The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-16
TRI-STATE FIELD DAY
INTERsCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC MEET
AT LOUISVILLE ON SATURDAY.
indianapolis Manual Training High
School Poys tn Contest with Ken
tuckians and Tcnnesseeans.

The t~ri-state interscholastic athletic meet
at Louisville on Saturday promises to be
an interesting contest. The track and field
teams of three well-known preparatory
schools will strive for supremacy at Foun-
tain Ferry Park. They will represent In
diana, Kentucky and Tennessee. The teams
are those of the indianapolis Manual Train
ing High School, the Louisville Manual
Training High School and the Mooney
School. of Franklin, Tenn. All are the pick
of the States they represent as far as all
around athletes are concerned. Other
schools may have individuals who excel
in a particular line. but none has better
teams as a whole. The Mooney School boys
have defeated all Tennessee on the Wander
bilt University field at Nashville for three
years. Louisville NJ. T.. H.. S. has won all
the honors it sought in Kentucky and In
dianapolis NJ. It. T.. S. has a team of rec
ord breakers. All three teams have been
training daily for a month or more. and
if new interscholastic marks be not put up
on Saturday it will not be the fault of eff
fort.
evening for Louisville and will be accom-
panied by a number of rooterS. The team
and events in which the members will par
ticipate are here given:
Fifty-yard Dash-Denn Bowers.
One-hundred-yard D~ash-Dennis. Bowers.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dash-Den-
mis-, CASTOR.
observation-disclosures Run-HotZ,
Barlow, Davis.
Observation-Disclosures Rum.
Shideler. Barlow.
Running High Jum~p-Vonnegut, I. Shide-
Ter.
Running Broad Jum~p-vonnegut. Bowers.
Pole V~ault-Peck, Krull.
Hammer T~hrOW-YeatOn, Miner.
Shot Put-Hotz. Kaylor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Hurdles
Vonnegut. T. Shideler.
Bicycle Events-Coval. Kittle. Carson.
Claire Peck. captain of L. NJ. t. II. s.,
thinks his team will stand "A good show or
bringing home the banner, the prize TO be
awarded the victorious school. He does
not, however. underrate the abilities OF the
other two teams. Mooney is most to be
feared. 1t has had the benefit of tirst-class
| trainers. and the boys are really young
! men, averaging older than their rivals. Fol
| lowing are some of the recent records made
by Mooney and Loutsvfile:
Fifty-yard Dash-Mooney, :Vo94; LOUIS
vile. :05 20.
One-hundred-yard Dash-Mooney. :los4
Louisville, 10 %.
Two hundred : and : tw%enty-yard Dash
Mooney. :2414; Louisville. % S-5.
Four hundred = and : forty yard Run
Mooney. :5S; Louisville, SO.
Eight = hundred = and = eighty-yard Kun
Mooney. 2:14: Louisville. 2:lS.
Observation-Disclosures Hurdles
Mooney. rs is: Louisville. l9.
Observation-Disclosures Hurdles
Mooney. :2S 2-5; Louisville, :2ss4.
High Jump-Mooney, . feet 4 inches'
Louisville. 3 feet 4 inches.
Broad J~ump-Mooney, 20 feet 4 inches,
| Louisville. 20 feet.
Shot Put-Mooney, Al feet 2 inches; Louis
| vile. IL feet. ~
Hammer Throw-Mooney, l4S feet Z inches;
| louisville. 120 feet.
| Louisville, & feet S inches. .
Captain Peck. of l. NJ. T. Fl. 5, declined
10 give the latest records of his team, made
while training at Newly Oval. Some of the
bovs nave done better than in the recent
preliminary trials. and may do still better
at Louisville.
Captain Peck has decided TO take no
chances of sickness from drinking Ohio
river water. Part of his teams out1t Will
be less than a carload OF demijohns. filled
with the best quality of indianapolis water.
None of his athletes will be permitted to
drink anything but indianapolis water until
the contests are concluded. After that they
NAV sample the Ohio river water II they
wish TO risk their lives.