UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
INDOOR TRACK MEET
TO DISPEL BLUES
No Silver Lining to Cloud That Overhangs Track Enthusiasts
MEDALS FOR THREE PLACES
Men Who Show up Best to be Taken to K. C. A. C.
Meet.
A dark, deep, indigo blue is hanging over the cinder enthusiasts of the University of Kansas and from present indications the track chances for the coming season are in about the worst shape they have been for years. In order to excite more interest in this section of school athletics, Manager W. O. Hamilton and Captain French have arranged for a large handicap indoor meet to be held in the gymnasium Wednesday evening March 18.
This meet will be open to all classes and in all probability a few entries from Lawrence high school will be permitted. About one hundred men are expected to enter. Medals will be awarded for the first three places and cups will be given to any man breaking a University record. The medals will be distributed at the close of each event.
The purpose of the meet is to get more men interested in track and to bring out men who are at present unknown to the athletic authorities. It was at first thought that a meet with Baker, Washburn or some of the other smaller colleges would be more beneficial but as each of the above schools insisted on coming to the University, Coach Hamilton decided that an inter-school meet, each man for himself, would be best.
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“The men have absolutely refused to come out this year and those who have shown up do not have the winning spirit,” said Captain French this morning. “The refusal of the Woodburybs and Ammons to come out has put about as big a crimin in the University track team that it has ever had and unless more men show up we are certainly going to back alld.”
Men who show up best in this handicap meet, freshmen or upperclassmen, will be taken to Kansas City April 6 to enter in the K. C. A. C. meet. This is an excellent chance for freshmen who expect to come out next year and also for all upperclassmen who have any aspiration or ability in any line of track events Men may tryout for their handicap any afternoon at 4:15 in the gymnasmium, under the direction of Coac Hamilton.
Miss Marie Hedrick, of Kansas City, who was called home on account of the serious illness of her father, has returned.
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University of Kansas
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A faculty of nearly sixty and the complete University equipment of library and laboratories will be at the service of those who wish to continue [their studies.
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The Summer Session Catalogue, with full description of all courses, will appear about February 20.
President of Western Conference Schools take Hand in Athletic Leaders
New and rigorous measures for the government of athletics in the West will be considered by the presidents of the "big eight" colleges at a meeting to be held March 9 at the University Club of Chicago. President A. W. Harris of Northwestern University yesterday issued a call for the gathering, which is expected to be the most important legislative session since the formation of the organization of the conference of 1896.
In his invitation to the university leaders President Harris stated that the meeting was for the purpose of a thorough discussion of the athletic situation. The assembling of presidents for the third time in the history of the conference is the out-growth of dissatisfaction with the present condition in intercollegiate sports and it is expected that the discussion will have a profound effect upon the future of athletics in the "his eight" district.
The presidents will cut loose from the current debates over the compromise recommendations made by the "big eight" representatives at their January meeting and talk over the fundamentals of athletics, according to the plans of President Harris. The meeting will have no immediate connection with the conference representatives, none of whom had been invited to attend.
The value of college athletics in education, the movement in favor of abolishing intercollegiate competition in part or as a whole, and the possibility of making a new alignment of conference forces which may result in two groups of colleges are among the subjects up for discussion. With these problems in the air it is likely that the "big eight" map will be changed in several radical ways when the presidents have ended their arguments.
BASEBALL HOPES ARE BRIGHTENINI
Kansas Stars Will Shine in Spite of Previous Gloomy Outlook
"The prospects for the coming season are picking up and it looks at present like the University of Kansas will have one of the most successful baseball teams they have had in years." So in part spoke Captain Hicks this morning when talking of the results his men are expecting to attain this spring.
Every afternoon about twenty-five men work out in the gym under the direction of Coach Sherwin and are gradually getting themselves in shape for the hard out door practice which is to begin as soon as permanent spring weather settles in.
The tryouts are at present working only on picking up "grounders" and battery work. In the latter branch of activity the pitchers have turned out beyond all expectation and all doubt as to efficiency in this department have been dispelled. The men now working out for this position are, Walker, Marsh, Busick and McCarty. Of these Busick and Walker seem to be the most promising positions for equipment being given a hard run by the following men: Binkleman, Charles worth, Ogden, and Nesbit. Of these Binkleman and Ogden are so far in the lead.
As the first games of the season are to be played in less than a month it will take some extra hard work for the whole team when the outdoor work is finally started.
Chancellor Strong will leave Wednesday for Peoria, Ill., where he will give an address Thursday February 29 before the state convention of the Y. M. C. A. at Peoria on "The Student's Response to the World of Man."
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Fifth Annual Interscholastic Tournament Will Be Held
LARGEST MEET IN THE WORLD
CONFERENCE OF HIGH SCHOOLS MARCH 15-16
Thirty Entries last Year -Silver Engraved Loving Cup to be Awarded to the Winning Team.
The largest single basketball ball tournament in the world will be held in Robinson gymnasium when the high school teams teamless through the state of Kansas meet in the fifth annual inter-scholastic basket ball tournament March 15th and 16th. The games are played under the management of the faculty of the University of Kansas and the University Athletic Association and are open to any high school in the state maintaining either a boys' or girls' basketball ball team. The event is unequaled by any other college in the country and has proven to be a large asset in creating interest in and knowledge of the State University among high school pupils.
Entry may be made by filling out the required entry blank and sending it to the University Athletic Association. Eligibility rules in regard to the players are printed on the back of each blank. These should be noticed with the greatest care so that there will be no question arising either as to the good faith of the competing schools or of the University at the opening of the tournament. All students will be charged each competing team and this should be paid at the time of entry which must be made not later than Saturday March 4th.
"This is one of the most stupendous affairs ever attempted in the basket球 world," said W. O. Hamilton, manager and director of the tournament. "About thirty-five teams, both boys' and girls', are expected to enter this year and it will be necessary to divide the gymnastium court in halfand play two games at a time in order to run them all off in the two days allotted. The games will start about ten o'clock, evening and will continue through the day. A small fee will be charged and the proceeds will go towards helping defray the expenses of the teams to and from Lawrence.
"The idea of the tournament is to not only increase the interest in the game of basket ball throughout the high schools in the state, but it also brings hundreds of pupils to the University and gives them a chance to see what sort of an institution we have prepared here for them to attend when they have finished their high school course."
The preliminary games will consist of 15 minute halves and will be played on courts 50x45. The finals, which will be held on Saturday the 16th, will be of regulation length and will be played on courts 70x45. All boys' games will be played under the A. A. U. rules while the girls will play under the modified rules that govern the women's games. Officials will be chosen from the University of Kansas. A large number of players will be awarded the winning team; the ball with which the final game is played will be given as a trophy to the runner up in each class. Lawrence high school is the present holder of the boys' championship while the Chanute high school carries the title for the girls.
Ralph Craig, the famous spinner of the University of Michigan, announced today that he would not compete with the American team at the Olympic games at Stockholm next summer. Craig was expected to score heavily in the 100 and 200 meter dashes. He declared that he cannot leave his position for the length of time that training and the trip requires.
CRAIG WILL NOT RUN
Michigan Star is Out of Olympic Games.
LARRY DOYLE TO WICHITA
Old Kansas Base Ball Star Will Pitch in Western League.
Louis Doyle, the former University pitcher, and in student in the School of Engineering last year, has signed a contract to pitch for the Wichita Western League team this season.
Debating and Basket-Ball Championships Will Be Decided
Doyle twirled for Larned in the Kansas State League last year, and he Western League teams this year before acceding to the Wichita offer. He is a south pa
STATE OFFICIALS TO SPEAK
Many University and Outside Speak ers Announced—Glee Club Entertain Banquers in Gym
The ninth annual meeting of the Conference of High Schools and Academies, accredited by the University of Kansas will be held at the University on the fifteenth and sixteenth days of March.
The program announces the following special features: The conference luncheon entertained by the Glee Club in gym at 12:30 Saturday followed by after dinner speeches At 2:30 the same day and in the same building will be held the annual business meeting of the high school Debating League.
The high school basket-ball tour-
nament begins Thursday evening
and ends Saturday evening, when the
finals will be played.
The chapel address Friday morning will be given by Henry Churchill King, L.L.D. of Oberlin College.
Chancellor Strong will welcome the members after which they will listen to an address, "The Weak Line in our Educational System," by superintendent E. T. Fairchild Immediately after this comes a talk by Dr. S. J. Crumbine on "Public Health and Public Education."
Friday afternoon is the time set for the Kansas program in Snow hall. Speeches will be made by L. A Lowther of Emporia, L. W. Mayberry of Iola, F. L. Pinet of Parsons A. J. Stertter of Topeka, Albert E. Avery of Salina, I. B. Morgan of Kansas City, Kansas, and Prof. A. W Trettien of the University of Kansas. The Friday evening session will be addressed by Professor Calvin Olin Davis, Ph. B. of the University of Michigan on "A New Era for the American High Schools," and byella Bond Johnston of the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana, on "A Democratic Art Movement."
Saturday morning from 8 until 10:30, the conference will listen to a discussion by Prof. J. E. Boodin Ph.B. and one by Pres. Henry Churchill LL.D. From 10:30 until 12 will be given over to the different symposia.
Dean C. H. Johnston is chairman of the Superintendents' Symposium Prof. W. H. Johnson of the Principal's, Prof. U. G. Mitchell of the Mathematics and Science, and Prof A. T. Walker of the Language Symposium. The Conference luncheon will be served in the gymnasium at 12:30 Saturday, followed by ten minute speeches by the following: Prof Merle Thorpe, Prof. F. W Blackmar, Prof. D. C. Rogers, Dr Edna Day, Prof. W. C. Stevens, and Prof R. R. Price.
WILL PICK WRESTLERS
Elimination Bouts for All Weights; Team to Enter A. A. U. Meet
The elimination bouts to pick the Kansas Wrestling team will be staged at Robinson gymnasium at ten o'clock, March the 3rd. The following weights will be staged; feather under 15 lbs, weight-light under 135 lbs, welter under 145 lbs, middle-weight under 158 and heavy-weight over 158 lbs.
The team will enter one man in each event in the A. A. U. wrestling games to be held under the auspices of the Kansas City Athletic Club, March the 9th. They will also probably mix with some of the Conference grapples, as Missouri and Nebraska have signified their intention of competition.
Arrangements have also been made for a Conference meet with Missouri the latter part of March though no definite date has yet been set.
The prospecties are that Kansas will have a husky bunch of man handlers as the majority of the men now trying out are experienced men. Allison is the most likely candidate for the featherweight position and Dart for the Wetter-weights. Roberts and Clark both have a good hold on the middle-weights while in the light-weightz there are a number of candidates.
Davis, L. Smith and Vermillion are at present leading the rest.
SPRING ATHLETICS CALL
OUT 200 AT WISCONSIN
Track, Baseball, Crew and Football Men all at Work—Baseball Squad Will go South.
Spring athletics have started with a rush at the University of Wisconsin and the new athletic annex, which has just been completed, presents a lively appearance every afternoon with about 200 men training for baseball, track, and football. Next week the crew men will be added to the quota, as the rowing machines have been moved out of the gymnasium in order to give more room for the men who are working under Coach Harry Vail.
Coach Richards, who will have charge of the baseball team, has ordered them to report for work on Monday. He has changed the policy that has been adhered to in the past by having the men report by classes. He will accept all the senior and junior candidates, but sophomores will be required to try out for ten days before they are given places on the sound.
The department will let nothing stand in the way of a winning team this year and has promised to equip the squad with the best there is. In addition to the financial support, the team will be given the advantages of a southern spring training trip or which eight games will be played
The schedule as announced by the coach early this week is as follows: April 1-3- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ark.
April 4-Christian Brothers' College at St. Louis, Md.
April 5-6-University of Missouri at Columbia, Mo.
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