Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-01
LOCAL ATHLETES
enter BIG MEET
six rIor SCHOOL BOYS TO PAR
TIcIebTE ~ TRACK CONTEST
AT EVANSTON
Win . Little help Star May Be Able
90 Garry or Eeet-Won Third
Alone IN 1914


eoazt-J. Invitations being eEtenesd %
many famous athletes and schools 20
parrfc1pafe Many % The best track
rnsr IN The country vii compete.
While many schools will BE- represent
cd Last year EATi Chalk % the local
arhool was seat % this meet. AID al
thou<h placing in the semi-dnais he
failed 20 Go 80 ia the finals
Last year. Gfe mainly 90 the apicr-
sfd eTortz % Sol Butler the local col
ored star. Ffutchinsou. Ears.. F1cceed-
cd tn coping second place. and Coach
Roe intends % make a strong bid for
houors this season. With Sol taking
the arsts. Roe has only 70 look for and
develop men who can take tls sec
onds and thirds. and the locals utu
have a championship track team this
year On every meet that he has en-
tered. Sol has succeeded In taking the
individual h0nors. and be- has taken
par in nearly an 90 che biz meets
throuFhout the middle uest.
Souethire out OF the Ordinary can be
looked for from C1acl Roe iu tle
coaching % track men. as ont o. the
seven men that be- sent tD Chicago last
year 90 take part iu Coach Alouzo
StagEa meet. four placed. Butler won
The individual honors. while bis school.
which was then Hutchinson. took sec
oud place This same team won fte
Kansas state title last year. taking all
seven preliminary meets
Roe q Track Star.
Roe himself was some track star.
While az the Colorado university De
established an iutsr-scholastic record
I'm the quarer mile and also set ueE
school records In the hurdles and the
discus He discovered Butler and
made him the athlete that u- De- 40
present. white De has developed many
other lesser lights in the track line.
n reputation and experience count
Tor anything Roe should develop a
track team that VIII far surpass any
team that was ever produced 90 the
history % the local hIeh school Last
years team vas an unusually good
one. a. 10 succeeded in tlEirE the BIS
EiEht track and field meet. which vas
held 40 GticsburE On Nay. That was
feat that had never been accom- .
plished before. but iu fle tri.cify meet .
the locals had to BE- content witl scc-
ond place falling Gar behind plven- 1
port in the total number OF points .
made EVeu that VAS better than The F..
isIauders had ever done before. they 1
being able % hold down bottom place +.
all preceding years This year Roe cX-
poets 90 easily take the Big Eight and +.
- - ...-.r- ~ t,e .r-o erpacfs 10
....tf,-t, /. 60. ro- g,rE f-fard In
49,, a. rns.,- ~ the state
"a. c~.a. Record.
THE abrlfies 81 Sol Butler. the star
c~rorea vortb are well known but for
49,. beuea- 81 the public. Coach Roe
~. out the following records and
fr,r. ,.rfgrr,.d bv him In the various
meet In which he participated.
Sol hcIfs ave Kansas state titles.
secured while in the Hutchinson hirh
schgof. while hts best time .n the
events IN which he takes part are az
follows.
81 yard dash ........-... 3 - seconds
so yard dash .........--.6 2-5 seconds
100 yard dash .-....----s 80 seconds
80 yard dash --------- q 30 seconds
$50 yard dash ------fs - SECONDS
Buffers time % 20 seconds Tor the
se-yard dash Is new worlds Inter
scholastic record. While his time OF
5 2-5 seconds for the 80 yard dash 81
49, -. ssat- Roc -tated mat Sol could
rr, ,he shof a. feet. broad Jump p
let ard hirh lump feet. ANY one
% the above marks viii win arst In
the local track meets so things look
rozv FOR The locals this year.
A review OF the track material IN
the local school brings 20 view some
<ood men Butler. OF course. viii be
Hsed IN the dashes mainly. L. Clark
md Ingalls, 20 back him up Captain
Miller Happy. the great Hitler miller