The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-21
BUFFERS FIELD DAY SPORT
List of the Winners and Their Records-Bat-
ting Order for To- Days Ball Game
Last Of the Wrestling Matches
The annual field day games of Butler

The annual field day games OF Butler
University were held yesterday afternoon
at the State far grounds. The day was
almost perfect one. except for q rather
ItroDg wind which blew direct from the
vest. and that. in some cases. proved to De
IF an assistance. The air was warm, just
warm enough TO excite blood and put the
athletes on their best endeavor. yet not so
warm as 10 exhaust them. Livery thing In
and about the grounds was In the most
favorable condition. The track in itself
was q thing of beauty. Its surface was as
level and as hard as a floor. yet with that
,pripginess which has made it famous
The country wide. There was not
= defective spot in 1t. and while 10
was made for horses to race on and not
men. the time made yesterday In the vari-
,us events was sufficient proof OF Its fine
ness. The thing which detracted from the
secession was the smallness of the attend
ance. Probably about two hundred peO-
pie filed in ct the gIand-stand entrance,
and hundred more were scattered over the
course. The games were interesting. and
nearly all of them were closely contested,
particularly was IL so of the 22O-yard dash;
when Griffith and Robinson rushed across
the tape it seemed together. and when the
margin of only two inches. The quarter
mile bicycle race was also q prettily con-
tested one. Hines and Griffith set the pace
and it was only within q few feet of the
ribbon that the former overhauled the lat
ter and won by two feet
This quarter-mile dash also sent the
state record glimmering. 1t being made In
81 seconds fiat. A second and half would
have been knocked of of that had
IL not been for a false start. requiring
second heat. The men got away all right
in the first one. but before they had gone n
hslf-dnzen yards GOe fell, and the starter
called the men back by firing three times
with his revolver. Griffith and Hines did
not hear him. and came pounding down
the stretch like wlldfire. Griffith crossed
She tape fret in 34l2 seconds. and It was
too bad that he should have been beaten
out of the fast time which he made. yet
there as one to blame.
SomerviIle covered himself with glory In
throwing the baseball. 1t sailing through
the air in the prettiest curve Imaginable
for $50 feet and inches. The State record
has been 342 feet and the worlds 400 feet.
The one Objectionable feature to the
events was the slowness In getting them
of. The contestants kept no track OF the
events for which they were entered. and
the clerk of the course was compelled often
times TO call an event several times before
be could get the men on the track. The
officers of the day were as follows:
Managing Committee--D. W. Layman, +. p.
Robinson ana L. a thompson.
Referee-W. G. McCollough.
Time keepers-H. Il. Mann and NJ. Z. Mo0res.
starter-Tom Hay.
Clerk of the Course-C. w. Cameron.
scOrers-H. L. Wilson and A. A. Johnson.
Judges OF Finishes-J ID. Minieh. J. s. Butler
and III. Il. Wilson.
Announcer. b. Williams.
The work of all was more than satisfac-
tory. though at one OF two occasions dis
putes arose. which were quickly settled by
referring to the rules The events in their
order, with the winners and seconds and
thirds. are given below:
Foruy-yard Dash-Griffsh first Robinson Sec
ond. Fox third. Time. > seconds.
Throwing the Sixteen-pound Hammer-Lister
first, Baker second, Clymer third. Distance, 81
Quarter Mile Safery-Grifith first. Hines SEQ
Dnd. GOe third. Time, IL l-5 seconds.
Standing Broad Jump ettenbach first, Orme
second, Roberts third. Distance, feet 5A
inches.
One-hundred- yard Dash-Robinson first, Ket-
pnds
Pole vault-A. X. Mann first, Kettenhach and
somerville tied for second. Height, feet
Throwing Baseball-someryile first, Baker
second. KettenOach third. Distance, $50 feet
Inches.
Hop. step and Jump-Kettenbach FIRST: Thomp-
son second, Armstrong third. Distance, 40 feet
bi2 inches.
TwO-hundred-aud-twenty- yard Dash Griffith
nrst. Robinson second, somerville third. Time,
R3a4 seconds
for running. line, = minutes and rs seconds.
Putting Sixteen pound Shot-Lister first,
Baker second, Robinson third Distance SO feet
tla inches.
standing High Jump-Orme first Mann SEQ
bud. Roberts third. Height, A feet inches.
Quarter-mile Ordinary-Grifith first Wright
pecOnd, Layman third. Time, 39ls seconds
Quarter-n lie Run-Ro binson first, Somerville
peeOnd. Clymer third. Time, 553l seconds.
Running Broad Jump-SOmerville first, Davis
second. Orme third. Distance, 1884 feet.
High Kick-Baker first. Orme second, Roberts
third. Height, feet inches.
Tw0mie Ordinary-Grffth first, Layman sec
ond Time. minutes and seconds
Hurdle Race-RObiDson first, Someryflle SEQ
ond. Time, 81 20 seconds.
Running High Juhp-Somerville first Mann
second, Wright third Height. feet inch.
Mile Run Somervllle first. Robinson second.
Time, , minutes SO seconds.
One Mile Safety-Hines first, Griffith second.
Time minutes and Asa seconds.
in the foregoing there are nine records In
the In intercollegiate Association of the State
which are broken. They are given below,
with the records of last year:
Quarter-mile safety, Al a. seconds; throwing
baseball, 342 feet two-hondred-yard dash,
"a l-5 seconds; mile walk, s minutes and 3-5
second; putting sixteen pound shot, 80 feet 2
inches; quarter-mile ordinary, AGA seconds; run
ming broad jump, 10 feet; two mile ordinary, Z
minutes and IL le seconds, and one mile safety
sminutes and z second -