Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-05
and California Follow
Closely, with Tie Score.
1E COLLEGE RECORDS MADE
pH1BRoOK INDIVIDUAL STAR
wins shot Put and Discus Throw
and Gets Third I'm High
Jump, Securing Eleven
Points.

URBANA, ILL.,, June 4--Notre Dame won
the Western intercollegiate conference an
nual track and field meet with twenty
nine points today after one of the greatest
contests in the history of the event Leland
Stanford was second with seventeen, while
Chicago nosed out Illinois and California
for third with twelve. Illinois was tied
for fourth with California with twelve
points.
Following are the scores OF the other
colleges
Washington State. 10 Purdue .....,......"3
Oberlin 10 Colorado college,.
Wisconsin ......,.., 81 Western Reserve....2
Minnesota .......... 81 Miami ...,......,...'.
Kansas .............. o South Dakota.......1
1t was the first time that the champion
ship has ever been won by a nonconference
college. The winners had well balanced
team and won easily.
Five new college records were established.
Davenport was the star on the smashing,
with marks of O;4s% in the quarter-mile
and 1:56 in the half-mile. Following were
the new records established:
Record
Event and Maker Old. New.
440-Yard Run-Davenport, Chi .o:4sts 0:4s4b
220 Hurdles-Fletcher, N. d.. .0:24ts OPS
acknowledgements, Chicago. 1855 1;5l3s
High Jump-French, Kansas. SIS 5:11ss
Baker of Oberlin equaled the record of
$3.50 in the two-mlle, Phibrook of Notre
Dame won the medal for the highest indi-
vidual score with eleven points. He won
the shot put and discus throw and was
third in the high jump. Davenport of Chi
cago, Nelson of Washington State and
Baker of Oberlln scored ten points each.
GrueIIing Mile Run.
The one-mile resulted in heartbreaking
finish between Baker of Oberlln and DOH
men of Wisconsin, the former winning by
six inches The remarkable time of 42O4s
broke the old record of 4:25 made by James
d. Lightbody of Chicago in 1905.
The 440-yard run was easy for Davenport
of Chicago, who won by several yards in
the record time of DASH, breaking the mark
of O:494S made by Merrill of Beot in 1901.
Davenport smashed another record in the
half mile run which he won easily in 1884
breaking the old record OF 1878 made by
Lightboy of Chicago, in 1905. He ran a
waiting race and tenth on the back stretch.
Steadily he passed on, passing man after
man and finished first.
Nelson of Washington state won the final
heat of the 10O-yard dash in 0:101s after
hard battle with WATSON Of Notre Dame
| SSCOllus anu RCOOy Oh miami, InlfO. Inc
time was sloSer than any of the three
preliminaries, all run in 0:1O flat, the first
time in the history of the conference that
| 1t was ever done.
California jumped into the lead by scor-
ing six points in the 2O-yard hurdles Ed
wards won handily in 0:15% with Gardiner
of Purdue, second, and another Californian,
| Donald, third. CALIFORNIA; lead was short
| lived, as Notre Dame landed first in the
discuss and ran its total up to points;
Philbrook won with a throw of 1874 feet
6h inches. Alderman of Iowa was second
and Portman, the Western Reserve giant
third Notre Dame added five more points
to its score when Philbrook annexed the
shot put, with AZ feet. inches. Minnesota
scored when Frank took second and Spring
of Illinois was third. Summaries:
Results of the Contest.
Pole vault: Murphy Qlinois) first, IL feet
AZ inches; Jones Qllinois) and Belah de
land Stanford tied for second at IL feet
inches.
Half-mile rum Davenport Chicago first
(Minnesota) third. Time 1:56Ss, breaking
former conference record of 1:57zs
Shot put: Philbrook iNotre Dame) first
20 feet inches; Frank (Ndinnesota) second
feet ga inches.
Two hundred and twenty-yard dash final;
Nelson Washington State) first, Richards
| Wisconsin, second, Hill (Minnesota) third.
} Time 0:214b.
Hammer throw: Wooey Iceland STAN
ford) first, 139 feet inches: Dlmmick (Notre
] Dance second, 1856 feet S19 inches; Goddard
(South Dakota) third, l34 feet inches
Two hundred and twenty-yard hurdles,
J final: Fletcher (Notre Dance first, Ed
wards California; second, Barney (Western
Reserve) third. Time 0;251s.
Relay race: Leland Stanford first, Chi
cago second, Illinois third. Time: 323M.
Two-mile run; Baker (oberlinl first, East
. Qninois) second. Dana (Notre Dance third.
0 Time. $3.50 equalling conference record.
0 Broad jump: WATSON (Notre Dance first,
0 % feet IL inches; Kretsinger California;
second, % feet 81 inches; Belah Iceland
0 Stanford) third % feet inches.
! High jump: French (Kansas) first, Adams
(Wlsconsin) second. Philbrook (Notre
0 Dance third. Heights 6 feet v of an inch,
0 breaking former conference record Of feet
: 1l& inches.
8 -Four hundred and forty-yard runs Dav-
7 export CChicago) first Wayman Iceland
! Stanford) second, Stolz Iceland Stanford)
third Time: DASH, breaking former con-
ference record Of 0491s.
one hundred-yard dash, final: Nelson
. washington State) first, WATSON (NOtre
Dance second, Mccoy (MlamD third Time:
:! O101s
Discus throw: Phibrook (Notre Dance
first 1874 feet 6h inches; Alderman Uowa)
, second, l29 feet Sh inches; Portman (West-