The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-04-13
CONFERENCE MEET
TO DRAW CROWDS
BUILDING NEW GRANDSTAND AT
COLLEGE TO SEAT THE
THRONG EXPECTED
EIGHT COLLEGES WILL SEND TEAMS
Early Season Dope from Coaches
Indicate Keen Competition
In All Events

The FIRST conference track M field
meet of the North Central Intercol.
legiate conference will be held at State
field, Bookings, under the auspices of
South Dakota State college, May u.
with teams representing eight members
OF the conference entered.
Although ii is too early Tor track and
field coaches to make accula'e predic.
tions regarding the u ;3ss of their
teams, all have put their men through
indoor workouts, and now have started
outdoor training.
With the exception Of Creighton uni
versity at Omaha, all the institutions
that will be represented have devel-
oped track and field teams previous to
this year. AT Creighton, Coach
Charles Moriarty is working with col
lege-green men, some Of whom are
showing speed in the dashes and he
hopes to develop point winners in the
field events.
Morningside college has developed
many smart runners under Coach J Nj.
Saunderson, who has sent winners into
the collegiate section Of the Drake re-
lays more frequently than any other
entry. Saunderson is strong for the
half mile event and is expected to fur
nish the fastest competition in this
entry. His quarter milers also should
push those of other schools, and he
usually develops good field material.
AT Vermillion, Coach John w. Stew
art has a group Of veteran track and
field men, among whom are almost
certain point winners in the dashes,
the pole vault, the high jump and the
javelin throw.
Coach Harry Bell, now at Des
Moines university, Des Moines, has
d habit of turning out good track men.
In Johnson he has one of the best half
miiers and 440-vard runners in the
middle west. At Des Moines north
high he won the state championship.
Bell is expected to enter point winners
in the weights, dashea and hurdles as
we'll.
The North Dakota entries, the Uni
yersity Of North Dakota at Grand
Forks and the State Agricultural col
lege at Fargo, are expected to send
some fast lei Coach Paul Davis at
the university has some good men in
an events, and Coach Stanley Borleske
at the Fargo institution has a similar
lineup. Both teams. however, will be
handicapped because Of a later out
door start than other conference mem
bers, because of the weather condi-
tons.
st. Thomas college, st. Paul, has had
several track teams that have shown
to good advantage. Coach Joe Brandy,
who came to st. Thomas from Notre
Dame, has had some valuable expert
ence in track and field events, and is
expected to show some fast men, es-
pecially in the track events.
Coach e. A. West at State college is
His team will be strong in the weights
and pole vault, with some point win
ners in the track events.
The track at State college will be
one of the fastest in the conference
this season. 1t is Of the cinder var
iety, quarter mile, with a good 220-
yard straightaway, wide enough for
eight full size lanes. A new grandstand
will be constructed along the straight
away, which, in addition to the stands
already constructed, is expected to
accommodate the largest crowd ever
recorded at a tract meet in South Da-
kota.