Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-04-20
ATHLETICS.
EARLHAM'S ATHLETES ARE
GETTING SHAPE
For the Springs Campaign and
Will Come Up in Fine Style on
the Joint Field Day, May ID =
Muscle Gossip.

| Now that DePauw has ceased hayine
infantlle spasns in the newspaper.
over her recent defeat at the hands o
Earlhan's debating team, and thai
that source of interest has waned
athletics has become the paramount
| interest IN and about Earlham's social
| circles. Whenever the weather is
such as will permit the campus of the
| college Is alive with a horde of agile
young fellows who are aspirants for a
| position-first on the team to go down
| to Miami. then also to go to the state
meet at Indianapolis.
The preliminaries between classes to
| determine the class which shall hold
the silver cup as champi rs, as well as
to choose individuals for the teams,
will be held two weeks from today,
that is. Wednesday, May 4.
The Miami meet viii be held at Ok
| ford, Friday MAY ID. and the state
week later, May 20. at indianapolis.
The events on the preliminary, and
the entries that are probably the
are being developed, are as follows:
| In the 100 yard dash JEFF Van Allen.
Oriel Binford and - Raidebaugh
are the. apparently, strongest en-
tries. Binford run first in this last
year in the state field day but Van Allen
it is believed, will compel Binford to
make the distance in ten seconds il he
wins this year. Raidebaugh is a new
student but Is showing speed in prac
tice. In the 300, Van Allen, Binford
Raidebaugh and Harry Thornburgh
will probably be entered. Thornburgh
Is too well known to need comment
Last year he tied Jones, holder of the
state record, on this event and is a
very speedy runner. In the quarter
OF mile run Thornburgh, Binford,
Van Allen and Levi Peacock will be
entered Peacock is the tall marvel
who played right end in the foot ball
team last fall. lie is a tower of
strength and endurance and puts up
tiue race. Peacock and Leroy Dennis
are the probable entries for the half
mile run. Dennis is a new man on the
track but shows good material. The
last two will also be in the mile run
Rowland Hill and Chapman
will do Earlham's hurdling, probably
without opposition. In the pole vault,
Van Allen. although inexperienced,
will hustle Herman Stabler. Herman
Fletcher and Bernard Henley, both
new hands. are training for throwing
the hammer. Creyton Mills, Hervey
Schilling and - Hoover are put
ting the shot. La the high jump Pea
cock and Thornburgh are entered, but
this Is conceded to the former. In the
stand broad jump, Creyton Mills, Pea
cock, Van Allen and Thornburgh are
entered; the last is probably the win
ner, but Earlham needs second place
also and her athletes are not the kind
who hold back because they cam 1t get
I'll Q first honors. In the run broad
jump, Thornburgh will probably break
the e, J, state ia record this year, and Peacock
is kind of dark horse in
this event.
Ray Shiveley, Elmer kimmel and
Walter Norman will do Earlham |
bicycle riding, the last two are expert |
enced and the first is good bicyclist |
and will very likely develop some con-
siderable speed.
In the Miami meet beside the above |
sCAtS thCiC Will Dc tut run uOps Stcp
and jump, in which Peacock and |
should be able to command |
both places, and relay race of mile
N relays of quarters. The first four |
finishing in the quarter of mile run |
will be Earlham's relay team.
Earlham now holds first place in |
Indiana in athletics and from present
appearances she bids fair to hold the |
honor for another year. In the face
of last years ignominious defeat it is
pretty safe to conjecture that Miami
will be prepared to put up a sitter
j ght than last year but there is no rea-
son why Earlham should not beat them
again this year even if Miami does
nave three or four times as many men
% choose her team from. In fact, the
Quakers' are expecting to be the
takers again this year.