Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-16

various events to be exceptionally
strong, practically every event having
speed competitors. The runners made
good time. the jumpers record heights,
and the weight men fair throws.
Pembina claims a team that will
take the meet. proyidinEIdhat Grand
Forks fails to. make its promised
showing. Paulson.3 an all-around ath-
lete, who is expected tn he a strong
contender for individual honors is
their main standby. Coach Schulz of
Peinhina states that he has material
to eneetually back the work OF Paul
son and put Pcmhina. to the front ] n
the interschool competition. y
Fargo will be back again this year
In full strength. In the meet held at
Fargo yesterday, this school walked
Away with nearly half The points, get
ting 81 1-2 out of a total of 141\points
Fargo team will again be among the
highest contenders in the state meet
at the university next Saturday. q
IS Other SChools-
Minot, a"echool not entered for many
years, and Glendale. also never rep
resented here before. are showing con
siderable interest this year, though
nothing definite a becn aIertained
rs to the strength of these leans. It
Is probable that jamestown will be
entered up as she won second place
In the Fargo meet, yesterday. Devils
Lake and Langdon will be represented
again Hamilton, the school from
which comes Thacker. last years In
dividual star, will be represented by
a. team of tour, among the members
OF theStean being Thacker himself.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
An innovation in the interscholastic
contest program this year will he a
hoy and girl students can compete.
Coach Davis, who is in charge of this
event, states that entries enough arc
being made to warrant a good tourn-
ament for the first season. Grand
Forks will have a! number of ~reprcsen-
tatives, Valley City will have several
contestants entered, Fargo will more
than likely be Represented and other
Of the large schools are also expected
TO have students entered in the tourna-
-rent.
Boys singles and doubles and girls
singles and doubles will be played.
according TO plans. Flay will prob
ably take place on Friday morning
and afternoon on the courts at the
university and, in Ease these are over
crowded. also on the courts at Uni
versity park.
Each of the schools may enter ae
many competitors as it cares to. How
ever, points won in this event will
not count toward any SCHOOLS sum
mary of points in the track and field
meet. This contest will be separate
entirely from the meet. Medals will
be given the winners as in the other
interscholAaic competitions.
DEFAMATION. ~.
Entries have also been coming in
during the past week and will con
tinue to come in the early part of this
week until Wednesday for tho an
nual state defamation contest. &C
cording. to A. H. 'Yoder. director 3of
the extension division. who is lin
charge Of the registration in this
event. Ordinarily SO or 40 schools take
year, each school being entitled to
two representatives, one boy and one
girl: q y
'PreHniinaries in defamation will be
held In Woodwork auditorium for the
girls and Room 1913 Woodwork for
the boys on Friday afternoon at one
O'Clock. Competent judges will be s e
lected in order to pick the six best
speakers three girls and three boys,
for the final competition on Saturday
night. Announcement of the, winners
in the preliminaries will be made
alphabetically in order that none viii
be- Handicapped in the final contest.
Honorable mention will be made at
the finals Of a few whose work was
OF superior grade in the preliminary
competition. +
The Ames OF the contestants and
their se4Actions with authors must be