The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-03
ATHLETIC MEET
FOR WHOLE U. P.
Marquette Normal Sends Invita-.
tons for Second Annual

Having received assurances of SUP
FORT and participation from almost
twice the number of high schools that
were represented i'm the events last
year. the Northern State Normal Attn
letiC association Yesterday decided to
mold second annual upper peninsula
Eigh school track and field meet at
Marquette the afternoon of Saturday,
May 81. To-day invitations To enter
teams will he sent To twenty-five ot
the leading high schools of northern
Michigan The events will be con
Quoted exactly as they were last year,
except that this years meet will be
bigger and better says the Mining
Journal
\ little more than week ago let
ters were sent To the principals Of
upper peninsula high schools, asking
for an expression of sentiment regard
| ing the proposed athletic gathering.
Most of these school officials have
answered with glowing enthusiasm,
/ promising even greater participation
than was the case last year. While in
juno. 1912. eight high schools were
| represented i'm the meet conducted
undcr the auspices of the Northern
state Normal, this year at least fif-
! teen have Signiticd their intention of
sending teams. From now on, until
the day of the meet. the Normal Ath-
letic association will conduct Il siren
nous campaign to arouse interest in
! the meet throughout the peninsula.
| 4 similar campaign last year resulted
| IN bringing the Normal before tho
people of the upper peninsula in such
manner as it was never before al
vcrtiscd and it's effect was fai reach
| ing.
Free Transportation for Many.
The representatives of the upper
peninsula high schools will come here
at the invitation of the Normal school
and. following the policy adopted last
year. the school will pay the Transport
tation expenses of four contestants
from each school that has entered
These letters must be i'm file. accord
| ing to the rules adopted in l9l2 on
the Saturday prior To the meet NJ
/ limit ~. however. placed on the num-
Der of individual entries for each
school and from the present indicd e
| tiona there will he at least one hun
,lred contestants in the preliminaries.
Last year. in spite of numerous draw
backs the greatest among which wa"
| the tvphoid fever scare. the meet was
! largely attended by both out f-toN n
participants and spectators. 1t II
hoped that the gate receipts this year
will bc much larger. as the expenses
will be much greater.
| Letters received by the athletic as
sociation have been highly commend
atory of the efforts of the Normal in
establishing the annual track ana neld
meet and of encouraging participation
by the adoption of regulations that
arc easily met and which afford la .
sis for emulation i'm track and holi'
lathlctics. Each letter told of track
and field work already being started
and of the enthusiasm with which the
young men are entering INTO practice
i'm The hopes of being selected for the
teams that are to lac sent to Mar
ouette. The annual meet has stiin"
ulated an interest i'm high school ath-
letics that is greatly appreciated
throughout the peninsula.
system OF Scoring and Awards.
The systems of scoring aud awards
will be- the same this year as last
Each school may enter only three men
in any one event and start only two
the third man to he used as a sub
stitute. Any one man from any "hon
may participate i'm -four events only
lint as the rule takes no account oi
the three relay races II Is possible FOL
EACH entrant to participate In sever
events The prizes to be awarded ~
ribbons for each of the four highest
scores and silver trophy cup WI
40 to the team making the greatest
number nf points.
Last year the cup was won by the
uoughton high school Hancock wor
second and Marquette third honori
The strong showing of the copper
country teams was due to the fac
that they had had track athletic worl