South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-12
HUGE TRACK AND
FIELD EVENT To
BE STAGED HERE
Amateur Athletic Union to Con-
duct Meet on divers Field
on July 5-Entry Blanks Are
Now Ready for Athletes.

Every amateur athlete in South
Bend who has ever donned a track
suit or who has had ambitions to be
star among the thinly clad youths
who INDUCED in the spring and sum-
mer activity, can get out all their
paraphernalia and begin training for
the drst big track meet of the ANA
teur Athletic federation.
At a meeting Of the directors of the
federation in Director Barnes Office
in the high school Friday night plans
were laid for the affair which prom
ises to be one Of the best stunts
staged by the federation. Next fall
a meet on the same order, but which
will be bigger and better, is being
planned and this midsummer car
nival is being tried TO get a line on
the material which Will compete in
the big event and what events shall
be planned for.
July was officially decided upon as
the date for this track and field meet
and it Will be held on the newly plan
ned Oliver field playground. A first
layer of dirt has been put on the run
ming track and 1t is expected that the
course will be in excellent shape with
in two weeks. When completed the
track will have a clay covering. such
as is being used in many of the large
colleges and universities throughout
the United States.
Can Practice Soon.
Athletes planning to enter the
events can begin practicing on the
track about June &c, according to an
announcement by Director Barnes
Friday night. The track is a trifle
more than quarter mile in length.
There will be four championships
decided during the course Of meet.
no ErC no hn
championship which will consist Of
eight events. These will be the 100
and 22O yard dashes. the quarter
mile and mile runs the $50 yard re-
lay (four men), high jump, running
broad jump and the II III. shotput.
These events are open to individuals
and TO various clubs and organiza-
tons throughout the city
The Ward championship tourney
will be one of the titles to be decided
by the competition. There will be
eight events, the same as in the fed
Grafton tourney, but the athletes to
compete must be enrolled in organiza-
tions in the ward in which they live
and must be certified to by the sec
rotary of the ward. Those in the fed
GRAFTON events may compete on clubs.
teams and organizations outside Of
! their own ward
Boys Will Get Chance.
Boys will be well taken care of in
the meet and a smaller program of
events has been arranged for their
special benefit 1t will consist of the
IS yard dash, the quarter mile relay
(fOur mem the broad and high jumps
and the eight pound shotput All Of
the entrants in this class who must
be under 125 pounds in weight must
enter through the secretary Of their
ND a %
with some club in that ward.
A program Of special events which
Will include several not mentioned in
the other contests, has also been ar
ranged The 100, 200 and 440 yard
events and the high jump will be
the same as in the other divisions, but
the pole vault, tugs of war and the
five mile cross country run have been
added This run will start in the
country and the finish viii be one lap
around the track.
A tug Of war between the police
and fire departments will be the chief
amusement in this branch of endeav-
or. Besides the departmental tug. va
rious clubs and organizations will en-
ter teams which Will compete against
each other. Ten men Will form a
team and no cleats will be allowed on
the shoes of the contestants
Entry Blanks Handy.
Entries for the affair must be in
the hands of OrdO Barrett secretary
of the federation. before Tuesday
June %. Secretaries Of the various
wards will be supplied with entry
blanks and will in turn furnish them
to any athletes or organizations in that
ward. Individuals who desire 10
compete in the events, unattached to |
any club, can secure their blanks by
calling at the office of Director
Barnes, room 119 in the high school |
building, where information can be
secured.
A monster mass meeting Of every
one in the city who is at all inter
ested in this proposition will be an
nounced within a few days and Di-
rector Barnes said Friday night that
he was anxious for a large turnout in
order that the sentiment of the peO-
pie of the city might be learned.