South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-06
MEET HELD
BY FEDERATION
ST. PatriCk'S H. N. Society
Wins HOnOTS in General
Events While the Sixth Ward
Runners Best Rest of Lads.

Featured by several close races and
by some good marks. the first track
meet OF the Amateur Athie, fedora
ton held at the ]. ID. oliver piayfield
Monday afternoon was a dec ded sue
cess. Fair weather broIght out
large crowd and the majority re-
NAMED until the last event was COM
pleted at 5 o'clock. There was a
strong wind blowing across the field
which hit the runners on the far side
OF the track. but did not cut much
figure in the speed Of the athletes.
IL blew sand In the eyes of the spec
tators, however.
Two championships were decided
during the course Of the afternoon, the
federation championship, and the
ward championship. st. Patrick's
Holy Name Society had no trouble in
winning the cup offered for the best
team in the federation. Their total
points were AZ. Every man on the
squad won a medal. and they placed
in every event St. Joseph's Holy
Name society won second place with
q 1-2 points, while the T. y. 40. l
Falcons were third with 1-2 points
In the ward event. first place was
COPIED by the sixth ward, who annex
ed "A points. The first and fourth
wards tied for second with l > points
apiece. The third ward had five
points, and the fifth ward was last
with three points
Barrett Individual star.
Ordo Barrett, OF st. Joseph's Holy
Name Society by specializing in the
high and broad jumps, OF which there
were five events, and winning first
place in all of them, captured indt-
vidual honOrs for the afterS>on. His
total was 8 points, as he picked up
one point in the ward hundred yard
dash. John Noelkers, Of St. Patrick's |
Holy Name Society. competing only
in federation events, scored p points.
He won firstS in the 22O and 44O yard
daShes, and the shot put, and took
second in the hi0h and broad Jump. |
His all around performance was better
than that OF any man on the ground. !
Scheibelhut or ST. Joseph's Holy !
Name Society, was third with 10 II |
points.
Gold medals were given first place |
winners, silver medals went to second |
place winners, while bronze medals /
were awarded third place men. In /
the relay events the men of the win /
ming teams were each given gold med /
ais.
a novel race was put up in the 440 |
Catholic church relay st. Patrlcks !
H. y. s. was the Catholic organiza-
ton entered. while in the 125 pound /
byterian Sunday school was entered. !
Rather than disappOint the two teams, /
the little fellows were given sixty 1
yard handicap for the quarter mile |
event, and gave the big fellows a mer- |
~ chase. The first three runners for |
both squads were neck and neck when /
they relayed. but Noelkers easily out |
stepped his little opponent. Each /
squad was presented with gold medals. /
Time Is Good.
II the $50 yard relay race, the st. |
Patrick II. y. S. was the only team 4
entered for the federation while the /
sixth ward was the only squad in the /
ward list. These two were pitted /
against each other and the II. \. >. |
lads won I'm a walk. Both squads |
were presented with gold medals here. |
The time in this event was considered |
good for the soft track the runners |
had, and was given out as 1:4S SO.
After all the supposed 100 yard |
races had been run, ii was discovered |
that instead of the men covering that |
distance they had run 10 yards due |
to a mistake in marking out the track. |
This accounts for the time of 2 sec |
Onds that was hung up in II of these |
events.
Walter Sweeney took the lead at the |
start OF the federation mile, and al |
though given pretty chase by Charles |
Call finished ahead in the good time |
Johnny COyle and Raymond Croker /
ran pretty neck and neck race until /
the last lap when COyle by magnif- |
icent burst Of speed on the last 220 /
yards finished so feet in front. From |
the fourth lap on the runners were /
side by side. Croker running on the /
outside. once Croker went ahead |
but COyle overlook him.
The 220 yard dash was n pretty /
race. Voelkers of st. Patrick's breast |
ing the tape in the fast time of % Is. |
He was pushed all the way by kreuz- |
berger. his geammate. In the quarter |
mile the s.. Patrick lads swept the /
boards. finishing one, two and three. |
Nineteen events were run off during |
the afternoon. and considering the /
conditions under which they were run, |
the officials did good work in getting 4
them over within the three hour limit. /
The Summary.
100 yard dash federation-SChei- /
belhut. St. Joseph, first; Kreuzberger, /
st. Patrick, second; Lower, ST Pat /
rick. third. Time-:12.
40 yard dash. ward-Butler. third /
ward. first: Nimtz. first ward. sec /
ond; Chelminiak, sixth ward, third /
TimC-:65.
40 yard dash. ederation-Voelk- !