The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-02
.BOCKMAN A WINNER
Minnesota Man Easily Captures
Low Hurdles at Chicago.
MALoNEY WINS 12o-YARD EVENT

Tebbitt of Minnesota Keats Out
PonGe of Wisconsin for Third
in the Quarter.
The second annual meeting Of the West
ern Conference Athletic. association was
held on Marshall Field in Chicago on Sat
urday afternoon and from the standpoints
Of enthusiasm, attendance and athletic
performances, surpassed any meet of the
i kind ever held in the west. More than
5000 people saw the games; the records
in the high hurdles, shot put, pole vault,
| discus throw, mile and two-mile runs
were all broken, and every event in the
| program was closely and excitingly con-
| tested.
Fourteen western universities and col
leges were represented. There were the
nine conference universities and Drake,
Beloit, Notre Dame and North Dakota. The
weather conditions for good time were
excellent, the sky being overloaded and
the air still. The-track was hard and in
fine condition and the ground arrange
I ments nicely ordered.
Michigan, as had been predicted, car
ried off first honors by winning 36 points
with one of the most evenly balanced
teams that she has ever developed; Chi
cago came second with 25 points, while
i Wisconsin took third with 19.
i Maloney, captain of the Chicago team,
/ was the shining star of the meet, and re-
ceived the special medal for individual
4 excellence by scoring II points, while Mer-
| rill of Beloit, whose work last year was
so brilliant, scored only 8. ,.,'r:
! Minnesota did as we'll as was expected
of her by scoring 9. points and winning
the one-mile relay race, which came as
"a 10 rant $50 !, -vo,~
count points toward the score. One OF
l the most pleasing features to Minnesotans
was Tebbitt's victory in the quarter mile
race over Poage Of Wisconsin, by whom
i he was fouled in the dual meet held here
on May %.
Drake university; to whom points had
been conceded in the hammer throw, cap
tured this event handily and sprung a
great surprise in the pole vault by de-
| feating both Dvoraks of Michigan and
McGee of Chicago. Chapman, the Drake
champion, vaulted in fine form and es-
tablished the new western record at II
feet 615 inches. = <.i -:
The first event on the program was the
hurdles trials: The keenest interest was
manifested in this race on account of
the great rivalry between Bockman and
Maloney, the captains of their respective
teams.
The first heat was won handily by Book
|
Wisconsin second. Maloney took the Sec
ond heat with equal ease, in the same
time, while O'Brien of Minnesota secured
a place in the finals. r.
4- Finals Were Close.
In the finals a magnificent race was
run. During the first half of the flight
the two men We're exactly even. About
the middle Of the course Bockman hit a
hurdle and Maloney forged slightly ahead
and finally won out by two yards in Is 2-5
seconds, which breaks the western record
by 2-5 seconds and is within, 1-5. second
of the worlds record held by Kranslein
Serdakis Of Wisconsin secured third some
four yards behind Bockman. The finals in
the 100 yards dash brought together Hahn
of Michigan Blair and Matoney of Chi
cago ald M,rrill or +Beloft.s AS the pistol
was at2ue 20, be, fired both Blair and
Merrill '.t,pped over the line, and were
cident no doubt affected the outcome of
the race, as Hahn at the tape was ahead
of Blair by but a foot and a half with
Maloney third by few inches The
time, 10 seconds, equals the western rec
ord. The quarter mile race had twenty
SIX starters and was run in one heat. Mer-
Fill OF Beloit captured the event in 50
seconds, while Nuefer of Michigan, who
had drawn the pole secured second with
Tebbitt of Minnesota third
Tebbitt and Robertson of Minnesota
each had poor positions. in the second and
were unable to get through the large
punch until the final turn. On the home
stretch Tebbitt made a magnificent sprint
catching Poage, the colored runner from
| Wisconsin just before reaching the tape
and winning out by a few inches, while
Robertson finished but one foot behind
Poage. .-' -
/ Wisconsin Wins the Mile.
The mile run was one of the best races
! OF the day and was finally won by Keedin
OF Wisconsin in the record time of 4
minutes 81 rs seconds, with Perry of
Michigan second, and Henry Of Illinois
!, third. Hahn of Wisconsin was fourth,
some ten feet behind Henry.
In the half mile run, Michigan again
cut into Wisconsin's hopes, for first and
second places. The last lap was grand
fight all the way between Breitkrentz of
Wisconsin and Foster Of Michigan, the
former finally winning out by less than
a foot, while Daniels of Wisconsin was
third by two yards ,,-
i The third event in which Wisconsin was
doomed to disappointment was in the two
mile run, when Kellogg of Michigan es-
tablished new record Of 10 minutes, 7
seconds. At one time Ruske of Michigan
lead the brush by so yards and held their
lead for four laps But this was rapidly
cut down in the ninth lap as Burke did
not receive a place. Kellogg won from
McErdwin of Wisconsin by yard on the
sprint for the finish, with Kitzel of Him
ois third. 80 s..
Z ! The final in the 220-yard dash was one
of the most magnificent races in this
event, ever seen anywhere. Hahn of
Michigan, Merrill of Belot, Blair and Ma
loney of Chicago, were against the con-
testants. AS the men neared the curve
and came into the final straight away,
Hahn led by d few feet, but could not hold
it and was beaten by the other three at
the tape, Maloney taking first Blair
second and Merrill third. All four men
were not stretched out over q distance of
more than six feet at the tape. The time
was % 1-5 seconds. After this race Ma
loney's stomach troubled him so that he
decided not to compete in the 22O-yard
hurdle final, although he and Bockman
had each easily won their heats in the
trials.
Bockman's, Easy Victory.
With Maloney out Of the race, Book
man won with ease in 25 3-5 seconds
Nuefth, of Michigan, being second, and
Merrill of Beloit, third. Maloney' s
withdrawal from this race was a great
regret to Minnesotans, for it was in the
. low hurdles that BOckman is at his he's