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Show TRACK STARS TO WORK OUT ON LOCAL LOT Missouri Athletes to Spend One Day in Ogden En Route to Coast University of Missouri tracksters have been Invited to spend a day in Ogden early this month en route to I the Pacific Coast where they aro scheduled to meet the University of California and other schools In com-p com-p tition An invitation to this effect was dispatched to Coach Bob Simpson. former stai hurdler at Missouri and holder of event world's records In the hurdles, by Jess Richards, secretary secre-tary of the i Igden Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, last night According to Associated Press dispatches dis-patches the Missouri stars will stop over In Ogden for a day and the uso Of the new cindei track at the baseball base-ball park, together with the showers, have been tendered to the track performers per-formers Secretary Richards expects to secure an early answer from the school officials. TO Ml. ITT AT BERKKIjEV COLUMBIA, Mo, April 1 Gleaming Gleam-ing streaks of Qold and Black dushed out of the seclusion of Rothwell Gymnasium Gym-nasium this week and the University of Missouri indoor track team became in outooor team mr the iirst time tnis season In Intensive training for the Initial meet with the University cf California at Berkeley, Calif. April If,. The Tigers, peers of the Missouri Vail, y in track for fourteen years, face their longest trip away from their native Jungle with less training and with probably tho woakest toam that ! has worn the Missouri colors In many . seasons. Fourteen men. thirteen novices ! headed by Capt. Brutus Hamilton, Champion all-around field and track athlete of America, and coached by Boh Simpson, holder of nearly all the world's records In the hurdles, will , make the 2.000 mile trip to the Pacific j coast. They will leave here In a i bartered car April 10 and will break the monotony of the three-day trip by a one-day layover in Ogden, Ut., expecting to roach Berkeley April 13. giving them two days In which to become acclimated. OM DISADVANTAGE A disadvantage to the Missourians came from not being acclimated, from not getting outdoor practice until ten days before tho meet; and from thy 'fact that the Californlans have been on the cinders since last month and I have already bee.n In two meets. The meet with California calls fori fifteen events. Three places will score points. The Missourians will not start more than two men in each event, While ttie personnel for the team has not been selected, Coach Simpson has requested that the fol-1 lowing nineteen men be allowed to take final examinations in trtelr school work prior to the trip: Thi;ir 111 ( ORIS Brutus Hamilton (captain), senior, 21 years old. Holds American Decathlon De-cathlon record, member 1920 Olym- I pic tram and won second place in the Decathlon at Antwerp, hiph point wln- j ner in the Western Conference meet in 1121 Does 12 feet In pole vault, J 43 feet in the shot put 23 feet, 4 in. in running broad Jump. 100 yards In I 10 1-5. the 440 In 61. 6; mile In 4.50. discus, 166; Javelin 180, high Jump 5-11 Earl Maxwell, senior, half and quarter quar-ter mile. 440 in 50 seconds. 880 In 1 68. R D. Waddell. sophmore, high Jumps 6 feet, 3-4 inch K E. Braefield, Junior, miler 5:37. J. . Braesfield. Junior 440 and relay. re-lay. Bert Evans, Junior, sprinter and 440 R. C Poage, sophomore, two miler under ten minutes Tod Simons, sophomore, sprinter, even time for century dash. F. C. Burrlll, sophomore, sprinter and 440. EC. Q Schnebly, sophomore, 440 and relay man Roscoe Hill, Junior. 440 and relay man. Sam TJtx, Junior. 440 and relay. Charles Ogle. Junior, discus around 130 feet. Herbert Bunker, captain-eloct foot- ' ball and all valley basketball guard, shot and discus, first year on track1 t. am, weight 200. Harold Trowbridge, junior, a two- . minute half miler Harry Dee, Junior, low hurdles and I weights. OC Baville, Junior, hlph hurdles. -John Knight, senior, tosses the Jav-1 elln around 1 80-185. On the return trip from California, the team may stop for a track meet' with New Mexico but this, s not as-SUrOd as-SUrOd The team will return bv u.iv of Lof Angeles and tho southern route' ' oo |