New-York tribune., 1915-01-31
Track and Field Athletes
Will Compete for
Novel Prizes.
REUNION TO FOLLOW
FOR OLDTIMERS
Great Response 10 Cornelrs Call
for 1915 Candidates-Yale
Urges Big Response.


the first annual indoor track and field
meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic
Association oe Amateur Athletes Of
America at Madison Square Garden on
tho evening Of Harch 6, and all signs
indicate that IL will be highly success
ful.
The management of this first inter
collegiate track meet ever held indoors
has studied each detail Of the big meet
with care. and several novel condi-
tious VIII be made use of in running
or the different events.
The games VIII bc officially started
with the pole vault at 7:3G o'clock.
With the remaining field events and
the track competitions beginning az 3
o'clock. The track events. consisting
Of eleven relsy races az various dis
tancer. will be contested between
teams from the different institutions.
and IN reference 20 these the rules
laid down Dy the |. c. A. A. A. A. read
as follow1:
"ln the annual indoor athletic meet
irS Tie nu-nber of entries shall be un-
limited. but no member Of the asso-
citation shall start more than one team
il en-" one event. ard before the time
acrcr:ised for the meeting 70 start
each member OF the association enter
ing teams shall select from among its
ept-ies the names of those constitut-
ing each of the teams 10 compete and
presen, these names 70 the referee Of
the meeting
II is reques ed that 10 save tine and
prevent corcliion the names OF those
entrants who will actually compose the
.eams in competition be presented 70
the referee in writing and in clear and
orderly arrangement. The referee will
be a. the referees stand in the arena
70 receive these names a half hour be-
fore the games begin. They may also
bo handed 20 him ct the convention,
which l. 20 De held al the Waldorf
Astoria on the afternoon Of March g.
The athletes who are Yictorious will
BE- rewarded with novel prizes IN the
form Of small bronze statuettes. re-
productions o. the Borghese gladiator,
one Of which will be given 20 each
member of the teams finishing first.
second or third IN each event. and all
prizes will be the same that is. the
last man I'm the team finishing third
viii be presented with the same ststu-
etc as the first man on the first team.
All the prizes viii be on exhibition
in the arena while the athletes are
competing a. an added incentive for
record breaking performances, and after
they have been won small metal plates
will be attached 20 the bottom of each.
with the name of the winner engraved
thereon. although they will not be
ready at the time Of the delivery Of
the prizes.
As soon as the last event has been
finished, at 10:45 o'clock, all the con-
testants, managers, coaches and former
athletes of the association will head Tor
the concert hall in the Garden. where
a supper will be served speeches made
and yarns swapped.
This feature has been planned as a
means OF getting the famous oldtimers
on track and field together for re-
union. and to promote closer sc-
quaintance among the men who VIII
meet in the more strenuous track COM
petition OF the spring. And there are
no cards Of admission required.
The order in which the track events
will be run off is as follows:
/. Preliminary heats, relay race for
teams OF FIVE men, each man TO run 100
wards; ., semi-hnal heats, relay race
FOR teams of ive men. each man 10 run
1870 yards; 3 If necessary, trial heats,
relay race for teams Of four men. each
man TO run 600 yards; (, trial heats,
relay race for teams Of five men, each
man TO run 300 yards; If necessary
trial heats. relay race for teams OF four
men. the first man 20 run 200 yards
the second 800 yards, the third SOC
yards and the fourth 1000 yards; s.
final, relay race between teams where
each man runs 100 yards; Z. final. relay
: race between teams where each man
runs 900 yards: S, final. relay race
between teams where each man runs
800 yards: 3, final, relay race between
teams where each man runs 800 yards;
/ 10. final, relay race between teams
where each man runs 1000 yards; II