The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

Samrse Gets New Mark In Pole
Vault Minnesota Fails ::
- to Score. ~: ,,s.:..~..s.. . /.
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, ] Chicago, June s2.-Onel world s. rec
ord broken, another tied and victory
for Michigan by the biggest score ever
met results Of the sixth renewal of the:
western Intercollegiate games on
Northwestern field this afternoon.
Leroy Samse of Indiana cleared the,
pole vault at II feet * inches, beat
ing the best previous amateur mark, II
feet 3 inches, whichswasi made by. Gill
bert of Yale IN the Irish American5
games at New York last Wednesday.
John Garrels Of Michigan ran the 100
yards, high hurdle race, in. 0:15 Is,
equaling- the mark Of Alvin c. Kraenz.
lein made in 1898 on the grounds 1of
the present Wanderers club. -.
Two such remarkable :, athletes as
Samse and Garrels have seldom paraded
at a single place and in q single day.
The big Wolverine athlete captured
three frsts and tSanase gained the only
points s credited zee tp1stte ho9sier school.
the program, in which all But one or
two Of the marks made at the eastern
intercollegiate meet had been beaten or
equaled, and all Of the marks were dan.
@geEously close to the conferee rec.
(pords. 44.~,> Z g., c,@e....x ...i q. ~
Il The graceful blonde vaulter Of Indis
ana struggled along all the afternoon
with his dozen Or more competitors,
GrsaF of fl illinois. Hag sg Of Drake a;,
by the wayside, with under ~ feet
Haggard hung on until the bar was: IL
feet 81 inches. He seemed to have
cleared it at one Ftime, but the bar
trembled and finally fell as the boy
started to put on his robe, confident
that he was still in. !. -. a. .,,..1
Then Samse went over the bar easily,
winning the event. With the bar
cleared it at the first attempt. never
touching it, and cheer went up that
could have been heard from Wilmette
to Calvary. .->
,- Tried Still Higher.
Everybody was roofing for the Indi-
see an attempt made for a better mark.
The bar was sent up to - feet inches
and Samse fell far short of his first
two attempts, but brushed it just
enough to knock it down on the third.
+ Wearers Of the maze and blue cut
into all but three ;. of The fourteen
events. They scored eight points in
five Of them and got away with eight
Ests They hey few exceptions
They scored 6S4-5 points, 6 as more
than the score made by Chicago last
year. Chicago was second with 20 3-5
points, and Wisconsin was third with g..
| There were about 5000 spectators in
| the west stand when the first event
was started. Chicago supporters being
! in evidence everywhere. The Purdue
and Illinois teams were. accompanied
by military bands, which paraded
l he .Srf al hi 10 ha off oIr 1d
were preparing to start the first event.
It took only few events to show that
the prophets who had predicted a Mich
| igan victory would be borne out, but
few expected illinois and Wisconsin to
| fall SO low. {. ~, = -
The Wisconsin faculty took the in
/ terest out of the dashes at the last min
ute by declaring Parsons ineligible,
regulations which had preceded them.
Hamilton of Iowa normal proved the
dark horse Of the day, and with Parsons
out Of it, he captured the dashes easily,
giving his school third place. b. ,41:t
.+ . The Summary. - IA
I One Mile Run-coe, Michigan first; Maloney,
Michigan second; Werner, Perdue, third. Time
40. Yard --Nterrian Chicago, aTst Wal
ler Wisconsin. second: Rideout, Wisconsin,
ise.Yafd Hufdies-First heats earrels, Michi:
| gan, first; Depew, Illinois, second: Time, 10 3-6
! seconds: Second heat Wpodrick. Minnesota.
frst;; Stefen, Chicago, second. Time. 16 3-5
/ seconds. Third heat: Hogden, Michigan, first
Stauyer.. Nor thwestsrn, I. second. Pime, 16 Ia
! seconds. Final heat !: Garrels Michigan, first
i Hogden. Michigan second; Shaver. northwest
i ern, third. Time, 16.1e5 seconds.
1o0eYard Dashz7First heat = an4ilton. lows
4 Normal, first: Lewis, Purdue, second. Time
l 10 17b seconds, Second heat: May. illinois, first
4Dougherty, Minnesota. second. Time, 10 10 sec
onds. Third heat: Stewart. Michigan, first; Mer
i rin, Chicago second Time. 10 10 seconds
4 Final heat: Hanil Iowa Normal Arst; Stew
art, Michigan seeonp: Merrill, Chicago third
Time; 10 1.5s seconds. 4s.$S35aS
i Discus Throw-Garrels. Michigan. first. 49,
4 feet 6 inches; Parry. Chicago. second. 135 fee
4 inches: Messmer, Wisconsin. third, l25 Zee
4 Shot Put-Dunlap, Michigan nrst ~ feet ~
inches; Garrels, Michigan. second. Al feet I
inches: Anderson, Missouri. third. 80 feet 10N
4 inches
4 High Jump-Schommer Chicago: Richards
4 Chicago. Kirkpatrick, Illinois: Pinch. Michigan
and Baker, Beloit. tied for first. Height. fee
4 SIh inches. ~ g.. s4si II,
4 Half-Aile Run-Ramey. Michigan, first; Coe
Michigan. second: Meyers, Wisconsin. third
Time, 1868 1-5. zss ~ ~.
4 22O-Yard Dash-First heat: Markely, Mama
first; Dougherty, Minnesota. second. Time, % 4
seconds. Second heat: Merrill, Chicago, first
Branham. Missouri second. Time, 23 2-5f seconds
4 Third heat: Stewart, Michigan. and Hamilton
Iowa Normal tied for first. Tirnes ~ As sec