The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-06
eURrY-FTvE HIGH SCHOOLS PRAC-
TICALLY ASSURED OF PACIFIC
pAEINH N MEET.
Parkorsburg, Huntington Firmont-
caartSnurS And Narttnsburg Are
Counted As strongest Contestants
N The Meet.

Tho West Virginia high school track
and field meet which is to take place on
the University athletic field on Saturday.
May -, promises 10 rival in Importance
even in this, its second year. some OF the
biggest state meets held in the country
oven thou Oh some Of these have been run
off annually for three years past. mir
ty-fiye high schools with more than Two
hundred individual competitors are prac-
tically assured Of entering the ls1s. En-
try blanks are just now being returned
to University officials but letters nave
been written by thirty schools tnat as
sure entrance and ten to rlttecn otnerS
are undecided. Some OF the biggest
scholastic meets in the whole country
draw no more entries than this and
within few years at the present rate OF
, growth. the West Virginia Meet will be
ranked along with the Illinois Inter
Scholastic held under the auspices OF
the University Of illinois and others OF
these meets which create national In
terest
Records VIII Pail.
Practically all the records established
last year at the first meet will De
smashed this year. Last years records.
du. TO a wet track and lack Of prepara-
ton on the part Of the contestants. were
not especially good and do not compare
favorably with high school meets IN
other states. But this year score or
moro Of the high school teams n a4l
sections OF the state have been WORKING
with might and main with an eye single
to the big meet at horgantoVn on tho
nth. Already In competitions Parkers-
burg. Huntington and Pennsboro atn-
lctes have broken last years records and
MnrttnsburS. Fairmont, C1arksSurg and
other strong conteoders have been equal
ing or betterinS the 1918 records in their
practices. IT Ia almost safe to say thae
no single mark established last year IN
any Of the twelve events will escape In
the keen competitions Of ten days hence.
No one of the 1915 records was relative
" worse than another. All the marks
wcra low. The Hammer and Discus
marks were not bad. and the half mile
time was fair. but il any Of the twelve
marks escape SreakaGe this year IL Will
be these
POINTS 70 Be Scattered.
Huntington high scored 19h points
last year but it Is probable that never
again in the history Of an athletic event
that promises to exceed all others in
ooio+ Of widespread interest in the state,
win any one school score so large a total
If r,otnts The competition for first
place win be too keen. In the IA events
this wear there will be 210 points to be
divided among the thirty or more schools
competing. Our prediction is that II airy
one school can garner forty-rive points
snA will win the meet without trouble.
Parkersburg, Huntington. Fairmont,
ClarkShurg, MartipsburE. Buckhannon.
New Martinsville. Mddlebourne, Point
Pleasant. Pennsboro. st. Marys. West
Union and one or two others are aoso-
lutely assured Of having credits on the
official score sheet at the cod OF me
meet S1rnmersrille. weston william
son. Lumberport. Rvesville Fairview.
Harrington. st. Marys, Shinnston- Man
ntnSton, Beltngton. Piedmont. West Nil
ford and In fact. all the other entrants.
ars coming to the meet confident that
they have men entered who will carry
aawy some points. Twelve schools. how
ever, are admittedly strong enough TO
score and II Is believed that they nave
either we'll balanced strength. or indt-
riduai stars enough to score ten points
each as a minimum. This accounts TOT
12O Of the z1o points and allows only 20
points to be added to the totals OF me
teams that win make high scores. Par
kersburg. Huntington. Fafrnont- CiaTkS-
burg and Martinsburg are reckoned As
the strongest teams that will have men
entered In every event and II we divide
the ninety extra points between these
Ave we have an average of less than 80
points for each. Forty-fiye points. there
fore. looks like big enough total to as
sure victory for the team that can amaso
that number. Parkersburg looks mighty
good Perhaps she Is better advertised
but the fact remains that on perform
ances so far this year she looks better
than Huntington. last years champs.
Fairrnont. CarksburS and Martins ou re
all have veil balanced teams but have no