The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-30
SIX RECORDS BROKEN
ROSE POLYTECHNIC WINS THE IN
TERCOLLEGIATE PENNANT.
Fifth Time the fTerre Haute School
Takes. the HonOr-HOw the
Games Were Won.

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collegiate Athletic Association. held at the
fair grounds. 1t was not much Of a surprise
to those who knew the athletes who repre-
scented Rose Polytechnic Institute. Purdue
worked hard, but in vain. The Rose Poly
technic Institute men were hilarious with
joy, and had a large number of yells pre-
pared for the occasion These, together
with the indianapolis Military Band, COM
prised the music of the afternoon.
The crowd numbered between eight hum
dred and one thousand, a great many peo-
pie being scared out by the threatening
weather, and others were unable to reach
the grounds on account of the poor street.
car service, cars only running over the
College-avenue line. More advertising would
also have increased the attendance. as few
Indianapolis citizens were present, the
crowd being composed almost entirely of
students from the seven colleges which
took part in the contesn The events did
not begin at $50 o'clock, as was announced.
and consequently the games lasted until
after s o'clock, one event then having to be
played off in the Y. NJ. c. a. gymnasium.
Then there were too many contestants al
lowed to take part In some of the events.
as. for instance, the pole vault, in which
there were twelve entries, it requiring al
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ever, other events were taking place while
this was going on, two games running at
the same time during the entire afternoon.
The main features were the runs and the
bicycle races, the Klinger brothers, of
Rose Polytechnic Institute, having a walk
away in the latter.
Cr0wel, Purdue University; Grove, Rose
Polytechnic Institute; Coleman, Earlham
College, and Coen, Wabash, were entered
for the pentathlon, which included the hum
dred-yard dash. sixteen-pound shot, pole
vault, standing broad jump and one-mile
run. Grove easily wont II, and Crowel Sec
ond.
The first event was the acknowledgement
dash of the pentathlon. Crowel quickly
took this. Following this came the three
heats Of the regular acknowledgment dash.
Tod, Purdue University, won the first and
~Buschman, Purdue University, the second.
The third heat aroused more interest The
seven runners were right together the en-
tire distance. and there wasn't a foot be-
tween the first and fifth man as they
pound shot Cooper led without trouble,
raising his throw each time until he put 1T
So feet and 8 inches, breaking the State
smashed was when w. j.. Klinger, of Rose
Polytechnic Institute, made a quarter of a
mile in 81 40 seconds, against 81 20 for last
The mile walk was a very pretty con-
test. There were only five starters in this.
ming before they reached the half. The
other three were together when they
reached the last eighth, but Immediately
Polytechnic Institute, started ahead, and,
despite the efforts of Sharer, he finished
almost fifty feet ahead of him.
There was a very poor record made in
baseball throwing, and Somerville, of But
Ter, who threw the ball s6l feet 8 inches
in this year in order to keep the standard
ny: Ewing, of Purdue, the phenomena
kicker and Jumper, took the standing high
years record. The half mile bicycle race
was only a repetition of the quarter. ex.-
his brother. He made it in log. Darst, of
Rose Polytechnic Institute, was compelled
to throw the hammer but SO feet 52 inches,
1 foot 8 inches. There were three starts
made in, the, mile safety race, two. wheels
breaking the first time. Some of Goes
friends intimated that some one had been
tampering with his light racing wheel, as
every nut was found to be loose when 1t
was too late to remedy 1t. Orne, of Butler
University. set a swift pace and led to the
three quarters with p. w. Klinger close
behind. This order, however, changed when
the last eighth was reached, Klinger shoot
ing ahead and followed by Pierson, of Earl
ham; while ]. w. Klinger came in a close
third.
THE MILE RUN.
1t was almost dark when the mile run
was called, 1t being after 7 o'clock. The
boys started out rather fast, but could not
be seen after the first one hundred yards.
They crossed the tape In five minutes, five
seconds, with Hester. Of Earlham, first.
The two-mile bicycle race was started
with twelve men. They stayed together un-
til the last quarter, when, as usual. the
Kllngers forged ahead. Miller, of Purdue,
was thrown from his wheel in some man.
ner just at the eighth. Pierson hustled the
Rose Polytechnic Institute riders and came
in a close third.
which was really better than had been ex-
pected.
at the North-side Tennis Club, lasted from
early In the morning until the middle OF
the afternoon. the Bender brothers. Of But
the singles. 1t was the hottest contest of
the day. Beebe and Merriweather were the
the most trouble. The Purdue boys, John
son and Remington. also a,S played michigan an elegant
g giarfng G SY,ns se mGtbou did din sOme aPPd den eontinnl
ing the game. He played eight sets In sue
cession. He was entirely worn out when
who was perfectly fresh, or he would have
beaten him much sooner. Johnson. of Pur-
due, was the next best at singles, although
harrington, Of Rose Polytechnic Institute,
has the best record. He was. however,
playing with a new racket, having acct;
dentally broken his own. The score IN final
singles was: Ga, 6-2, OF, TO.
SUMMARY OF RESULTS.
The events and the results were as fol-
lows:
One-hundred-yard D~ash-First heat: Todd.
of Purdue, won; Allen, of Wabash, second:
McTaggart third; time, 10 2-5. Second
heat: Buschman, of Purdue. won; Little.
of Wabash, second; Decker, of Rose Poly
technic, third; time, :l012. Third heat:
Buschman. of Purdue, won: Tod, OF Pur-
due, second; Little, Of Wabash, third; time,
10 3-5. Last years record, 10 2-5.
Putting Sixteen-pound OF
Purdue. won; Roller. of DePauw. second;
Buschman, of Purdue, third. Distance, 80
feet 5 inches. Last years record, 30 feet
5 inches.
Running Broad Jump-Coleman, of Earl
ham, won: Fry, of Wabash, second; Hester,
of Earlham, third. Distance, 20 feet / inch.
Last years record, 10 feet 6 inches.
Quarter-mile Bicycle-W. 5. -klinger. of
Rose Polytechnic, won: p. w. Klinger sec
ond; Griffith, of Purdue, third. Time. 81 As.
One-mile Walk-McCollock. of Rose Poly
technic, won; Sharer, of Rose Polytechnic,
second; John, OF DePauw, third. Time,
S:07 3-5. Last years record, S:04 2-5.
Pole Vault-Ridgeley and McMeans. both
Of Rose Polytechnic, tied for first: Coleman,
of Earlham, third. Height, 8 feet 10 inches
Last years record, 9 feet l inch.
Throwing Baseball-Darst, OF Rose Poly
technic, won; Baker, OF Butler, second;
Moore, of Purdue, third. Distance, 39 feet
9 inches. Last years record, 36l feet 5
inches.
Standing High JumpcEwry, of Purdue.
won: Ligget, of Rose Polytechnic, second;
! Roberts, OF Butler, third. Height 4 feet 10