Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-11
IOWA STATE MEET
Members of tho Games Committee
Leaving Nothing undono to Make
the Event a Great Success - Uni.
versity Picked to Win Second Place,
With Drake Third.

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Special to Times Republican.
Des Molnes, May 11.-With the state
intercollegiate track meet less than a
month away the interest in that event
is running high among the colleges of
the state and those interested In coll
lege athletics. With the exception of
the meet between Ames and Iowa
next Saturday all interest centers in
the big state event which Is to be held
here May u. The meet this year
promises to be one of the most Sue
cessful of all the successful athletic
events that have been held in recent
years, and Messrs. Bremner. Brewer,
Rawson and Jones the members of the
state games committee. are leaving
nothing undone that will add to the
success OF the meet
1t has been decided to run the pre-
liminaries III the morning because of
the large number of entries that are
expected this spring. For this reason
the excursions that will be run into
Des Moines that day will be arranged
to reach here earlier than usual. This
will permit the teams from the various
colleges to come In on the excursion
trains. The preliminaries are not all
ways Of the greatest interest to the
crowds that come with the teams SO
the committee is planning additional
amusement and M. f.. Cantillon, secre-
tary and owner Of the Des Moines buse
ball team said yesterday that he would
arrange to have the Western league
base ball game played at 10:30 or IL
o'clock. In the morning, so that the
excursionsts would have an opportun-
ity of seeing the game.
The recent dual meets have shown
almost conclusively that the state ag-
ricultural college at Ames has mort
gage on first place in the meet and
the guessing and doping is now large
ly on second and third.
Iowa has, not been showing up as
strong as the friends of the old gold
would like to see, but Iowa has way
Of coming in strong during the last
few days OF training before the state
meet. All things considered the Hawk
eyes should land second but will have
to fight with Drake for the place, as
Monilaw had good opportunity to see
his men work In the meet with Ames
Saturday and is now spending his
energies strengthening his team in the
weak places and developing his most
likely men. Monilaw has done wonders
with green material at the last min
ute before and may develop a good
team yet this year.
the blue and white is not nearly so
1t must be conceded however that
strong this year as 1t has been for sew
eral years past and third place will
be thankfully received, when it is con-
sidered that the smaller colleges may
cut off several thirds that Drake is
counting upon.
Hamilton, the Normal Splinter is go
ing to put the school teachers in the
running. He has both the speed and
endurance to take several events and
he no doubt will be the big point win
ner Of the meet.
Grinnell is another bidder for third
or fourth and tho the scarlet and
black is not so strong as in days gone
by the track team that will be sent
out from there this spring must be
rechoneu Win III HSuIlHS UP tne places
for this year.
The dual meet between Ames and
Iowa this week will do more than
any other meet to show up the point
winning abilities Of the teams that are
to be the important factors in the state
event. Some OF Iowa's men who are
considered the most likely winners for
the old gold will be called upon to
show what obey can do for the first
time this year on Saturday and it is
possible that the showing they will
make then will be much better than
now seems possible. There are some
sanguine enough to believe that De-
laney will develop a team that will
give the Ames team a hard race for
first honors at the state meet.
So much interest Is taken in the
games at Iowa City Saturday that
many Des Moines people who are in
terested in intercollegiate games will
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