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Show 'BIG TEN' ATHLETIC MEET AT IOWA U IOWA CITY. Iowa, Dec. 31. When the annual track and field of the "Big Ten"' Is bold on Iowa field next June 3. It will be tho second time in seven years that the event has not U.ken place in Chicago Mitchlrran entertained enter-tained tho conference in 1920 Until Iowa was awarded the 1022 meet the I lav. l.eves had never b--en ho3t to the track teams of tho Western conference. confer-ence. Plans and preparations for entertaining enter-taining moro than 200 athletes and 6,000 spectators aro already well under un-der way, sinco Iowa haa for some months looked forward to Inviting tho conference to come t- Iowa City next spring. Tho Hawkeyen' field has a quarter-mile quarter-mile running track. a 220-yard straightaway. regulation pits for Jumping and vaulting, and a largo open space for weight throwing contests. con-tests. The entire innnlnt" track was rebuilt and recurbed last spring. After Aft-er tho cinders have settled In place over the winter and tin- trad: lia been once more levelled and rolled It Is believed that the runnera competing will perform on a faat path that will 'encourage record time. |