Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-09
HIGH BOYS Begin
WORK FOR STATE
TRACK Meeting
Between 80 and 40 Young
Athletes Start Light
Training.

Thr.y or forty high school boys
have started training for the state
track meet, and it is expected that by
Re end of next week thee will lie
fully half hundred Of tbs local
1usxlss making preparations to ry
for a place On the Pine Bluff track
team for 1916.
Only light work is being done, as a
starter, but by next week, the real
practice will be under way. Physical
Dire ctor C. A. Won Hartan Of the
Young Mems Christian association
and Coach l.. e. Bassett of The h gh
schcol are in charge of the practice
work, Mr.. van Harten put ing in more
time because Prof. Bassett is help'ng
get Athletic field into condition, i'll
addition 20 conducting his regular
classes at IL, high school.
Despite the fact that several Oh the
stars of last years team will n1t ne
W tn the team this year, the belief is
held that Pine Bluff will hava ii
6 rcng aggre CATION at the forthco On
ing meet, and that it will rank high
with the othe" teams. Smiser and
Adams, the leaders of last years
poiat earners, have both left the high
school. Smiz:r was easily the state
all-arcund champion last year. and
wi h Adams was responsible for the
local team finishing second at the
Little Rcak track meet of 1918.
Ind cations now are that while the
Pine Bluff 1916 team may not have
any one or two men who will ranS
with Smizar or Adams, the team as a
whole ought TO tally as many points
as were scored by the 1915 team. be-
cause there are a number of candi-
dates who appear able to make eX-
ceptionally good showings at various
contests.
Harry Mcintyre and John Schlem-
mer. members of last years team.
will likely be the stars at the hammer
throw, discus throw and shot and
weight putting this year, and they
should do better this year than they
did in 1915.
Ted Dansby will partic pate in the
1C0-yard, 220-yard and 440-yard
dashes this year. and much is expect
ed of him. while the faith Of Pine
Bluff athlet fans is pinned upon Doc
Mccain, the crack higa jumper.
Mallock and Goodwin will be new
men in the half mile and mile runs,
with Harold Seabrook. of last years
team. also a contender for those
honors.
Hoshall Rutherford in the high
Jump. and F.tzhug.a Waldrip, in the
4O-yard run, with Julian Cross in the
broad Jumps. are expected to do their
part in the poin- winning. Joe Har-
din. new member Of the team. is
! counted upon to make good show
ing in the middle distance runs.
| Henry Lake will be back at the pole
vaulting contests, and his old record
of around ten-foot mark indicates
that he will make it interesting for
the ether candidates at the state
| track meet.
Monroe oerdue and Carl Shelby are
new men who are expected to part'-
cipate in the sprints this year. luds-
| ing from their past work in this line.
So far, there has been no declsl IN
reached as to the makeup OF the
track team. 1t is not unlikely the
coaches will Develop several stars at
one feature or another, out OF the BIZ,
squad of candidates which has starr =
ed training, and if this should be so,
| the tentative lineup Of the team w
be materially altered.
Great enthusiasm prevails among
the high school students, boys and
girls alike, over the approaching
meet. The boys are planning to exert
every effort to capture the pr yes in
the track and field contests, while
the girls are already preparing for de-
termined endeavors in the musical
and literary contests.
Some Contestants.
Prof ]. R. Allen, principal of the
high school, yesterday announced the
| following entrants N some OF the
musical and literary contests:
! Reading contest for Srls-Misses
Edith Patterson, Mabel Toney, Lucille
Johnson. Camille Watson, Lucille Sim
mons, Jessie wilkins, Frances Lake,
ri tia Adams, kathleen collier.
Declama ion contest for boys-El-
mer Davis, Ewell May, John Vile
ford, Bernard Simon. Henry Lake.
Manual training-Jesse Crump.
| Domestic science (sewing and cook
ing)-'Aisses Kathleen Collier. pearl
Burks.
Map drawing-Misses Esther Ben
ton and Eugenia Ezell; Welborn Ma
tin.
Piano-Misses Alice Norris. Estelle
Simpson, Mar Atkinson, Leslie
Imon, Bula Glenn Moss, Zelda Davis
Marguerite Brewster. Elizabeta Lyle
i Voica-Misses Mamie O'DOnnell
Ethel Woodward. Ernestine Norris.
/ Spellng-Miss Adah Balm.
4 Debating-Edward Clark.
Other contestants are tXpec ed tt
be announced within the next week
| OR So
Subjects for Debate.
The subjects announced for the de-
bates will b. unusually difficult t
handle tn year. Four subjects arc
announced, and each Of he contes-
tants must be prepared TO speak 10.
or against all four propositions. Tn
committee will determine the posi-