The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07
BUSY YEAR FOR
THE AMATEURS
Scores Of Sane tons Already
Issued for Both Outdoor
and Indoor Events.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Reports re-
ceiyeds at the national headquarters of
the Amateur Athletic Union in this
city indicate 9 remarkable season Of
actiyityS ON both indoor and outdoor
tracksE during the coming year. Appli-
cations for sanctions are being recetv.
cd from All parts of the country and
IL 81 predicted that 1916 will witness
more track meets, both open and clos
ed, than any previous year In the his.
toryoE the union.
Scores OF sanctions for the holding
of games In almost every section OF
tteFnattonF have been granted by eth
er the national or divisional associa-
ffonsf OF the a. o. and there appears
20 besnos let.up in the demand. These
meets taken In conjunction with the.
various games planned by the col
legeB, universities and intercolle gtate
bodies, form schedule which pro.
yides board or cinder track compett-
ton In some portion Of the country
for almost every day of the next six
months.
Among the more important meets
with the date and place for the hold
ingSof the contests are the following:
Illinois a. G. indoor, Chicago, Jan 20;
Millrose al. "a. indoor, New York, Jan.
28; Junior AsA u. championships in
door, News York, jan 20; Boston A. A.
indoor, Baltimore, Feb. s; Johns Hop
kins University indoor, Baltimore,
Feb. 70; Georgetown University in.
door Washington, Feb. 20; Intercolle-
giate5 "a. "a. "A. "A. indoor, New York,
Marchg4; open air meet New Orleans,
March s and 70; Middle Western Con-
ference indoor, Evanston, ILL.,, March
17:lS Senior A. A. u. championships
Indoor. New York, March. 10; Missouri
"a. IA. indoor, st. Louis, March: il.
Following these meets and host OF
minor games will come the dual out
( dor track contests between the col
iege teams OF all parts OF the states.
April, May and early portions OF June
will witness hundreds of these dual
and triangular competitions, all lead.
ing up to the final championship
country. Z Not satisfied with the pros.
nects OF winning honors in their own
territory, several Of the stronger col
lego track and field teams are plan.
ming TO Invade territory far removed
from their own campus, and these
intersectional tests Of speed and
strength promise to be one OF the
most interesting features OF the com.
ing season.
from being matched with Jess WI
lard to meeting Porky Flynn is quite
some drop for Fred Fulton, but II the
later Is really in earnest In his efforts
toIgecure q chance at the heavyweight
title he will { consider the bout as a
stepping stone ito higher ring circles.
In the mind OF the average follow
err OF sport there is wide gulf be.
tween football and tennis, yet a num-
Der OF husky 4collegians spend their
spring and summer In. welding a rae
4quetl and find themselves fit in the fall
forsa strenuous season OF w. shy grid
from work. This is no new angle ~
the the court game, for twenty years
ago the college athlete was mixing
football and tennis, but not to the ex-
tent that prevails today. Robert D.
SWrenns the retiring president Of the
National Lawn Tennis Association,
and George T. sAdee, who is slated to
succeed him, were rival quarterbacks
in the famous Yale.Harvard game at
Springfield In 1894. Wrenn gave the
signals for Harvard while Adee acted
as field general for Yale and made the
All.American eleven of that year.
Veteran football enthusiasts will
never forget that game. Yale won 10
tod but only after a battle which was
more like modern warfare than foot
ball. Players were carried off the
gridiron in relays and the sidelines
resembled a field hospital. AS re-.
suit of the conflict the tow universities
decided that they had enough football
to last for several years and Harvard
and Yale did not meet on the gridiron
again until 1897.