Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-15
BEST COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY AND
HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS TO
MEET At DRAKE.
RELAY CARNIVAL TO BE
SEASONS TRACK EVENT
Worlds Records Likely to Fall When
Greatest Teams Of West Meet in
Competition-Many High Schools of
Iowa to Send Teams for Intersehol-
astic Events-Entry List.

Des Moines, April l5-Good weather
conditions is the needed requirement
to make the sixth annual Drake relay
meet the athletic success of the year
In number and quality of entries, in
the interest turnout the west, in the
both entertainment and care of the col
lege visitors and in the sale of ad-
vance tickets this meet surpasses all
the others. Each of the twelve events
in the program of the afternoon has its
different western university. collegiate
or state high school interest. The col
lege men of Iowa will watch the per-
Torrance of Charles Hoyt, late of
Greenfield, now of Grinnell, in his first
college competition. The showing OF
Drake, Ames and the State University
teams will also be considered as in
dicating their relative strength and
weakness for the state intercollegiate
field meet. The stars of Coe and
Morningside will be watched for posi-
BILE point, winners against this team.
The showing of the many new teams
of the high schools also will have their
particular interest 10 Tue lOllc"SIS VI
the high school field meet.
May Shatter Worlds Record.
Apart from these will be the battles
of the best in the west, as moulded in
to relay teams in the university sec
ton One OF these will be the meet
ing of Chicago, Purdue. Northwestern,
Kansas. Ames and Iowa in the two
mile, the rivalry of the first three
named being lible TO result in new
worlds record for the distance Ames,
Iowa, Missouri and Northwestern are
especially interested in the mile be-
cause it is conceded that in this event
they have listed their strongest teams.
Chicago, Drake and Nebraska seem to
have the class OF the half mile and this
event is being awaited with interest at
Drake where the two defeats admins
tered to the star Drake team by Chi
cago a year ago still are remembered.
The four mile. in which it seems prob
able that six teams capable of breaking
the western record will meet as well
as three teams not so strong makes
that event the especial attraction of
the day.
List of Entries.
The entries by teams follows:
Half mile high school-Cedar Rap
ids, Cherokee. East Des Noines. Fonda,
Fort Dodge, Grinnell. Hampton, Lee
Mars. Marshalltown, Mason City, New
ton. North Des Moines. Seymour, Sioux
City. Webster City West Des Moines
Two mile university-Ames, Chicago,
Iowa. Kansas. Northwestern Purdue.
One mile colege-Coe. Cornell. Des
Moines, Grinnell, Highland Park, Penn.
Simpson. South Dakota State.
Two mile high school-Cedar Rapids.
Clarion. Earlham, East Des Moines,
Fort Dodge, Marshalltown. North Des
Moines, Oelwein, West Des Moines.
One-half mile university-Ames. Chi
cago, Drake, Iowa, Kansas. Missouri.
Nebraska.
Two mile college-Carleton. Coe,
Cornell. Des Moines. Grinnell, Hamline.
Iowa Wesleyan. Morningside, Simpson,
South Dakota State. Yankton.
Four hundred forty yard shuttle race
Cedar Rapids. Cherokee. East Des
Moines. Fort Dodge, Grinnell, Mar
shalltown. Newton, North Des Moines,
West Des Moines.
Four mile university-Ames, Chicago.
Drake Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Mime
sofa, Michigan. Wisconsin.
One mile high school-Albia, Ce-
dar Rapids. East Des Moines,
Fort Dodge. Indianola, LeMars. Mar
shalltown, Newton. Ottumwa, Seymour
Sioux City. West Des Moines.
One-half mile college-Coe. Cornell,
Dubuque, Grinnell, Highland Park,
Morningside. south Dakota University.
Thirteen furlong medley race-Clar-
ion, Dexter, East Des Moines. Fort
Dodge, Hampton, Mason City, Newton,
Waterloo, West Des Moines.
One mile university-Ames. Chicago,
Iowa. Illinois. Kansas. Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Northwestern. Nebraska.