Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-19
BIG INDOOR MEET
ON GARD TONIGHT
Fourth Annual Event to Be Biggest
Ever Held in Omaha and Big
gest in West This Year.
WILL START PROMPTLY AT 1880

The biggest Indoor athletic meet ever
held In Omaha and the biggest In the
middle west this year will be held at the
Auditorium tonight, when the fourth an
nuei indoor athletic meet will be held
under the auspices OF the Young Mems
Christian association. The urst starting
pistol will crack at 7:s0 when the pre-
liminary Junior forty-yard dashes will be
run and the final gun will sound about
11;i5. when the University OF Nebraska
and Nebraska Wesleyan finish their re-
lay race.
], Truit Maxwell, who will boss the
big meet. promises that thore will not
be tagging minute during the entire
evening. There will De something stir
ring all the time" declares Maxwell
and some OF the time there VIII be so
many events In action Il win take per-
spectivo telescope 10 sec 'em all. Believe
me. this meet will be the best ever held
around these parts"
Every possible kind OF event Is included
in the big carnival. There will be dis
lance runs. relay races, dashes, jumps
gymnastics and even roller skating races
One OF the biggest attractions OF the
evening should be the gymnastic compe-
tition between Champion Frank Riha,
who COPIED last year and Frank Kocorek,
who Is determined 60 upset the lsures
now held by Riha. Ifiha Is Tel Jed
Sokol, while Kocorek ls Tel Jed sokol
Tyrs, and their gymnastic enmity IL open
and keen
Collegiate Relay Rack.
Another desperate conflict shohld occur
between Nebraska and Nebraska Wes-
ieyan Wesleyan Is getting altogether too
prominent In athletics TO suit the uni
versity lads and they are determined 20
trim UP the Methodists in the special
relay event carded tonight. Wesleyan
gave the university q hot run on the grid
iron last fall and won the basket bali
championship from them with the result
that the Cornhuskers mean TO take the
third and rubber conflict. the relay race
The widest entry list Is IN the two-mile
two-men relay race. All OF the prominent
long distance runners In the city are en-
tered and are out for the medals To be
given the winhe1B From tho Fontenelle
hotel are two teakas Of runners. unknown
TO Omaha. but reports Indicate that they
are experienced marathon runners In
other parts They all learned to run in
rntotopo anu MaS pthA out some OF the
home bols in this event
The swimming competition connected
with IN ecernival win occur at the Young
Mems Christian association saturday
night Many swimmers from Omaha. Lin
coin, Grand Island and elsewhere are en-
tered.
The events tonight are as follows:
1sso P m. preliminaries. junior forty,
yard dash: T;O p. m, forty-yard dasI
sopeD, preliminaries; T:D p. m, junior
forty-yard dash, semifinals; s p. m.
forty-yArd dash Sobenl. semifinaisi s;i'
claesesi $40 p. M, junior forty-yart
dash. finals; $50 p. m. forty-yard dasi
fppen). finals; $50 p. M. grade schoo
relay, prellminaries; $50 D. M. obstacl'
3 >. m. grade school relay9 finals: al
n. ms one-quarter mile potato race, moor
ciansss o'clock class. o'clock class; 90
p. m, 1ouaVes; s:D D. M, tunior high
Jump; $40 p. m. senior high jump; IS
2 m. horizontal bar; $50 p M, parable
@4o-yard dash, preliminary 9.M D. m.
church relay preiiminaries; $50 p. M.
business honss relay preliminaIies; 9:s
church reiay finals: a a ~ M biSh schao
freshman one-auartcr mile relay; $3.50 p
m. So-yard run.
10 ,. m. Omaha Soccer league one
quarter mile relay; 1906 p. m. Council
, s m 4, S ogSslsE team %,i. iG q
lay; 1879 ?. m, high school one-haif mil
relay; 1870 D. m, two-mile team race
1913 D. m. one-miie ruler skating race
one-Quarter mile special relay Town
sends against Amateur Athletic associa
ton; one-half mile match relay. Nebraska
braska.