Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
ATHLETICS At UNIVERSITY
Charter Day Evsut' Show Series Of
Remarkable Performance
s.WRAL NEW VARSITY RECORDS MADE
Dr.. CiaPp Bestows High Praise On
D TounE Men Who Dtd
the Indoor Feats
90 well

1879 AAAENNNAE III AAANFA III an
work was marked last Monday afternoon BY
the indoor Charter day tournament which
proved eminently successful IN every way.
broke four records Of the school and gives
prospects for an exceptionally strong team
this spring There were nine events on
the schedule, IN every one o. which the CON-
petition was close. 50 that the day presented
a list Of interesting as well as fast ath-
letieE. The various turns we're 3 twenty
nve-yard dash. running high jump. shot put.
pole vault. fence vault. running high kick.
inter-fraternity relay potsto race. twenty
foot rope climb and basket bali game.
The greatest interest osntsred about the
pole vault. from the fact that DR.. Clspp. the
new director. holds 1T present the record
OF the world IN this event. And. singularly
enough. the most remarkable showing Of
the day was made at this very trick. The
university record was smashed completely.
and Bill" johnson and Benedict each
cleared the bar three inches higher up than
has ever been done before indoors at Ne
brsska varsity. As predicted BY The Bee
these two men were pretty nearly equal in
their chances at FIRST place in this feat
The event brought them out exactly even
tied a. 10 feet 4 inches. johnson vas lucky
and won the toss. rs he did again IN a later
event.
In speaking Of the mark made on the pole
Or. ClzPp said: 1T was a remarkably good
piece OF work. and we were all surprised.
Ten feet four. indoors, is as good as ten
feet ten out OF doors any day. and is as good
as any Of the stars ever 90 in the east"
Dr.. Clapp himself has never beaten 10 feet
8 inches indoors. and has never IN his life
lost a contest. 80 that the work Of the Ne
brasks men comes pretty close 10 being a
superior article.
T. Y. Graves made q strike on his initial
appearance in track work by taking three
FIRST places in the fence vault, rope climb
and running high kick. Graves has never
done anything along this line until about
two weeks ago. when he began TO train for
Charter Gay. and he not only aid things that
none OF the rest Of the crowd could DO. but
beat the record At running high kick By
toeing at . feet and ons-half an inch Ben
edict is another man who did more than the
average sort, tieinE for first on the pole
vault and winning FIRST place At the high
jump with a mark Of 5 feet 4 inches
This" said DR.. Clapp. is another excep-
~tionaIly good mark for indoor WORK"
Martin and Tobin. captain OF the track
team, each did arst-class shot putting. the
former tossing the Is-pound weight for q
distance Of - feet IL inches. which is q
new record for NEBRASKA In the running
high jump, Leonard. who vas good AZ Il
last year. cleared the highest bar at s
feet. 5 inches. and made q new record
for the school. Bender was second with
5 feet. 4 inches. In the running high
kick Giant" Hewitt took second place TO
Graves with 8 feet. I1k inches. John
son and Corr tied for second place at
the fence vault and Biz Was lucky again.
Graves took first with 6 feet. 5 4nehea-
Graves beat the crowd up . rope IN nine
seconds. with Leonard hot after him IN
second place The eight men to get into
the final Of the s5-yard dash we're Bender.
Mauoh. Myers, Reed. Cheney. Hewitt. John
son ana Pembroke. These were Eiffed down
from a list Of some thirty In the pre-
lininAries.
IN the Internationally relay potato race.
which was a new and novel. though not a
particularly heavy. feature. n Phi Kappa
Psi team composed Of Lehner, McCullock.
Reed and States beat one made Up q
Bender. Eager. Gore and stein, Of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon. These two teams were the
only people in the race.
Tns basket hall gEne was one between
the varsity and the second team, in which
Hewitt Ferguson. Elliott, Benedict, Hit
ner ana Hoar we're able to easily defeat
the second aggregation. composed OF
Noyes. Newton. Myers. Beers and Luddon
The tournament. On the whole. was by
far the best indoor meet that = Charter
day has ever seen At Nebraska. Interest
was aroused By the new life that trael
athletics have received since the cOminl
Of DR.. CRpp. Rnd ey q curiosity to know
WHISTLER or not Nebraska would have any
thing to show at the Chicago meet ons
Of the points against admitting the Germ.
kaskers into the Big Nine was that ths
foot ball department alone was stronl
and that other branches o. athletics ver'
weak II brought out the fact clearly thE
Nebraska has Just ss good material for th'
track - Il has for the gidiron. or any.
thing else, and DIT. CiApp was particular,
well pleased with the results.
Prospects, fer a fast held Of base bal