Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
BADGERS NOT IN IT
TRACK TEAM DOES POOR WORK
AT CHICAGO.
IT SECURES FIFTH PLACE
California Carries Off All the Honors--
Michigan Second, Iowa Third and
Illinois Eourth-Some of tie
Wolverine Men Declared PROBES
SionalS.

Chicago, June 2.-The athletic con-
test between western colleges was
won by the University of California,
the score being as follows: California.
30; Michigan, II; Iowa college, IS; Hi
nois university, Is; Wisconsin y; Chi
cago, IL; Iowa university, 10; North
western, q; StaIbans, 3; Center, Ky, l;
Lake Forest, 1. Three American col
lege records were tied. John Y. CrlTm,
OF Iowa City, repeated his perform
ances Of the week before by running
100 yards in 10 seconds and 30 yards
in - seconds, tying the best previous
college records in both events. Alvin
II. Culver, Northwestern university,
cleared IL feet in the pole vault, equal
ling tic best previous record by an
American cOllegian, Hoyt, of CaIifor-
mia, clearing the same height on May
Is in the Harvard-Yale games.
Twelve new western college records
were put on the slate. The only Two
events in which figures were not Slat-
tered were the high anu low hur lies
and in those, had there been anyD Jdy
to push the California hurdlerS, Tor
rey and Dyer, those marks would have
been lowered to certainty. At a late
hour last night the executive commit
tee of the Western Collegiate associa-
tion voted to declare Capt. J. \. Le-
roy, of Michigan, who won the broad
jump, and +. NJ. Hall, of Mich, IAN,
who won the shot put and third p-lce
IN the hammer throw, profesSiu nails
and not entitled to the points which
they won in the meet.
IN the pole vault, Culver, OF North
western, cleared eleven feet. In the
running board jump, Leroy, of Michi-
gan, got over twenty-five feet and
seven and Ealf inches. In throwing
the 16-pound hammer, Edgren, of Cal
ifornia, spanned 123 feet, 9 II inches,
breaking the record % feet The 30
yard run went to Crum easily in ~
fiat, breaking the record. The $50
yard run was captured by Palmer, OF
Iowa, in 80 4-5; the previous record
was 2:O3 20.
The officials were rs follows: Ref
cree, W. Vernon Booth; inspectors, B.
II. Patrick; judges at finish, JoSeoh
Adams, b. +. Fishburn, Herbert Al,
ward, and S. II. Hunt; field judges, L.
ii. hamburger, S. 2. Wiley, @. +. Rid
dell, w. s. Farrant: timers. W. c.
Thorne, j. \. Murphy, G. A. Thorne
and NJ. A. 1osford; starter, =. w
Smith; clerk of course, Ii. S. Cornish
assistant clerks, Otto W. Hassell AND
E. b. Camp; judge of walking, Otto
w. HaSsel; scorer j. +. Turlill; assist
ant scorers, +. w. Wentworth and
Kenneth McCrea; announcer, George
}. Adams; official reporter, Z. A
Biitten; marshal B. +. CumminS.
The trophy which the winning team
carries away is d handsome one, and
is presented by A. q. Spalding Il Bros
This is a beautiful piece of solid silver
with raised work on an ebony plaque
and cost $3.50. 1t is to be competed
for for nine years the winning team
to have its name engraved in place
designed for the purpose, the team
having won it the greatest number
of times in nine years to be the final
owners. The Chicago Athletic ass ocia-
ton is the trustee Of this troply and
will deliver it to the winning team to
be held each year until within ten days
of the annual meeting, when it comes
to Chicago to await a new owner.
Wisconsin won from Chicago univer.
sity yesterday morning. The score
was IL to 5.