Show 1 I Thousand Athletes in in Drake Relays I llIs DES MOINES OES la Ia April J 27 The T-The The Dr Drake ke relays open r li today with 1 1000 2000 00 athletes from Crom all parts of the country part participating cl h c Eighteen events beginning with the the yard dash preliminaries for or cities are on this afternoons afternoon's afternoons afternoon's program program John John L. L Griffith who established U the e classic In 1908 fires the opening gun at 2 2 Eight Bight preliminaries will beheld be beheld held beld t today da the other events being finals between between- Iowa conference colleges anI class A and B high schools Finals will wm be held Saturday Twenty Twenty- two preliminaries 39 colleges and 90 high schools and grade grads schools are rep rep- resented j Jole Ray flay will run exhibition laps to to- to to- to day |