The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-24
700 TOcOMPETE
IN STATE MEET
Business Men Back Annual
lnterschOlastic Games
as War Measure.
NARNEIL IS STARTER
Spokane Man Secured to Act
in Important Capacity
at Big Contests.
VARNEIL IS STARTER

George NJ. Narnell. sports editor Of
~" spokane Chronicle, who was in
charge Of the starting Of the Inter
scholastic track meet in 1916, has been
secured a starter for the meet this
year, This announcement was made
by Walter l.. Pope, chairman of the
IntcrscholaStic committee. last even
ing. George r. Stone has been Sc
lected as clerk of the course Of the
big meet.
The entries have been coming in
well and It Is now cstinatcd by Mr.
Pop" that upwards Of 700 high school
boys and girls viii he ~ Missouri to
take rart in the Interscholastic con-
tests this year.
Meet Patriotic Affair.
6Arhe central committee of the cham
Yer of commerce. in charge Of the
ticket campaign for the track meet.
issued n statement last evening setting
forth that the fnort is II patriotic
measure this year ana should he sup
ported by Missoula even more than
ever before.
Following ~ the statement from the
business mems committee:
I'VE feel that this year all Mlssolla
cannot do other than support the In
tcrscholastic track meet and we feel
that Nissoula viii support this meet.
We have been making an investigation
of the track meet question and we
find that such meets are endorsed by
high government officials. among
them President Wilson. Newton y.
Baker. secretary of war. Josephus Dan
iels, secretary of the navy, and other
heads of departments of the govern
ment most directly concerned in this
great war.
Keep Boys in School.
In Montana, we have found that
scores of high school principals have
written to the university officials de-
clarinE that the meet does more to
keep the high school boys In school
than any other thing. We feel that
If we keep these high schools filled
| with boys at this time that we are
| assisting to perform national service.
Trained men will be the need of
coming generations and We must do
| all possible to urge these young high
school boys to stay in school or they
| viii not be able to enter universities
for further training.
Must Train Our Young Men.
Viewed from practically every
angle this 1nterscholastio track meet
Is war measure. Our boys must be
physically trained; we must have stu =
dents remaining in our high schools
or we cannot have universities.
1--WE, your committee in charge of
this ticket campaign, do not doubt in
tho least that Missoula will give the
meet hearty support, but we desire to
lay the facts before the public as we
have found them. We request the CO.
operation and support of every man
and woman in Missoula in this big
undertaking.
Luncheon Tuesday.
Tuesday noon n track meet luncheon
will be held at the Florence hotel and
Immediately afterward the ticket cam
paisn will be started. The central
committee Is now outlining the work
: for the sub committees to be APP
pointed. The public Is urged to at
tend the luncheon on Tuesday 1t is
estimated that 1000 coupon tickets
must be sold to put the meet "oyei
tho top"
Building New BIeaohers.
A record crowd of spectators Is ex-
pected by those conducting the meet
this year. and to provide for it, new
bleachcrs are being built along the
quarter mile track at a point just
north of the gymnasium building. For
many years hleachers have been stand
ing In this place, but they We're so con
structed that from them a good view
Of the athletic events could not be had.
The stands which will replace these
old ones will be similar to the modern
ones which were two years ago built
along the straightaway.