The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-05-01
FIRST ANNUAL INDOOR TRACK
MEET A SUCCESS.
5000 People Witness Many Stirring
Events.

n ANh1A
MEET A SUCCESS.
5000 People Witness Many Stirring
Events.
TO BE AN ANNUAL EVENT
More than three thousand people
attended the first indoor annual track
meet of the Interstate Athletic Asso-
citation, composed of representatives
from Western University, Lincoln
High School, Sumner High School,
Geo. r. Smith College, Topeka Indus
trial School, Olathe A. c., Bartlett
high School, st. Joseph, and Law
renee Y. and enjoyed two and one
half hours of exciting and closely con-
tested physical exercises.
The haIl resounded with school
yells, ~interspersed with music by
Lincoln High Military Band. The Of
icers of the association are:
President, z. j. Taylor, Lincoln
High; vice-president, P. L. Jacobs,
Western University; secretary, R. G.
jackson, Western University; assist
ant secretary, H. S. Williams, Sumner
High. Kansas City, Kas. Physical
Directors: Western University, Miss
f. B. Kelly, P. L. Jacobs; G. r. Smith
College, P. V. Renfro; Paseo Y. NJ. c..
A, f. W. Beck; Lincoln High, Miss
N. f. Venerable, Miss NJ. Baptist, 7.
j. Taylor; Olathe, P. G. Porter; To-
peka Industrial, c. Abbott, Johnson;
Lawrence A. c., w. Wright, w. c..
Brown; Summer High, Miss F. Keal-
ing, H. S. Williams; Bartlett High, R.
LaMay.
Officials.
Starter, DR.. o. D. Pyles; clerk of
course, Prof. K. G. Jackson; timers,
Prof. Grisham, Prof. Gregg, Prof.
Buster; field judges, NJ. W. S. Wood,
DIR. Caldwell, Rev. ~Isaacs; judges at
finish, DR.. Ward, NJ. c.. A. Harris, DR..
Hill; announcer, Rev. D. A. Holmes.
In the first event, 50-yard trial
dash, the winners were: MONTE of
Lawrence, first; Arnett of Lincoln
High, second; Christian of Western
University, third; and in the finals
they finished in the same order. Event
2-High jump was captured by West
ern University, Smith being first,
Green, second, and Gray, third. The
SS0-yard run, which was event 3, was
stubbornly contested and was won by
Pyle of Lawrence, with Wilson of
Topeka second and Hubbard of Geo.
K. Smith College, third. A 50-yard
dash between Howard P. Drew, holder
of worlds record, and Patterson,
both Of Drake University, Iowa, was
won by a margin by Drew, al
though Patterson didn't seem to ex-
ert himself.
Possibly the most exciting event of
the evening from the students view
point, was the FLAP relay race be-
tween those ancient enemies, Lincoln
High of Kansas City, Mo-, and Sum-
ner High of Kansas City, Kas., and
amid deafening applause, Lincoln
came under the wire a winner, while
the band played and the school sang
ooh. Lincoln, Oh. Lincoln!" The pol
vault, event No. 6, was a tie between
Montz of Lawrence and Taylor OF
Western, while the shot put was cas-
lily won by Taylor of Lincoln High.
Event 8, 220-yard dash. between Drew
and Patterson, was neck and neck un.
til within five feet of the wire when
Drew forged ahead and won by a
lash.
Event No. 9, 5O-yard hurdle, was
won by Cohron of st. Joseph with
Taylor and Smith of Western Uni.
versity second and third, respectively
The relay race between Ballet
High and Geo. r. Smith College wa.
won by the Sedalia boys with ease
while the closing event. No. ii, {
440-yard run, open to all schools, wa;
won by Arnett of Lincoln High, witt
Pyle of Lawrence, second, and John.
son of Sumner, third.
The Sun compliments the manage.
ment upon the excellent program anG
prompt manner with which it wa:
carried out.