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Show NEW FEATURES ADD TO MEET ANNIVERSARY ' i World Renowned Athietes to; Compete; Colorful Ceremonies An athletic triumph that will be history-making in scope will be staged at the 'Y' stadium Friday and Saturday the silver anniversary of the Brigham Young university, univer-sity, invitational track and field meet and relay carnival. Beginning at 8:30 a. m. Friday, Fri-day, with events for girls and junior high schools, plus some special spe-cial exhibitions, the meet will go forward all day Saturday with an estimated 3000 participating and 9000 looking on. All the color and fanfare of the Olympic games will be packed into the carnival as the high school, junior college, R. M. C. freshmen, junior high school and girls vie in the thrilling athletic competition. competi-tion. Distinctive Features j Among the items that go to make the invitational the greatest meet of its kind in the world are: the girls posture parades, the all-around all-around championship, the grand carnival parade, the individual championships angle, the award ceremonies and the appearance in special events of 39 famous athletes, ath-letes, among them world cham-i cham-i pions such as Walter Marty, high jumper, Stella Walsh, world champion cham-pion girl sprinter, and other renowned re-nowned athletes. A distinctive feature this year, an addition that will make the 1935 Invitational thunder down the years through athletic history, is the series of exhibitions in which the 39 famous athletes will contest con-test in more than a dozen extra events. Program changes have been made in order to make the meet still more attractive to the spectators. spec-tators. The junior high boys' events have been shifted to Friday Fri-day afternoon in order to make room for senior high trials Saturday Satur-day morning and leave Saturday afternoon free for only final events and t!"e special exhibitions. New Ceremonies Attractive ceremonies, with world champion track performers participating, will give the meet the flavor of the Olympics. - Two new events, tennis tournaments tourna-ments for senior high girls and junior high boys have been added. Several of the less interesting items have been eliminated. The thrilling relays have been set for earlier in the afternoon Saturday. Seven junior colleges of the in-termountain in-termountain country will make the Invitational their official meet. Freshmen athletes of the three Utah universities have a strong list of entries in the Saturday events. Preparations are made to place the special events directly in front of the spectators. The field will be cleared, of all but officials and those actually contesting in order to increase the visibility of spectators. Clock To Aid Coach Ott Romney, meet director, di-rector, has a well-organized crew of officials to run the meet with smooth precision. A giant clock will help spectators and contestants contest-ants alike. New world records may be hung up at the meet. Such performers perform-ers as George Theodoratus, giant from Washington State; Gordon Dunn, Stanford; Walter Marty, world high jump champion of Fresno State ; John Kuck, 1928 Olympic shot champion ; Stella Walsh, premier woman athlete of the world; Milton Holt, Fresno State sprinter these and others will be given keen competition in order to press them to their utmost. ut-most. The discus throwing contest between be-tween Dunn and Hugh Cannon, B. Y. U. star, the two best in the nation, is apt to bring out a record-shattering mark. Walter Marty, who holds the official of-ficial world high jump record at 6 feet 9 1-8 inches, may out-do himselif in the rarified mountain air. The posture parades, with beautiful beau-tiful girls from dozens of schools contesting, are events unique in the world. The Saturday afternoon after-noon program will begin with a grand parade of contestants and coaches. Even without the special exhibitions, exhibi-tions, the 1935 Invitational is an event unparalleled in the sports world. With these world renowned athletes included, it becomes an affair that will attract some spectators spec-tators for hundreds of miles. |