South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-15
ATHLETES FROM
MANY CITIES At
BIC TRACK MEET
More Than 800 High School
Boys Gathered at lndianap-
oils to Compete for State
Records.

1NDIANAPOLIS, May I5-Rrfstlf-,
with confidence and enthusiasm over
the prospects OF breaking or eauaninx
past records, 325 young athletes fn.si
81 Indiana high schools located in 81
cities and towns. met in competition az
Federal park today for the 18TH am
nual track and field meet OF the n
diana High School association.
New records for the biggest field OK
entries, the greatest mum Der Of schools
represented and the largest attend.
ance already were established before
the program Of competitive events
started.
While some Of the present high
school records have stood the test for
10 years, majority have been estab-
hshed since 1909, and two of them
the 440-yard dash and the shotput-
were lowered at last year. Crawfords-
Vile meet
1t is the avowed ambition OF all
young athletes TO prove that the boys
of today are athletically superior To
those Of decade ago and with proper
conditions and a perfect field and
track, IL was predicted that one or
more new marks would be hung up.
The records officially standing up 30
this years meet and their holders.
are:
1OO-yard dash. 10 seconds, Blair.
Hammond
22O-yard dash, % seconds, Blair.
Hammond.
44O-yard dash. So SIS seconds. Sims.
Bloomfield.
Half-mile run. two minutes, seven
seconds, AIarchal, Gas City.
Mile run, four minutes, 45 Is sec
Onds, Newlin. Indianapolis manual
120-yard hurdles, Is Is seconds,
Allison Richmond.
220-yard hurdles. IS 40 seconds.
Allison, Richmond.
High jump. five feet, IA inches.
Ellis, Button.
Broad jump. p feet. five inches,
Martin, South Bend.
Pole vault 10 feet, II IA inches,
Wicks. Gary.
Shotput. As feet. nine inches, JEFF
fries North Salem.
Discus throw. III feet six inches.
Stockton, Monticello.
Mile relay, three minutes, q 10
seconds, Indianapolis Manual r. ii. s.
Among those entered in tOdays
events are: AndersOn-Corbett Nor
gan, Thomas. Davis, Wilson. Julius.
PlOtner. Nermillion, McDaniels, lse-
nagel and Bronneuburg. Elkhart-
Miller Buyer. Elk and Cochr3ne.
Fairmount-Stephens, Mittank. cum
ningham, II. Jones, r. Jones, G. Jones
and Dickey. Gary-Philhps, Holder
man. Williams. Cecil, Sold. Elser and
Pritchard. Greensburg- ard
Forest. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Williams
and Brown. LapOrte-WilcoX, Weaver,
Murphy, circuit and MagnuSson. Lob
anon-O. DeVol, H. DeNol, Church,
Reath. White and Adams. Marion
Rademaker Scott and Perkins. South
Bend-Garfield, Schiebelhut, Kruez-
berger. Scott. Sweeney, Clyborne, Hell
Ter and Smith. Goshen-Juday. Rich
mOnd-Leiter, Carvey and Tomlinson.
Indianapolis is represented by 20
entries from ShOrtridges six from
Technical and % from Manual Train
ing Frairmount has one high school
contender and seven student athletes
attending the Paramount academy.
Other high schools and their num-
Der of entries are: Amo, Argos 3;
Atlanta. /: Attica. 4; Bedford, a.
Bloomfield, ). Boswell, g; BroW nsoug'
4: BUnetts Greek, 3; Camden -
CLAYTON. E; Columbia city. 2 Craw-
louisville, Z; Crown Point, j; Delphi,
6: East Chicago. 6: Evansville, =
Frankfort. 6; Garfield, ]; Breentown,
2; Lacrosse, 1; Lafayette, z; Law
renee, 4: Liberty. s; Monticello, 8;
AIuncie, !; NOblesville, 8; North Sa-
lem, g. Otterebin, 4; Oxford, z Peterp-
burg. 6; PittsbOre. 2; Pladnheld acae-
envy, 4; Plymouth, s Rochester, -
hOdCnQdlts MAUI Il 49, i-ANA-tf
ShelbvviHe. S; Sheridan. 6: South
Whitley. /; ThorntOwn, ? Upton, s.;
Vincennes, 4; Waldron, 4; Arcadia, l.
Washington, s; Westfeld, 8; Win
gate, 2.
Some idea of the spirit and maEni-
tude Of tOday's meet may be gained
from the fact that 81 athletes asplred
for starting honors in the 1Og-yard
dash: A for the 12o-yard hurdle b.
for the mile run; 10 for the 44o-yard
dash: IS for the 220-yard dash; - Tor
the 220-yard hurdles; rs for the soV-
yard run; 80 for the relay race %
for the discus throw; 81 for the run
ming high Jump: 81 for the shotput;
Al for the pole vault, and So for the
running broad jump.
From the foregoing large entry lists
the acknowledpo7 stars only are eA-
pected 10 perform.
The collective scoring for each
ecbooI will he based on i've points for
each FIRST" three points for each
second" and one point for each
tbird f" exclusive OF the relay race.