The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-21
ROSE POLY WON
BIG TRACK MEET
Turk, BY His Unparalleled
Work, Made Possible the
Clean Cut Victory.
QUAKERS TIE FOR SECOND
MEET WAS THE BEST EVER HELD
BY THE !. C. A. L., FOUR OF THE
LEAGUE RECORDS BEING BRO
kEN-WEATHER WAS IDEAL.

The track and field meet OF the In
diana College Athletic League held
aturday afternoon on Reid Field was
most successful event, but there
was nothing to it but a certain Mr..
Turk hailing from Rose Polytechnic
Institute. The athlete referred to
was feeling in fairly good health Sat
urday, consequently he succeeded in
rounding up six firsts and one second
in the seven events in which he par
ticipated. Turk took second place in
the high jump because of the flip of
a coin. He was so unfortunate as to
chose tails" Wischmeyer. his team
mate, choosing "hea rs" This trans
lated means that Turk tied for the
first place in the event with Wisch-
meyer making it necessary to flip a
coin to decide the winner. Speaking
further of Mr.. Turk it can be stated
that he, unassisted, made a collection
of 33 points. This feat can be appre-
ciated best by reference to the Off
cial score, where 1t Is shown that
the combined Earlham team captured
80 points, likewise the Wabash team,
which tied with Earlham for second
place honors. Turk brought a few
other men along with him from Ter
re Haute and they picked up nine
points, which gave Rose a sum total
of AZ points and first place hands
down.
Meet Was Interesting.
wi had
a monopoly on everything doing the
meet was interesting and the records
made were exceedingly good. Gener-
al interest was conferred in the nip
and tuck fight between Earlham and
Wabash. ancient enemies, for second
place Owing to the fact that the
Quakers were badly outclassed in the
spirits, Wabash and State Normal
lead them at first but by steady ac-
emulation of seconds and thirds,
combined with one or two. fi-sts. the
Quakers soon passed Normal and
came into speaking distance with the
Presbyterians. When the 440 yard
dash was called Wabash had 20
points and Earlham q. This event
was won by Turk but Allen for Earl
ham beat out Sohl of Wabash for
second place. This gave Earlham 8
points and Wabash point. giving
each college total of thirty points.
Through the excellent work of Ben
ham and Bowman in the sprints and
Gates In the distance runs. Normal
made IA points.
White and csrey Did Well,
White and Carey were the princl-
pal point winners for Earlham. In the
100 yard hurdles, in which there were
but two contestants. White took Sec
ond place and in the 900 yard hur
dies he won first place in 81 is Sec
onds, breaking the League record for
this event by one second. Carey won
the hammer throw, casting it 1855
feet, which broke the League record
by about s feet. Smelser for Earlham
took second place in the hammer
throw. Carey made his presence felt
in the shot put, finishing second to
the conspicuous Mr.. Turk. Allen did
yeoman service for Earlham. winning
second place in the 440 yard dash and
the pole vault, giving him total of
points. Hill in the distasce runs
and Bond in the jumps each got
points. Doan made I point by taking
third place in the pole vault. All this
is what Earlham did and the Earlham
rooters didn't think it half bad. con-
sidering the fact that the Ouakers
had, prior to the meet, been placed in
the "also ran" class.
Coach cayou Disguised.
Coach Cayou. the ex.Carlisle Indian
football star, was disguised with the,
work of his Wabash squad, but he had
nothing but praise for the work of
Turk. THAT man is horse he re-
marked. as he admiringly watched
him compete in two events at one
time. Turk would make throw in
the discus event and then run over
to where the high jump was being
pulled off. clear the bar, then spin the
discus again. He won the discus
throw and tied for first place in the
high jump. While these two events
were being run off the 900 yard dash
was called. Just wait a minute"
yelled Turk to the referee, Il want to-
enter that event. He did so, and
won ii in the fast time Of % seconds,
which clips off one-fifth of a second
from the former league record. Turk
was not pushed to his limit in the 100
yard dash. but he made the fast time
of 10 lis seconds. If some one sets
a hot pace for him he can do this