Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-10
BREDSTEEN LOWERS FIGURE
FOR ONE MILE WALK
AT VARSITY FIELD MEET
New Record is 7lS 40, the Old Being
7;2S-Day Ideal For Athletics ana
Good All Around Work Done
Mcfarland Beats Hahn BY Fine
Home Stretch Squirt

University OF Wisconsin Owing to
the beautiful weather that has pre-
vailed Of late the tracks were in per-
feet condition and the men in excel
lent training For once at least the
elements have aided the Wisconsin
coach in bringing about fine carnival
OF sports on the local field day. and
Mr.. Fitzpatrick ought to be IN the best
of humor 1t appeared to the spetta-
tors that more sensational records
were made than were announced. the
the coalitions We're so favorable and
the work so fine.
The mile run was the most inter-
esting and most sensational event OF
! the day. ], G. Mcfarland. by a mag
nificent squirt won from j. f. Hahn
at the extreme finish and was so ex-
| hausted that he almost fell across the
| scratch. rhe race was one of the
gamiest ever seen on Camp Randall.
! The contestants, five in number, start
/ ed off at an easy jog which they main
tanned until only one quarter re-
NAMED. Then Hahn the feet-fo footed
Achilles from the prairies OF Dakota.
famous among the students as a man
who has endurance to burn, picked up
his heels and fairly flew around the
track. But slender, wiry Mcfarland
gritted his teeth and went after him
like a greyhound and just oue yard
from the scratch he caught and passed
MIN, amidst storm Of cheers from
the grandstand, The time, as given.
was 4;5S.
! Very interesting was also the half
mile run in which Burdck finished
! first; Ross second while II. Wright
and Bachelor were tied for thlra
place Burdiek showed up in fine
form and left the others at safe
distance behind him on the home
stretch. Time. 20 3-5.
The two bicycle races we're most
even and exciting. A. and c. Tavlor
A, W. Cowley Houser, r. G. Krum-
rey, c. f. Goodeuough and Allen
participated, In the l-3 mile c. Tay
lor won by clever squirt at the
close with H. Taylor Immediately be-
hind him In the mile race Cowley
iinished first but he was disqualified
by the judges for riding out of his
path at the closing stretch, thus inter-
fering with H. Taylor who was rapidly
overtsking him, aud who was right
fully given the race. The time for the
first race was AZ 2-5 seconds: for that
Of the second. 2 minutes and i72-5
seconds
The pole vault lasted very long
time and attracted a great deal OF at
tention. A. *. Wheeler and w. J..
Bishop were tied for first place, each
clearing 10 feet. Inches, and w. Jun
eau was third. 1t was very severe
and trying struggle and ended with
futile efforts on the part OF Wheeler
and Bishop to clear 10 and : inches,
although the former practically
cleared i once as the bar did not fall
until he had touched the ground.
Wheeler and Bishop we're also the
principal contestants in the high
jump, the former being the victor
! wheeler showed excellent form both
In the high jump and In the vault, in
| spite OF his Injured ankle. and he is
rapidly Improving He Will grove n
very useful man for the team in the
! intercollegiate contests. His record
in the high jump Saturday was feet
inches.
I In the mile walk Captain Bredsteen
ana II. w. Young were the only ones
that took part Young did excellent
work and lowered his former records
in minutes, Is l-5 seconds. Bredsteen
as usual, however, proved his superior
and finished several yards ahead. his
time being Z minutes IS AS seconds.
The l20 and 22O-yard hurdle races
were both easily won by f. N. shule in
II and 25.2 seconds respectively. In
the i20-yard race Helmhok came out
second best Shule proved himself |
hurdler Of quite unusual ability.
The ii0-yard run was a spirited !
event IN which Beebe carried on first
honors and Chapman, second Time
51.4.
Two relay races were pulled or, the T
lnter-fratcrnlty and the inter-society |
In the former Beta Theta ri was first
and Phi Gamma Delta, second. In the
latter, Philomatha proved victorious
with Athena as her nearest rival
The 100-yard dash was won by r. G.
McGowan In 10 rs seconds. Sem was
second.
The l00-yard inter-sorority handicap
race was also won by MCGOWAN for
Kappa Kappa Gamma n l.. Ganst
took second h0nors for Delta Gamma
In the weight events A. Lerum and
T. Granke did the best work Lerum
threw the hammer l0z feet inches.
winning first and Granke put the shot
3d. 10 inches and the discus % feet
6 inches, being victorious In each
event
Duke 81 Argyll was the greatest