Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04
OCCIDENTAL WINS
TRACK EVENT
DEFEATS ST. VINCENT'S BY A
SCORE OF 1924
Wilhoit Is the Star Performer and
Wins Twenty-four Points
for the Catholic
Team

The track meet between Occidental
college and st. Vincent's at Highland
park yesterday resulted in a victory
for the former by a score of So to "a. AS
indicated by the score the contest was
rather one-sided and the largeness of
the Presbyterians margin rather
dampened the enthusiasm of the small
crowd which braved the cold and rain
to watch the meet.
AS had been anticipated Occidental
won easily and after victory was as
sured for the black and gold the in
terest of the spectators centered in
the performance of Wilhoit of st. Vim
cents.
Wilhoit was easily the star of the
day. entering six events and winning
places in all; four flrsts, a second and
third for total of twenty-four
points. His performance was the most
remarkable exhibition witnessed in the
south for some time, and stamps him
as the best all-around athlete in the
southern colleges Tall, closely-knit,
clean-cut and with considerable speed
he looks every inch an athlete and his
work yesterday did not at all belle his
appearance. His work in the pole
vault was especially good, and he
cleared 10 feet inches with apparently
no effort whatever, allowing plenty OF
space between himself and the bar.
The Occidental men appeared hardly
up to form and would have been sorely
pressed had they been sent against
keener competition. Hagerman, Roth
and Bird were up to their usual form
and won their events in very good
style. The remaining races were all
slow, which was probably due to the
cold weather and the poor track.
Hempel's starting appeared to be too
much for the Occidentals to solve, for
in almost every race they were put
back from one to four yards. In the
hundred-yard dash the st. Vincent's
men sprang a surprise, winning all
three places after their opponents had
been set back twice for jumping the
gun. In the mile, two mile and half
the Occidental men won as they
pleased, no st. Vincent's men being
entered.
From the slow time yesterday it
would seem that the Occidentals have
much hard work in store for them
before they will be able to make
creditable showing against either U.
S. G. or Pomona.
The events and results were as fol-
lows:
Hammer throw-Wilhoit, S. V. c.,
first; Wieman, o. c., second; Petty,
o. c., third. Distance, 1111s feet.
12O-yard hurdles-Hagerman, o. c.
llISl, w llIlOll' .. v. ~ SSCOilOIb IlioiliP-
son, o. c., third. Time. 16 20.
100-yard dash-McElroy, S. V. c.,
first: Shaffer, s. V. c., second Whal-
en-, S. V. c., third. Time, 10 2-5.
Shot put--Wilhoit, S. v. c., first;
Clark, o. c., Recond; Thacker, o. c.,
third Distance, 35-7h.
Mile run-Clever, o. c., first; Roth,
o. c., second; Patterson, o, c., third.
Time, So.
44O- yard dash-Bird. o. c., first;
Holdernan, o. c., second; Crane, o.
c., third. Time. Sd.
High jump-Wilhoit, S. V. c., first;
Mckee, o. c., LOwery, o. c., tie for
second. Height, SO.
Two -mile-Roth, o. c., first; List o.
c., second; Wolfe, o. c., third. Time,
Ills.
Pole vault-Wilhoit, S. v. c., first;
B. Merrill, o. c., second; Irwin, o. c.,
third. Height, 1916.
220-yard dash-Bird. o. c., first; Nc |
Elroy, S. V. c., second; Whalen, S. |
V. c., third. Time, 23 3-5.
Broad jump-Hagerm o. c., first; |
Hodge, o. c., second; Wilhoit, S. V. c., |
third. Distance 22-6.
SS0-yard run-Roth, o. c., first; |
Highstreet, o. c., second; Spring, o. |
c., third. Time. 2-15 2-5. |
220-yard hurdles-Hagerman, o. c., |
first; Hodge, o. c., second Beal, o. c., |
third. Time, q 2-5.
Relay-Won by Hagerman, o. C. |
Time, 3-42 As.