The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24

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! I Oly PROGRAM
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il Meets, Lacrosse, Base
/ pall and Tennis on
, May 2 Card :
4 SEPARATE EVENTS FOR
: COUNTY ATHLETES

vniversity Of Maryland's annual
Spring Field Day at College Park,
Saturday, May 2, offers the most pre-.
tentious card of the kind ever held in
the State. Including two track meets,
there will be six events as follows:
Track-Interschola meet, with IS
open events and Eve closed to county
high schools of the State, and q tran.
gular meet with Navy, Virginia and
Maryland as the competing teams.
The triangular meet will be run con-
currently with the high and prep
school games.
Baseball-West Virginia vs.. Mary.
land.
Lacrosse-Penn State Va. Marylands
Virginia Freshmen W.. Maryland
Freshmen.
Tennis-william and Mary VS.. Mary.
land.
The track meets will get under way
at I o'clock, the tennis match at $50,
the baseball game at o'clock, and
the lacrosse contest, the final feature.
at 4.15. The freshman lacrosse game
will be played at 10 o'clock in the
morning.
The track meets and varsity Ia.
crosse game VIII be staged in Byrd
Stadium and the ball game and tennis
match on the diamond and courts that
are adjacent. The baseball field, es-
pecially the diamond, is just as good
az any in the South and one Of the
best in the country. It has stand
that seats close to 1000.
The open events in the interschol-
astic meet are: 100, 22O and 440-yard
dashes. half-mile and mile runs, 100.
yard high hurdles, 220-yard low hur.
dies. 12-pound shot put, discus and
jayelin throws, high and broad jumps
and pole vault.
Events closed to county high schools
An Maryland are: 100 and 44O-yard
dashes, half-mile run, 12-pound shot
put and broad jump.
All entries must reach the Univer.
Sity Of Maryland at College Park on
or before Monday, April az. in order
that the program may be properly
compiled.
Entrants must be undergraduates
who are under p years of age and who
are competing for not more than their
fourth year for their school.
Keen competition 10 promised in
every one Of the events ON the pro.
gram. although the Maryland Var.
sity track team, In the process Of
rebuilding after losing most of its
1880 stars by graduation, IL not ex.
pected to cope with Navy and Vir-
ginia, those two teams thought should
stage battle royal for top honors.
Maryland has capable baseball and
lacrosse teams and the contests with
West Virginia and Penn State, both Of
which rank high, should provide Ane
attractions.
The competition in the open schol.
astic events should be better than ever.
as there will be no rival meets az has
been the case in past years. Mary.
land, Virginia and the District OF Co
lumbia doubtless will send their best.
while competitors from North Caro-.
lima, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
West Virginia are expected to take
part as they have done in other Field
Day carnivals.
A bigger entry list than ever before
10 expected for the interscholastic
meet. especially In the county high
school section in which Hagerstown
High was the victor last year.
Special invitations and arrange.
ments are being made to take care Of
the principals Of the competing high
schools. They will be the guests Of
the University for the day.
Specially designed gold medals will be
given the winners in each event, sill.
yer ones will go to the runners-up and
bronze ones to thase finishing third.
A silver cup will go to the team scor.
ing the highest number Of points in
each class and the leading athlete in
each division will be awarded Q gold
wQkch.