The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-17
WEST VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL %
II INTERESTED IN Bic FIELD MEET
LAST YEARS RECORDS villa BE
WILL BE A CONTENDER
High, Last Years Champs,
Are sure To Enter

Special Dispatch to The Intclliysncer. ::
MORGANTUWN,. April l6-Wlth - the
Second Annual West Virginia Hieh
School Track, and rlelo mieS WoS S"H Viz.
rinin scholastic athletics in the big meet
grows ;lpacc and All cHcnl that TAR iran
Scends any previous high school track
attempt is assured. Entries Tor INC pig
mcct will not close Till May lhih. but
entry blanks will be sent out about May
|lst Already assurances nave pecn IT,
ccivcd from a score OF more OF tre Illus
prominent schools in the state thnt tney
will be represented either by a run tcdH'
or by a limited number of men VINO are
especially proficient in ono or Ileae
events Most CONSPICUOUS among I I1',,,
who are to be represented IS lhe i
tington High schol aggregation. lrin
cipal Graham has written University
authorities that n definite dccislon 10
enter tho meet has boon maze anI tnuS
when entry blanks arc s"nt out that OF
Huntington will be returned promptly.
Huntington has hack such stars or her
last years team rs hurry Workman tne
great all-round athlete; Stuart. Anderss
son, Freutcl and one or Two others OF
elss Importance and il goes without say
ing that last years records Will nave 70
be broken by the other contestants IL
Huntington Is TO be denied sccono VIC
tory and the permanent possession OF
the big loving cup given 10 the synooI
which wins the meet twice ClarKsourS
ia another school that must br countco
on for strong competition ana ratril'ptlt.
runncrs-up In last years meet. mas
narctically veteran segregation.
Point Pleasant. Shinnston. Summers
vile Triadelrhia. and several others;
while not. perhaps TO ne rsrkem aes
ertheiess be counted on for the acautsi-
ton Of some points. Morgantown has
an especially strong team in the making
petitions. While nothing has been heard
directly from ParkcrSburS High by Uni
vcrsity athletic authorities. information
has been received here to the effect that
The Wood county team under the uirrc-
lion Of Cnarh Buland is showing cham
pionship form and will bc n fcrmidahl"
contender. Buland's organization was
cut 10 pieces by the war last year. but
with q return to normal conditions
ParkersburG can easily he' counted on
the same as she usually lis in football
and In basketball
The liberal financial arrangements
made by the University T. proving 10 ho
q strong inducemcnt for,Schoois TO enter
their men. The fact that there was a
net loss Of more than hive hundred dol
lars on the conduct of the meet in 1918.
and an even larger zone is anticipated
this year. proves that the University IS
operating the meet Tor tho high schols
and not for financial profit. Not only
does the University pay all local cxp"n-
ses Of all the athletes who come. hut
II pays practically one-third Of all the
expenses for travel of every boy enter
ed in the meet. Tho team that wins
the meet gets no additional financial ad-
vantage over the team that fails to
score q single -notnt UNIVERSITY o ,;saI
financial plan has resulted in the IS
surence OF entries from schools as far
away as Point Pleasant. Huntington.
Sonersvillc. and some others even more
remote
Tr1ala In Weight vents In A. NJ
The fact that such large entry list
IS assured has resulted in arrangements
already completed for holding the trials
IN the various weight and jump events
In the morning Of May 18th. With pro
baby forty men entered In the shot put
and hammer throw and each Of these
getting three trials an enormous amount
Of time is consumed. BY holding tho
trials in the morning and eliminating
all the mon entered In these events rN-
ccpt perhaps ten. the competition in the
afternoon will be exceptionally high
class and far less tedious.