The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-27
PREPARING FOR
TRACK Meet

Coach Wood of the A. Cts busy get
ting his men in shape for the various
trackrmeets which are scheduled for
the near future. The third annual
track and field meet Of the Minnesota
Dakota Intercollegiate conference is
to ybe held this yea at Huron, S. D..
and at least seventeen colleges of the
three states will be entered in the
event. <
Everett c. Brown. who is vice presi-~
dent of the American Olympics and
also a member of the International
Olympic committee, has agreed to act
as referee of the meet.
Coach Wood a q good team this
year; and plans to enter men In a
shown up best SO far are Bolsinger,
Nicholson, and 'Odell for the weights,
Jensen for the high jump, Parezek for
the broad jump. Aachus and Srumph
for the distance runs, and -Bolsinger-
for the pole vault. A minimum num-
Der Olive men must be sent as a team,
and Coach Wood will probably send
more than that. ..s,=.
The committee appointed by the
conference to have charge Of the meet
this year is composed Of Coach Wood,
II. w. Ewing Of the South Dakota A.
c., and WIN. Baird Of Hamline. On
8 the annual int~erscholastic meet
OF the high schools of the state will be
held on the A. c. field.
A detailed account Of the program
of this meet will be published shortly.
On May % the Angles will meet the
University in the annual Qua track
meet, and the boys expect to a
goodly number Of points when. they
buck up against the men from the
north. ,.
North Dakota university will be rep
resented by"a strong team this year.
NKTI;1o - &c, fno oor1v RI yroo ko on oPrIY-
rate estimate of the material trying
out for positions, there is. every indi-
cation that the varsity will have good
entrants IN each event. The team will
be especially strong in the middle dis
tances. Dahl. Joos, Owen, Chittick
and McFadden are working for posi-
lions in these events, and all are show
ing excellent form. The distance men
also are doing good work.
The pole vault and high jump men
are showing good form. Mckay.
Sch1osser and James are the candt-
dates in both events. Very little work
has been done in the broad jump and
weight events.
The following from the Weekly
Spectrum gives a full account of the
Huron meet and of the work Of the
Minnesota-D Dakota intercollegiate con-
ference:
The third annual track and field meet
Of the Minnesota-DaRota intercollegi-
ate conference will be held May %
and 20 at Huron, S. D. The meet was
scheduled for n day, but the uneX-
pected full list of entries made q one
day event ineffective. The interest be-
ing shown in the 1914 conference meet
already warrants holding a two days
session.
G, w. Hochstetlerl of Huron an
nounces also that the Huron CONNER
cial club has put up a guarantee OF
$1,000 to insure the financial success
of the meet. Prof. Hochstetler ran the
meet last year with no financial back
ing whatever and made good. With
this support now given by the Huron
business men, the meet this year is
assuming proportions of great magni-
tude. .-.
The games committee also made a
few minor changes in the track sched'
ule. 1t is quite possible that the jave'
lin will be substituted for the hammer
throw. The list of officials was dis
cussed, but no definite action taken
Several points in the rules were
brought up for discussion and deferred
for future action.
The following colleges and universe
ties are members of the conference anC
are planning to enter teams in the
Huron meet: Carleton, Hamline,. Gus
tavus Adolphus, Manchester, st. Olaf
st. Thomas, Dakota Wesleyan, Huron
South Dakota State, University OF
South Dakota, Yankton, North Dakots
Agricultural University Of North Dako.
ia, and Luther. The North Dakota
School of Science and the Aberdeen
Normal school as associate member:
have the right to compete.
The first track meet of the confer
ence was held at Mortified, Mimi, il
1912. This was not a very successful
meet either in the matter of finance OF
of interest or of records made. 1t wa:
then seriously doubted whether it wa!
wise to make any further attempt IL
conducting an annual athletic meet
However, an invitation was &C
cepted from Huron college In
the, 1918 conference meet a
Huron was a success in ever,
respect. Teams from twelve colleges
were entered and in spite of rain, tn
event paid out. Practically every rec
ord Of the first meet was broken. TIL
greatest number Of points were cap
tured by the University of North Da
kota.