this letter 10
all % the high schools OF the state.
asking each school 20 send as NAM
representatives as possible.
This meet IA 10 be an annual ar.
fair, and Is for The purpose OF pro-
noting track athletics In the hish
schools OF the state. and to bring
these together in competition once a
year.
The prizes Tor the different events
Will consist OF medals. gold for first
place. silver Tor second and bronze
fer third. also. the school winning
the greatest number ~ points will re-
ccNe a banner cmblematic OF the
inlerschoiaatlc track championship of
the state.
Zach team or competitor from the
various high schools will be met az
the train by a committee and Will ho
the guests OF the University OF New
Mexico during their stay After She
meet q banquet VIII be given 90 the
visiting high schools. during which
the prizes will be distributed and the
banner awarded the champonsmp
team.
Each high school should make an
effort 10 be represented at this meet,
II You cannot send team. sou should
az least send one man. II would be-
good idea for each high school a.
hold a local meet about a week be-
fare tho date OF the University oil
New Mexlc0 meet. 10 select team .O|
represent the school.
This meet IL for high schools onis
and under the supervision Of the Uni
seraiis, which VIII do everything Ia
"a power 90 sake care 81 and make
pleasant the stay Of the different rep-
reneniatives % the various high
schools
The events VIII boz az follows.
One hundred yard dash. 221 yard
dash. q niiir run, V mile run. mlic
ran. rhnnlns high jump. running
broad jump, running hop, step gud
iamp. pole yauit Tor height ig0 yards
high hurdle, s20 Yards low hurdle,
putting lg-pound shot
We trust YOU are Interested. " ~.
40 viii furnish son Information inI
regard 10 the different events and
witt render you any assistance YOU
may desire.
We would appreciate II very much
II you would take this matter up and
let ns know ~ your school viii De- rep-I
resented Ia the first intorscholastc
track meet 10 be- held In the new
state.
An early reply Is very much desired
b. us Very truly yours
r. r. HUTCHINSON.