The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-19
Sewanee Track Men to Compete In EUent
 at St. Louis Tonight

Sewanee. Tenn, March 1S.-(Special.) The lid of the 1921 season for tho Tiger trackmen will be lifted with bang on Saturday night, when seven stalwarts from the mountain fastnesses will trot out on the floor of the Coli scum in St. Louis to compete in the municipal indoor track meet and car nivaL
 This meet is an annual affair in St. Louis, and brings together, some of the best track athletes in Missouri and nearby states. That the competition will be keen can be seen at glance when it is known that there will be entries from Washington university. St. Louis university. koiia School of Mines, University of Missouri, illinois Athletic club, many of the high schools of St. Louis and athletic clubs from St. Louis and other nearby cities.
 Coach Nicholson, himself graduate of the University of Missouri is not unknown in that part of the country, been demonstrated time and again, and his many friends in St Louis are expecting him to bring team that will make big splash in their greatest indoor meet. That they will not be disappointed is the confident predic- tion of every Sewanee student
 NICHOLSON'S TEAM
 The process of selecting the seven men he can take to the meet has had Coach Nick" up at night. but he has about decided on William Coughlan, captain of this years track team, who will be used in the 300-yard event and the 6OO-yard race, and probably the hurdles; James Baird from Nashville, quarterback on last years football team, who will uphold the honor of the Purple in the 50-yard dash; ''Bo-Peep' Skidmore and LeGranr Guerry, who will have a chance to demonstrate their ability to put the 16-pound shot fur ther than the Missouri athletes; AL corn Minor, who halls from Arkansas, and the Payne brothers, Mac and Ben, who come from Mississippi, as mem bers of the relay team.
 COUGHLAN RELIED UPON
 Captain Coughlan, it is believed, will furnish keen competition to Loren Muchison, national champion in the 300-yard race, who will represent the Illinois Athletic club at the meet Coach Nick" knows something oi Murchison's ability, as he helped train him. and he says this race will be a thriller all the way through.
 GUERRY WON IN 1920
 Guerry won the shotput in the s. I A A. meet last year with a distance of fl feet, IA inches. This mark will fall this spring, as both Guerry and Skidmore are already shooting be- yond it. Skidmores improvement in both the discus throw and shot put has gladden. the heart of the coach. Ir these events he is a coming champion in the opinion of more than one track coach
 If the Tigers enter the 1oo0-yar6 race, one of the Payne poys wilf bf called upon to run for the rurple./
 The personnel of the relay team i. unsettled. There are five men from which the coach must choose four, ana he will probablx not make his selection until the race is called Captain Cough Ian is sure of place, as is Pete Baird. Minor and the --ayne brothers have been showing about equal ability | in the quarter mile. The team tha beats the Purple in this race will hay, to go faster than it ever went before Coach Nick" is confident that in thi. event he can bring the trophy back a with him.