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Show PIP, ATHLETES INVADE CHICAGO CHICAGO. May 26. (By the Asso-1 Asso-1 elated Press.) Tho greatest army of ; hlrh school athletl i that ever partlcl-' partlcl-' pated In an athletic meet In America Invad'd Chicago today for the opening of th" University of Chicago inter-chotaatlc inter-chotaatlc meet The youths more than 1000 of hn came from all portions of the ( Tuntry from New York to California. m . tn? the colors of 144 hlrh schools i and academics from 2S states. W STERN TEAMS PRESENT Preliminaries will be decided this afternoon whn. It Is oxnectcd. tho field v. ill l-p vefuced about one-half for the flnahi tomorrow- "Bod" Hauaafi national prep shot-I shot-I ru champion. Will represent fixnard, I Call, all by himself, but Judging from ! i efforts while warming up he will he sufficient. Pour California schools win com-pete com-pete In the high school division. They are Huntington Beach. Monrovia, Ox-nurd Ox-nurd nnd San Hernardino Other teams from the west represent Colorado, Wyoming Montana and Nebraska. Monrovia. Cal will be represented bv i n-rro. Edward Shaw, who piled up tfi pblntfl In fallforn'a snte meet bv wlnn'ntr the tuarter and th hlrh iunio coin'- nvrr the cross bar in flv latter -it the height of e, fot. RIDES RODS THERE Jimmy Liaier who ropresents Gooreetown T- x . high school, was o eacer to eompeto in the meet that he rodf ihe ro.ls th blind haegaee and hex r.irs for 1000 miles to get there, Rnt he'll go back on the cushions as admirers of his pluck have guaranteed his return expenses Draper's tromp tiuf was necessitated by a lack of funds In Georgetown, due to flood, fire and famine. Draper Is a dash man with a record of 10 seconds. IHm'ineton Beach Cal., will have an cntrv of five -tars in th mile pole( aiilt broad lump and hleh hurdles and Is regarded as a favorite for the hl"h school division, although Cedar Ranlrts. la- Is rated as a strong eon-tender. eon-tender. William Kerr, oaptaln of the Huntington Reach team, covered th-mile th-mile lr. practice in CIO |