Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-29
JOE RAY TO
TRY 10 BREAK
WORLD RECORD
Crack Runner to Enter Spe-
cial Match With Ray
Watson Today.
Finals in Drake Relay Com
ing OFF This Afternoon;
30 Events.

RAY, VINO Wnen ne Is uoC AASAAApeAn6
to crack worlds running records.
drives a taxicab in Chicago, hopes to
achieve the ambition of his athletic
career today when he meets Ray Wat
son, an undergraduate Of the Kansas
Aggies, in a special match n mile
race staged as an added attraction to
the thi,Ieenth annual Drake relays.
Ray, holder of seven worlds records
in the middle distance runs. will at
tempt to shatter h worlds mark
of 4:14 2-55 for the distance. He has
stepped h mile within n and four
fifths seconds of the record.
With the prelimfnaries decided yes
terday the tracks were cleared for the
finals this afternoon. Today's pro
gram which will open at 8. O'clock,
| comprises 80 events and will bring to-
! gether $50 athletes representing AZ
colleges and universities and 80 high
schools.
Nearly every university in the big
item" and tho Missouri valley confer
ences, win be; represented with an i'm
| posing entry list from h small col
llexeo ins4he midwest. Occidental col
tlege Of Los Angeles will represent h
Mar west while Centre college of Dan
willie, KY, will be among the eastern
representatives. Most of the track
coaches Of mid-western institutions
entered their stars in h Drake meet
instead Of competing in the Pennsyl-
vania games at Phtladelphia. which
also will be held this afternoon.
(By The Associated Press.)
Des Moines, Iowa, April 28.-With
q record breaking list of $50 athletes
entered in the competition, the finals
in the thirteenth renewal of the
Drake relays will be run OF in the
Drake stadium here tomorrow after
noon with Indications favoring a shat
tering of records in the track events.
Preliminaries were decided this
afternoon in the 100 yard dash and
$50 yard high hurdles the javelin and
discus throw, pole vault, running
reduced the field in the 440 yard hur-
die rae to six starters, eliminating
the necessity of trial heats in this
event. Six Qualifiers were selected to
compete in the finals in the field
events tomorrow.
Him Man Low.
Ayres Of the University of Illinois
stepped the fastest time in the century
dash trials, breaking the tape just
ahead of Argue Of Occidental college.
Los Angeles Cal, in ten seconds fiat.
Paulu Of Grinnel college: Bill Hayes
of Notre Dame, former national
champion in the 100 yard dash. and
Spetz of Wisconsin, were the other
qualiiers. -
The performances of Brutus Hamil-
ton Of Missouri and Everett Bradley
trials today. Hamilton qualified in
five events, while Bradley qualified in
three. Bradley made a leap of 20
feet 3 inches in the running broad
jump and also led the field in the shot
put with a heaye of AZ feet 6 ga
inches.
Joie Ray Entered.
Joie Ray. holder of eve worlds
records, will attempt to break the
worlds record for the mile tomorrow
in the special match race against Ray
Watson of the Kansas eAggies. Ray,
who has paced the mile in AHA AS,
one and four-ffths seconds slower
than the worlds mark, took a trial
spin yer the quarter mile course to-
day and pronounced it fast. The
weather is almost too chilly Tor. a
expects to cover the mile under ago,
no matter what weather conditions
prevail.
The Drake games have attracted a
larger field than ever before, a large
number of coaches having decided to
bring their athletes here instead OF
competing in the penn games. Com
SNr1N a~Ai"AS hAAN sDkAA VI AAAC l.
colleges is expected to be Just as Keen
as that between teams from the west
ern and Missouri valley conferences.
East and West.
Occidental College of Los Angeles
represents the far west in the games
and Centre College the east.
Teams and individual athletes from
forty-eight colleges and universities
r entered. while ninety high schools
will be in the competition. Thirty
events comprise tomorrow's program,
Anderson of Minnesota won the
first heat in the 12D yard hurdles in
IL 3-5 seconds.
Among uualifiers for the finals were
Hawker, Minnesota, in the pole vault,
with II feet 3 inches: Campbell. Min.
nesota, high jump. 5 feet 10 inches
and Zimmerman, South Dakota, jave-
lin throw with 100 feet / inch.
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