Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-30
OFFICERS NAMED
Those Who Will Preside at Sat.
urday's Field Meet Sc.
Iected.
ROCK ISLAND OPPOSES DAVENPORT
Eighteen Schools Entered to Date in
Meet to BE Held at
Galesburg.

The track managers of Rock Island
and Davenport track teams have de-
cided on the following officials for
the dual meet Saturday:
Starter-H. d. Hackett, Davenport
Y. NJ. c. A.
Referee-H. f. Brown, Rock Island
high school.
Judges of Field and Finish-J. L.
Thatcher, Davenport high school; ID.
b. THOMAS, Rock Island high school;
c. Lindeblad, Augustana college.
Timers-First, \. Platt, Rock Island
Y. NJ. c. A.; second, NJ. Smith, Dav-
EXPORT high school; third, Paul Yates,
Rock Island high school
Clerk of the Course-Iames Mauck-
er, Rock Island high school.
Assistant Clerks - First. Ed Rush,
Davenport high school; second, Tom
Mirfield, Rock Island high school.
Announcer-Louis Harms, Rock Isl
and.
The list of events will be the same
as that of the interclass meet with
the exception of the 50-yard dash.
Three men will be allowed to enter
from each school in an event except
i'll the hurdle race. In this only two
men will be allowed for each school
and only two places will be counted
toward the meet. A handsome ban
ner will be presented the school MAX
ing the most points. Davenport has
for several years held the champion
ship and viii not lose it this year
without hard struggle. Rock Island
hos laaa hos 4 h -,f
the school and is out for points and
banners, too.
The entries for the Davenport dual
meet will not close until Friday. Man
ager Stone has had buttonhole SOU
venir tickets printed for Saturday.
Making Great Preparations.
Grand preparations are being made
for the Galesburg meet May 9. En-
tries have been received from the fol-
lowing schools already and it is prob
able that others will enter later: Tay-
lorville, Altoona, Oneida, Maquon,
Pennington, Galesburg, Watseka. Ia
BILE Grove, Cuba, Davenport, Moline,
Elmwood, Aledo, Princeton, Cam
bridge, Peoria and Fairview. These,
with Rock Island, make list of Is
schools to compete. Requests for en-
try blanks have been received from
Waters. Springfield, Pontiac and Chi
cago high schools. During the lasf
two weeks men have been out all
through this section posting notices.
In all over 100000 posters have been
put up. The men say that they met
with great enthusiasm at every point.
Nearly all Of the schools entered win
teams. The medals and banner to be
awarded the victors are now on eX-
hibition in Galesburg. A duh finished
medal will be awarded the winners of
places in each event. Gold, silver and
bronze medals will be given for first,
second and third places, respectively.
A large banner will be presented the
school winning the most points in the
meet. The banner is made of satin,
and has the date and name of the
meet in heavy gold letters. For the
declamatory contest there are four
first place medals, four second and
two third place medals. Beautiful
cups will be given each man in the
winning relay team, and a cup TO the
grade relay team that is victorious.
Manager Stone is arranging for,
large crowd to accompany the local
team. Last year Galesburg took the
meet with 81 points. Moline was sec
ond with -, and Rock Island tied
with Davenport for third with s
points. Since there are more schools
entered this year less points will be
necessary to take the banner. Coach
Kent, Capt. Sullivan and Manager
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evening.
other School Notes.
The 4. u. u. club held a meeting
Tuesday evening at the home of Ray
Summers. The chief event of the ev-