The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-28
CLOSED MONDAY FOR THE
A|0RGANT0WN STATE TRACK MEET

MnRGAHTowN. May o7.-The en-
tries for the big state high school track
and field meet to he held NJ West Vir-
riuia University. Mnrgantown. on next
Thursday. Decoration day. closed late
To-day after which time the program
will go TO press. The latest informa-
ton in the progress Of the entries mol
,.atn that there will b. ut least two
hundred youngsters present to partlcl-
nate and that thr figure may reach -ou.
Weston high school has entered IN
cspccIally strong team with Ut least
three men in each event and summers
vile. Pennington. Pennsborn. Rivers
Vile and many other schools not us
TALLY prominent in state high school
athletics have entered mon. Twenty
five to thirty schools will be repre-
snntrd, according to the present out
look. Wheeling high is not entered.
tered.
ARRANGEMENTS have been definitely
completed whereby the majority or the
visiting high school athletes VIII I've
entertained while in Morgantown mt inc
Greek Letter Fratcrnties of the Uni
ycrsity and the various student CLUBS.
Many OF these organizations, al OF
which have their own houses complete
" furnished. are very much depicted IN
Numbers just now because OF many
students rnliStinG. going into aGr!cul-
lurHl work. etc. and 1t mas peen louHu
rnssiblc To Mace the majority, OF the
visitors in these houses where Trey Will
mi nnIy room but will also secure
their meals. This arrangement will he
n most satisfactory one from the stand
al
NEE; for the university which Is. OF
course, to bring the university To tho
attention Of the high school students OF
the state in the most forccful manner
possible.
An extraordinary crowd Is expected
M Tho meet as il is the only athletic
event Of importance in the state on lis
biggest holiday and the entries from
widely divergent points give it state
wild" interest.
Many Strong Teams.
With only Il limited number OF schools
yet TO file thci;' entry blanks tor inc
big state high school track and fiei6
meet here on Decoration day survey
of. the list already entered as well MS
those who may yet enter al IN" last
minute tonight shows that Huntington.
F'airmont. parllersburg and New Mar
tinsvillr. in the order named, arc the
favnritcs To win high honorS in the big
contest
Huntington and FiIirmont have UNI
uucs tionahly worked harder for the
meet than any other schools in the
state. From the very inception Of the
idea Of n state meet these schools
have been working up tho spirit and
Fairmnni had moro than forty candi-
dates for her team this spring. Hunt
iugtun has always been noted for In
forest IN track work and in sending in
the Huntington entries tho director OF
physical education. there stated that
while they were sending L total Of nine
nl"n. which is regarded MS n good sized
team. ;h"y w"r" sending only men whom
they felt w"r" good enough 10 place
in thr events. auh THIS undoubtedly
mus, hr trUe when il Is considered that
Huntington is considerably more thnn
thr," hundred miles FROM MnrEantown.
NuulInE;rnS entries ar" Workman.
Ilnrrkrr. Frrutcl, Mullen. Th"rnhurg.
Anderson Crawford. Spcssard. and
Stuart. tho list including some Of. the
hest known all rnln0 nigh school nth
lctrs in the state. F1irmont high has
n fun team with at least two mon In
every event and If hard work for m
even, is Il hiE factor the Marion county