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Show ! AMATEUR CHATTER By Al Warden Joie Ray, diminutive runner of the Illinois A. U. will compete in the mile and half mile runs In the Olympic games according to word received from the Windy City. Ray is at present national A. A. IT. mile and half mile champion. He has a mark of 1.14. In the mile and 1.53 In tho half. Les Murschcon, one of the touted sprint stai-s of the east has been barred from A. A. L". competition for talking back to officials and will be barred from the trials for the Olympic team. He is regarded as one of the best bets in( America. Army and Navy athletes win vie for places on the Olympic team al Camp Grant in June. The winners In tho meet will clash with the civilians in the :mid-wIntor trials at . Chicago ahefblloTvfirg' week." Although the 'army and navy, will not have the class of men in harness this season that wore the colors al the Paris games last July, still they -are confident of making a wonderful showing. Lyman "Bilhk" IVown, holder of the state lnterscholaslic mile record of A minutes and 37 seconds Is clipping clip-ping the . mile off in speedy style nt Provo. The star has covered tho mark well under 4. -10 already this year according to Coach Roberts. Bettor be on your toes at tho slate meet, Kerr! The inlcrclass baseball games at Weber Normal will start Monday. On the opening day the fhst and second year men will vie for honors. Plans for the gala field day at the school are now underway according to Coach Watson and the exact date will be announced later. Weber will bo represented on the track this season, although the team will bo comparatively small. At least six men will wear the colors according accord-ing to Coach Watson. These men will compete in the meet here April 21. Johnson, the star athlete of the Michigan "U" is touted as one of the stars who will easily make tho Olympic Olym-pic team. Ho is an all-around man. At the intercollegiate games at Boston Bos-ton last spring Johnson ran second to Creed Haymond of the Ogden A A. in the 100 yard dash. Immediately Immediate-ly following the dash he broad Jumped 23 feet 1 Inches. Due to the fact that the Davis high school closes May 12, the baseball league consisting of Davis. Ogden, Weber and the state deaf school will not be formed this year. The clubs duo to that reason will play independent indepen-dent ball. oo |