Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-09
U.S.C.TRACk MEN
BEAT OCCIDENTAL
RELAY RACE GIVES MEET TO
METH0DlSTS
Three New Records Established by
Husky Presbyterian Ath-
lete-Final Score
66 to So

that has been held in the south so far
this year the track team of the Univer-
sity of Southern California was victor
tous over the Occidental athletes on the
Occidental campus yesterday afternoon,
the score standing Sc to Sc at the finish
The relay, which was the last event
to be run off, was the deciding factor
of the meet, for at this juncture the
score stood 81 to Sc in favor of the u.
S. c. men, and If Occidental had won
the race the score at the end would
have stood a tie. In this race both
Capt. Rush and Capt. Lennox did great
work for their teams, and when the
FORMER sent Bonner off with five yards
the lead on Lennox 1t looked like a sure
thing for the Presbyterians, but Len
nox began to fill up the gap separating
MIN from Bonner on the back stretch.
and when the straightaway was
reached both men were running neck
and neck. When few yards from the
finish line Capt. Lennox let out a kink
that carried him over the tape a
winner
Trotter and Thomson Stars
Harry Trotter and Fred Thomson
were decidedly the biggest stars of the
day, the latter taking total of twenty
one points for his teammates. Trotter
showed that he has come to stay as
champion shot putter, and by great
heave of 43 feet TX inches smashed all
existing Southern California records
Thomson also had his share i'm the
record breaking, making three new DC
cidental marks. In the 220-yard hurdles
he finished in the fast time of 25 4-5
seconds and was not pushed at the
tape by either Burek of Lennox. In
the shot put he set new Presbyterian
mark of Al feet ia inches, while in the
hammer throw he tossed the weight
out to the 11S-foot mark.
Trotter took fast hundred from
Baer in 10 Id seconds, and Martin won
again for u. s. G. in the 220-yard dash.
beating out Baer at the finish by three
or four inches. Rush had an easy time
winning the 440-yard dash. from Reed
and came to the tape with no one pass
ing him. Neumire failed to show up
for U. S. G. in the half mile, but Cover
COVE Bonner the run of his life in this
race, and would have won if he had
but had little more endurance at the
finish.
Gordon Beats Murray
Murray had an off day In the high
jump and was defeated by Gordon at
the low height of feet 81 inches. The
biggest surprise of the day was when
throw. and two Occidental men got the
second and third places. The results:
1OO-yard dash-Trotter. u. S. c., first;
Baer, Occidental, second: Martin, u. S.
c.. third. Time. 10 is seconds.
22O-yard dash-Martin, U. S. c., first
Baer, Occidental. second: Richardson,
U. S. c., third. Time, % 2-5 seconds.
44O-yard dash-Rush, Occidental, first;
Reed, U. S. c., second; Wallace, u. S.
c., third. Time, SO 3-5 seconds
SS0-yard run - Bonner, Occidental.
first; Cover, U. S. c., second; Mont
gomery Occidental, third. Time 2:07 10.
Mile run-scott. U. S. c., first; Gobar,
dental, third. Time, 1853.
Two-mile run-Hall, u. S. c., first;
Scott, U. S. c., second; Stone, Occiden-
tai, third. Time. 1114 is.
120+yard hurdles-Thomson, Occiden-
tai, first; Lennox, u. S. c., second;
Burek, U. S. c., third. Time. 16 1-6
seconds.
22O-yard hurdles-Thomson occiden-
tai. first; Lennox, U. S. c., second;
Burek. U. S. c., third. Time. % AS
seconds.
Hammer Reconsideration, u. S. C..
first; Thomson. Occidental, second; Con-
rad, Occidental, third. Distance, 121
feet ~ inches.
Shot put-Trotter. u. S. c.. first.
Thomson, Occidental, second; Conrad.
Occidental, third. Distance, 43 feet 7st
inches
High jump-Gordon, Occidental first;
Murray, u. S. c., second; Thomson.
Occidental, third. Height feet 81
inches.
Pole vault-Richardson u. S. c., first;
Carus and Lowry. tie for second.
Height, 10 feet inches.
Broad jump-Thomson, Occidental,
first; Goodsell, u. S. c., second; Thomas,
Occidental, third. Distance, 20 feet
inches.
Relay--Lennox, Wallace. Richardson,
Reed, U. S. c.. won. Time, 1888 As.
Starter, Skinner; timers, Test, Robb
and Bovard; judges, Easterly, Ham
mock Hatch, Noble and Frambles;
clerk, Mcdowell.