Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-06-08
ALMA LOSES At ALBION
Takes Third Place In intercollegiate
Track and Field Meet.
BASE BALL CAME TO ALBION
kefgen Is Star of Meet Taking Sixteen Points
-0llVet Wins both Track and Base
Ball Championships.

Track Captain Ketgen and his bunch
took third place in the NJ | A 4 track
meet at Albion Friday and Saturday
gaining 2S points while OllVet took IS.
Albion 30 and Hillsdale 26. Kefgen
was the star of the meet taking the
greatest number of firsts and the most
points of any man In the meet. TAX
ing first in the l20-yard high hurdles
III Ii 3D. seconds which equals the in
tercollegiate record. second in the
broad jump when Osborn of Olivet
broke the record, first in the pole vault
breaking the intercollegiate record
with height of 10 feet inches and
tying with Ostrander and Mershon of
Albion for first in the high Jump at
feet d inches. he pulled down sixteen
points and made himself the greatest
Besides his point gaining he took a
close fourth in the century dash. en-
tered the discus throw, got in the low
hurdles finals tripping on a hurdle
and ran quarter mile in the relay
Going continually at top sceed from
Friday noon until the relav he showed
marvellous endurance. Kefgen is anv-
thing bGt a graudstand man but at the
end of all his wonderful work he fell
at the tape in the relav and had to he
carried from the field. 'Kef" was
the idol of the stands during the second
day; everywhere the spectators were
talking about him. and with good rea-
son for he WAS without anv doubt
whatever bv far the most wonderful
athlete on the field. True, Madison of
Albion took ten points and Powers of
Olivet ten but to compare these men to
Kefgen would be foolish. Alma has a
right to be proud of Kefgen and in
wears 10 come we NAV expect to hear
when Kefgen was here we.
But. of course. Kefgen was not the
only man on the team. Marks ran two
pretty heats in the l00-yard dash on a
wet track, taking first place he also
took third in the 800 dash, adding six
points to our total. Edgerton took his
with pat of 81 feet : inches Misen-
ar entered the shot nut and was beat
out for a place bv but two inches, and
in the hammer throw he tossed the
weight farther than he has ever done
before but was forced 10 content him
self with third place when Beach of .
Albion broke the intercollegiate record .
with a distance of 1872 feet ] inches
Harwood was the champion hard luck /
man of the dav. He entered the pole .
vault. broad Jump and 300 ward dash .
but found the older men too much for !
him In the first heat OF the low hurd- /
les, however he ran a beautiful race
uu TO the stretch and had "A comfort
able lead on the field when he tripped
and fell putting him ont Of the running
1t seems almost certain thar Harwuod
would have at least placed in the finals
of this race and won his letter but his
took that chance from him
A peculiar coincidence was that in the
next heat immediately following this
kefgen who was also leading the
bunch tripped on exactly the same
hurdle putting him out of the race
entered the half-mile. and
quarter and ran gamely but failed to
place Caldwell is clean cut Young
athlete and in future years will make
good without doubt Caldwell. Kef-
gen. and Edge,ton and HARDWOOD ran
the relay.
Final score: Olivet AZ Albion 3d.
Alma &. Hillsdale 20