Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1916 — ON TO DELPHI WITH R. H. S [ARTICLE]

ON TO DELPHI WITH R. H. S

Triangular Field, Track, Oratoric-il and Reading Contest at Delphi Saturday.

“On to Delphi” is the motto taken by the high school and this afternoon tne high school building is ringing with cheers for our representatives .in the field, track, oratorical and reading contests at Delphi Saturday between that school, Monticello and Rensselaer. The track and field meet will be the big drawing card and wi l take place at the high school garden in the afternoon. At night will be the oratorical and reading contests. The Rensselaer high school track team has been training hard for the meet and Coach Wass has expressed his confident opinion that the team will make a much better showing this year than last and that our team will do better than third place. Thursday night the team went to the college, where they practiced running and hurdling on the cinder track. Good time was made in most of the events. Rensselaer is considered best in the dashes with a fair chance in the distance runs. The mile, Rensselaer’s strongest distance event, has been cut out of the meet. Crooks, in the high jump, is as good as Dunlap in the dashes and should take first. The weakest place on the team is in the weight events. Gourley is not as strong as the Monticello and Delphi men.. Ross Lakin, captain of the team, is a strong distance man and should capture a couple of firsts and be a big help in the relay. Julien, of Delphi, will undoubtedly stand out as the individual star of the meet as he has at other times. In the Carroll county meet he scored 28 points and in the meet with Jefferson high school of Lafayette he scored 21 points. In the oratorical contest Dwight Curnick will deliver an address on “A Greater Republic,’ 'taken from Beveridge. Curnick should take this event with ease. In the reading contest Miss Maude Elder will give “The Man in the Shadow” by Childs. Miss Elder is very good in this and Rensselaer should capture another ribbon. A number of rooters will go from here to Delphi and everyone will wish them the best of luck. The Rensselaer entrants in events are as follows: 50 yard dash, B. Dunlap, L. Swaim, Crooks. 100 yard dash, B. Dunlap, L. Swaim, Crooks. 120 high hurdles, McLain, Babcock. 220 low hurdles, McLain, L. Swaim. 220 yard run, B. Dunlap, Crooks. 440 yard run, B. Dunlap, Lakin, J. Miller. 880 yard run, Lakin, J. Miller. Pole vault, Moore, Halleck. Broad jump, Crooks, B. Dunlap. High jump, Crooks, McLain. Shot-put, Gourley, Moore. Discus throw, Gourley, Crooks. The mile relay team will probably consist of Lakin, Crooks, Swaim and Dunlap.