By Dave Miller No running of the Illinois Tech Relays would be complete without John Schommer, former Tech athletic director, who originated the games in 1928. "Uncle John” has consented to act as referee for this year’s meet. Reserved seats for the relays will be available at the gymnasium until they are sold out for the price of. $1.50. Sonny Weissman and Ed Glancy will handle the ticket vending to avoid scalping. General admission will go on on sale for $1.00 at the Univer- sity of Chicago Fieldhouse, 56th and University, at 6:30 on the night of the relays, March 11th. While the Hurons of Michigan State Normal are granted the title to the college division of the 19th annual Illinois Tech relays by the experts, there are some who are , hinting at an astonishing: upset. (Such upset to consist of any team getting half the score of the Nor- malites.) With balance in every event the Ramblers of Loyola have come up With several members of last year’s fifth place team strength— ened by freshmen and transfer students, the Ramblers look bet- ter than ever. Best of the new men is Bill Conrady, who for- merly added his points to Loras ”College’s score. Conrady won the mile in last year’s meet and will be available for duty on Loyola’s relay teams as well as for de- fending his crown. Conrady’s performances in the 1 mile and half-mile this year show good indications of bettering his line if not the mile record in the “allege division. Following in his ootsteps is Bob Majeski whose consistent improvement marks him for a heavy share of baton toting. Chuck Wittingham will be com— ;peting in the dash and broad jump ,‘ail a favored contender to move lazy, record-busting Garion Camp- bell to better performances. Jim Kelly, a new two-miler who has been pushing 9:30 for the event in this early part of the season, may step down to the mile to give Loy— ola a one—two punch in that event as well as serving as little time as necessary on the two—mile relay team. Kelly set a new fieldhouse record in a triangular meet with North Central College and Illinois Tech at North Central last week. Entries in the university divi— sion this week include a power- laden squad of 25 from Notre Dame and a 3ll~man entry from Marquette. The Fightin’ Irish are headed by record-breaking Bill Fleming, bespectacled hurdle champion of last year; John Smith, a fleet sprinter; and John I‘Ielwig, husky shot putter, as well as several potent relay teams. The Hilltoppers of Marquette can boast Jerry Phari- in the high and broad jumps and Mel Stroud in the sprints. The Ililltoppers have always been contenders in the re- lay events and should not make this year an exception. Already chosen for the Catholic High School half-mile relay, the six top teams are busily practicing: for the event. Mr. Carmel, Loyola, St. Elizabeth, St. George, De Paul and another of the perennially strong; St. Ignatius teams are ex— pected to provide another close race. The, contenders for the Public League title will not be known for another two weeks. These relays are always a favorite event since they bring together for the first time each year the top high school relay teams in the city. Some of the possibilities in the Public League event are the perennially, powerful Hyde Park and Schurz teams, and also this year strong teams from Lune Tech, Dunbar and Austin. LED BY ONE of the flashes from Michigan Normal, the hurdlers take the first leap in last year’s: Relays. at” that stood .. By Don Anderson Last Saturday Tech’s trackmen send a token squad to North Con. suffered a humiliating defeat at the tral fey the annual Midwegt Inter... hands 01’ 11037013 and. North Central. collegiate Track; and Field Meet at Prior to the meet it was thought Naperville. These boys are in no that IIT would give North Central condition to earn . - . . pomts at this a battle lor second place, but in- meat but in L a d ’ . .» stead North Central racked up till ’ sue ’ are going m order that they may gain expe— points to Tech’s 4, while Loyola . . . . , earned 82 points to take first place. heme and conditioning f0? future meets this season. Tomorrow Coach MoCauley will do floated fidoyaeho There was mayhem at North Central last Saturday. Our track team was ground under the “spikes" of Loyola and North Central. The week before we scored a meager three and one-third points in the “Chicago Four" meet. ' Showings such as those not only damage the morale of the track team, but are very poor publicity for the school itself. Several persons (not connected with Tech) have rather pointedly inquired if those were the type of performances to be expected of Tech students. There are valid reasons for those unfortunate happenings. We have absolutely no facilities for indoor track practice either on or near the campus. There is no organized daily practice session because of the varied class schedules of the squad members and, the coach. With such difficulties, it is easy to see why men who last year were on a par with teams like North Central, are not in good enough condition to even make a contest out of a race this year. Excuses are fine, but such a condition must be remedied. There are two courses of “cure” which may be applied. The best d’fithe two is that the Administration make an honest effort to help the athletic department provide Coach MacCauley with the barest essential for a track teamman indoor track upon which the team members could get the necessary practice. The second path would be the course of the weaklingm—give up truck. i believe that such an action would 'be detrimental to all concerned. Such an admission of failure should not even he considered until the team has been given a fair opportunity to improve. By “a fair opportunity” I mean the supplying of the indoor facilities needed and the subsequent showing after this; or, if this is vetoed by the, powers-that~be, a chance for the boys to run themselves into shape during the remainder, of the indoor season so that the outdoor meets will show whether they have the ability and the desire for college competition. ' ll Be The Picture Of EGMFGRT in Your could ask for! your Arrow dealer today! rhinestones '3 g, ‘9 The finest GABARDWE sports shirt value a man 5» Completely WASHABLEl A smooth, rugged, washable gabardine sports shirt in solid maroon, navy blue, forest green, fireman red and other colors —— that’s “Cabanaro”. Good looking and long wearing, “Caballero” is an Arrow sports shirt you’ll be proud to own. 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With the coming of warmer weather boson hall steps into the spotlight, and it seems likely that it will be a double elimination tournament, as it has been in the past few seasons. As a sidelight to the basketball season an invitation has been re- ceived inviting our champion IF cage squad to compete at Bradley University against similar first place fraternity squads from all over. the state. This sounds like a great idea! With the way our boys have been playing this year, they should be able to make quite a showing in this or any other tour- ney. Theta Xi is still rolling along without any losses, their latest victim being the Daedalians by a 71-47 count. Wednesday night a powerhouse Alpha Sigma Phi team overpowfl cred a weak team from Tau Epsi~ lon Phi by the amazing score of 83~ 10, setting a new intefiraternity league scoring record. In the sec» and game of the evening? AER; squeezed by a determined ’l‘ dangle squad 5e53, sans l l i l i