The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-07
TRAINING HARD FOR INDOOR MEET
st. Louis University Has busy Crowd
Of Athletes I'm Its Gymnasium.

st. Louis University Has Busy Crowd
Of Athletes in 1t. Gymnasium.
WRITTEN FOR II SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Although the great indoor meet under
the asupices of the ST. Louis University
Athletic Association Will not be held I'M
til March as, final arrangements are al
ready under way. Delaney and his lieu
tenants are determined to make this meet
worthy of the university. and the results
ALREADY reached -nsUreS the success of
their plans.
our years ago. when the university
announced its determination to bring the
crack athletes Of the country to st. Louis,
conservatives shook their heads and pre-
d,cted failure for what seemed a daring
venture. However. the Athletic Associa-
tlon. confident that this city wanted the
best in athletics. persisted in its plan, and
the result justified its confidence.
f1cm the fret the public has shown the
greatest interest IN the events. Now the
st. Louis University indoor meet has be-
come the great annual athletic event of
the city. Year after year IT has grown in
merit and attendance. Its effect upon ANA
teur sports has been very marked and
salutary. The task OF eclipsing previous
records Is. therefore. not an easy one. but
Delaney and his men declare that they
will accomplish IT.
Among the universities which have al
ready signified their intention to send rep
resentatfve cams are Georgetown Univer-
sity. the University of Illinois and Notre
$3.50 Gam ~ uSubt-
less be made with several others within
the coming week.
TIL strong rivalry between the Compel
ing teams and a desire to smash as many
records rs possible. has led to several inn
portant notifications of old methods. For
examp.e in the great mile relay only two
teams will compete at a time. This meth
cd of running them in pairs will cut out
much of the danger of fOuling, inseparable
from a rowde track, and will give the
spectators the added interest Of the finals.
Perhaps the greatest interest to many
Of the spectators will center in the local
athletes. Ever since William O'Flynn, by
a splendid burst Of speed. beat Lyons. the
Georgetown crack 40 man. there has been
a manifest desire for more of st. Louis
talent in the field.
This year there seems to be more than a
fighting chance that the visitors will not
carry away all the prizes.
The gymnasium of St. Louis University
of candidates that Coach Delaney has
ever gathered.
Besides O'Flynn. who is hard at work
preparing to add to his laurels, there are
several who appear certain to- give good
accounts of themselves. Gwynne Evans
and high jumping. and will be a danger
Gus man in the dashes. His Improvement
has been steady and marked.
Rudolph is acquiring a stride that will
run. while J. Lydon is successfully putting
in his time on the dashes. Rudolph and
Lydon are members of military ccmpa-
MES that will enter teams In the meet.
They will be pitted against each other in
the relay.
Another familiar figure in the gym is
st. Clair Shaw, a member Of the st. L. q,
football team Of 1901 and a member of the
football and track teams Of Brown Uni |
verstty the following year. In many re-