Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-11
TRAINING BEGUN
IN COLORADO FOR
FIELD AND TRACK
Schedule Opens April 20 and
State Meet VIII Be Held
May 27 in Denver Utah
Has Good Splinter.

tsY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wRel
Denver, Colo, March 10.-Plans for
the 1916 field and track events Of
the Rocky Mountain intercollegiate
conference have been formulated and
many of the college athletic fields are
already scenes of preparatory train
ing. The schedule. which calls for
seven contests and opens April ~,
when Colorado college athletes, win
ners of the state meet last year. are
to match skill, speed and endurance
with the athletes OF Colorado Agri-
cultural college. The Colorado col
lege Tigers, by winning the 1915
meet, at which all conference schools
were represented compelled the Uni
versity of Colorado for the first time
in the history Of the event to drop
from first place At this meet, last
May. five conference records We're
shattered AND one equalled The
state meet this year is to be held May
81. in Denver
Mack Davis, who by scoring 10
points featured in the Tigers success,
will this spring Try TO lower his con-
ference record of ~ feet 4 inches for
the shot-put. Another conference rec
ord went to the discards when Davis,
tied with Reed Of the University Of
Colorado, made the pole vault in II
feet inches. Added to the Tigers
formidable array of athletes is Robert
Mcbride, famous Splinter Mcbride
equalled the worlds record when. At
the Far West tournament at San
Francisco in 1915 he negotiated the
220-yard dash in 21 seconds Nell
son, who last year equalled the con-
ference record of l6 seconds for the
l30-yard hurdles. also will be seen
again with the Tigers.
The University of Utah probably
viii be represented by one of the best
sprinters yet developed in the con-
ference, in the person of Raymond
who at last years windup negotiated
the 22O-yard hurdles in u Is sec
onds, but - second below the worlds
record.
The University of Colorado will
stake its hopes of winning the mile
in the all-comers contest upon Flem-
ing, who last year won the mile in
ABA 3-5. two seconds better than the
best previous conference mark, made
by himself.
The last relay race run in the con-
ference also figured In bringing the
field and track sport in this terri
tory to a higher standard. Each
quarter of the event was run in an
average of 81 3-5 seconds, the total
time being 3:27, clipping two seconds
off the previous record.
The final standings of the 1915
meet follow;
Colorado college, AZ IL points.
Colorado university, 80 2-S points.
Utah university, % So points.
Denver university, Is points.
Montana university, 6 points.
Colorado Agricultural college,
points.
Colorado School Of Mines, 0 points.
The schedule for 1916:
April 29-Colorado college VS.. Colo
RADIO Aggies at Colorado Springs.
May colorado college VS.. Denver
university at Colorado Springs.
May COLORADO Aggies VS.. Univer-
sity of Colorado at Boulder.
May 13-Uniyersity of Denver VS..
University of Colorado at Boulder.
May 19-Denver university VS.. COL
orado Aggies at Fort Collins. Colo
RADIO college VS.. University Of Colo
RADIO ut Boulder
May 27-State meet at Denver.
The more distant conference
schools are annually represented At
the state meet only