Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-06-10
THE TRACK MEET
The Following is a Summary Of
the N. |. A. A. Track Mset
Held June a and 5.

day afternoon in the most ideal wealth
or. All the preliminaries were worked
off and the finals in the one-mile and
pole vault. giving Olivet IL. Alma =.
Albion in final points.
Thomas won the mile easily, al I
Though he Giu .os =, for the associa-
ton record. which he himself set on
field day last year. The most srectac-
ular events of the day were the dashes
as run by the fleet McComb who ran
his trial heat in the hundred yard in
10 flat, and took the trial IN the 2sO
yard dash. winning by yards in %
seconds
In. the first dashes two of three
timers got Q As seconds. but the third
watch called 10 Hat McCollum, OF
Alma. captain of the track team. was
picked for "a first winner in all the
weight mum hers and for place in the
hurdles. but at the last moment was
thrown out by the VI 1. A. A. board
of directors as Ineligible. and Alma
hopes were shattered.
In the second trial heat for the low
hurdles of Sanderson of Albion ran
beautiful race for place in the
final against Hurlbut, of Olivet, and
was far in the lead when be tangled
in the last hurdle. and was badly in
jured
The summary:
100 yd hurdles-Only three men
entered: Hurlbut of Olivet; Chandler,
of Kalamazoo: Sauires. of Albion.
100 yd dash trial heat-ou bv Wat
kins. Hillsdale; second Hilliar. Olivet;
time 10 IS seconds. Second trial heat -
Won by McComb, Alma; second,
Balch Kalamazoo; time 10 seconds.
Third trial heat-Won by Chapel.
Alma; second. Winslow. Kalamazoo;
time 10 1-5 seconds.
One mile run-Won by Thomas,
Olivet; second, Underwood. Olivet /;
third. Sayles, Alma: time minutes
al 2-5 seconds.
300 yard low hurdles, trial heat
Won by Chapel Alma second, Chand-
Ter, Kalamazoo; time. 81 2-5 seconds
Secon trial heat-Won by Hurlbut,
Olivet second. Sanderson. Albion
time % seconds. Chapel, Chandler and
Hurlbut for finals. Two hundred and
twenty-yard dash-Trial heat. Won by
Watkins Hillsdale; second. Norton.
Kalamazoo time % seconds. Second
trial heat-Won by McComb, Alma
second. Hilliar, Olivet: time % Sec
onds.
Running broad jump-Won bv Kef'
gen. Alma; second. Hurlbut.. Olivet
third, Watkins, Hillsdale; distance 1
feet 10 inches.
Shot-put-won by Berry Olivet
second, Alderman. Alma; third, Hell
mer. Alma; distance, 35 feet Sl4 in
c hes
Discus throw-Won by Amtsbuechler
Olivet; second. Chapel. Alma; third
Berry. Olivet; distance 95 feet, q
inches.
Hammer throw-Won by Amtsbuech
Ter. Olivet: second. Berry, Olive
third. Slayton. Hillsdsle; distance
100 feet inches.
Pole vault--Won by McWilliams
Olivet second, Kefgen. Alma third
Jillson, Albion feet inches.
In the tennis tournament the sum
maries were as follows:
Mems doubles-Fal and Russell
of Albion. won from Wslrath an'
Stewart. of Hillsdale, 81. 4, 90.
Women's doubles-Goldsberry ant
Mcintosh. of Hillsdale. beat Caldwell
and Tanner of A ma. Go. 6-l. 6-2.
Mems singles-Finals to be playe'
tomorrow
With Capt. Nice llum of Alma
barred by the protest to Olivet an
the sustaining action to the part of tn
directors and the Alma faculty, Oil
vet won the intercollegiate field NEE
Thursday and Friday by good mar
gin of points. The score for the NEE
was Olivet SO; Alma 1919; Hillsdal
20: Kalamazoo i3; Albion g 2-a.
Throughout the meet Alma conteste
gamely in every event with Oliyei
struggling against the impossible an
accomplishing results more than sal
isfactory to the Alma supporters.
Beginning with the 100 yard hig
hurdle in which Alma had no entire:
the meet was exciting from start
finsh. Olivet failed to get "a point j
the high hurdles Hurlbut of Olivei
running around one of the hurdles
an Tort TO beat out Chandler, of Ka
al 700.
Alma began doing business in I'll
100 yard event. McComb. who ii
day before in the preliminaries ha
tied the league record of 10 secont
fat. won first place Watkins, {
Hillsdale. barely beat out Chanel fC
second place.
The one mile run however evene
things up. AS there were only thr
contestants in the preliminaries 2
sayles of Alma had no chance for hs
ter than third O'ivet nv reseon
her two critic got 80 rs re-
In he go ysrd oash ,tc''orr