The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-19
VANGUARD OF PEPS ON HAND HERE
TO BEGIN TRAINING FOR OPENING
OF BASEBALL SEASON ON APRIL 10
Big Prospects Ahead
For Local High School

In the year 1913 n little red. .jerseyed
clan OF youths, led by the stalwart
Nelson and Pttman. swept back all
oppositio non the Durant track, shat.
tering both the 100 and 20O.yard dash
records there, and continued to the
state meet, where they buried all op-
position under an avalanche OF me-
teoric track worE c. Nelson in that
year set state record for the go
yard sprint Of 22 2-5 seconds that
stands supreme among the Oklahoma
high schools Of today. not even being
broken by Seth Hughes, Tulsa Highs
sensational sprinter last year, bring.
ing 10 Ardmore High the first and
only state championship that she has
ever won.
Since that time, when Ardmore High
activities reached their supreme height,
1t was felt that the standard Of ~
and 1S could never be attained and
track interest has been half.hearted.
until this year. Realizing what
wealth Of material lies in the ranks
of the football men whose brilliant
record is known all over the state,
and OF the basketball team, where
many have been conditioning since
January, Coaches Dorsey Boyle and
r. X. VanDyne. leaders of the foot
ball squad, have issued their first
call the past week for track men, and
the response has been overwhelming
Thirty Men Training.
nlr Io,
through the PAGES to timber stiff mus
cles at Fair Ground parry every day,
and the present outlook is one that
inspires the greatest confidence in
Ardmore high school enthusiasts, who
are firm In their belief that the High
squad will blaze n trail through state
meets at both Durant and Normao
this year that will rival even the
achievements of the unforgettable
track men OF old.
Certainly leadership is there. with
Boyle and VanDyne guiding the des-
tinies Of the aspiring youngsters.
Boyle. one of the greatest athletes
coming out of Oklahoma university
during recent years. was captain Of
his track squad during his senior
year. as holder OF the Missouri Valley
pole vault record. Last year his Hen.
ryetta high school aggregation romped
off with class Il honors at Norman,
where its achievements created big
noise. VanDyne is known as one OF
the greatest football coaches in Okla.
homa, and while in Ohio State was
one OF the greatest athletes turned
out by that institution.
After McAIester's Scalp.
Working faithfully every day under
the eyes OF their tutors to down the
McAlester track squad, winner OF the
Durant meet for the past two years,
IS a most likely array of former foot.
ball, basketball and track men, to-
gether with q group OF asplrants en-.
tering athletics seriously for the first
time.
Running In the dashes in preimi.
nary tryouts are Dan Sweetness"
West, Boomer Sullivan. HALEY Wal
colt Bob Willlngham. Eddie Bennett
and William Mig Tate, one OF the
sweetest arrays of fast material that
ever wore the red and white colors of
the local institution. West is T.
Junior High youngstor, small and
wry. who has been stepping the 100
nj around the l-sccond mark in first
workouts and shows great promise to
develop into Il flashing sprintcr. West
is n former Tennessee Military acade.
my man. Sullivan Is known to every.
one as one OF the fastest men on the
cinder path in the state IN both the
two dashes and hurdles, and has
placed at Durant for the past three
years Sullivan is sure TO run high
this year. Big HALEY Walcott is new
as n track pastimer, but was one of
the high lights on the 1921 football
squad and il kown for his speed
While kicking off from tackle posi-.
ton, Walcott almost always beat ends
and backfleld men down the field un.