The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-03
|. ATHLETICS now
Hold INTEREST
AT HIGH sCHooL-MEET WITH
ANDERSON, KoKoMo AND
MARION NOT FAR OFF.
COUNTY FIELD MEET
Will Be Held Saturday With Rich
mond q Probable Winner. Base
ball Dead Issue-Gossip.

The four-cornered high school meet
between Richmond, Kokomo, Marion
and Anderson is now only four weeks
off, and the athletic interest will soon
center in this meet, which will un-
doubtedly be the fastest of the year.
From all reports, the Richmond high
school will stand fine chance of car
rying off the laurel wreath Of victory.
The team this year is the best that
has ever represented the school in
track athletics. Indeed, on account
of the manifest superiority Of the
track team, the base ball team has
been suffered to decline, it being
thought better to put forth all the
efforts of the school into a sure thing
and not to try to carry water on both
shoulders. The local school will send
the best delegation it has ever picked
for a field meet, and the belief is
strong among the R. Fl. S. boys that
the team stands fine chance of get
ting first or second place. The
weight events at least. are almost GER
tain to come to Richmond. Gem and
Carman, two Of the best weight men
who have ever been in the school, will
contest and stand fine show to win.
Thomas, the. Marion wonder, who cas-
ily defeated everyone in the weight
events last year, is gone, and the 9TH
er cities seem to have no men In this
class of any great account. Little Is
being heard from the other three cit
les, though, and this fact gives rise
to the thought that they may possibly
have something up their sleeves which
will be sprung at the last moment. il
AS is we'll known, Peacock, the IA
nous Earlham athlete, of few years
ago, is putting the finishing touches
on the candidates for the track team,
and he, if any one, should be able to
turn out a bunch of winners. The
local boys are practicing each after
noon, and from now on it is expected
that a little work after supper will
be indulged in.
The sprints are sure of falling in
Richmond's favor, Gem, the local
sprinter, being considered by all, anna
teurs and professionals, as one Of the
greatest high school runners in this
part of the country. Mehlig, Koko-
-noke, is being touted by that school
as a ten-second man. but in all prob
ability he will more than prove "pie'
for the champion sprinter of the R.
II. S.
The school teams in the gas belt
have organized base ball league,
with games every Saturday. The To-
cal school received an invitation to
enter this league, but on account OF
the inferior team this year it was de-
cided not to accept. Base ball stock
is selling at about a hundred below
par at this time, the team having tax
en- an lawful slump" After the
first and only game-a terrific defeat
by Piqua-t the candidates for the ball
team folded their tents and took a
quiet sneak from the diamond, to
find other and more congenial fields
for the exhibition of their athletic
prowess. AS consequence, further
than an occasional sight of two boys
pitching q ball back and forth, a
visitor would scarcely see any signs
Of the once promising team.
Next Saturday afternoon the local
high school track team will be given a
has been given it this year was hot
air or not. On that day track meet
will be held between the Richmond
track team and the teams of the Cam
bridge City, Milton and Dublin high
schools on Reid Field which will be
one of the most interesting of the
Year. At first sight it looks to dope
feeder as though the local school will
have cinch, as the three schools to
compete against the R. H.. s. are all
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