Omaha daily bee., 1914-04-05
STAGE CONTEST AT LINCOLN
Following Established Custom Field
at Capital City Will Be Used.
OMAHA WINS HoNoRs EASILY
Local Aggregation Always Captures
Some Of the Championships.
NOW BUSY WITH SPRING WORK
.CornhusISers Are Training for COM
inE Events and VIII Have
CO-Ed base BaII Team In
FieId During season.
nv JAMEs n. LAwRENCE.

LINCOLN, Neb.. April 4-CspeciaI)--
owing TO conflicting dates, the executive
committee OF the Nebraska Interschol-
astic Athletic association, which has in
charge tho annual state high school track
and field meet. did not definitely set the
date for that event, although IL is under
stood that II will be held tho latter part
OF MAY
Tho committee met in connection with
tho sessions Of the southeastern Me-
braska Teachers association and failing
To agree on the date, set another meet
ing for the last of next week, at whicn
time all arrangements will he completed.
A A. Reed. who has charge of the ex-
teusion work OF the state university, is
chairman OF the committee.
Tho state high school track and field
meet. with the state basket bali tournp-
ment divides honors for CHIEF interest ~
high school athletic circles. In late years
the tournament has rather overshadowed
the meet, hut the latter Is still OF sutti-
cient interest to attract teams from
twenty TO thirty high schools of tho state.
Meet 40 ne In Lincoln.
| Following the usual custom, the meet
win be held IN Lincoln where the exceu-
ent track facilities Of the state univer-
sity are at tho disposal OF the visiting
athletes. The committee discussed several
dates informally and were apparently In
favor of holding the meet In connec-
tion with the high school fete day exer-
cises, which come the latter part OF May.
feeling that bigger representation OF
high schols can be secured then than
at any other time. Two or three sectional
/ g,.f. aaka
ever, and II the committee succeeds in
strengthening out the dates. fete day will
be picked as tho time for holding the
state meet.
The list OF events will be the same as
last year, excluding the hammer event,
which was considered too dangerous for
high school students and probably
eliminating the two-mile run, which is
also looked upon as injurious to the
health OF tho participating athletes.
Omaha Has Easy Picking.
Omaha High school always has had an
easy time In annexing championship hon
ors at the state meet, and this has had
q tendency. however. to keep away some
OF the other schools who feel that COM
petition with the athletes from the me-
tropolis is useless. The Omaha High
school authorities have been rather in
cined to sulk on the state meet the last
two years and may not have team In
the meet this year The committee In
charge however, will send out invitations
to all Nebraska high schools. without
discrimination, to participate In the meet
with an added week OF practice the
university track squad had made rapid
strides during the last six days, and
Coach Reed is more encouraged over this
showing. The freshman squad is the best
ever reporting at the university and will
furnish an excellent bunch OF recruits
for the team next year.
At meeting OF the squad this weeh
Reed decided to call the members to-
gether once week for a dinner. al
which lectures and talks on track work
will be given. The squad selected Thurs
day night for the weekly dinners.
Picks UD Some Good Men.
Reeds squad was considerably aug
mented in numbers this week by hii