Show 1 REL RELAYS YS BEGIN MANY RECORDS S Si i PROBABLY Y WILL WILLBE fOE BE OUTCLASSED i l third wenty t Annual Event Evet Gets tS Under Way as Weather e er r Man R Relents tie I lents n is r f PROVO April 21 Brigham Young r twenty-third twenty annual pic- pic f invitation track and field fieldi meet got under way this morn morning ng and i will twill will continue throughout the day and t tomorrow morrow I Last year 2042 boys and girls competed corn como In the ev events and and several t i thousand spectators spectators' thrilled at the glowing panorama of youth in In exhibItion exhibition tion o of skIll and skill and vigor But last But last t years year's relay carnival is but a ghost o of the is manifested enthusiasm that being this year Oe r. r The entry list now e exceeds 2400 and will surpass the 2500 mark before th the thet meet is ended fr A warm spring sun and an exceed exceed- fast track insured a record attendance attendance at at- e as well asa record breaking list of contestants After a a three-day three snow now and nd rain storm the su sun broke brok through ugh the clo clouds d Thursday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon to dry dr- the track and to warm up the chilly spring air air making physical physIcal physical cal conditions Ideal for the sport fete BEGIN fEGIN BECaN AT 10 A A. AlIThe I. M M. The meet officially opened at 10 am a.m. am a.m. a. a m. m this morning when girls from a dozen different high schools competed competed com com- in a creative dance contest Long before ore the dancing contest started truckloads of coeds began to arrive for the days day's activities as all allf of f the girls girls' events will be held today today to d day Y with the exception of the senior high school posture parade which w will Il be the opening event of ot the Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- afternoon program Almost girls from 35 dilfer different nt schools of or orthe the intermountain west were scheduled sched used to participate in the 24 different events v Friday The feature event was the junior high school girls' girls posture parade with 13 teams or g girls ls participating RECORDS IN D DANGER NGER i. i Records that will likely totter and andall Call all in iri the senior high school events will be the which has stood since 1924 and is is' held by Dern of E East st high at 45 feet 2 Inches Ed Peterson terson of Provo high has already pushed the iron ball out more than six feet farther than the existing record In-a In ria na dual m meet et with East high at Salt Lake We two weeks ago His best effort was was measured at 51 feet 8 inches and nd he bie is to even better that r the invitation meet r The high hurdles mark is another that at will likely be wiped of off the b books Raleigh Judd of has been timed at in the r race ce which Is much better than the record of 16 15 45 5 held b by Holman of Sugar City ity Idaho Judd will willi perform in inthe inthe the all around championship however howver however how how- ever ver and will ll m. m not t have an ty to lower the mark so the burden rests fists with I L L. Johnson of Wasatch academy who has been timed at 17 seconds this year or Brimhall of Spanish Fork who was was timed at last week i Stew Stewarts Stewart's rt's record of 10 flat in the yard dash dash will win likely stand There are ire three thre runners in the state that have uve come within two-tenths two of a rec rec- d ond d of equaling it but it is not likely that any of the high school boys bos will run tun it under 10 seconds The record Of 22 5 4 seconds in the yard dash ash may not 1 be c in serious danger as Williams Wil Williams liams o of West has the best time at 31 seconds v Burk Burkes Burke's s 's records of 2032 in the yard race and in the mile are not notI I likely lately ely to be lowered vered although Gallo Gallo- Galloway way of Uintah Willey of Tooele and Gallagher of Murray Murra- may renew their r recent City creek hostilities and end up p with lowering the record eO MARK ARK ON SPOT ti 1 i There is is' isa a possibility that the Bard fard low hurdle record of 27 2715 5 1 sec held by Lewis of ot Spanish Fork and Dawson of ot North Summit may maybe maybe maybe be lowered by another Spaniard in inthe the personage of Red Warren Lee of Box Elder will likely retain his yard ard record of 52 35 5 seconds as the best time In the state thus far this season has been 54 seconds flat made by Beerens of Ogden Giles GIes o of Wasatch high may break the discus record o of feet 8 inches held by Thornton of Delta The Heber City boy tossed the platted 1245 5 feet in a dual meet with Lincoln last week and will likely go better tomorrow Tooele is slated to lower the y yard rd relay record this year having been timed at 1302 which beats the theold theold theold old mark of 5 1 held by East high |