Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-15
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR INDOOR MEET
Promise Greatest Event i'm His
tory of Harrisburg Academy;
Select Officials

( The fourth annual track meet of
the Harrisburg Academy which will
be held Friday evening in Chestnut
street auditorium, promises to be the
biggest success that the Academy
has ever had. The meet which will
start promptly at eight o'clock, has
been so arranged that everything will
be run Off in scheduled time.
\ corps of college graduates will
ottciate, and the most complete pro-
grams that have been placed before
a track meet audience will give every
spectator q chance to place the boys
who are entered.
Coaches Work Hard
Throughout the past week. Coaches
| Tatem and Smith have been putting
the finishing touches on their men.
and all the athletes are in topnotch
condition. Special practice was held
yesterday and to-day in practicing
starts for the running events. All
| lower school events will be run off
| first, while the upper school will fol-
! low, starting with the lower forms and
working up
All the receipts from the track
meet will go TO helping equip Academy
teams, and to the general use of the
Athletic Association. The Academy
has always received splendid support
from the people of Harrisburg on this
event, and a larger crowd than ever
is expected.
y feature of the meet this year will
lie the corps of ushers. ticket takers
lfSoSram sellers, etc, who will be
dressed in white fiannels and blue
serge coats. Senior Master Omwake
has enlisted an efficient crowd of
helpers.
Medals For Winners
In the spring board jump in the
lower school, Il bronze medal will be
given TO the winner Of the event. In
the upper school. silver and bronze
medals will be given for first and sec
ond places in all the spring board
jumps, and the high jumps, and also
III the pole vault In the three 35-
yard dashes, bronze medals will be
given TO the winners. a special prize
will be given to the pair winning the
elephant race. This event which was
new last year promises to be one of
the most interesting of the evening
and il is being looked forward to with
great interest.
All the Greeks will have odd num-
bees while the Roman team will wear
even numbers. The color of the
! Greeks is blue, while that of the
Romans is red. Events of Part l.,
are open to all members of the school !:
events OF Part ii are open only to
members of the third and fourth
/ forms of the upper school, while
! those of Part Ill are open only 10
members of the first and second
forms. Events of Part " are open
to all members of the lower school.
All the athletes will come on the
floor at scheduled time in a new way
that has been worked out by Coaches
/ Tatcm and Smith, that promises to
be interesting to both spectators and
participators Every event is guaran-
'teed TO run off in scheduled time, and
a unique way of arranging the sche-
dule will be adopted this year.
Referee and starter Vance c. Nc
Cormick. Yale; II. Elmore Smith
Dickinson.
Judges of races and dumb bell
drills, Ross A. Hickok, Yale; John Fox
! Weiss, Princeton: Wilbur Morse. Sr.
Harvard; \. Boyd Hamilton, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania; Roy G. Cox
Princeton; P. b. Rice. Gettysburg.
Judges of jumps and tugs-of- war,
John L. Fox, Lafayette; Francis J.
Hall, Princeton: John c. johnson,
Bucknell; Richard E. Robinson,
Timers. Ross a. Hickok. Yale: T. D.
Macmillan, Yale; Floyd Appleton.
! Columbia: w. Harry Musser. Prince
ton
/ Inspectors Edward ]. Stackpole.
Jr., Yale; John c. Herman, Yale.
Clerk of course, Roger w. Tatem,
| Randolph Macon.
Scorers, Lawrence W. Phipps, Yale;
Raymond d. Kennedy, Bowdoin
Sherman a. Allen, Brown
Announcer, Mercer 3. Tate, Lehigh.