Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-02
AS CALlFORNIANS
WIN MARKS FALL
Conference Track and Field Meet
Goes to Coast School
Contenders.
MISSOURI ATHLETES, IN SECOND
Fall Twelve Points Behind Coast
School Students.
NICHOLSON AND WILSON STARS
Each Makes New Track Record for
Big Eight" Gathering.
TIGER EQUALS WORLDS BEST
Sprinter Takes High Hurdles in
1915, While Coe Athlete Lowers
22O Dash, and OberIin Star
Beats Two-Mile Tine.
MISSOURI ATHLETES, IN SECOND
Fall Twelve Points Behind Coast
School Students.
NICHOLSON AND WILSON STARS
Each Makes New Track Record for
Big Eight" Gathering.
TIGER EQUALS WORLDS BEST

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Western conference track and field
honors went to the University of Cali
fornia in The splendid meet at Lafayette.
Ind, yesterday afternoon, where more
than l40 athletes from twenty-three
schools were in competition. The athletes
from the University OF Missouri, the men
who won the Missouri Valley conference
contests the Saturday before, were able
to win second honors. California had AIS
points and Missouri had 2sls. Illinois
came third with 70 points; Chicago fourth
with Is points, and Wisconsin fifth with
12is points.
In the track events; mont fell In che
fild games. Two of these records were
shattered by men from Missouri valley
conference schools and the other was
broken by an oberli athlete, so that none
OF the new records Were established by
the athletes composing the big Eight"
under whose auspices the annual spring
event is held
Nicholson Equals Record.
Nicholson. the Missouri athlete, who
last Saturday ran the high hurdles II
l:i52s. lowered this mark to 0:l5b and
thus equalled the worlds intercollegiate
l@-yard hurdle mark and also beat the
previous conference record made by j.
q. Garrels of the University Of Michigan.
Wilson, the famous sprinter from Coe
college of Iowa, ran the 223-yard dash
In 0:22i6, lowering the conference marx
which was 0:ells and which was made by
Archie Hahn of Michigan Wilson also
won the lG9-yard dash, doing this dis
tance in 0l9 The conference mark, how
ever is 0:09tS, made by c. A. Blair of
Chicago and w. w. May of the Uni
versity OF Illinois. Metcaf of oberln
lowered the time In the two-mile run tn
y:42tS. The previous record was $50,
which was held jointly by A. +. Baker
Of oberlln and r. A. Rowe of Michigan
Farquhar of Amcs college uowa) won
the mile run. He also was the winner
OF this race in the Missouri valley con-
ference meet at Des Moines week ago.
TRACK EVENTS.
l20-yard high hurdles: Nicholson, Mis-
souri,. Time: 0:1S1S.
l00-yard dash; {. A. Blair. Chicago; w.
W: May, Illinois Time o;os%; pe,c, o,.r,,,
44O-yard run: /. N Davenport, Chicago.
Time: 0:4Sb
290-yard dash: Wilson, Coe, Time: 0:221s.
220-yaId low hurdles: f. Fletcher, Notre
Dame. Time: 0:2its.
SSo.yard run: /. n. Davenport. Chicago.
Time: l:56as.
Two-mile rum Metcalf, Oberlin. Time:
S42+s.
Pole vault: L. Samse, Indiana. Height:
Running broad jump: F. Allen. Cali
fornia. Distance: "A feet.
Discus throw: j. c. Garres, Michigan.
Distance; l40 feet 2s inches.
Running high jump: w. French, Kan
sas. Distance: 8 feet " inch.
Shot put: Ralph Rose, Michigan. Dis
tance: II feet IA inches.
Hammer throw: H. j. Thomas, Purdue.
Distance: 157 feet inch,
Une-mie run: Farquhar, Iowa, first:
Wood, California, second; Drummer, Iowa,
third Calvin, Purdue, fourth. Time,
4:2Sh
4i0-yard dash: Davenport, Chicago,
first Bermond, Missouri. second; San
ders, Illinois, third; Hunter. Illinois,
fourth. Time, O;494S.
l20-yard hurdles final heat: Nicholson,
Missouri first; Case, Illinois. second;
fourth. Time, 0:l5b.
10O-yard DASH final heat: Wilson, Coe,
first; Wood. California, second; Linn,
Northwestern. third; Tormey, Wisconsin,
fourth. Time 0:10.
Discus throw: Thatcher Missouri, first:
Anderson. Missouri. second; Butts. I'LL
noIs, third; Stanley, Earlham, fourth.
Distance, l25 feet 5$4 inches.
lIalf-mile run: Davenport, Chicago,
first; Bermond, Missouri, second; Lind
berg. Minnesota, third; Cope. Illinois,
fourth. Time. LBS.
High jump: Beeson, California; Nichol-
son, Missouri, and Ellis, Wabash, tied for
first; Walker, Depauw. and Wahl,t Wis
consln, tied for fourth. Height, feet
ll4s inches.
shot put; Rice, California. first; Frank,
second; Butts, Illinois, . d.;
Fletcher, Northwestern fourth. Dista.ee,
Is feet 10% inches.
Pole vault. Murphy, Illinois, first; Vail,
California: Coyle, Chicago, and Gold,
Wisconsin, tied for second. Height, Il
feet ~ inches
Hammer throw: Shattuck. California,
first; Rice, California, second; Betting,
Illinois, third: Hoover. Wabash, fourth.
Distance, 154 feet s inches.
220-yard hurdles. final heat: Kirksey,
first; MacLise. California, sec
Iuu, DteSOH, ldHiOIllid, lluTu, pHdW,
fourth. Tirpe, 0:25.
Two-mile run: Metcalf, oberlin, first
siaton, Wisconsin, second; Wood, Cal
fornia. third; White, Wisconsin, fourti.
Time, 9;42tS.
22O-,.rd dash final heat. Wilson, coe,
rst; - I'd, California. second; Cortis.
Illinois 'hird; Linn, Northwestern, +.
ourth. Nne, 0:22b
Relay race: Illinois, first; Wisconsin,
econd; Chicago, third; Iowa, fourth.
Time, 1926.
Running broad jump: Allen. California.
irst; Lambert Minnesota, second; Mich
,ison, Missouri third; Nevins, Illinois,
ourth. Distance, % feet Is inch.