Show II f Facks Backseat i Driving F ng By Frank K Baker Telegram Sports Sport Editor Big ig Growth Foreseen n i Indoor Track Interest The Thc decision to take the annual A A. U U. indoor track meet to the K lisum at the fair grounds this p pring r I n g s should h a u I d jt prove rove one of the r i.-r- wisest moves ever if nade aade ade here In the terest of indoor r I 2 rack ack activity J Jt t The col i s e u m i f s Y IV not exactly l lt t mod model elf field I e I d louse ouse will provide f. f he e indoor track track- iJ nen en with the best eil J tie s t they h ey j. j live ave ever had in m alt t Lake The v 1 cost oost ost it will prove I well forecast t L i. i y early cary Indica Indica- Indica ions that entries w L his us spring will to- to Larson al lover over individuals indivIduals-a a figure hat will be more than double last years year's ears ear's field C A dirt track will wil permit the con con- to wear spike shoes instead of ot f the soled soft shoes usually re re- re for tor Indoor meets that arc held heldon on 11 wood floors f Will ilI Also Prove Ideal for Spectators t Indoor meets often draw much better bet bet- ter r than the regular contests held late fe in the year outdoors in the sta- sta urns for the events are arc d d I on a smaller stage than a l stadium eld and brin bring brine the spectators into lose ose vision of what's going soing on Coming as it il does docs in March an door track meet pr provides vIdes a l diver- diver Ion on from the basketball handball md Ind d wrestling that constitute the ports orts menu during the winter Many IMan fans stay away from outdoor neets because the events arc are scat scat- red ered over such wide territory that's that I's Is s 's s hard to really see all of them in m n indoor contest overcomes all this o o. o long as there is adequate seating oom om The coliseum has that t too Ac- Ac to Clinton Larson chairman f the committee the coliseum wilJo will vill o seat spectators Better Detter still a a. section of the stands will be reserved reser for tor the thc contestants to keep them off the field held while not actually compel compel- in lug f. f Surprisingly enough h the events will wm be concentrated on a plot only 80 feet wide and scarcely scarce scarce- ly more than a hundred feet leet lon Jon yet ret on a plan so well arranged that thit the broad jumpers will have an In foot 80 runway to the take take- off I pedal Eve Events Limited o D High Schools Alon Along with the thc venture at the coIl coli- urn um the A. A A. A U. U has caught the sion sian of competition for junior high which the local schools ap- ap have lost lostIn In addition to reserving several for high school students the is offering two to events for high school entries oaly The from these schools is most proving how eager the are for something strong- strong than intramural activities Give Gl the youngsters a 3 little real competition well competition well Uon-well-regu- cd ed against o of or urse and urse-and and the caliber o of hi high I ool hool athletics will be muc much better thin a few years cars l ax I Jt on Pan General John V. V Clinnin president I the ithe National Boxing association dares clams Max is not nol a Ming champion pointing out that I ice 1923 1928 the heavyweight chamin cham cham- in n fl has engaged in only seven conits con- con ts its In fri this country The he seven fights were with Joe Joe Pictro Pietro Corri Corn huny Paulino Uzcudun ck k Sharkey and Young Stribling But General how boW about Jack You would call him fighting champion wouldn't ou on Yet from 1919 to 1926 In- In Dempsey fought only even times and that's ei eight ht ears un The seven se fi fights were with wills ess us Willard Billy MUke Bill Georges Geores Carpentier omm emmy Gibbons Louis Firpo and Jene iene Of course they ther vere were bler fights hut but there was as i liner monc money then too loo Mid nd nd in the final an analysis lly is there arev arc are I Ind v battlers of the present era who vho rid Jid above e men like Jack Sharkey d t Young Stribling Carpentier was a pushover er for Dempsey I d 1 a Willard was little more than an r farmer from Kansas t j |