Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-19
FINALS TO Be
HELD SATURDAY
Grand Forks, Pernbina and
Cavalier Loom up as Pos
sible Winners.

Preliminsries in the 14th annual
interscholastic track and field meet.
under the auspices Of the University
of North Dakota. began at. 2 o'clock
this afternoon. The preliminaries
will be continued until 4:30. The
finals will be staged tomorrow.
Favorable weather greeted the 100
hiEh school athletes who began ar
irving in the city last evening and
came in larger numbers today. With
q fresh breeze and Old Sol doing
his duty the track has been put into
excellent condition.
Hannaford Enters.
Hannaford made the gath high
school to enter. The entry blank
containing the name Of one man, was
filed with Physical Director F.. l..
Thompson Yesterday. Twentythree
schools have entered in previous
years, but "a schools Is the largest
ever vet brought into the track meet
Hannaford entered Dunnum in the
100 and 220 yard dashes and the
broad jump.
Winner Uncertain.
Picking the winning team in the
jnterscholastic liz difficult problem.
Not a great deal is known about the
comparative ability of the men en-
tered and almost every event has
men purported to be of champion
ship timber.
Grand Forks, Pen1bina and Cava-
lier are the three teams which likely
will be contenders for the champion
ship. Crookston has entered a large
team but very little Is known Of their
men. They may have some athletes
who will upset the dope. Fargo IL
not looked upon as a. contender. al
though their men are sure to place
in some Of the events.
Tho cold weather Of the training
season has been a handicap to all
the high school men and it is not ex-
pected that many records will 60
The high jump. low hurdles. the
Javelin and the half mile may be
broken. Cavalier and Grand Forks
are regarded as the most likely win
ners Of the relay with the Fargo team
as an unknown quantity. With good
weather tomorrow the finals promise
to be one Of the best ever staged
on the university field.
After. going over all availa BILE COM
PARSONS in the several events, Walter
high school track team. has the fol-
lowing prediction to make:
Flynn Favorite In Century.
In the 100 and 220 yard Flynn
Of the local high is regarded az the
favorite. but there are several men
who are confident OF their ability to
trim last years champion. Patton
of Casselton is fast man and should
place in both these events. Laxdal
Of Cavalier. the winner at the Penn
bina county meet, must be reckoned
with. Marchand Of Crookston is said
to be a speed. He is a. former local
boy and was a member of the Bel
mont grade team some years ago.
Flynn and Jacob were teammates Of
his. Ryan of Pembina on the
strength Of his former record should
have no trouble winning the 440 He
is a good runner and can be expect
ed to make good time.
Booker, also OF Pembina. should
win the mile and also the half un-
less some dark horse comes along and
wrests the honors from him Raines
of the local high will make a good
showing In the mile event.
Weight Events Distributed.
The weight events will be a little
better distributed this year than they
have been in years when Cavalier
would finish one, two, three without
struggle. Cavalier still has good
weight man in Rygh. He should
place In all of them Wilson of Bath
gate IL a good bet in the hammer
and Grandson Of st. Thomas is look
ed on favorably in the discus despite
his defeat in the Pembina county
meet. Flynn and Duggan Of the To-
cal nigh expect to give an account
OF themselves in the weight events,
Duggan in the shot and Flynn in the
hammer and discus.
TO he Clos. in Hurdles.
The high hurdles look like a bat