Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21
HIGH ENTERS VALLEY MEET
Nine Men From Local School Will
Take Part in Missouri Valley
r."." Track Meet.
EXPECT TO MAKE GOOD SHOWING

Central High school will enter
nine men in the Missouri Valley meet,
which will be held May n at Kan.
sas City. Practically the entire squad
that romped away with the state
meet will represent the local school
at the big meet. The following men
will be entered Chuck" Morearty,
WILDER Fullaway, James Reynolds.
Floyd Paynter, Thurston Logan,
Raymond Burgess, Dwight Danforth,
Alvin Geisler and John Crowley
The high school squad is confident
that il will place IN several events
considering that they will not en-
counter much stronger competition
than they met al Lincoln, Some Of
the teams that they will compete
against are Lincoln High, the two 81.
Joseph High schools and three Kan.
sas City High schools.
WILDER Fullaway, who Is good for
over eleven feet IN the pole vault.
should place in his event He has no
been forced 70 extend himself 10 wi
In the class and state meets Full
away and Morearty are making good
marks in the high jump, and will force
their competitors TO show some ex-
eeptionally good form TO keep them
from placing. No man has been de-
veloped 50 far, who can put the shot
consistently enough to figure any
points in this event The discus
throw is being taken care Of by
Crowley who succeeded in hcayinR
il over ninety-nine feet in the state
meet and secured second place
Reynolds Is Surprise.
Jimmy Reynolds is blooming out
into a real classy hurdler as evidenced
by his securing a first and second
place in the state meet. The de.
partment was considered woefully
weak at the beginning Of the season
following the retirement Of Neville
and Werlich, but Reynolds, who was
their understudy all Of last year, has
filled the gap IN great fashion.
Payntcr lost his race in the state
meet by misjudging the lasting power
OF the winner Of the race, Paynter Sc
cured first place IN this event las
year, while the winner OF the rae,
this year ran second. Paynter il
considered a heady runner and hi
mistakes Of this kind are very few
He should place in his event in thu
valley meet and any athlete who sue
eccds in crossing the tape in front o
him will have 10 show some fas
PAGES. Logan running the quarter
mile this year for the first time, wor
his race in the state meet in hand,
fashion. The quarier-mile is Away
run At killing pace and II takes !
man with grit to successfully run II
Logan seems 10 be- the best man tina
could possibly be obtained, possess
ing a world OF grit and stamina an'
ficient experience so far 10 be countcs
fast fashion.
Burgess In First Year.
Burgess IL the only member on thu
team running the mile. He is onll
a sophomore and this is his first yea
on the team. He has not had suf
ficient experience ofar TO be eountes
upon TO place IN his event.
| Danforth and Geisler are showini
up we'll. Danforth is running clos
behind Morearty in the broad jump
Morearty took first place IN both tn
inter-elass and the state meets IN tn
broad jump and Danforth was clos
second on both occasions.
This will probably be the last NEE
in which the team will enter thi
year unless squad is sent 10 tn
Sioux Falls or Chicago meets. TIL
proposed meet with the Nebrask
freshmen was called off on aeeoun
OF the lack OF time for preparation
for the high school squad, but il ma
be held at a later date.