UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PREP ATHLETES TO K. U
Two Hundred Valiant Cinder Artist Will Take Part in Ppproach- ing Meet
TRACK INTEREST INCREASES
Showing of Last Year's Valley Champs Causes Great Enthusiasm Among School Speeders
Two hundred athletes from the public high schools of Kansas are expected to compete in the twelfth annual interscholastic meet on McCook Field, Saturday, May 1, according to an announcement by Manager O. Hamilton today. Last year the entrants in the 14 events totaled 192.
The work of the University of Kansas in winning every dual competition in the valley last spring and the prospective trip of the K. U. distance man to the classic Penn Relays has aroused a new interest in track and several new records are looked for, if the weather favors keen competition. Last year's meet was held on a soft, wet oval.
TELL OF PREP TRAINING
Jayhawkier Distance Men Products o Nature's Development
Edwards Distanced Br'er Rabbit
Few of the crack Kansas distance runners dreamed of achieving fame on the cinder path before registering at the University. Following are their own stories of how it came about:
Herriott a Broncho Buster
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS INTERSCHOLASTIC RECORDS
J. Homer Hermiott has spent the most of his life on a cattle ranch riding bronches and feeding stock yet finding time to attend school and
Event Record Holder School Date Mark
50 yard Dash Hardy Catholic H. S. 1912 5 4-5 sec.
100 Yard Dash Butler Hutchinson 1912 10 1-5 sec.
220 Yard Dash Stahl Lawrence H. S. 1907 23 3-5 sec.
440 Yard Dash Palmer Lawrence H. S. 1912 53 1-5 sec.
880 Yard Run Palmer Lawrence H. S. 1912 2 min. 2-3-5 sec.
One Mile Run Cooley Kansas City, Ks. H.S. 1906 4 min. 41 sec.
120 Yard Hurdles Johnson Lawrence H. S. 1905 16 4-5 sec.
220 Yard Hurdles Martin Lawrence H. S. 1902 27 2-5 sec.
High Jump French Pittsburgh H. S. 1908 5 ft. 9 in.
Broad Jump Brooker Lawrence H. S. 1912 21 ft. 2 1/2 in.
Pole Vault Patterson Hutchinson 1912 10 ft. 10 1/2 in.
12 pound Shot Hartwig Humboldt 1912 42 ft. 8 in.
12 pound hammer Bryson Overbrook 1909 148 ft. 11 in.
Discus Willur Lawrence 1913 111 ft.
The following rules govern the competitors:
Captain Ray Edwards was born near Junction City 24 years ago. When he reached the age of 5, he and his brother walked two miles to school. He played on the Dickinson County high school football and basketball teams and never once thought to track man until he enrolled in K. U.
The same general plans of dividing the schools into three classes, successfully applied last year, will be carried out again. Schools with an enrollment of more than one hundred in class A; more than one hundred and less than two hundred fifty, class B; and those with less than one hundred, class C. This insures the spectators of three distinct track competitions and equalizer conditions among the actual contestants. It also makes a better showing in the meet.
Capt. Edwards worked in the harvest fields of South Dakota last summer where he found it difficult to make the fellows believe he was a star runner until one day he ran down a half-grown jack-rabbit in the stubble field. Now they all agree with K. U, that he is "some racer."
Just before the game, Manager Hamilton negotiated for the purchase of a ticket issuing register. The new machine works automatically and Hamilton can now rest easier while the game progresses. The machine came from the National Cash Register Company.
The feature of the 1914 competition was the work of Sol Butler, the Hutchinson negro, who scored enough points himself to "bring home the bacon" for the "salt city" institution. Butler still holds the record for the hundred, having completed the century in 10-1 at the 1912 meet. He will not have the best win yet, preferred at an Illinois preparatory school. Butler recently tied the world's record for the sixty yard indoor distance.
Third: No one is eligible who is not doing basking work in at least one hour a day.
William J. Weber, junior Law, has been elected captain of the freshman baseball team. Weber attended Cooper College last year and gained his training at first base on the college baseball team. He has been successful in coping the initial sock on our own freshman team.
Second: No one is eligible who has not been in school continuously since the Christmas holidays of the current year.
Fourth: No one is eligible who
would more than 20 years old his last
birth date.
First: These games are open only to athletes in good amateur standing under the rules of the A. A. U. (This rule excludes all men who have played for money in any sport or have competed for a cash prize.)
Fifth: No one is eligible who has competed in high school athletics for 10 years or more.
Sixth: No post graduates, persons receiving pay for instruction in any department of the school, or special work doing advanced work are eligible.
Homer Herriott, the crack long distance runner of the relay squad, is also an ardent tennis devotee. After the tryouts Tuesday, the lanky miler played a couple of stiff matches. Herriott is set on going to the Penn Relays, as he has never been east of Missouri.
reach the sophomore class in K. U., at the age of 19. He was born near Lawrence but soon afterwards moved with his father to a ranch near Engleh. About nine years ago they went to garden City which he now calls home.
"Junk" as he is commonly known on the cinder path was discovered by last year's track coach, A. St. L. Mose, who saw him wandering about the campus and thought he would make a crack hardler but soon uncovered his wonderful ability as a long distance runner.
Rodkey, King o Freshmen
Fred S. Rodkey is the youngest man on the team, having passed the 19 year mark but a short time ago. He won his "K" while a freshman by lowering the half mile record for the University. He was a member of the irving high school team for three seasons before the cross country team last fall after winning the Missouri Valley long distance title.
The neighbors between his father's farm and the school house two miles away say that for years Fred could be seen with dinner pail in his hand scampering away to school like a frightened rabbit.
Archie Sprinted to School
Bryce V. Grady began his school life by making a journey of two miles twice a day to a country school. He uphold the honor of the Reno County high school in track by running the quarter and half. He won his K.
Archie surely did not make a very promising appearance when he first came out for track at K. U. He looked as if the first Kansas breeze that came along would topple him over. "What can you do?" asked Coach Mosse. "Don't know," he replied. Coach sent him off on a mile up the hill, and then the way he developed muscle, wind and speed soon won him a place on the K. U. track team. Grady is 22 years old.
Fred Poos, the alternate, started student activities as a debater. He had no high school experience as a runner, but once represented the Atchison County high school in a state oratorical contest.
Poos was born at Potter, 22 years ago, and spent the first few years of college there. In 1996 track emblem while a sophomore at the University, running the two mile.
Poos Got His Wind in Debate
24 TEAMS CROSS BATS
Imogene Murdock, senior College, her home in Kansas City, Mo.
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Hope vs. College Campus, He,
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Los Amigos vs. Track Training, N1, 2 o'clock.
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The lack of ground facilities was the chief question discussed by members of the Hash House League at their meeting in the Daily Kansan office last night. The diamonds north of McCook are not level, and a full schedule of ten or twelve games can be played on the two Hammond Fields in one day. We have been compelled to play on hastily constructed钻石 on the golf links, wherever any level ground could be found. Negotiations have been opened with the owners of Woodland, and the diamond there will probably be leased for each Saturday after tomorrow. The ground will be available from show, and consequently will not be available for Hash House teams.
Moody vs. Oread, Hw., 4 o'clock
*Corrected change from official schedule.
The method of ball distribution presented by the Commission was adopted. Each team will be provided with three orders for a ball, dated for the various week-ends. Thus each team will be expected to get a ball for half or one-third of the orders specified on its order. These orders will be distributed by mail today.
Interpretation was given to the rule that a Varsity player must play an outfield position as follows; anyone who is on the Varsity squad shall be considered a Varsity player. An additional rule was passed that no player can be a member of two teams at the same time.
He, 2 o'clock.
Los Apitos vs. Track Train
No withdrawals have been reported, in spite of the fact that several teams were defeated by large scores last week. Two teams are on the waiting list, and any club wishing to withdraw is urged to notify the president of the Commission at once. Additional names and corrections
Hope Club; Jones, Cooke, Tucker,
Chandler, Arnold, Baker, Smith,
Weidlein, Hogapple, Weible, Gearhart, Henson.
Dad's Club: Larimore, captain,
Schmitter, Osborne, Sherman, Wilson,
Long, Zeigler, Fitzgerald, Weber,
Christ, MacGregor, Eaton, Crowley.
Additional names and corrections for the official register are:
Willis; Carter, Travis, Groft, Frank,
Green, Campbell, Allen, Smee, Bond,
Covey, Youse, Douglas, Williams,
Webster.
Stevenson : withdrawn, Scalapino;
new man, Bixby.
With Gene Cook and Ray Deaver as the battery for this season, the Custer Club intends to place chairs in the outfield for the benefit of the fielders. In addition to these players there is a roster of five players who won a letter at Washburn, and manager Clarence Hardin, who claims no distinction other than a batting record of less than .500. Other notable players in the lineup are: Carl Luke, Tommy Shreve, Fred Cooper, Timothy Shreve, Fred Cooper, Jessie Kabler, and Thomas Benton.
Dunakin Has Hopes
When Outfielders Rest
"We've played one game with the College Campus team and beat 'em 10 to 6," said Gordon Street, captain of Dunakin Club. The line-up is Street, Zinc, O. Darby, Shelley, DaMetz, Spencer, Cheney, Johnson, Hilton and Smith. "Our battery is nothing to speak of but our short-sort,
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"So far we haven't any broken fingers, black eyes, or loose teeth, but we have a plenty of sore arms," says Street. "We practice every afterhand and for the chance for the championship shoes fair—but one never can tell."
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Blondy Has Hard Luck
At the grand opening of the Hash House League Saturday morning, the Oread Club met defeat at the hands of the Los Amigos team, 16 to 7. "Blondy Jones," captain, got his finger broken during the second inning, and the scheduled diamond was not available.
"Blondy" succeeded in landing a home run before he was disabled, however. Two men were on bases and matters were at a high state of excitement when Sorenson, of the clubhouse, hooked his chin on a clothes-line. He was not hurt much but received a good jarrying up.
"Brick" says that the defeat was due to non-support of the fair boards.
College Campus Isn't Disheartened
The College Campus nine likewise lost its first game playing with the team from Hope Club on Saturday morning.
The members of the team are: M. Ruble, Afford, Travis, R. Brule, Bressen, Fletcher, Schmutz, Hemphill, Miller, Filley, Dolecik, Hartley.
"Tot" Tarrant Is a Juggler
The Urlrich Club defeated the Coop 5 to 2 Saturday. The victory was due to the brilliant pitching of Baker. (Not the Home-Run Baker of Philadelphia, but Quin Baker). Even Jo D. Berwick, the Kansas cheerleader, could not be classed with him. Charley Stiller, a pitcher, got before the spotlight with the one home run by a batter. It was himself a juggler by catching a fly ball after it was interrupted by the third baseman.
The club holds no regular practice, but tots the ball back and forth across the parking before the admiring girls on the porch.
"Booze" is Optimistic
"We have some ball team," said Ross Bausenbark, of the Los Amigos Club. "Our chances for the champions are the present time seem pretty good."
"Saturday we played the Oread Cafe team and took the long end of a 17 to 6 score. Our two pitchers, Todd Schoenberg and Jamie league form, and will do much toward winning our game with the Track Training team Saturday."
This is Applied Mathematics
Composed of six Engineers and three College men, the Neal Club is endeavoring to apply its mathematics to baseball, and instill some knowledge of geometric curves into the arm of pitcher Crowley.
The first problem with the Marvin Club was difficult to solve. After a week's application to hyperboloids and tangents they expect to wreck their vengeance on the Ulrich Club Saturday.
The team lost one of its best supports in Ralph Crow, of Bennington, who was called home Monday for the first semester by the illness of his father.
The following is the probable lineup for the game Saturday: pitcher, Crowley, catcher, L Thiele, ib. Melia, 2b. Swatek, 2b. Blessner, ss. Steinhauer, cf., Wieters, rf. Neal; If, Yeumk, (mgr.).
DeLongy's shift to the backstopping department temporarily cut the fight for the third sack guardianship down to King and Russell. The former had been the keystone station when the skipper is on the receiving end of the battery.
C. Sproull, who will run one of the half mile laps for the two mile relay team at Des Moines, is also an embryonic journalist. Sproull will cover the Drake Relay Carnival for the Kansan.
Lloyd Bishop, the former K. U. heaver, failed to get on with the Portland Beavers in the Pacific Coast according to reports from the Coast.
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