The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-14
PPrEEN SCHOOLS BNT1110 ~
SECTIONAL MEETS MBNB8
- REARD or BEFORE OF
TRACK
May pEyEIoPE IN CONTEST OF
DARK HORSE, BUT OLD IA
WORRIES LOOK BETTER TO
WIN
: snecia1 To The Intelligencer

Morgantown May l".-AlthO there
are fifteen teams entered IN the seven
secfional Track and held meets tomor-
rovr that have. never before competed
for tho West Virginia High schooi
truck and Field championships the ouus
are top-heavy that the old STANDBY
with years of experience .ip track and
felG work and with experienced ana
ra nal bic coaches will be returned the
winners.
fHuntinCton High Schaal has won the
West Virginia championship three years
= straight Following the Cabell county
tea m, last wear in order were ParkcrS-
burg, Charleston and Pennsboro. per-
osual OF the records made IN various
dual and triangular meets thus TAR rms
season brings one To the conviction .h"'
these four teams have by Tar the pest
chance to again carry AWAY the honorS
mot only in their SECTIONAL meets TO-
morrow, but In the state meets mere
qAiSy 2lst. ST. Marys. Clarksburg. Fair
mont. Parsons. Wheeling. Bluehcld. FL
kfns and West Union. as well as any or
the score OF other contestants might
"ccne through" but il * entirely un-
likely.
psadlocksd on Paper
s.. On PAPER Parkersburg and Charles
ton and PennSboro appear To De ueau
locked. Their ability 10 cop IN the
state meet here depends in large
measure on how many men they are
able TO qualify in their Sectlona! meets
tomorrow. Huntington has no oppoSl--
ton in her section. but was badly neat
en- by both Charleston and ParNcrSDurS
In n triangular meet and does not APP
near up TO the form Of previous years
Clarksburg has Il good nan IN Byer'
RiyersyiIir an excellent rvs" miller IN
jackson: Fairmon TWO well trained men
In Small and Wright: Weston i TWO
miller OF ability in Hall Pullman an en-
ccptfonal weight man who has thrown
the Diacus farther than amy other west
Virginia boy: Parsons two good men IN
Sycarengen and Crrhin; and IN NooheE
and ponovcn Huntington mas two men
who are certain place winners IN the
state meet But a single individual star
: ff.nless he il Il Bamumh. or even TWO
ordinary high Syhool stars" will not
win the state meet with the quality OF
nompctit;on that the sectional meets
will develop this year.
Charleston Beat ParkOrSburg
CHARLESTON heat |Earkersburg by
margin Of but TWO points on the tharIes
!, +6n field in triangular meet with
Huntington This would Indicate that
there is little TO choose between these
two Charleston will have loss nppoS!-
ton in RoncoVerte 81 Adams ana
East Banks. than l'arkersourE VIII
have tomorrow with -. Marys and
Middlebourne and will likely place
more men for the state meet This
will be an advantage hard /" over
come. Charleston has Childress. state
record holder in the 100 and 22h: Hem
bricks the Broad jump champion; Tuck
er who finished second in the hait ana
mile, and g. Hail and Farley who placed
in the high jump and poll. respectively.
This is an aggregation OF veterans un-
equalled by any other team In Lewis
Davis CARED and Martin toarh Cor
man has n uuartette "f capable new
men us well But GOswCn l.aNm at
Parkersburg has Barnum. This youth
n, an athletic prodigy. He has thrown
the javcln 17i feet. FAR enough n
have placed him on the Olympic team
last year: the DISCUS has called ION
feet from his stronGI right arm: He mas
thrown the hHnmerN l45 feet and pu'
the shot 80 feet layman also mas
ShafHer who runs tho half mile and the
mile IN rare form and Layman has
evidently gone further than anyone else
in the development ~ HURDLES. Here
is an advantage that may readily ne
overlooked, because the hurdlers are