The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-27
GAMES WILL Be
HELD At AMES
Championship Meet Is to Be
Decided Saturday,

AMES Iowa. May a. Plans are
complete aud all The efforts Of the
Iowa state College track team viii
bond toward tho Missouri Valley con.
ference championship meet which VIII
be held on the local track next Fat.
utdly Coach Edward Merriam brought
his mcn home from tho state Unlvcr..
slly Of Iowa dual In good shape and
was moro than satisfied with their
showing Several surprises we're the
feature as far ~ the local men were
concerned Byron Iodwlck. 80, won
the 2s0-yard dash against strong com.
petition from tho university In ono ~
his tirit attempts Mt the short event.
llc rill be- the Cardinal and Gold entry
In hutl short daHhes.
T. X Spikcr. 10. IN the hurdles
.''nls VIII be plttcd agninSt tic best
I'm these events from the Valley TIC
wofl Of W. r. Sylvester. 80 and j.
Mlnton Of Missouri aud tho late show
ing Of l.. l.. Stock, ~, Of Gflnnell gives
the local entry but little show In -ther
event regardless ~ the iaCt that ho
placed first aga1nSt lows
In the iiO-ynrd dash Coach Merriam
viii enter LOdwlck As his hest prospect
together with CAPT. II. Y DImick, ~.
and w u Merriam. 'l9. They arr not
counted on 20 place near the top with
II j. McMahon. 20. Of Nebraska. pre-
mler quarter miller ~ the Conference
this spring and the strong combination
from DrinneIl. The half.mllo run
looms M as ono ~ the strong entries
tor the local men. ~ G Stone. go. ana
Merriam. both members NJ the Drake
and Pennsylvania Relay Carnival
teams. Will hc entered and much IA
expected of their Performance. X. u
RodkcS. 90 of KnN.as, II the only out
standing man In the Valley with the
exception of W. u Parker. 20. NJ MIS-.
touri who has bten negotiating the
distance around I'm. during the spring
meets.
Two Good Miiers.
Stone nnd +. Il Mitchell. 81. with
the possibility Of f. l.. Hanson. 80,
viii form the entry for Iowa Stnte In
the mile The first two named have
made the best time IN tho conference
this year and local enthusiasts arc
willing 10 bark their favorltes with
J., W. Deewall. ~, Of Kansns ana
NJ Goodwin Of Missouri W, II. Ere.
wort 2e- has made the best tmo In the
two.nilc and he will be defended upon
Tor place near the front " Eckel
OF Kansas has made the distance In
ION. 3Os.. butt the time OF the Iowa
state man betters this mark by several
seconds.
Iowa State expects but li,tis IN tho
field events and places her entire
strength on two or three men. W. j.
pnlgr, 20, has n record this year Of
H, Gin. In the hlgh jump which es-
coeds the records OF c. T. Lewis, 30.
OF Missouri and n II. Welty, 20, OF
Kansas l.. l., Stock. 80, OF Gfinncll
was defeated by Paige In tho Grinnell
dua two weeks ago by four inches
IN the broad Jump Paige is good for
better thSD 2l n. when IN condition. In
thy event he will havs rs his strong
competitors Rodkey OF Kansas and
Sylvester Of Missouri
Pole Vault Conceded.
The pole vault viii he conceded 10
the other stars In the Valley. l.. ID.
frederickson, 20. has been unable TO
touch ~ n. durtnk the ysae. while tho
Missouri entries. J: H. Marshall. 20.
and c. H. Lswis. 30. hnvs been consis-
tently making better than II II. 6 In
But one Iowa State man will be en-
tered In the slot put. u. l.. Wagner,
~. corahe o. going better than ~
Gus. HIS strong contondcrs viii be
Lewis OF Missouri md Marshall Had
dock. ~. OF kansas. The conference
entries In tho shot and discus are not
rs strong A. In former years and some
unknown may como to the front with
the best mark.
Grinnell and Missouri will battle In
the short relay for honora. whllo Ne.
braaka and Iowa State have tho best
chances In tho mile event. The local
team vas entered In both Drake and
Pennsylvania relays and they made
excellent time IN both events.