The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-21

track carnivals Of the
~ season are scheduled Friday
and Saturday Of this week. The
Drake Relays at Des Moines will
get most Of the Western stars. in
GLIDING some from the Pacific
Coast, while the Penn Relays will
attract mostly Eastern luminaries
although the West will be well
represented.
Both have stupendous entry
lists. Pennsylvania probably Will
have more contestants, but it Is
hard to say at which meet the best
efforts will be forthcoming.
The University of Nebraska
quartet which established new
worlds record for the half-Inile
relay last Saturday at Kansas
will be at Drake along with the
sensational Splinter, Roland
Locke, who equalled the world
record in the 10O-yard dash at
Kansas.
But, Iowas great mile relay ag-
gregation will be in the East to
renew hostilities with the famous
Georgetown four. The Hawleyes
beat the eastern fliers once this
season in the South and, in turn,
were beaten.
The Georgetown coach has
boosted that his proteges are
likely to set a new world record,
which has stood for many years.
There will be no international
flavor to the Penn games this
O year such as was furnished by
competitors from Oxford and
Cambridge in 1925. At Drake,
however, one of the features
will be exhibitions by Charles
Hoff, the sensational Norwegian,
who holds both indoor and out
door records in the pole vault.
The decathlon event at Penn
appears to be a battle between
Emerson Norton and Tony Plan
sky, both Of Georgetown. Plansky
won last year, but experts be-
lieve Norton will turn the tables
in the gruelling grind Friday and
Saturday. Undoubtedly they are
two Of the best all-round athletes
in the collegiate ranks.
1t looks as though Drake has
the edge in the hurdles. In the
120-yard high hurdles Werner Of
Illinois, Guthrie Of Ohio State and
Dye Of u. Of Southern California
will tangle. There is no better
trio in the college ranks.
Then there is John Kuck of
EmpOria Teachers College who
will try for new mark in the
shot-put at Drake. He losses the
sixteen-pOund iron ball around
the fifty-foot mark consistently.
Bud Houser of California also is
an entry at Drake. With these
two great field event men i'll ac-
ton Drake has an edge over
Penn.
Both cinder tracks are consid-
cred among the finest in the world.
Drake has a new stadium which
will seat 1880 spectators.
It's a big weekend for the col
lege tracksters. Some records are
almost sure to fall. The competi-
ton will be keen between the
cream Of the college athletic
world What more could the track
fan wish?
The dates for the big 1atonia
events in the meeting to open on
June 3 are as follows:
Inaugural Handicap. 3-year-olds and up
ward: one and one sixteenth miles; $1,000
added: Thursday. June g.,
Iatonia Derby 3-year-olds one and one
half miles; $4,000 added: Saturday
't CIipsetta Stakes, 2-year,old FLIES: fiv
and one half furlongs; $4,000 added; Sat
GoTiicEstep Handicap. -3-year-olds, and up
ward six furlongs: $4,000 added; satur
Harold Stakes. 2-year.old colts and geld
ings; five and one-half furlongs; $4,000
added: Saturday June 10.
longs sic's55 1000 added. Saturday. June 26.
Latonia Oaks. 3-year-old hllies; one am
one-duarter miles; $4,000 added; Satur
Da Independence Handicap. 3-year.olds ant
inward one and three-sixteenths miles
$40 900 added; Monday. July 5.