Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05

Half mile Davenport, Chic go.1;50 3-5 1851 2-5
High jump, French. Kansas. s. 5-S feet b:l 5-S
Baker of Oberlin equaled the record
of . minutes so seconds in the two
miles. Philbrook of Notre Dame won
the medal for the highest individual
score with IL points. He won the
shotput and discus throw and was
third in the high jump. Davenport of
Chicago. Nelson of Washington State
and Baker of Oberlin scored ten points
each.
The one mile resulted in a heart
breaking finish between Baker of Ober-
lin and Dohmen of Wisconsin, the
former winning by six inches. The
remarkable time of 4:20 40 broke the
record of 4:25 made by James d.
Lightbody of Chicago in 1905.
The 440-yard run was easy for Daven-
port of Chicago, who won by several
yards in the record time of AZ AS sec
onds, breaking the mark of 49 3-5 sec
onds. made by Merrill of Beloit I'm 1901.
Wayman of Leland Stanford jumped
into the lead at the start and ran
phenomenal 220 yards. He had fair
lead on the back stretch, but Daven-
port passed him on the turn and won
with yards to spare. Stolz of Stanford
was third.
Davenport smashed another record
in tHe half mile, when he won easily
in 1850 3-5, breaking the old record of
1857 20, made by Lightbody in 1905. He
ran a waiting race and was tenth on
the back stretch. Steadily he pushed
on, passing man after man and broke
the tape three yards in front of Jardine
of Colorado college. who was second
Hull of Minnesota was third.
Nelson of Washington State won the
final heat of the 100-yard dash in 10 1-5
after a hard battle with Washington
of Notre Dame second and Mccoy of
Miami third. The time was slower than
any of the three preliminaries, all run
in 10 fiat, the best time in the history
Of the conference. The three winners
Straube, Wasson and Nelson, were not
extended at the finish.
California jumped into the lead by
scoring six points in 12O-yard hurdles.
Edwards won handily in Is AS, with
Gardner of Purdue second and an
other Californian, Donald. third. Cali
fornias lead was short lived, as Notre
Dame landed first in the discus and ran
it's total up to nine points. Philbrook
won with a throw of 1874 feet 615 inches,
Alderman of Iowa was second and
Portman, the Western reserve giant,
third.
Notre Dame added five more points to
it's score when Philbrook annexed the
shot put with 42.6 feet.
Minnesota scored when Frank took
second, and Spring of Illinois was third.
The conference pole vault record had
a narrow escape when Murphy of IL
linois won with IL feet 4 IA inches,
fve-eighths of an inch below the IL feet
rs inches made by Samse of Indiana
in 1906 Jones of Illinois and Bellah of
Stanford tied for second at IL feet Z
inches.
A new record was established in the
high jump. when French of Kansas
cleared the bar at feet 5-S of an inch,
beating the old mark of 5 feet 10 SIS
inches by Fahrer of wisconsin in 1904.
Wayman and Stolz were fast enough
in the last half mile to win the relay
race for Stanford. Chicago. minus the
services of Davenport, beat Illinois for
second after a hard fight
Leland Scott, captain of the Stan
ford track tenn, failed to equal his
worlds record of IL feet 10 rs inches
in his exhibition pole vaulting. He was
ineligible to compete under the con-
ference rules. as he has finished three
years in athletics.