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Show I Utah's Greatest Stars to Perform Here May 8 I Thousands Expected to Attend Gala Meet at New Monroe Park University of Utah, Utah Aggies, East High, Ogden A. A. Ogden High and Weber Normal Stars Will Compete For Laurels in Track and Field Events. By Trebla Nedraw. ! When old Jupiter Pluvius halted the' proposed track and field meet sched uldd for Ogden on April 21 the majority major-ity of the fans of the city were disappointed, disap-pointed, but the gent In the lookout aboard the good ship "Wasatch," goes old "Jup6" one better, and announces that the greatest track and fi-ild meor ever staged in t Utah will be on the mantle in Ogden, Saturday, May Sth. Thus the fans will have occasion to rejoice. For More than one hundred of the, best str.rs ever assembled together in the 'state will vie for honors at Monroe jPark in what should be a rip norlin I meet from the tap of ihe gong in the I century until the runners break the jlape in the final event of the day the relay. With the University of Utah, Utah Aggies, East High, Ogden A. A, Weber Normal and Ogden High school represented in the meet, the competition competi-tion should be keen and some "state rr-cords sltould go by the boards with good weath.- conditions prevailing. many unampions. And, gentle reader, champions of the nation, champions of the army and navy and state champions are but a few of the many stars that will be In uniform. The Interest in tho meet, however, will be centered on the ath-j letes that will wear the colors of the Ogden A. A. in the meet, eight in number. num-ber. Although only a small nurabe- in comparison to the other representatives, represen-tatives, the live wires are picking th local A. A. boys lo romp home from the jmeet with points to spare.' I The team will be composed of Alma Richards, Clinton Larson and Harry Bagley in the field events; Robert Col her, Earl "Brownie" Wilson, Al War-don, War-don, Creed Haymond and Robert Mar I tin in the sprints and distance events., OI this number the entire gang is expected ex-pected to garner points. The Utah "U" will have a number j 0i stai o in harness but Romnty. Wing, ! Kerr, Flowers, Snelgrove and Ure are I tl.'e men who are expected to carry the bulk of attack for the crimson Aggies Strong. Coach Romney at Logan will nav? such men as Hansen, Dee, Falck, Bel-r.ap, Bel-r.ap, McDonald, Andrus, Jacques, Hart Richardson and Smith in harness in the "star" class. These men will, no doubt, be able lo place the Aggies to the fore in the scoring ranks. And the East Side will have six of their best men in harness, including Smith, interscholastic 100-yard champion cham-pion in 1919, Kurap, Oscar Martin, Bra-d, Bra-d, Parkinson and DeWald. Locally the Tigers will have Lee Richards, Hutton, O'Keefe, Williams, IH G; if fen and Kern in harness. The We- IH berites will have Lindsay, Jeppson, ll Farley, and others on the firing line. jH All in all, it should be one of the lf greatest raeets ever staged in the stati IH and the events will, no doubt, be close- ll May Set New Marks. In the distance events in particular 'H the state records in the 110. 8S0 and mile runs will no doubt be the goal of the runners, and unless the write' H misses his guess the records will be H shattered, weather permitting, of H In the 4-1 0-yard run Creed Haymond H Ure, Wing, Romney, Belnap, Hansen. 'J 'O'Keefe, Lindsay and others should jH put up a stubborn race. The mark or H !51 seconds made at Provo by Dice jH Pomnoy in 1915 will be the target of IH the jH The real competition of the day will H no doubt take place in the half-mile, H mile and two-mile runs. In the half IH mile Earl Wilson, Al Warden, Bob Martin, Sayman Kerr, Bob Collier, jH .Grlffen, Kern, Hart, Jacques, Maynan H land others will face the starter. Kerr, H IMM-lin, Wilson, Collier and Warden j ali have marks of better than 2 min- lutes, 2 seconds in this event and the H I slate record of 2 minutes flat will be lfl the target. IJ In the mile run the same men will lint- up. In this event Martin, Kerr jH and Warden have stepped the distance ilH in better than 4:40 in this state 'Twil: be some race. The two-mile classic iH should also be a "speedy" race. Tho inier-collegiate record of 10 minuies 5 seconds will no doubt be the target for the runners. Warden 'established a mark of 9:33 in this event at San Diego in 1918. Martin has a record of 9:31 in the same event, while "U" jH backers credit Kerr with having a mink under ten minutes. Thus th4 j distance races will have a field sec-:ond sec-:ond to none that ever competed in this In the sprints competition will also be keen. Haymond, however, should be tho victor, although the college runners will press the Ogden star to 'the limiL The relay race, the doting eent on the card, should be a speedy race from start to finish. The Ogrlcn A. A, will be represented in this event by Haymond, Collier, Wilson and Mar- And now that tue plans have been perfected Jupiter Pluvius is expected IH to sav adieu until next spring, and the athletes are preparing for the greatest jH all meets. |