The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-20
Unless Rain Prevents
Thousands Will See
Great Field Meet

afoReANTowN. May 2o.-The
nolders d eight Of the sixteen
West Virginia High school track
md delairecords are entered in The
fonrth Annual competitions here
lomorrom and without exception
hese champions must look to their
lureis. OF some Of the rapidly de-
clipping youngsters OF the state
VIII carry them away. 81
childress, record holder Of the
me hundfed yard dash who is
gain entered, has been beaten in
compek itton By Donavan, Of Hunt
ngton and his record has been
beaten BY strickling, Of St. Marys.
Hannamati OF Parkersburg, Small
oil t'armont, Conway OF PENIS
boto, and Rutan of Cameron.
Pete Barnum, who holds the
records m the discus, hammer and
iavelin throw. is; Of course, one Of
The headlihers Of tomorrow's meet,
hut Cunningham Of Pennsboro, In
The jayelin Hendricks, Davis and
Carried. ot Charleston; in the dis.
Gus and swearingen, Of Parsons,
Ia the hammer will cause him
at1iets before the day Is over.
stateler OF pennsboro, who tops
nj the pole yaulters with q vault OF
10 feet 8 inches, is again con.
testant and In addition to the news
that he isnot In as good form as
FORMERLY Wookey, OF Huntington.
and Farley, Of Charleston, have
both been Jumping right around his
mark and may far exceed 1t III tho
strennops competition here.
N the broad jump, Hendricks, OF
Charleston, who now holds the rec
ord. VIII be hard pushed by Bar.
Num- of Parkersburg. Davis, OF
Clarlestor Glenn, OF Elkins, and
Welch Of Parkersburg, all OF whom
have during the season exceeded
the record.
snodgrass from Pennsboro. in
mile run. Is said to be In great form
ind has been consistently break.
ing his ownsmark, but Shaffer, OF
Parketsburg, Is expected TO give
him q great battle. shafter Is ad.
hitting the best miller in the state
aside from Snod grass;and the strug.
lie between this pair is looked for.
ward to with interest.
Wilson the other Pennsboro
record holder. who Is supreme
1n1ong the two mile trudgers, ap.
pears to have an exceptionally
strong opponent on his own team
IA tiie person Of Snodgrass, the
mile champion, and another likely
looking man Is Smith, of Wellsburg,
whose mark at the Wheeling meet
was except onal.,
But. after all Is said and done
It Ii far more likely that these
present title holders will come
tiopg and break their own records
than that anyone else will come
forward and do SO far them. All
are sad to be in great shape and
the emphasis placed on track by
~ the high schools during the last
wear will bring to the athletic field
here tomorrow a far more severe.
N trained bunch than has ever
come before with consequent high.
er quality Of performances.
Everything Is In readiness for
tonlorEow's great event. All de.
tails have been worked out here
and late this afternoon and tonight
the athletes will pour in TO the fra.
ternity houses where they will be
quartsred. At $3.50 tomorrow
morning the pole vault and shot
put events will be started and from
that time forward with bare hour
and halt for luncheon and till
four osclock in the afternoon, there
viii be something doing on the
university athletic field.
Realizing that capable officials
have more to do with the success
q g meet than any other factor,
University athletic authorities have
scpared no pains to secure the best
men available In this section. A,
g. Couch. manager OF the A, q.
Spalding Bros. Sporting goods store
u Pittsburgh, viii be the referee.
Heshass had wide experience in this
work as an a. a. q. official and
Tor three years past has run OF the
West Virginia meet to the satisfac.
ion Of everybody concerned. John
n Taylor, secretary Ct the ALLIE.
kheny Mountain Association Of the
A. All, and a most experienced Of
ficial will, be the starter. In charge
Of the judges at the finish will be
Ward Lanham. too we'll known in
West Virginia I to need further
eulogy; In charge Of the field
Judges and ameasurerers will be
Pop Lueder that old "war.horse"
u Cornell and later OF West Vlr.
ginia athletics: in charge OF the
jumps viii be i. NJ. PEARS, Of Kan.
sas university, another well quail
tied man who has worked for two
Years past In the state meet in this
capacity; In charge Of the timers
viii be Nate Cartmell, the Penn
and Olympic runner, now West vtr.
gilia track coach, and in addition
TO an these there will be announc,
erss custodians, clerks, scorers,
iahysicfnns, retrievers, marshals and
ltispectors. to say nothing OF a
small army Of managers and us.
sigtant managers whose duty II
viii be 70 handle the hurdles and
keep al the other physical equip.
ment Ia shape for the expeditions
conduct Of the meet. In all there
are 56Sofncials who will each have
his sephrate function and by whose
Efforts Il 80 hoped that every. event
WIN 90 through exactly on SEIZED.
lled time.
since M Carpenter has express.
"a the honorable intention Of put-