Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-09
ATHLETES SEEK
OLYMPIC HONOR
Western Colleges and Athletic Clubs
Send Their Stars to North
western Field.
COE MAN TIES WORLDS MARK
Wilson of Little Iowa College Leads
in 100-Meter Run.
GREAT FIELD OF CONTENDERS
Spirited Contests Take Place in All
the Dash Events.
NEBRASKAN NEAR HIGH PLACE
Reed Takes second Place In Feature
Contest--COok of Cleveland
Athletic Club Goes In Mt
Last Moment.
COE MAN TIES WORLDS MARK
Wilson of Little Iowa College Leads
in 100- Meter Run.
GREAT FIELD OF CONTENDERS
Spirited Contests Take Place in All
the Dash Events.
NEBRAsKAN NEAR HIGH PLACE

NORTHWESTERN FIELD. EVANS
TON, June S.-The worlds record for
1C0 meters was tied by Wilson of Coe
college in the second heat of the event
ri the Western Olympic tryouts here to-
day. His time was 1875 seconds.
Ninetysix athletes, and every one a
star performer, appeared at Northwestern
field for the final tryouts for the Olympic
games at Stockholm. The contestants
best work in the various events in west
ern colleges and athletic clubs.
Especially spirited contests occurred
in the dashes. hurdles. pole vault, 100,
100 and S00-meter runs. Davenport of the
University Of Chicago. was held favor
lite in the latter events, but Sanders of
the University OF Illinois, and Hamilton
Of Indiana university were ready to do
their best to defeat him.
The entry Of Il. T. Cooke Of the Cleye-
land Athletic club, holder of the Olym-
pic vaulting record, was received last
night. He was pitted against four of TIE
best men in the west.
The officials were: f. c. Brown. ref
cree; Coach Gill; University Of Illinois,
starter: Martin Deleney of the C. A. A,
clerk of the course.
The summaries:
Hammer throw: ]. Hooker, Chicago
Athletic association. first; A. L. Fletcher,
northwestern university, second William
Shredder, Wllmette. H., third. Distance,
1859 feet 6 inches.
Shot put: II. J. Mcdonald, lrish-Amer-
ican Athletic club, first, distance with
lett, Brown. second distance S3 feet &
inchesi l.. a. Whitney, Boston Athletic
association. third, distance 50 feet
inches.
loo-meter dash, first heat. r. v. Belote,
chicago Athletic association. first: A.
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100-meter DASH second heat: Wilson.
Coe college, first; j. Wasson Notre
Dame, second, Time, o1oS. tTies world $
loo-meter dash, third heat G. f Reed,
University Of Nebraska. first; $. II. Ian
0l1B. ''e'
l0o-meter DASH final heat: Wilson. Coa,
first; Belote, Chicago Athletic assoca
ton, second Wasson Notre Dame, third.
Time, 0:11b
CNu IlSlSls' bdNenpOTt, tnlNerSly OF
Chicago, first; Bermond, University of
Missouri, second; Osborne, Northwestern,
third. Time, l:54M.
Standing broad jump: A. r. Fletcher.
Notre Dame, first: Leslie Byrd. Adrian
college, second; D. Hewlett, University
tigh school. third. Distance 10 feet 6A
inches. 80
l,5oo meters: N. J. Patterson, Chicago
Athletic association. first L. r. Ander-
son. University of Nebraska, second; p.
j. Taylor, Chicago Athletic association,
third Time, 4:022S. (This beats Shep-
hards Olympic record by one secondly
llo-meter hurdles: Case, University of
Illinois, first: Nicholson, University of
Missouri, second. Time, 0:l53s. (Two
RtartersJ
40 meters: Lindberg, C. A. A.. first;
Cortis, University Of Illinois, second;
Saunders. University of Illinois. third.
Time, 0:4S2s.
sixteen-pound shot put fright hand:
Phil Brooks Notre Dame, first; Mucks,
c. \. A.. second Brundage, c. A. A..
third. Distance. Al feet 7 inches.
Shot put Qeft hand) Phil Brook, Notre
Dame, first; Brundage. C. A. A. second;
Mucks, G. A. A, third. Distance, SS
feet inches.
Running hop, step, jump: Holmes, Chi
caso, first; Coline, Hillsboro, Ill, second;
itadcan. St Louis university, third. DisA.
tance, "A feet inches.
Running broad jump: Irons. C. A. A.,
first Wasson, Notre Dame, second; Cook,
Cleveland A. c., third. Distance, % feet
912 inches.
Throwing discus fright hand): Mucke.
G. A. A., first; Phil Brook, Notre Dame,
second Byrd, Adrian college, third.
Distance, 81 feet inches.
200 meters first heat: Wilson, Coe,
first; Bergman, Notre Dame. second;
Blair, C. A. A., third. Time, 0:221s.
Second heat Cook. Cleveland A. c.,
first; Reed. University of Nebraska. sec
Time. 0:22.
200 meter dash (finaD: Cook. Cleveland
A. c., first Reed, University of Ne
braska. second; McCawey, Missouri, A.
c., third. Time, o:2ls. Ties worlds
record.
Pole vault: Murphy. C. A. A., first:
Coyle, University of Chicago, second;
Height II feet II inches.
Running high jump: Richards, Provo.
Utah, first; Palmer, c. A. A., second;
Nixon, c. A. A., third. Height, feet /
inch
5000 meters: A. NJ. G. wickoff, Ohio
state University, first; A. M. Durey, Des
Moines, Ia, college, second; G. A. Duh,
Pittsburgh A. c., third. Time; 15;37lS
Javelin throw: Philbrook. Notre Dame,
first; Brundage, C. A. A, second Byrd,
Adrian college, third Distance, l47 feet
l0ls inches.
Standing high jump: Holmer, Chicago,
won; Belote. Chicago Athletic association,
second. Byrd, Adrian college, third.
Height: Five feet, rs inches.
10 00O-meter run: d. H. Davis, Lake
Forest university, won; L., Midkoff, Chi
Hatch, Chicago, third. Time: 35:557755.