The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-06
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ILLINOIS WINS
WESTERN MEET
Stanford Finishes Second With
Chicago Third and BOuI-
der Also Ran.

Marshall Field. Chicago. June 5.-The
University Of Illinois captured the vest
ern track and field championship this
afternoon by winning the ninth annual
conference meet with a total % IS
points. Leland Stanford was second
with 2S points. and University OF Chi
eago third with p points. The follow
ing are the scores Of the other teams:
Wisconsin. l.. Purdue. 6: Minnesota,
6. Michigan 5. Colorado. 5. West
ern Reserve. &, Miami &, Indi-
ana. g. NOtre Dame, 8. Knox,
l. Iowa. T. Northwestern. Ripou
Lake. Forest and Beloit failed TO score.
The Illinois team was by far the best
balanced aggregation, and chnched the
meet by winning the relay race from
Chicago. When the relay race was
started Illinois had 81 points, Leland
stanford Is and Chicago Is. The victory
FOR the Pacific coast athletes would have
swung the tide to the Stanford team but
the two first runners. StOltz and Scott,
dropped so far behind that IT was linz
possible for the two speedy westeruers,
Miller and Wymau, to put the team
back into the race. Illinois scored in 81
but four OF fifteen events on the pro-
gram.
Stars for Stanford.
Leland Stanford's men had more I'm
dividual stars than any other team, as
they secured FIVE frsts. Stanford won
the 440-yard dash. the half mile, the
pole vault, the hammer-throw and the
shot-put TWO Leland Stanford ath-
letes-Ford and MiIler-Were individual
holders with ten points each. Craw-
ford won the shot-put and hammer
throw. while Miller captured the quar-
ter and half-miie runs. No records
were broken Crawford came within
21t inches Of equaling Ralph Roses rec
ord I'm the shOt-put, when the Stanford
man showed the weight As feet 10 inches.
Another good performance was recorded
by Miller Of Stanford, when he ran the
half mile in 200 SIS.
Chicago stock took q tremendous
boom i'm the early part of the meet,
when Straub scored an unexpected VIC
tory in the l00-yard dash in easy fash
ion i'm 10 IS. Earle his teammate, nm
ished third. and this gave Chicago six
points in an event IN which il hardly
hoped to score.
Chicago Loses Two-Mils.
Chicago was in the running until the
twO-mile run was decided. Stoplet
their star distance runner, was counted
upon a certain winner In this event He
had not been beaten this year. StOplet
took tine lead. according TO his usual
custom. but TilIotsCn of Michigan Agri-
cultural at the beginning of the sixth
lap jumped into the lead and won the
race by a large majority. The quarter
mile run was easy for Miller Of Leland
stanford but Hanley, the captain Of
the victorious Illinois team, nosed out
Wyman of Leland Stanford for second
place The half-mile was another fea-
ture IN AIilIeT's cap, as he easily de
feated Hull Of Minnesota and Rohrer
of Illinois. The pole vault was another
Stanford triumph. Scott vaulted II feet
10 inches, and tried 10 do better in an
exhibition after the event, but failed.
Rogers Of Chicago and Graham and
Jones of Illinois tied for third.
The Summaries.
lOO-yard dash-Straub. Chicago. first.
Mccoy. Miami, second. Earle, Chicago,
third. Time-10 1-5.
22O-yard low hurdles-MCCutcheOn.
Colorado, first. Biek, Illinois, second,
Gardner, Purdue, third. Time-32 3-5.
Two-mile run-TilIotson. Michigan
Agricultural, first; COnnely, Minnesota
second; Freeland, Illinois, third Tins
HOOP 3-5.
440-yard run-AIilleF, Leland stanford.
first; Hanley, Illinois. second, Wymsn,
Leland Stanford third. Time-,51.
12O-yard high hUrdles-CrawIey. Chi
CagO, first: Barney. Western Reserve.
second; Miller, Knox. third. Time-I5.
220-yard dash-Hench. Purdue first.
Pettigrew. Illinois. second, Earle, Chi
cago, third. Time-.22 80.
Hammer-throw - Crawford Leland
stanford. first; Railsback, Illinois. sec
Ond. WOrthwine. Chicago, third. Dis
lance l3S feet 50 inches.
Broad jump Stephenson, Illinois.
first. johnson. Indiana, second; Stobe
Leland Stanford, third. Distance. %
feet o. inches.
Half-miIe run-MilIer. Leland STAN
ford. first Hull. Minnesota. second
BOhrer. Illinois. third. Time-2.00 3-5.
Mile ruu-Doehmue. Wisconsin, first;
Dana. Notre Dame. second: Comstock.
Chicago. third. Time-4.34 3-5
High jump-Washburn, Illinois first.
HubbelL Chicago. Ritchie. Illinois,
Engstrom. Iowa. and Markley. Miami
tied for second. Height, feet 10 inches
The points for second and third we've
divided, and each man got one.
Pole vaUlt-ScOtt Leland Stanford.
first. Rogers, Chicago. second. Graham
Illinois, and Jones, Illinois. tied for
third. Height. II feet 10 inches.
Shot-put-Crawf0rd Leland Stanford,
first: Osthof. Wisconsin, second, Hor-
ton, Leland Stanford. third Distance,
as feet 10 inches.
Discus throw-Brundage Illinois,
first. OsthOff. Wisconsin. second; Port
MANN Western Reserve, third. Dis
lance, 127 feet So inches.
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