Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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®racfe For the last few years track as a division of athletics at Wesleyan has been sadly neglected. Several years back Wesleyan track teams were known and respected in this part of the state but later for lack of a coach or trainer, track was abandoned and baseball was the only spring activity. However, last year a start was made toward incorporating it into the athletics at Wesleyan. After a try-out featured by keen competition a two-mile relay team was selected to take part in the Drake Invitation Meet. The team was composed of Armbruster, Stuckey, Eliason and Hunter. They were all good men and if they had had more training and experience would have made a better showing than they did. As it was they finished ahead of several colleges in a crowded event. This spring plans arc being laid to organize a bigger track team and Heidt should be able to unearth from the embryonic track athletes a squad that will do justice to the institution. Captain Armbruster had some experience in track at Morning-side College before coming to Wesleyan and this coupled with the training he has received during two summers at the Y. M. C. A. Training School at Lake Geneva will make him a valuable assistant to the coach. CemttS Tennis has always held an important place in the athletic life of Wesleyan and with several strong Freshman net stars it should command more attention this spring than ever before. The annual spring elimination tournament was held last year but the college courts not being well worked over the wet weather made them impossible for matches with other institutions. After a three weeks’ elimination contest Weston took the singles championship and Morrow and Hunter survived for the doubles team. Weston had played the year previous and had succeeded in winning his ‘W ’. 1 lie other two men were rather dark horses and worked their way through several strong racket wiclders. To be awarded a letter for tennis a man must participate in three inter-collegiate tournaments. The tournament started by the young ladies was not completed.