Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-28
A. A. u. MEET
CARDED HERE
AT COLISEUM
Junior Track, Championships
Scheduled to Be Held,
March II.
ID EVENTS ARE LISTED
Koehring and Atkins
Enter Buffalo Event

Paul Koehring and Tommy Atkins viii
compete in the two-mjle race of the ma
tional enior indoor track and field cham
pionships, which are to be staged at
Buffalo, N. Y, Feb. 81. under the cOlors
of the indianapolis Athletic and Canoe
club, according to an announcement MADE
today by officers of the club. hoehrlng
is captain of the local clubs track team
and has finished first in every event ne
has entered since returning from France,
where he competed in the inter-allied
events. Tommy Atkins is a former FUR
due university track man. In chicago
n few years ago Atkins finished second
to Joe Stout. when he established a
record of nine minutes and tWenty-one
seconds for a mile. .
The board of managers of the Indiana
Association of the A. \. u. today award
ed the Indianapolis Athletic and Canoe
club the sanction for the first annual
junior indoor track and field meet OF
the Hoosier organization, which is to be
staged at the state fair ground coliseum
III the night of March II.
Several weeks ago the canoe club was
awarded a sanction for the event, which
was originally carded for this week,
but when it was learned the government
had taken over the coliseum for the pur
pose of storing automobile trucks anu
there was no other suitable place In the
city for holding the meet q postpone.
ment was necessary. With the date
moved back it was necessary for the
board of managers to issue a new sane
ton. The governments lease on the fair
Immediately after that date workuien
will be given the task of putting the
place in order for the athletic event.
ENTRY BLANKS
MAILED OUT.
Entry blanks will be mailed out this
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lege, Y. NJ. c. a. branch and athletic club
In Indiana will send delegates here for
competition. The Canoe club will enter
a team of more than thirty athletes and
they should make a strong bid for honors
In each of the championship events,
(which will be as follows: Fifty-yard
run, 220-yard run. 440-yard run, SSO-yard
run, one mile run, two mile run, one mile
walk, ffty-yard hurdle, pole vault. run
ming high jump, running broad jump
sixteen pound shotgut.
The thirteenth event on the program
will he a medley relay race, not a cham
pionship, for teams of four men. One
man is to run 220 yards, one 440 yards,
one $50 yards and one will cover 4 mile.
This will be open to industrial organlza-
tons, colleges, high schools and athletic
clubs. There will be a special prize for
this event.
MEDALS FOR
THE WINNERS.
Regulation solid gold die medals, en-
blemattc of the championship OF the /.
A. A. u, will be awarded to the winner
in each event, sterling silver die medals
to the second place men and bronze die
medals to third man. A silver cup will
be given to the team scoring the highest
number of points on the basis of nve
points for first place, three points for
seconds, two points for thirds and one
point for fourths.
March 10 with R.. H. Goodrich, chairman
of the championships committee: Regis
tration may be obtained from the secre-
tary at 12 South Capitol avenue. The
Canoe club committee on arrangements
is composed of Charles Buschmann,
chairman; Paul Koehring, Ray Bonsib,
Paul D. Brown. Heze Clark. R.. c. Thomp-
son, John Head and Lee Emmelman.