Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-11
HUSKER SCHOOLS
PLAN TRACK MEETS
North Platte, Kearney and FIRE.
mont Are to Hold Sectional
Cinder Path Events.
VALLEY TOURNEY HERE
By KARL LEE.

FROM tnrec central points OutSiuc
Omaha the call of the cinder path
and field will be answered by sec
tional track meet. While the basket
ball tournament was at its height at
Lincoln plans were under way among
coaches OF the leading schools which
point to the greatest state track meet
yet held at Lincoln. This meet is
scheduled for the second or third
week in May, the definite date to be
given out later.
The biggest movement and the one
that has attracted most attention is in
the extreme west at North Platte.
With Steamboat" Gilman, former
Bellevue star and track coach at the
governors town, at the helm drive
for a South Platte conference which
will include Gothenburg, Lexington,
Cozad, Sidney, Alliance, Kimball,
Juiesburg, Brady Island and Ogallala
is now on. At the latter place, as
usual, the annual district meet will be
held, perhaps during the first week in
May.
Coach Parson at Kearney is the
next leading figure in the sectional
argument. He is pushing for GEN.
trail Platte valley meet at his home
town, which will include Grand Is
land, Hastings and possibly Gothen-
burg and Lexington, provided the lat
ter two are not favorable to entering
the North Platte event. Sutton is
making a strong bid for repetition
of its district meet, which includes
York, Friend, Harvard and Aurora.
The Hamilton county seat previously
has held meets of its own, bidding for
York as star dual contender.
Aside from the combined meet at
Omaha, where the teams OF eastern
Nebraska, western Iowa and the val
ley compete this year, the annual FIRE.
mont event will hold interest in the
central east.
East Leads in Dsshes.
The earliest dope has 1t that the
eastern contenders will be supreme
in the dashes, while west and north
west teams are likely to walk away
with pole vault, shot put and high and
low hurdle honors. Many of the stars
of last year survive. Kearney still
retains possession Of Alb Panek, all
around athlete and still excels at the
weights and low hurdle, Shonka Of
Schuyler has taken the mile record at
Fremont for two years and his marks
compare favorably with state records.
North Platte stiil has Charlie Wal
tiers, demon long-distance man and
high jumper, and also Bill Crook, who
heaves the shot.
The dashes are to furnish fastest
competition, apparently. Art Ander-
son and Maurice Gardiner of FIRE.
mont, Paul Konecky and Thurston
Logan Of Omaha, David Deering OF
Sutton, Alb Panek Of Kearney, Rob
ert Ballou OF Schuyler and Willis
Baker and Charlie Christ OF North
Platte are all candidates who have
splendid regulations in the state and
in their districts. The 22O and 44O.
ward dashes will find that Crook OF
North Platte, Fitzsimmons OF Ere
mont. Shonka OF Schuyler, Reynolds
OF Kearney and Deering of Sutton all
do good time, while Omaha is repre-
sented by such whirlwinds OF More
arty, Logan and Paynter.
Kermit Ball OF Kearney and Clay.
ton Nouman Of Sutton are heralded
as exceptional pole vault men; North
Platte has already celebrated its ath-
letic night and the team is being, Or
panized. The Fremont meet viii be
held the week before the state meet
at Lincoln. Kearney and North Platte
are planning their meets for the same
week. The ny" meet in Omaha at
The end OF the month will pave the
way for the bigger valley event, which
is to follow the week after the state