The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-18
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION MEET To Be TODAY
MORE TKAN 100 ATHLETES FRoM
ALL PARTS or COUNTRY
WENT rHBou9R PAGES
YEErERpAY
Two hundred and forty entrants Will
oompsts- Many failed TO arrive
70 make qualifications

Chicago. June lT.-More han 100
college athletes from all sections ~ 'he
country today went through ,he'r PAGES
or STACY Field. practICiHs for the Ma
tIunaI CuileglAtic Athieuc AsSoc!a non
tr,rh and ueld rnr", tomorrow. but. he
cause gnunv stars frr,N distant points
w,-r una k' to arr;1r '"dAH, elimination
tryou,s scheduled lar '",iHN were called
or.
II MAS found th., Is: he 40 entrants
In the meet. nearly hI.t were unaware
tha, they would have % qualify and ia
no; arranE" :" reach ChicaS" until to-
night.
tlnaI Sa5u!aiion o. N" entry lists To-
day showed Sixty -0ne '"tIcSeS ana UNI
VrrSlticS represented.
The June II meet. although Il - the
initial effort OF IN" association. VIE
bring INTO competition 4 majority OF me
best individual track men OF me c"un-
try. Approximately TOO colleges IN al!
sections will be represented by a""u;
6Nn athletes.
Eastern entries probably VII Ne t"~-
er than those from "'hcr sections. hnt
the scarcity IN nAmb~rS will y" some
what offset hy tuc vihhe- nt IN" men
who will make tine tr!p west. Earl
Thompson NJ dartmouth. holder OF ;hH
worlds record Of OF - IN ~" ~
yard high hurdles and u contestant IN
The OlympirS viii heat the "St az
Eastern stars. The BUAor twins 80
Bates, one mile and two mile runners.
are expected 20 eve the dtStAn"" run
ners Of the Pacific coast. the south ana
the central west Somr r"a. c0mp'nt"h'
while Yale, Rochester, AUI,rsi. Wesley
an OF Connecuvvtt and ";acr eastern
4 gh,rF- ,-1fa ont ion fF
pendSng men to contest with other sec
Eonal champions.
Best Mon Entered
Tina best men IN the southern Inter
COLLEGIATE Athletic Association and IN
other southern conferences have been
entered clare OF kcntucky with mark
OF Oc5 IN the @2n yard low hurdles.
.CouShlin Of the University "t tn" south
Sewanecm Tenn. a quarter miller VINO
has beaten tn" stars o. thu south. Skid
more a Sho, Nu;tCr ~ ihr sam" ScA""1
Me.ch,.l "f Georgia Ten. and the stars
Of Louisiana University. ''"ntr" Col
leSp Of kentucky and ~ IA" uiNerSity
OF Tennessee will compete.
From the southwest Mi. come the
mainstays OF the Texas y. and NJ. team,
champions Of the southwest conferences.
Nahan, national champion jav"lin
,h-awe-; Weir. IN N" longer SPr'n;S;
Sanders. individual pOln; winner N IN"
southwest conference moot: Davis. IN
the daShes. and Dietrich. N 'hr jaN"l'n
throw are some ri the Texas y, and NJ
stars who will TAX" part In n" contests
Rlc.. ,ns,ltut" and other TEXAS schools
ais" are entered.
RI, paclfr coast. which has swept
everything before X in !"tHr-Secuonal
contests this year ami has sprung 20 the
parinnallC ~ h. lFh,Ptlt world,
will send men who promise - give ~"
h.St Of the .as, midit,. west and south
the strongest opposition ever expert
en,rd.
Washington Is Strong.
Thu University e Wd~htnEtnU has
entr-Hd an uruSullly ~tr"nE fvaul "hi"h
through rs great a.. around "eIAtE
should De among the leaders - sSam
svurinE Hurley. an n.n2 - hundred
ward man and with a mark Of less than
0:25 in the low hurdles. - looked on as
on, OF WaShrngt"D's h"St. Pope. Star
of me coast IN the wight events. ana
Pra,t and Douglas. both less than -
second mcn in the a" yard dash. are
other Washington entries.
Jrnne. Washington S;e'" college. with
a poi vault mark ~ Il Yet inches.
an eighth Of an inch under tn" worlds
record the best performers from Mon
tAnd. ShGtN ldNblt ~ N''lVls'iS 6tN Wv
gon Will round "ut the far vests list
Of competitors.
West Enters Star.
The central west has catered me stars
OF the western conference. The Missouri
valley conference and Of numerous non
conference &h"uls Illinois winner 0t
thu Big Ten meet with 81 points. Will
send all Of rs best point Winners. As
will Michigan. the second place nnisher.
and Wisconsin. which ran third.
NOtre Dame has entered Hayes in the
daSheS. D-Sch in the hurdles and Jimmy
Murphy. national high jump champion.
al, members OF IN" .Nm"rIcan Olympic
teams
Brutus Hamilton. national penthaiou
and decathlon champion and leading m
dividual point winner in the western
conference meet will represent Mis-
souri,. Representatives. OF Nebraska.
Missouri valley conference champions:
Kansas. the runner-up; A'n"S. which won
two firsts in the BiS Tra meet: Okla
homa the Kansas AggteS and numerous
smaller schools VIII striI" for POINTS,