The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-20
FESSENDEN EVENT
WILL open TRACK,
FIELD COMPETITION
EIgin, Crosby, Kenmare, Cava.
lier Affairs to Be Held First
Week in May
TWO STATE MEETS SLATED
Outstanding High School Stars
Threaten to Break Exist.
ing N. D. Records
nv the Associated Press)

ing N. D. Records
by the Associated Press)
High school cinder artists get their
first test under fire" In North Da-
'kota next Saturday. April ~, when
competition in the central North Da-
kota track and field meet at Fessen-
den marks the start of the season.
The open" event which annually
launches the prep school running
jumping contests will provide an In
dication Of comparative strength for
the Central North Dakota Conference
classic which follows q week later with
a similar entry list.
Track representatives will gather at
Crosby April % in an eighth annual
invitational track meet. the only other
district event scheduled this month
Four meets are arranged for the
first weekend in May. They are the
Border League at Crosby: South Slope
Conference at Elgin. Ward county at
Kenmare, and Pembina county at
Cavalier.
Tracksters swing into action In
earnest the second week lend Of May
with four track and field meets listed,
two Of them major events.
Slope Invitational 1t Dickinson
The two big competitions are the
Missouri Slope :nvitational at Dickin-
son and the Northwest invitational at
Minot. At Mayville. the Red River
Valley Conference meet will be con-
Quoted while the Nelson county con-
tests are scheduled at Michigan.
Performances at Dickinson's invita-
tional. which attracts approximately
80 high school clubs, have steadily
been improving. seven records having
been broken there last year.
North Dakota's state track and field
meet annually held at the University
OF North Dakota. Grand Forks, will be
conducted May II and ID.
One week later two more ma ior
events In the state are to be run off
the twelfth annual Capital City track
and field meet at Bismarck with over
a hundred athletes from score Of
schools. and the 18th annual Kiwanis
invitational at Valley City listed fol-
May Is.
Valley City Is the defender in the
Kiwanis affair. having won the title
last year In field of $50 track stars
from 30 schools.
The Northwest Conference event
also will be May Is at Kenmare.
State Meet Coming Here
As q windup for the states cinde1
events, the central state high school
track and field meet. first OF its kind
will be conducted at Bismarck June
7 and 8 through sanction Of the North
Dakota State High School League.
Dates for the Lake Regional meet
at Devils Lake. and the May Festival
classic at Fargo have not yet been an.
nounced. Also unset Is the date fol-
the Southwest Conference meet to be
held at Bowman.
Delayed by chilly April which kept
the athletes indoors or under wraps
teams Throughout the state have turn.
ed to intensive practice sessions with
the warmer weather in an effort tt
get into top condition for the early
meets.
Limbering up activities already have
given an indication of what may bt
expected from some of the trackster.
and reports On the team prospect!
forecast q good season although few
individual outstanding performance.
were shown.
Dickinson reported there was gooc
possibility william Fieler who broke
the state record last year by running
the mile In 4:37 would topple thu
Missouri Slope record In that event
His time in the state event was eigh,
seconds faster than the Slope mark.
Threatens Shot Put Mark
Anamoose anticipates considerable
Improvement in the work of Richare
f1eringer. holder of the Central Con
ference shot put record, who In earl,
spring workouts has been reaching q
/ feet with the shot. about four fee
short of the state record.
Ted Whalen. third place winner II
the 220-yard dash at the state event
last year Is being groomed at ORATOR
for greater speed In the 100 and 220.
yard dashes this spring.
Elgin reports good prospects Of re.
tanning its South Slope Conference
title and prospects are promising d
Larimore and Mayyille. The outlool
Is only fair at Kenmare.
About IS candidates turned out 81
v0o.v1~ Yakn Snr1,sda,a<p 1atk As,,>~ AZ nS1
Burckhard and Donald johnson
Burckhard outstanding In the weight,
and johnson . good javelin throwel
and fair dash man. Other promising
candidates are Milo Anderson. weight.
and javelin: Ebert Sparks. dashe.
and broad Jump: Reisdorph, high
jump; Melhouse. Jumps and hurdles
Mckee. distance runs.
Kenmare, defender Of the Ware
county title. lost both OF its veteran
dash men through illness. but hal
five lettermen left. Minot Mode
and Minot high school are stronges
contenders for the title.
Fork Prospect Fair
Grand Forks central looks to fai
season with Coach w. v. Winte
building his squad around three vet
Grams. Captain Kenneth Collins vii
be strong In the dashes, Ronald Mel
son and Archie Rosenberger In tn
weight events and Ronald Nelson 4
the shot put.
Minot has only two lctternen Il
uniform. They are Sam Nelson,
good javelin tosser and James How
ard. hurdle specialist. Mohall IN
lresssendep each have one lettern,ar
| Reeder. competing In the eouthwel
Conferences and Dickinson invitations
levents, has two veterans, Russell Dun
lfee, who holds the conference javeli
lrecoed, and Merle Benson. holder (
the recogd IN the quarter mile.