Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-06
ACGIE and SOONER
GYMNASTS TO MEET
viii Also Contest in Track
and Field Events and
Tennis Friday.

Special to The World
SALTWATER, April 8. - When
Aggie acrobats meet Sooner gymnasts
next Friday at Norman in the Uni
yerslty of Oklahoma gymnasium for a
dual exhibition a precedent in col
legiate athletics of oklahoma Will ne
set. The university and A. d NJ
college gymnasium teams are the only
two Of the kind in the state and never
has there been a contest between such
combinations.
Physical Director John Corbett late
Of Harvard and with an all-American
reputation, introduced the innovation
in Aggledom. Richard Soutar, tresh
from Wisconsin and northern fields
brought it to Soonerland. 1t was but
natural that they should pit their
proteges against one another.
ON the same day that the gymnasts
Of the two big state institutions COM
pete their track teams will meet on
BOYD field. This will be the inter
collegiate seasons start in dual meets
and will further be the earliest date
that these three tracksters have bat
tied In many springs.
Thursday. preceding the cinder
paths popularity faculty and student
tennis teams representing the uni
versity and A. & NJ. are scheduled 10
oppose each other on the university
courts.
Looks Like Circus.
For two months the Aggie gym
nasium has been in aspect a circus
ring. Wearing black tights with a
wide orange stripe around the waist,
tho collegians have swarmed on the
mats, horses, parallels and horizontaIs
each afternoon in exhibitions Of tum-
bling, wrestling, rolls, vaults dis
mounts, circles and hp-ups, executing
a great variety of stunts both graceful
and amazing New apparatus has been
installed and careful practice has
been the order, but many of the more
daring athletics have pulled feats
that were thrillers Toe swings, whirl'
wind flips and such spectacles daily
attract a goodly crowd Of onlookers.
Six men will compose the gym team
that goes to Norman and the early
days of the coming week Will see
culling process. Watson, a diminutiVe
fellow with hip that Is seemingly out
Of commission as n result or an ac-
cident when ne was quito young is
proving a marvel on the bars, where
the muscles of the arms and shoulders
are tasked.
The probable lineup of the Aggle
gymnasts Will be, Watson and Melton,
on the parallels and horizontals; Will
hanson, on the parallels and mats
McElroy, on the horizontals and
horse: Hall on the parallels and mats;
Aycock, on the horse and mats.
Brewer, Hale, Burnham, Helmer
and Hammil are the tentative en-
trants in the student tennis events for
the Aggles. while Holler and Whiten-
ton and three yet to be chosen Will
compose the personnel Of the faculty
team. These men will enter both
singles and doubles.
Weather Handicap.
with the cold and rain as handi-
caps for the track and field men, the
indoor performers have had much
more opportunity to get in trim. Not
withstanding this adversely, however
the scantlly-clad sprinters, vaulters,
hurdlors, runners, jumpers and weight
men have venteured out often enough
to become accustomed to the chill and
have trained inside for many weeks.
Several new men will wear the
farmers emblem this spring, but It
| is I'm Cobb, sprinter, and Havenstrite,
weight man. that tho orange and
black supporters look for advantages
over opponents. "Havey' is dreaming
of raising his southwestern record
with the hammer. His best official
heave was 14S feet inches with the
l6-pound hammer.
Following the Friday lineup for A.
& NJ will probably be: Cobb and
Aycock. 1OO-yard and 220-yard dashes;
Horton and Watson or Minor. 440-
yard run: Minor and Hale. high
hurdles; Hale and Cobb, low hurdles;
Payne and Lowry, mile run; HestOn
half-mile run; McElroy and M. Wood
son. pole vault; Reid. high jump; Hale
and Brewer. broad jump; Havenstrite
and Garrett or Lowry, hammer throw;
Vance and Lowry, discus; Kenny,
Havenstritc, Garrett and Lowry, shot
put.