193:, July 25, 2014. Accessed February 4, 2024. "Roosevelt's Buford King, right, won the 50-yard hurdle event at the Des Moines high school indoor track meet on a Friday night in March at the Drake Fieldhouse.... The Fieldhouse was built in 1926 and has undergone many revisions over the years. It has hosted a range of high school events, including the boys' state basketball tournament in the 1940s and the girls' indoor track meet during the mid-1990s."
212:, February 7, 2006. Accessed February 4, 2024. "One of the game's great names, Phog Allen, brought his Kansas team to town to play Drake in the inaugural contest at the fieldhouse Jan. 4, 1927. A sellout crowd of 5,000, including Iowa Gov. John Hammill, watched the Jayhawks prevail 27-13."
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