Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-14
FIELD DAY AT THE UNIVERSITY.
Wallace Throw the Discus Three
Feet Farther THIN state Record.

Feet Farther Than State Record.
The games of the university boys formed
the usual spring function for the track team
and while they occupied a secondary position
in comparison with the competitions of the
High school lads, they were very interesting
and a decided improvement upon the events
of last Saturdays dual meet with the ath-
letic representatives of Kansas university.
No worlds records were broken, but some
of the state marks came within an ace or
being shivered in the course of the after
noon and a couple were smashed.
The closest approach to the breaking OF
a worlds record and the actual establish
ment of a new state record was made in the
discus throwing by Wallace. He hurtled
tho Grecian disk a distance of 100 feet nine
inches, which Is nearly three feet more
than any Nebraskan has ever been able to
do before. The throw also surpassed the
record made by Garrett, the Princetonian,
when he won the event in the Olympic games
in Athens several years ago. The mark is
under what it has been done in competition
since, but it stands head and shoulders
above anything that has ever been done in
the west before.
Second to this performance was the run
ming of r. d. Andersen. He made the 100
yards in 10 2-5 and, better still, covered
the 220 in :23 2-5. This is fitting it at a
remarkably fast clip in view of the unfavor-
able weather conditions that prevailed and
the icy rawness of the atmosphere. In the
former event Andersen was not pushed as
hard as he might have been by the other
entries in the race and in the latter he vent
against the record, being paced throughout
the stretch. Andersen also did a quarter in
the very nice time of :52 2-5.
With np tWn QYpnntinnc tho root nf
the marks made were creditable, especially
as the athletes hardly exerted themselves as
much as they would have done had they
been pitted against some collegiate oppon-
ents. All the first and seconds in the
games will be sent to the Nebraska Inter-
collegiate meet which takes place in Crete.
The big majority of them will in all prob
ability also represent the university at the
dual meet with low university, which is
scheduled to take place at Iowa City next
Friday.
The results of these games were:
One hundred and twenty yard hurdles:
Heart first, 1915; Mouck second. 20.
and PiiIsbury first, 5 feet inches; Kellogg
third.
sixteen-pound shot-put: Lemar first, SO
Wallace third, 81 feet 5 inches.
Two hundred and ~ twenty yard run: r.
Andersen frst, :23 2-5; w. Andersen Sec
ond, "a 2-5; Pillsbury third, "a 3-5.
Sixteen-pound hammer throw: Brew first,
10l feet inches; Wallace second, IS
feet 10 inches; Lemar, SIS feet S inches.
Running broad jump: Benedict first, 20
feet IL inches; w. r. Andersen, second; 20
feet / inch: Pepoon third, II feet 4 inches.
Discus throw: Wallace first, 100 feet 8
inches; Pil'sbury, 81 feet.
One hundred yard dash: r. d. Andre
sen first, 10 2-5; w. r.. Andersen second,
10 AS. Bullard third, Heartt fourth,
Priestly fifth.
Mile run: Cowgirl first, 5:19; Root second.
Four hundred and forty yard run: Il, ID.
Andersen first, :52 2-5; Cowgirl second,
Priestly third.
Half mile rum: Cowgirl won by default.
The officials for both sets of games We're
Clerk of course, DR.; Clements; assistant,
Mr.. Berry referee, DR. Hastings; starter,
Mr.. Polcar; announcer, Mr.. Stewart
tudges, Messrs, Gutter. Votaw, Story and
Allen; scorers, Mes:rs. Hastings, Poynter
and Loveland; measurers, Messrs. Dale,
Benedict, Pearse and Warner; timers,
Messrs. Price, Hunt and Morrison.