Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-04-29
UNIVERSITY
fElp DAY.


versity. and each year has seer
the day more interesting thar
the one Of the year proceeding
and il - expected that the one
this year will prove no exeep
ton to this rule. The hcult,
Of the University, With its usu
al willingness to encourage 1
wholesome interest in athletic,
in all departments. gives the
students a holiday for the pur
pose of having these sports OF
field day For several week.
past the new athletic grounds
in the University Grove hAv.
been presenting . lively appear
ance, With the crowd Of tennis
players and track athletes vhs
have assembled there every al
ternoon after recitation hours
The tennis courts With theil
white lines and nets have pre-
sented . beautiful appearance
Shile the men Who have beer
training Tor field day have add
ed To the scene vith their neal
athletic costumes. More entire.
for the sports have been obtain
ed this year than in any pre-
vIoGs year, about Is or - hAv
ing entered
The most interesting race OIL
the programme for next Friday
afternoon will IN all probabilii,
be the hundred yards dash
Several good men have beef
working for this event and II i
safe to say that the one xh,
wins the gold medal offered a
a prize for this will have to has
tie and make a good record 4
IS almost a certainty that tn,
old record of last year for thi.
race, III seconds. will be broker
and that q new record will b.
made IN the neighborhood of 1,
seconds Rogers, the winner o
last years running medal. Por
ter, who came second in thr
race last year, Bishop and Duk,
will push each other for the FRS
place IL will be the first ap
pearanee of the last two mel
named on the tract bat both ar,
good runners. especially Bishol
who bids FAIR la equal the phs
nominal running done by Roe
ers last year. The - var,
dash xIII also be interesting. q
nearly the same men have Ell
tered this Sho are to run in th
hundred The men in the aual
. ter and hllf-mile runs are dar
horses so to speak As they ar
. nearly all new men and their e
forts this year have never bee
tined. bat they can De depens
ed OF to make a good reeor
and these races will be interes
ing.
The mile race will be unusua
ly exciting. Nine men have el
tered and all Of them are goo
runners with plenty OF sand An
endurance
With the l6-lb hammer c.
rcthers can be depended ON Z
eclipse all former efforts wit
this in the University. He ha
already thrown the hammer 10
feet which nearly equals th
southern record in this even
and with the practice that b
viii have before field day he
, sure To establish . record for q
that will be hard for others {
I beat Hopkins will also d
good work With both the han
mer and shot G. NJ. MeLeal
the Uriversity's star half bael
has also entered the shot pu
ting and he viii no doubt CIV
; . good account Of himself
Something of an innoyztio
this year will be the class relsz
race Relay racing 10 sOuerhin
new in track athletics bat
; taking . hold every where an
; becoming popular very kss
Each class Will select four me
to represent il In this race II
; runner who starts will carry
. stick or handkerchief and vhe
he has run 10 yarsis he vi
, pass the handkerchief to anotl
er runner from his elAss and {
On until the four men have eae
: run 2.n yard thas making a
total distance covered . hal
mile No runner can start vi
I iIi he has received she handke
: chief from the other rune
} The class of ~, IS, ~, 4
{ have entered teams in this re
and a. the class rivalry ID stror
: runners viii make every effo
{ to VIA for the honor and giol
= Of their class
, The track this year Is in zsas
2 batter condition than il has ev,
| beeE Arrangements will
made To keep the crowd OF Il
! track so that spectators vi
. are sitting On the seats wi
4 have no trouble in seeing a
, that takes place.
9 The program for the afterno<
{ viii embrace ths usual list
events, namely:
FIrst-lo0 Dash Second
> RannIng High Jump Third
D Throxiag 10 pound HAmms
koarth-Raaning Broad Jun
Pfth-Haif-miie Dash Sixth
, 10 Yards Dash Seventh-Po
Vault for Height Eixht-Ps
ting l6-pOund Shot Ninth
Quarter-mile Run Tenth:
:, Yards Hurdle Race. EIeyent
! -One Mile Run Twelfth