Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
MICHIGAN WINS THE MEET
Wolverine University Team Takes Western
intercollegiate Championship.
NEW POLE VAULT RECORD MADE

Indiana Athlete Cleara the Har At
~ Feet 47-s Inches-ChicsEo is
second and lows Normal
Third.
CHICAGO. June "A new worlds record
in the pole vault and the eauslling Of the
best previous mark in the 12O-ysrd hurdles
marked the sixth annual meet OF the In
tercollegiate Conference Athletic assooia-
ton, held on Northwestern field at Evan
ston this afternoon. The University OF
Michigan team, as had been expected, took
first honors scoring the overwhelming
total Of S2N points, the highest recorded
in the history Of the association. The
University Of Chicago was second and
Iowa state Normal third.
with the general result a foregone con-
cusion. interest conferred in the perform
ance of the individuals. Leroy Samse of
Indiana university, by vauitins - feet ~
inches and thus establishing a new worlds
record for the event, was easily FIRST in
this respect Garrells Of Michigan tied the
120-yard hurdle record OF O:lbh and. in
addition. won first places in the 220-yard
hurdles and the discus throw and second
in the shot put. He scored Is points for
his school
Iowa sprinter's Fast Work.
F Hamilton, an unheralded Splinter from
Iowa State Normal won both the dashes
and landed his school in third place. The
absence of Parsons, the star dash man of
the University OF Wisconsin, contributed
to this result, as the Badger" institution
was fourth with points. Parsons was
barred by a faculty edct this morning
and the action OF his instructors robbed
the meet OF considerable Of its interest.
With the Wisconsin man out little class
remained. both Dougherty of the Univer-
slty of Michigan and Markley OF Miami
university failing to live up to their rec
ords
One of the best events of the day was
the quarter-mile run, won by N A Mer-
Ram. freshman of the University OF
Chicago, from Frank Waller, who won the
event for Wisconsin last year. Waller set
all the pace and Merriam caught him 100
yards out and beat him to the tape by
three yards. The time 0:50, was fast
The other track events went to Michigan
runners. wearers of the blue M coming
in first and second in the half-mile, mile
and two-mlle.
Field Events.
In the field events outside of the pole
vault, the work of the athletes was only
fair. None of the jumpers threatened the
previous marks and in the weight events
Parry OF Chicago, although scoring points
failed to touch the records b. Haggard
of Drake university pushed Samse hard in
the pole vault. breaking the previous con-
ference record by clearing IL feet q inches
After he had walked away from the bar
on this attempt the cross stick came down
and the officials would not allow his per-
Torrance to stand
A relay race. which did not count in the
table OF points, wound up the program.
1t went to the University Of Chicago rum
ners, who took an exciting contest mainly
because Lndberg of Illinois failed to touch
ORear at the start OF the last relay. The
latter ran himself into the ground trying
to catch Merriam and finished a bad fourth.
The institutions represented in the meet
were as follows: Chicago. Michigan. Pur-
due, Iowa university, Iowa State Normal
school, Iowa State college, Northwestern.
Minnesota. Oberlin. Indiana, Wisconsin,
Drake, Beloit, Illinois, Miami. Missouri and
Kenyon Results:
First heat: Garrels of Michigan first,
Dupuy OF Illinois second. Time O:I53s.
Second heat; Wodrich of Minnesota first.
steffen OF Chicago second Time; 0:16%
Shauyer of Northwestern second. Time:
O:16B.
Hamilton OF Iowa normal irst Lewis of
Purdue second. Time: 0:10M. Second
heat: May of Illinois nrst, Dougherty OF
heat: stewart OF Michigan first, Merrill
| OF Chicago second. Time: O:10%.
Mile run: Coe of Michigan first, Maloncy
o. th,r Mieh T'S secSnS, Vernon Of Purdue
Four hundred-yard run: Merriam of Chi
! cago first. Waller of Wisconsin second
| Rideout OF Wisconsin third Time: 0:59
| One hundred-yard dash, final heat Ham
| ilton OF Iowa normal first. Stewart OF
I Michigan second Merrill Of Chicago third
One hundred twenty-yard hurdle. final
| heat Garrels OF Michigan hrst. Hogder
western third, Time: O;15H tequai &c
worlds record).
Discus throw, distance 1875 feet u inch
Garrels OF Michigan first. Parry, OF CHI
| Messmer of Wisconsin third, distance, lst
feet 6h inches.
heat: Markley of Miami first. Dougherty
of Minnesota second. Time: OASIS
Second heat Merrill of Chicago FIRST
0:24%. Third heat: Hamilton of Io~r
normal and stewart OF Michigan tied FOL
first Time; G;a4%. - a..
Michigan second II feet iOK inches
Anderson OF Missouri third, 80 feet, ION
inches.
29O-yards hurdles first heat: Garrels o
Michigan first, Seward OF Indiana second
| Time o:25% Second heat MaclSey o.
! Illinois first, Waller OF Wisconsin second
| Time; O.27A Third heat: Woodrich O
Minnesota FIRST, Buckley of Indiana sec
ond. Time 0:27%
High jump: schommer and Richard
of Chicago. Fitzpatrick of Illinois. Pinch o
| Michigan and Bacin of Beloit, tied 70
nrst Height: feet sh inches.
L ss0-yard run; Ramey Of Michigan first
Coe OF Michigan second, Myers OF Wis
consin third Time: 1:5s%.
22O-yard dash, final heat Hamilton O
Iowa state normal first, Stewart of Michi
gan second Markley of Miami third
Time; 0;22%.
Two-mile run: Rowe of Michigan first
Dull Of Michigan second. Jackson OF Mis-
souri, third. Time; 10;O0M.
Hammer throw: Parry OF Chicag
first. Williamson OF Chicago second, Bur
rOUghs of Illinois third. NDistance: is
feet Y inch.
Broad jump: Heath OF Michigan mrs
distance, 22 feet So inches: Kline of III
nois second. distance, p feet IL inchel
Barber of Iowa state normal. third dis
lance, 20 feet 20 inches
220-yard hurdle race; Garrels OF Mich