Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-20
REp.Hor CONTESTS
Are Expected at the Local Athletic Meet
Officers Of the Day.

Are Expected at the Local Athletic mee'
officers Of the Day.
For an Afternoon of real enjoyment
Salemites will do well 10 go to the
State fair grounds Saturday after
noon when the local field day contests
will be held. Three athletic assocla-
tions Will contest for honors on that
occasion. to-wit: Salem Y. NJ. Z. A.
Chemawa Indian training school ana
Willamette university. =.
Some interesting sprintlng contests
are anticipated, The admission
has been placed within the reach OF
all-25 cents and Is cents; for school
children,
The exercises will begin promptly
at > o'clock. At l o'clock the
Chemawa Indian training school
band will parade the streets after
which they will proceed to the
grounds.
Following gentlemen Will serve as
officers of the day:
Referee-Paul SrOat.
Inspectors-Wa Walter Gray and W. j.
Shepard.
judges at the fuish-Jeff Myers,
d. E. Brewer and Frank Moore
Time keepers-C. NJ. Lockwood,
Frank Willman and r. A. Watson.
Judge Of walking-C. E. Robin.
Starter-H. s. Jordan.
Clerk Of course-Ben Olcott; assist
ant, John Roberts.
Scorer-Luke Lynn, assistant John
McCourt.
Measurers-Walter Davis, aud 5. B.
Davis.
Judges For Fixed Events-C. B. Up
degraff and Jay Bowerman.
NOTES ON EVENTS.
Keep your eye on Carl Morris, of W.
u, in the mile race. He recently
made the distance in 5:15 and there is
everything to indicate that he will
establish a much lower record for in
that event in local field day contest.
"Dick" Williams, of W. u, will
allow no grass to grow under his feet
in the 44O yard dash. Dick can move
his feet quite lively.
The 100 yards dash promises to be
an unusually interesting event at the
local field meet this year. Dick Will
lIams will make it pretty lively for
the man who who attempts to take
first place.
1t may be safely predicted that the
Indian boys will cause their white
brothers to move quite rapidly in the
sprinting events.
J. George, Of Chemawa, having
frequently "stepped-off" the distance
between Salem and Chelawa, will
give his competitors hard struggle
in the mile walk.
Watch Babcock put the shot and
throw the hammer far beyond the
OUueI CuuOcSVuuUS'
Shipp, who is the proud possessor Of
a dozen handsome gold medals won in
bicycle races, will feel perfectly
at home in the two mile bicycle race.
Carl Brown will crowd the other
sprinters for the first place in the $50
yard run
Ray Bonham is short, but he can
jump three times his height. Watch
HIM make a record in the broad
jump.
Many predict that the Chemawa
team Will surprise the two local
teams, and indeed If they do not
carry away the largest share Of the
honors Of the day,
Show your appreciation Of college
on Saturday, by turning out
at the state fair grounds and witness.
ing the program Of interesting events
that has been prepared for the occa-
sion. Athletic sports are as essential
towards preparing college student
for llfe's work as are the text books.
The Salem association is delighted
over the news that the state univer-
sity will send athletic team to the
state field day meet at Salem June
5th.
Owing to poles and lines being down
there will be no car service to the To-
cal field day Saturday via the big cars.
But all the little cars will be run to
carry the crowds back and forth.