Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-03
Speedy Track Men of Local School
Show Wonderful Form.
WORLDS RECORD Is EoUALLED
Kuhn of Chicago and May of Ne
braskn Tie Mark of Five and Two
rims Seconds for Fifty-
Yard Dash.

meet at the Auditorium Saturday, the
scholastic lads winning the place over the
speedy runners and husky weight men Of
the greatest Of the big colleges Of the
west with a total of 10 points The
schools points came partly by handicap
and partly by open events.
Martin Delaney's band Of athletes, wear
ing the cherry diamond OF the Chicago
Athletic association came a close second
70 the Omaha lads and really took first
honors IN the senior athletics of the even
ing with their IS points Kansas university
was third with 10.
No national nor worlds records were
broken, but IN the championship 5O-yard
dash the worlds record Of 59s seconds was
equalled by r. Kuhn Of the Chicago Ath-
letic association. Good marks were made
in all OF the events, however, and In sew
eral the figures Of last year we're bettered.
Robert Wood, captain of the Omaha
High school squad captured six OF the
points TO take first honurs. Wood took
first in the interscholastic fifty-yard dash,
and third in the championship fifty-yard
dash, ana in addition ran on the relay team
which defeated the high school relay fours
Of York and Sioux City High schools.
Mixup over One Place.
In the intersoholastio flfty-yard dash
Omaha High school was first announced as
winning only first and third, and they we're
declared a tie with Chicago. but later the
judges, upon comforting. discovered that
instead OF picking No. 70 as winner as they
had intended, they had by some error
taken No. 57--Wilsy, the York High school
man. Second in this event to Rowley Of
Omaha and third to Drexel of Omaha gave
Omaha total of 10 points won by the
dash men. Ludwig OF the High school won
the haf-mile handicap making a total Of
Is points. Ellsworth won three more in
the mile handicap and Calm won third in
the one-fourth mile run, accounting for the
10 points.
+. Kuhn took the greater part of the
Chicago A. A. winning points Kuhn
landed first in the flfty-yard dash, both in
the championship dash and the association
and club dash, making him 10 points In
the championship event he tied a world s
record for the Hayward dash. with 0;5Ss
time. Z. Ldndberg contributed a first in
the 6O0-yard dash. making the Chicagoans
Is points, and BockelmanN added the six
tenth point by, taking third In the same
event.
Maxwell Explains Change.
]. @. Maxwell. official scorer, announced
the change IN the judges decision after
the meet was over. He said; I'm judging
the winner OF the. 5O-yard dash, lnterschol-
astic, the Judges all agreed that In some
way number 81 had been mistaken for the
real winner OF second place, number Is
Number 70 is Benson Rowley OF the Omaha
High school, and these three points give
Omaha High school the meet. with a total
OF IS pointa. So ....,......
t'Tha uraatfOn nf thu vgipnar oau,o 49,
at the track, and afterwards the judges
Kalso Morgan, K. U. Graft. Stanley ~. Sc
water, all agreed that number 81 was taken
for number IS and given the honor instead
Of number IS"
Kansas Jumps Into Third.
Kansas university's team jumped into
third place, thanks TO the high Jumping
of Woodbury. and French in the last event
on the program. When the high jump was
called the Jayhawkers were struggling tC
get out of fourth place, but first by
Woodbury. and a third by French added sil
points and swelted the Jayhawkers total t.
fourteen points, which gave third place by
comfortable margin.
Morningside and Nebraska tied for fourth
place with twelve points. Michigan uni
versity which failed TO land first. despit,
AHN oNhAAANs u captain Joe ttOTneF
finished way back In the ruci
The remaining points were scattered
among half dozen teams. none Of which
was able to break in the winning column
more than once. A remarkable feature O.
the meet was that but one point Of tn,
III possible was scored by unattached
athletes
The meet, the second indoor affair tina
has ever been held In Omaha. was success
ful, financially, socially and from poln
OF competition. Rarely have close
finishes featured q meet Time and agaii
the judges hesitated before placing tn
winning number. so difficult was Il Z
separate the contestants.
Aside from the regular athletic poin
events especial relay races were iniecte
into the program which tended 70 brea
the monotony OF such affairs. Relays 10
Young Mems Christian associations col
leges, high schools, public schools an
soldiers were decided.
Brilliant Relay Races.
The special relay among the Michigan
Chicago and Nebraska university team
was the acme Of varsity competition. Chi
oago university. though scoring but on
point In the regular events, demonstrate
beyond a doubt that II has the best rela
team In the west The Windy City r,
layers made show OF the Michigan an
Nebraska quartet
Taking the lead on the third lap OF IN
FIRST relay, Kuh opened a gap. whic
proved TO be too great a handicap 70
the other members OF the Wolverine tear
20 overcome, Pitted against Ross. Kul
after permitting the Michigander TO max
the early pace. run up a lead OF fiftee
yards which he turned over TO Menau
who ran the second relay, Gamble wa
pitted against Menaul. but the best b
could do was 10 maintain the losing margi
which Ross unwittingly gave Kuh. Whe
Hoff for Michigan and Timblln for CD
caEO took up the running ia the third n
lay Il seemed for a moment as II the bl
Chicago lead would be chopped down TO
boys size. Hoff made a desperate effort
catch the flying disciple OF Stagg, but h
early gain was dissipated when Timbl
made desperate. but unavailing. spui
on the last round OF the relay. Craig "a
the last relay for the Chicago ream an
had no difficulty In maintaining the lee