The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-03
CONTEST WAS VERY CLOSE.
MICHIGAN WINS WESTERN INTER-
COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Chicago Was n Close Second. and
California Only Point and n
Half Bchind-Question Was Not

CHICAGO. June THE Western inter-
collegiate championship was won by the
University OF Michigan track and field
team at Ravenswood field today, after
the most stuhbornly contested meet in the
history OF the association. There was only
half point difference between the total
scores of Michigan and Chicago when the
last event had been decided, with Cali
fornia with but IN points behind Chicago.
and it took the last event, the lanyard
hurdle. in which athletes OF those three
institutions fought for supremacy, to de-
eide the championship. The points scored
were as follows:
Points as Scored.
Michigan, 81: Chicago. 3oi9; California,
%; Wisconsin, q; Notre Dame, Il; North
western. 6: Knox College. Az; Minnesota,
3; Nebraska, ..
The teams from nineteen Western coll
leges and universities competed in the
sixteen track and field events carded, and
though the cinder paths were anything but
fast and a cold north wind put the thnly-
clad university athletes at a disadvan-
tage, yet four Western intercollegiate rec
ords We're broken, including one track and
three field events.
New Records Made.
One OF these. big Plaw. the Cali
fornian who recently in the East. on
private trial. broke the worlds record for
the hammer throw. easily establishing
new Western records for the ham
mer throw and shot put Dvoorak,
of Michigan, established a new record In
the pole vault. and Bredsteen. without
being pressed. clipped five seconds of
the mile walk. In the other track events,
however. the time was slow.
Surprises of the West.
The meet was not without surprises.
Hahn. OF Wisconsin, who was expected
to win the mile run. was run of his feet
on the last lap by Baker, of the North
western, and finished a poor third. Mo-
loney. OF Chicago. defeated Mclean, the
crack Michigan hurdler. in the l20-yard
hurdles, after a hard struggle, and later
in the half mile Moloney ran Teetzel. OF
Michigan, to standstll and finally
breasted the tape winner from Baker.
OF Michigan, whom he sprinted for a hun
100-yard dash-Cadoman, California,
won; Nash Knox, second; 'shaughnessy.
Notre Dame. third; Time, 10 20
Drum. California, second; Nash. Knox,
third. Time. 30 2-5.
44o-yard run-Moloney. Chicago, won:
Pick, Notre Dame. second; Teetzel. Michi-
gan third. Time. :5i 2-5.
sso-yard run-Moloney. Chicago. won:
Hayes, Michigan, second: Baker. North
western, third. Time, 200,
Hurlburt. Chicago, second; Hahn, Wis
consin. third. Time, 4:33 2-5
Mile walk-Bredsteen, Wisconsin, won:
Richberg. Chicago, second: Walsh. Cali
fornia. third Time, Z minutes
l@-yard hurdle-Moloney. Chicago. won:
Mclean, Michigan, second Hamlin, Cali
forna- third. Time, :16 1-5
220-yard hurdle-McLean, Michigan, won:
Moloney, Michigan. second: Brockman
Minnesota, third. Time. :2J SIS.
Quarter-mile bicycle-Gaffney, Notre
Dame. won; Brown Chicago second
g Sudheimer. Minneapolis. third. Time.
Mile bicycle-Gaffney, Notre Dame, won;
McDougall. Notre Dame, second; Loss
Knox, third. Time. 2:53
Hammer throw-PIaw California l5s
Ieet inches; Mortimer. Chicago. second;
Putting 16-pound shot-Granke. wiscon-
sin. won. 40 feet 2 inches France, Michi-
gan, second. 107 feet inches; Brew, Ne
braska, third. los feet . inches
Running broad jump-Schute. Wisconsin.
won. q feet Az inches; Mclean, Michigan,
second: Broughton, California, third
Running high jump-Armstrong, Michi-
gan, won. feet i0a. inches: F1ourney.
Michigan, second: Tate, Minneapolis, third
Pole vault-Dvoorak, Michigan, won, II
feet inches; Wheeler. Wisconsin, second:
Juneau. Wisconsin, third.