South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-12
DRAKE RELAYS
IN LIMELIGHT
Saturday, April 19, Classic
Track Event of the West
Will be Held.

DIES MONIES. Ia, April IA
With the scattering Of the war
clouds, the 10th annual Drake relay
carnival this year promises 10 re-
sumo it's pre-war position as the re-
lay classic Of mid-western collegiate
athletics. bidding for fame with the
PENNSYLVANIA relays, the eastern
classic.
More than so universities, colleges
and high schools viii enter their
star athletes, assuring the keenest
competition in the meet which will
be held in The Drake stadium Satur-
day, April 10. Entries include some
OF the greatest track men IN action.
Topping the list of cinder path
performers are the entries for the
1O0-yard dash, which will be the
special event again this year. They
include Carl Johnson, Michigan
star; Paddock, of Kansas: Carroll,
of Illinois; sylvester, of Missouri;
Sol Butler. of Dubuque (Ia-) Semi
nary; Etter, u Wabash, and Justice,
OF Iowa.
Competing in the relay events will
be teams from these institutions in
the university class: Chicago, Mich
kan, Illinois, Minnesota, Grinnell,
Notre Dame, Iowa, Missouri, Wis
consin, Kansas, Nebraska, North
western, Purdue, Ames and Drake.
The college section, with entries
incomplete, includes these schools:
Wabash. Dubuque Seminary, Par
sons, South Dakota university.
Simpson, Morningside, Yankton,
Coe, Grinnell and Des Moines.
In the high school division the en-
tries are principally from Iowa, as
this is the first year out-of-statc
prep schools nave been admitted.
Charlottesville. Ind, and Omaha
(Neb.) Central high schools already
have accepted invitations.
-Four events in the university sec
ton and three IN the college divi-
sion are carded, besides the special
century dash, which is open 10 all.
Each class will compete in the half
mile, mile and two-mile relays, and
the universities also in the four
mile relays. The high school events
will consist of the half, mile and
two-mile relays, the 400-yard shut
tie and the medley relays.
Drake relay records in the various
events have been established in the
past five years, earlier marks fall
ing as the field of entries broad
ened Illinois and Wisconsin hold
the university marks, while Wabash
and Morningside are honor bearers
in the college class.
Here are the events, records, and
holder:
University section-Two-mile re-
| lay. minutes flat. won Dy Illinois
in 1914; four-mile, is minutes 20
seconds. won by Wisconsin in 1916:
one half mile, l minute 2S 4-5 sec
onds, Wisconsin in 1916, and one
mile. 3 minutes p 40 seconds, Illl-
/ nois in 1917.
College section-One-m mile relay, 5
minutes 20 10 seconds, won by Wa
bash in 1917; two-mile, 8 minutes 1 .
seconds, won by Morningside in
| 1915; half-mile, 1 minute 80 LIS sec
Onds, won by Wabash in 1917.
Jack SchOlz, of Missouri, run
ming on a snOw-swept track, COPIED
the 1OO-yard dash last year in As
| seconds, three stop watches catch
fourth a fifth second faster. This
| year the fans are looking to john
son, of Michigan, as a likely winner,
due to his wonderful performances
in the recent Big Zen indoor meet.
AlOnzo A. Stasg. of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, is being sought as
referee of the meet. 1t is hoped 10
assure the attendance of Capt. ]. L.
Griffith, former director OF athletics
at Drake and father of the relay
carnival He is now at the head OF
the athletic department of the COM
mission on training camp activities
in Washington.