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ATHLETIGS.
The football training quarters have been equipped for the exclusive use of Indoor meet contestants.
The parallel bars and poles have been taken from the gymnasium to North college and the upstair rooms of the college fitted up with a wrestling mat, a punching bag and boxing gloves.
All entries must be made by March 10th and after that date no further names will be accepted. It is important that this shall be understood. An entry made after March 10th, will not be acknowledged. Entries should be made through the class captain or a member of the committee.
The Indoor meet will introduce several new faces into the arena of active University athletics, and some familiar ones will be seen in new roles. The contests this year are of unusual interest for this season, as well as because of the class rivalry that has been engendered. There are already more entries than there have been contestants in all the events of any of the previous meets. No pains have been spared to arouse the enthusiasm of the contestants and we predict that the meet on March 14th, will be the most successful and satisfactory one that has been given under the University auspices.
Among the entries for the Indoor meet are the following: Boxing, Messrs Hill, Fay, Schroeder, McMurray, Sherman, Foster, Swayze, Fletcher, Breese, Reno and Walker; wrestling, Messrs Menke, Stewart, Fletcher, Alder, Cox, Guy Simpson, Colbin, C. H. Simpson, Outland and J. A. Simpson; parallel and horizontal bars, Messrs Everett, Lee, W. Stanley, Alder, Warren, Pope, Anderson; jumping, Sharp, Sherman, Rench, Sanderson; hitch and kick, Messrs Stanley and Smith; shot put, Foster and Voigts. While there is still several names to be added to this list, these already recorded insure a most interesting meet.
All interest in the athletic department of the University is now centering in the Indoor meet which will take place at the rink on Saturday evening, March 14th. The Indoor events break the slumbers of the athlete, and although the snow still flies with apologetic mildness, the athlete has taken down the arnica bottle and is busily rubbing his stiffened joints into form.
The program of events as already announced is as follows. Boxing and wrestling, three classes; running and standing high jumps; poles and bars; shot put and the hiteh and kick. This makes a total of twelve events, for which first and second honors will be given. The prizes will be the same offered in the big schools, of the East; pewter cups, on which are to be engraved the name of the winner and the event won.
The committee has decided to deviate slightly from the standard weights in the wrestling and boxing contests. The light class in each will include all men under 140 pounds, and the middle class all under I60 pounds, instead of 135 and 158,the recognized weights. This has been done at the solicitation of the class captains who claim that there are several men who should be clearly enough be classified as of light weight who will not be included.
Two events that in the past have received but little attention because of lack of talent are the parallel bars and poles. These promise to be of particular interest this year as there are a number of clever men in this line. The jumps will be contested for by several nimble and fleet footed students, two of whom hold the University records.
The class captains have been active in their capacities and to their energy is due the credit of the large entry list. They have worked a considerable class interest in the event, and many of the contestants have entered from a spirit of class pride. The lady honorary captains in return promise to have the classes well represented on the occasion of the meet, and will give their class contestants royal support.