The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-21
FOUND A MUDDY TRACK
ATHLETIC MEET YESTERDAY
PROVES A DISAPPOINTMENT
Bicycle Races VIII Take Place This
Morning at 10 O'CIOck-Events
of Yesterdays Meet.

The Indiana intercollegiate athletic meet
was held yesterday at the Business Mems
Driving Club track The mud on the track
was an inch deep, making fast time i'm
possible. When the committee viewed the
track early in the morning it was in despair,
and there were suggestions to transfer the
meet to Richmond or Terre Haute. where a
better track could be had. Finally it was
decided to hold the meet despite the mud
About $50 of the most enthusiastic college
men and women, together with others in
terested in athletics gathered at the track
and vented their enthusiasm by giving col
lege yels and by cheering for their favor
lite athletes.
At 2 o'clock the high murders were
called At the sound of the pistol they
started on their run through the mud. Bat
ten, of Purdue, won the contest Several
of the men lost their footing in the mud
and fell and were greeted with shouts of
laughter as, covered with mud, they re-
gained their feet and continued the race
The men were compelled to use the outside
and the middle of the track, the mud max
ing it impossible to run next to the pole. In
the mile run some of the runners took the
pole, but, falling in the mud. were left be-
hind. So it was with the other track events
The men all ran plucky races and padded
manfully through the mud. But fast or
even average time was an impossibility.
farley, of Notre Dame ran the two-hun-
acknowledgements dash in one of the
trial heats in "a 3-5 seconds, which was said
to be remarkable time over'such a course
The track was a great disappointment, as
several of the runners had given promise
OF breaking state college records
In the field events the men were not han
dicapped by the mud and the expectations
of those interested were realized in the
breaking of four state records. Powers,
who is an all-around athelete, broke the
record for the pole vault, running broad and
running high jump. The giant Roller from
De Paw, put the shot 40 feet 11s inches
breaking the record 81 inches. Special gold
medals will be given TO Roller and Powers
The bicycle races could not be held because
of the condition of the track. and will be
ridden this morning at 10 o'clock. On the
result OF these races the state championship
depends, the score now standing: Purdue,
80, and Notre Dame. IS. These races will be
the most closely contested OF all the events
of the meet, not only because of the de-
pendence of the state championship on
them, but because there are a large number
of entries of very fast men. Purdue has
two speedy men in Greenick and Boyd;
Waters, of Notre Dame, has a one-mile
record or Z:O3 ana a nVe-mlle record OF
1888; Duncan of U. of l., is fast and the
friends OF Stone of r. p. l., claim that he
will be winner The ability of the men
from the other colleges is not so well
known. there is possibility of dark
horse winning.
The work of the Purdue and Notre Dame
teams was good. Roller Odell and SWINE
hart did good work for De Paw. Ganter-
mans team, from the State University,
but up plucky races, but were outclassed by
more experienced men. Porter, of Wabash,
has shown himself TO be a good man. IT, w.
Stone. as referee. did splendid work and