The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-30
Interscholastic Field Day at Pas
time Park Promises Some
Rare Sport.
TEAMS ARE EVENLY MATCHED.
Competitors for the Finals Are of
High Class One Hundred
Yard Dash Will BE the
Feature of the Meet.

at meeting last night by the officials
In charge Of the Interscholastic Field Day,
to be held this afternoon at the Pastime
grounds. all minor details of the meet were
arranged. and Referee Delaney promises
that the meet Will be run Off in better shape
than ever before since the organization of
the league.
The preliminaries which were run of
Tuesday afternoon have weeded out all the
uninteresting events. and the meet to-day
should be far more interesting than In
former years, as only the higher class Of
athletes will compete in the events this
AFTERNOON. Athletes from High, Smith,
Manual and the Western Military Academy
of Alton will contest for honors on the
track and field. and the fact that three of
the teams are so evenly matched should
make the meet the most interesting of the
three which have been held by the league.
The grounds at the Pastime Park are in
perfect condition: in fact, the straightaway
could not be improved upon, and quite a
number Of records are expected to be
Western Military Academy's chances of
landing the banner this afternoon are
bright. as the showing made by the cadets
In the prelimina. les Tuesday afternoon has
bo0med W.. NJ. AS stock wonderfully,
The showing made by the cadets is re-
markable when 1t is taken into considera-
11"n an 'naa nat the team Is made up of only FIVE
programme this afternoon, with the excep-
tion of the high jump.
The lco-yard dash will be the race of the
day; as was the case in last years meet.
Bnllene of Western looks as il he has a
shade the best of it, as he won his heat
from good field Of sprinters. with at least
three yards to spare and finished strong.
claims he got a poor start In this race Tues
day. and II this be true, he and Powell Of
Manual. who finished second. should give
The hopes of the academy will center
mostly in Scullin. who is the all-round ath-
lete of the team. He will take part in six
gather up. large number of points.
1t was decided at the meeting last night
that the baseball throw would be the first
event on the programme this afternoon. as
II Will take up Il great deal of time to de-
eide it.
The number of men qualifying for the
finals for each school are: High School.
16; Smith Academy. 16: Western Military
Academy. Is: Manual. II.
The showing made by the High School
athletes In the field events makes the red
and black team n favorite for first honors.
but the points that will be picked up by
Manual will make the fight between the
three leaders all the more interesting. and
the result of the meet will hardly be known
until the last event of the day the relay
race is pulled Off.
The preliminaries for the field day. to be
aciu ehis nohhah6 de the ot. iSpuiS SHi-
versity field. We're run of yesterday. and
the time made by the athletes in the differ
ent heats was exceptionally good. All the
teams entered had men to qualify, and the
| showing made by the Junior athletes of the
ST. Louis University was a remarkable one.
they having one or two men placed in
| each heat.
Out Of the five heats which were run off
yesterday, the st. Louis University juniors
lad ten men to qualify for the finals this
morning. The Grow School came next with
five men. and the Marquette was last with
four men. =.
The work done by young Mason of the
| Marquette team in the 220-yard hurdle race
| could hardly be improved upon. and his
| time of 80 is was an excellent performance
| considering his size and age.
Culver Of the Crow School team Is about
| the best man in the sprints, and should
| gather up number OF points in these
| events this morning for his team.
The qualifications yesterday were:
Two hundred and twenty yard hurde-Mason
| Marquette. Drew: Chambers and Dillon all OF
School: Seiigstine. Marquette Carton. st. L. U.
hurdleaDrew ,,e ST. L: u; Hill. Grow: se!isssine,
na G e. Vi
Crow: Desoge st. /. u: Seliestne OF Mar.
guette: two hundred and twenty-yard dash
| Culver. Crow: Carton. ST. L. u: Moriarity st
| l.: u: Gilmore Of st. l.. U.
following events:
Two hundred and .wenty-yard hurdle broad
jump. seventy five yard dash. four hundred and
| forty.yard dash shot put. one hundred and
ffty-yard dash: hammer throw. eight hundred
| and eighty-yard run. pole vault and two hun
1 dred and twenty-yard dash.