Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
DRAKE TOURNAMENT GREATEST
MEETING IN HISTORY OF
WESTERN ATHLETICS.
UNIVERSITY CLASS
BEST YET ASSEMBLED
University Half Mile, With; Best Bal
anced Teams, to Be Feature of Sat
urday's Tournament College and
High School Entries Such as to In
sure Closest Competition.


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April l7.-With a full
card in every event all needed is good
weather to make the contests of the
1916 Drake relays the most memorable
n the history If western sport. The
university class is the best ever to-
Sethert in the west. The college en-
tries are tar anule the class and the
Number OF year ago. The nigh
It hu0Is have better balanced entries
than ever before. y tentative final list
OF entries made up late Saturday con-
tain> the names OF nine universities in
the half mile, seven in the mile, six in
the TWO mile and eight in the four mile.
The college halt mile has drawn eight,
and the college mile seven. while the
college two mile has drawn total Of
twelve teams. The mile and the med
ley events in the high school section
produced the largest entry, twelve
teams being entered in each.
Just as if 1t were not enough TO have
,his field OF teams the performance
OF the 40 men who are /, battle in the
special event made fine showings in the
trials Of Saturday. Many Of them were
faced to run over wet tracks but
enough Of them ran under % seconds
to indicate that with the proper kind
of competition the winner will have to
run in flat time 10 breast the tape first.
Ii mas been discovered that there is
at least one lighter in the band OF
y Youngsters, at least as far as family
traditions go. The entry Of Chicago
University in this event. f. Is. Per-
shing, being son of Il brother OF the
commander in M"Nic" Persh!ng -
rather an unknown as far as track attn
letics are concerned but ne has bril-
liant football career behind him ana
the. fact he has been able |" win irSt
place against the competition at en-
caGo Indicates ne is close I" fiat tI1''
man as a least one Of ms teammates is
good for - ID.
Half Mile Classy Event.
In the lineup of the teams of the
university class the half mile has the
best teams taken as Il whole. Wlscon-
sin. Notre Dame. NorthWe> tern. ILL.,
EoiS, Minnesota. Chicago, and Drake
with Ames, Iowa and Missouri desiring
to enter in case one Of the early teams
drops out, makes this appear as the
best band of furlong men ever to-
gether on one track. The one mile also
is not lacking in class with Wisconsin,
Notre Dame, Missouri, Ames. Mime
sofa. Chicago and possibly Kansas in
the limelisht. The two mile and the
four mile do not have as well balanced
entries but have about three excep-
tional teams entered in each event
Because Of the trials many of the
teams have not named their positive
starts. but from the information in the
hands Of the Drake authorities today
the teams most liable to start are:
University Section.
One half mile Wisconsin. NOtre
Dame. Northwestern Illinois, Mime
sofa. Chicago. Drake.
One mle-Wisc"nsin, Notre Dame,
Missouri, Ames. Minnesota, Chicago,
Kansas.
Two mile-Purdue. Kansas. Ames,
Chicago. Drake, Michigan.
Four miIe-Wisconsin Iowa. Michi-
gan. Kansas, Drake. Indiana. Ames
Chicago.
College Section.
One half mle-Eebraska Wesleyan,
Dakota Wesleyan. Grinnell. toe. liam
line. Morningsid Highland Park. Cor
nell.
One mile-Grinnell. Monmouth. Des
Moines, COe Hamline, Highland Park,
Cornell.
Two mile--Brookings. Grinnell Mon
mouth, Iowa Wesleyan. Des Moines,
Coe Mornlngside, Yankton Highland
Park Cornell.
High School Section.
40 yard shutt!e-Prairie city, FL
CORA East Dcs Moines, West Des
Moines, North Des MOines, West Wa
terloo, Turydun. Oelwein. Algona.
One half mie-Prairie city. Perry.
Hampton, f.ldora. Webster City. Sey
mul;r. East Des Moines. West Des
Moines West Waterloo, Oelwein, Abba,
North Des MOineS.
One mile-Praire City, Stuart. New
ton, Cedar Rapids, PomerOy. East Dei
Moines West Dcs Moincs. North Des
MOines West Waterloo, CorydOn, Of
tumwa, Boone.
Two mile - Newton, Webster City,