Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-26
M|O.W|NTER CARNIVAL
SET FOR SATURDAY
Preparatory Schools Through.
out Vermont Invited to Enter
Representatives in SnowshOe
and Ski Events on the Uni
versity Campus

Winter sports are to he given DEFINITE
place in the program OF local events
through the CO cooperation of the Burlington
section of the Green Mountain club and
the Outing club of the University of Yer
mont. while the preparatory schools will
also join in making Burlington center
OF activity for snowshoc and ski events
in this section of Vermont. At small
dinner party at Hotel Vermont Tuesday
evening. attended by representatives or
tho Green Mountain club. the University
Outing club. the principals OF the Bur
lington and Winooski high schools, and
press Representative plans we're made
for the first mid winter carnival for this
vicinity. which will he held ut the Uni
versty OF Vermont next Saturday.
II is the plan for this carnival 10
interest preparatory school men from all
over Veromnt, many OF whom will be in
Burlington for the Kako Walk Friday
night In the snowshoc and ski events, so
that largo number Of schools will have
representatives in each event. This Is
n new thing for Vermont and it is not
, expected that any records will be made,
or even that the time will be very fast,
but 1t is the hope that preparatory school
men will get interested in the event in
order that IL may become an annual affair
at the University Besides the inter-
scholastic events, there will be races for
the college men in which the four classes
a. tho University will enter men to COM
pete against each other and agsins. teams
from the city. and from Winooski and
| Essex Junction.
DR.. W. z. Edmunds. athletic director
at the University Of Vermont, will have
genera charge OF the carnival. and he
athletic committee Of the University. of
the Burlington section Of the Green Noun
tain club and of the schools above men
toned A committee from the Green
Mountain club. consisting of A II. Miller.
chairman. II. ". Slocum, G. f.. Partridge,
Or. G. T.. Loudon and NJ. G. Ray. will
have charge OF organizing a team from
the people Of Burlington 10 represent the
city at this carnival. Principal George
r. Stackpolc Of the Winooski high school
will head the organization from Winooski.
The events Of the winter carnival will
be run off Saturday afternoon. beginning
ct 2:30 o'clock. They will be held for
the most part on the front campus OF the
university. and everybody is invited to
witness them. There will be no charge.
1t is expected that the events will be
very interesting. especially the obstacle
humorous nliX-ups.
There will be il events in ALL to be run
off in the following order: ~ 220-yard
senior ski dash; t2) Toward ski dash for
preparatory school men; 49, 2oo-yard senior
snowshoe dash ~ lo0-ysrd snowshoe
dash for preparatory school men: f0
| obstacle races on skis for college men
and men above high school age; '0
obstacle race on skis for high school men :
| - obstacle race on snowshoes for coll
lese men and others; tO obstacle race on
snowshoes for high school men; 10y
senior crnss-countr! race on skis; t1O)
| junior cross-country race on skis :
, I'D senior cross-country race on snow
shoes; (l2D Junior cross-country race on
| snowahoes: n3) senior ski relay: 90
Junior ski relay; 15) senior snovshoe re-
lay; 06 junior snowshoe relay: n7) ski
joring, open to men above high school
| age
| The obstacle races will be among the
most interesting events Of the afternoon
| Obstacles of piles of snow, with ropes
stretched across, barrels which must be
gone through and other things tending
TO delay the runner. will keep thing NOV
| ing every minute. No school. class or
| club will be allowed to enter more than
two men in any one event except the re-
lays. 1t is expected that the cross
country races will be held on the back
campus. with the course from the rear
of the Billings library across to Converse
! han and return. The relays will be run
/ by teams of four men each. each man
, running distance of not more than 800
! yards The sk-jorng event is one not
much known in this section OF the coun-
try. II consists Of a race between men
on skis, each OF whom Is drawn by a
horse
! Ribbons will be offered by the univer-
sty as prizes for the men who take
first. second and third place in each of
these events. Officials of the meet have
been appointed as follows: Starter, ]. z.
| Donahue chairman of the athletic COM
mittee AT the University Of Vermont
referee, j. ?. Taylor clerk of the course
r. F. Crane: judges. G. T. Cowles. T. S
| Dean. Mayor j. Holmes Jackson and \. J
Canning Printed programs will be cir
| culated with the events outlined so that
| the names Of the winners may be written
| in. II is expected that arrangements
will be made to have a repre- sentative of
the Pathe Weekly or other moving picture
concern here to make pictures Of the car
| nival.